Team GB women's football coach Hope Powell knows the home side cannot afford to take New Zealand lightly in today's Olympic Games opener at the Millennium Stadium.
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IOC and IPC sign cooperation agreement until 2020
July 24, 2012 Comment Off 49 ViewsThe Presidents of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Sir Philip Craven and Jacques Rogge, signed an agreement in London today to ensure the
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TINTIN Launches iGroove Radio, the first online radio station in Nigeria
July 24, 2012 Comment Off 468 ViewsTintin, iGroove Radio In case you are one of those wondering who Tintin is, you will get to know him well by the end of this write-up. Don't worry he is not the famous cartoon character whose
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World Bank to Provide $40 Million to Anambra for Educational Development …
July 24, 2012 Comment Off 54 ViewsThe World Bank is to provide 40 million dollars to Anambra for the development of education, Mr Irajen Appasamy, the bank's Senior Operations Officer on Education, has said. Appasamy said this in
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London’s Big Ben to ring more than 40 times to celebrate the first day of the Games
July 24, 2012 Comment Off 46 ViewsTo herald the first day of the London 2012 Games on Friday27 July, at 8.12am Big Ben and thousands of bells across the UK will ring out as loudly as possible for three minutes to welcome the
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Nigeria Loses N2 Trillion to Capital Flight in Maritime Sector – Okonjo Iweala
July 24, 2012 Comment Off 72 ViewsMinister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says Nigeria loses more than N2 trillion annually to capital flight following inability of indigenous ship owners to fully participate in crude oil
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Day 67: Olympic Flame to travel on the London Underground and visit Kew Gardens
July 24, 2012 Comment Off 22 ViewsAs the Torch Relay continues its way around London, today?it will cover 42.97 miles, carried by 144 Torchbearers as it travels from Kingston upon Thames to Ealing.
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Olympic Truce Wall unveiled in the Olympic Village
July 23, 2012 Comment Off 31 ViewsThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has opened the Olympic Truce Wall in the Olympic Village.
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Flooding in central Nigeria leaves at least 35 dead
July 23, 2012 Comment Off 59 ViewsMuch of the country has been affected by heavy seasonal rainfall, including Jos in the centre of the country and the economic capital Lagos in the south, where flooding has caused several road
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London 2012 gives athletes a magical welcome
July 23, 2012 Comment Off 29 ViewsThe man behind the colourful Team Welcome Ceremonies at the Olympic Village believes London 2012 is breaking new ground by turning a Games protocol into a party.
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