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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Nigeria News.Net http://www.nigeriannews.net/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:43:23 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:43:23 -0500 30 With major Indian interests in Nigeria in the areas of trade and investment, the west African country's huge economic potential continues to be a big draw for Indians despite recent terror attacks, on http://www.nigeriannews.net/story/203245911 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:30:10 -0500 IANS http://www.nigeriannews.net/story/203245911 An Eni SpA oil pipeline ruptured and caught fire as a militant group claimed responsibility for an attack in the region, their first alleged assault in months as its purported leader awaits trial on ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203251781&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:42:56 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203251781&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=24026)ABUJA, NIGERIA, January 5 (CNA) .- A leading Catholic bishop in Nigeria denounced the terrorist attacks over Christmas and criticized media reports ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203252234&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:34:03 -0500 EWTN http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203252234&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 BY UMAR YUSUF YOLA – Admiral Murtala Nyako of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has been re-elected Governor of Adamawa State in the governorship elections conducted yesterday. Declaring the ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203250739&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:26:26 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203250739&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Harassment of voters and under-supplying of ballot boxes, especially in the opposition strongholds, characterised yesterday’s gubernatorial election in Adamawa State. The two main candidates ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203247668&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:45:06 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203247668&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The removed Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva yesterday opened up a can worms on the alleged fraudulent involvement of President Goodluck Jonathan in the award of contracts and ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203247719&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:45:03 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203247719&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Two persons, including a former council boss, were shot dead by suspected Boko Haram members during a condolence visit in Damboa town, in the southern senatorial district of Borno State. THISDAY ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203247718&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:45:01 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203247718&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Yenagoa - The feud between President Goodluck Jonathan and the immediate past governor of his home state of Bayelsa, Chief Timpre Sylva, deepened, yesterday, as Sylva literally called the president ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203247717&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:44:58 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203247717&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Nigeria has threatened to pull out of the African Union just because its leader (Jonathan Goodluck) lost his bid to take over from the ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203245101&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:21:02 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203245101&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 WASHINGTON – As Occupy protests continue across the country, members of the Nigerian-American community rallied Monday in front of the World Bank headquarters to voice opposition to the ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203244878&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:40:29 -0500 NCM http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203244878&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 By Jomo Gbomo The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has issued a press release detailing new plans to attack oil infrastructures in the Niger Delta region in Nigeria. The statement ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203243645&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:40:34 -0500 Sahara Reporters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203243645&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Technically under an order of deportation, Nigerian native Al Okere could be deported at any time. Now that he's at Central Washington University, he's getting support from activists ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203243867&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:33:59 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203243867&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The man accused of masterminding two deadly bombings at Nigeria's 50th independence celebrations will face trial in October after a South African court Monday delayed his case by nine ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240313&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:15:59 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240313&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 By Jide Ajani, Ben Agande, & Emma Ovuakporie, Abuja Never before has an investigation by the House of Representatives generated interest and following as the three week investigation on the ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240580&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:40:12 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240580&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 BY SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN CITY – GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomholeof Edo state has re-affirmed his commitment to impact positively on the lives of citizens by utilizing money accruing to the state on ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240583&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:40:02 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240583&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 By Jide Ajani 30 special operatives of the State Security Services, SSS, were sent out of the country. One of them led the operation that led to the eventual arrest of Abul Qaqa, the notorious ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240585&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:39:59 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240585&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 By Dele Sobowale "0802-758-8755 Quite unlike you, your article on fuel subsidy has no definite stand i.e is subsidy desirable economically or are the agitators at fault to insist on subsidy? ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240584&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:39:56 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240584&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 By Eddie Akalonu Brigadier General Gregory Adebiyi (rtd) has called for caution when stakeholders move to act on the latest judicial ruling declaring the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF and the ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240586&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:39:54 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240586&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has donated N50 million to the victims of Christmas Day bombing at St. Theresa's Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State. About 43 ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240588&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:39:51 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240588&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 By Femi Fani-Kayode I can go back to fight a war to keep this country together even at 71…..so people are saying that should anything happen to President Jonathan, forget about Nigeria and ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240589&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:39:49 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240589&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 By LUKA BINNIYAT Last Monday, at a Press Conference, chieftains of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, gave a rather curious stands on the position of the North, vis-a-vis the malignant group, Boko ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240591&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:39:46 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240591&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has handed over three of its officers whose action allegedly caused the accident that led to the death of a 24-year old commercial bus conductor, ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240592&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:39:44 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240592&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 By JAPHET ALAKAM One of the greatest challenges facing the country is her inability to actualize the dreams and visions of the founding fathers. Before her independence from Britain in October ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240590&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:39:42 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203240590&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 By Col. Abubakar Umar Boko Haram's ambition of creating a climate of fear, terror and panic ahead of their plan to re-invent Nigeria, seem close to reality. A visitor to some of the major ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203233666&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:39:17 -0500 Sahara Reporters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203233666&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Western diplomats at the United Nations said they are determined to vote Saturday on a resolution condemning bloodshed in Syria, despite strong Russian objections. The ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203234123&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:21:31 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203234123&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 LONDON (AFP) – Robin van Persie scored a hat-trick as Arsenal silenced their critics with a 7-1 thrashing of Blackburn on Saturday to record their biggest Premier League win of the season. ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203234124&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:21:29 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203234124&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 BONGOVILLE (AFP) – Tunisia are hoping not to be outdone by the individual brilliance of the Black Stars of Ghana in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final in Franceville. A magical ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203234125&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:21:27 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203234125&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI & UMAR YUSUF. YOLA - The people of Adamawa went to the polls Saturday for the re-scheduled governorship election amid tight security. Accreditation and voting commenced at ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203234126&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:21:25 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203234126&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama on Saturday accused the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of murdering civilians in an ';unspeakable assault'; in the city of ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203234127&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:21:23 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203234127&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=24169)ABUJA, NIGERIA, January 26 (CNA) .- As many as 35,000 people have fled their homes in northern Nigeria after continuing attacks from the Islamic ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203233649&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:53:15 -0500 EWTN http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203233649&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Kenya have a huge mountain to climb in Abeokuta, Nigeria, on Saturday when they take on hosts Nigeria in the women Under-17 Fifa World Cup, first round, second leg ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203231695&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:25:15 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203231695&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 By Ime Bassey Warri Wolves and Super Eagles striker, Jude Aneke has promised his Warri fans goals as they trade tackle with Ocean Boys this weekend. Speaking to Inside Out Premier League from ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203232201&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:42:58 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203232201&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 By Ndi-Igbo Germany Like fading pictures in a photo album, some memories remain in the mind long after time has erased details of the events. So it is for Ndiigbo with the final bye bye for our one ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203232200&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:42:56 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203232200&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 By Ime Bassey Following Sharks 5-0 pouncing by Gombe United mid-week, Sharks Chief coach, Imama Amapakabor has disclosed that his side will vent their anger on visiting Akwa United in this weekend ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203232202&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:42:55 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203232202&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 By Emma Amaize, Warri FORMER Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, Friday, told the Visitation Panel to the Federal University of Petroleum Resources , FUPRE, Ugbomron, Effurun, ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203232203&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:42:53 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203232203&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 BOBOYE, Niger, Feb 4, 2012 (IPS) - Women have been left in charge of many of the households in the village of ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203228631&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:55:56 -0500 IPS http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203228631&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 BY CHIDI NKWOPARA, Owerri The Vice Chancellor, of Imo State University, IMSU, Owerri, Professor Bathram E. B. Nwoke, says he would abide by any directive of the state government on the relocation ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229266&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:11:09 -0500 Vanguard http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229266&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Awka - Anambra State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Awka yesterday ruled that it would next Tuesday decide whether or not to reject written statement of the forensic expert that investigated ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229257&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:29 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229257&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Yola - Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Alhaji Nasir el-Rufai has taken a hard knock on the present PDP-led Federal government, describing the party's regimes since the ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229256&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:27 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229256&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria with a total land area of 356667 square miles and an estimated population of 167 million people according to the international security indicators requires about 2-4 policemen per 1000 ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229255&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:24 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229255&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The naira strengthened against the United States Dollar on the interbank market yesterday after the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) sold about $150 million to some lenders, boosting ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229253&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:19 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229253&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 You will recall that His Excellency presented the budget recently to the Benue State House of Assembly and he made it clear as to what forms the basis of the 2012 budget. The first thing he said ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229259&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:17 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229259&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday promised that his administration will construct more roads in the Lagos metropolis . The governor gave the assurance when he handed over the ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229258&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:15 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229258&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon Waziri Aminu Tambuwal, has called on the British government to assist Nigeria in its fight against Boko Haram insurgency in the country. The Speaker ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229263&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:12 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229263&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Joint Senate Committee on Establishment, State and Local Government Affairs, yesterday said it would begin an investigation into the management of N700 billion pension fund by the National ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229262&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:10 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229262&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The delay by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in prosecuting key actors in the reported mismanagement of fuel subsidy funds, LEADERSHIP investigations reveal, is due to the ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229261&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:08 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229261&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Barely a day after gombe state governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo signed a four billion naira (N4.172,239,896.48) contract for the rehabilitation of the reticulation works of Gombe township water ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229260&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:06 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229260&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The trial of Senator Ali Ndume which was billed to commence yesterday could not go ahead before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja due to the absence of the prosecuting lawyer from the Attorney ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229264&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:04 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229264&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 A whopping sum of over N50 million meant for the universal basic education was not accessed by the various state governments until recently, the minister of state for education, Mr. Nyesom Wike has ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229265&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:02 -0500 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=203229265&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3