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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Hundreds of pilgrims for this year's Hajj in Saudi Arabia were at the weekend stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, as their agents could not be found.
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Niger Watch (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
From BBC News online, November 23, 2009: European Union gives Nigeria $1bn 'for peace' The European Commission has signed a $1bn (£602m) development pact with Nigeria, aimed at tackling corruption and promoting peace. A substantial amount of the funding will be spent on resolving conflict in the oil-rich and crime-plagued Niger Delta, the EU's development chief said. The money will also target...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
South African Airways (SAA), has introduced a promotional fare of $311 (N46, 650) for its economy class passengers on the Lagos-Johannesburg-Lagos route to mark 11 years of flight operations in Nigeria.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Already, 2,045 Christian pilgrims from Lagos and Rivers States are in Jerusalem for this year's Holy Pilgrimage, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Mr John Kennedy Okpara has said.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
The Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Topo in Badagry, Lagos state has launched a N5 billion hostel accommodation in Abuja tackle its accommodation challenge, just as it boasted to have so far trained over 7,000 civil servants in 2009.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
At the end of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) executive meeting in Lagos on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 the NOC decided to brief the press on the December 2009 Executive Committee Elections of the NOC.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Rachel Weening is an Art Education specialist who has taught children from Kindergarten to secondary level in the U.S.A, Canada and Nigeria covering different subject areas. Rachel has been involved in training teachers in Nigeria for the past one year. She currently teaches Art part time in Lagos.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Chief Ademola Seriki, the Otun Aare of Lagos and the ebullient Minister of State for Interior is the rallying point of many heart warming ideas. And he surrounds himself with some of the brightest minds of this generation who also see him as a prototype of excellence.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
A non-governmental organization, Gloryland Trust International, on Thursday, November 19, 2009, in Lagos announced plans to launch a housing scheme with a view to cater for the aged-considerate citizens after retirement.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Last week, I was in Lagos, Nigeria and witnessed the tragedy of African politics. Nigeria is home of anything between 140m to 160m people. It has some of the most educated, intelligent, innovative and hard working Africans.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
As hearing begins today in the suit filed by the former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Oceanic Bank PLC, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru and shareholders of the bank, Ibru and shareholders have said that the appointment of advisers by the Central Bank of Nigeria was a further contempt of the court since they are plaintiffs in suit against CBN at Federal High Court, Lagos.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
CAPTAIN of the Nigerian team in the maiden edition of Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) International Cycling Tour, Aphis Bakare is confident that he and his teammates have what it take to shine at the 324 kilometres championship which takes them from Lagos to Benin Republic, then to Togo and ends in Ghana.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Shock, disbelief and Confusion Thursday trailed IRS Lagos-bound flight 3300 from Abuja, as passengers engaged the cabin crew in a war of words over stale snacks served on board.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Amodu Shaibu left Lagos yesterday for Luanda to attend the Nations Cup draw. He was accompanied by NFF Secretary General Bolaji Ojo-Oba. The super Eagles coach told KickOffNigeria.com that he expects to pick a good camp site for the Eagles as soon as the draws are made. "We have to make sure that we pick a site where we can concentrate properly and focus well for the tournament," he said....
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Alhaji Ibrahim Ali Gadaka is a chieftain of All Nigeria Peoples Party(ANPP) in Yobe State. In this interview with journalists in Lagos, he speaks on the crisis within the party and the current legal tussle over the governorship seat in Yobe State.