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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 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:54:26 -0400 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:54:26 -0400 30 Johannesburg - Bloemfontein Celtic's Prince Olomu says it would be hard for him to turn down the chance of representing Bafana.The 23-year-old Nigerian-born player has been plying his trade in South A... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349320&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:11:54 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349320&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Nigerian Finance Minister Olusegun Aganga said on Friday 10 percent GDP growth in sub-Saharan Africa's second-biggest economy was achievable by the end of next year. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349321&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:01:21 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349321&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The head of Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Friday she expected a new management team to be in place at the country's stock exchange by the beg... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349322&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:01:19 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349322&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Nigeria is on track to achieve GDP growth of at least 7 percent this year after its economy grew by 7.4 percent in the first half, Finance Minister Olusegun Aganga said o... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349323&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:01:18 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349323&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Asian imports of West African crude oil will rise sharply in September, due mainly to a substantial increase in purchases by Indian refiners as their processing capacity ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349324&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:01:14 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349324&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) yesterday announced that the appointment of a new Chief Coach for the Super Eagles will be made on October 1. The Federation, in a com... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349310&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:36 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349310&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Abuja — Members of the executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation rose from its inaugural meeting last night and announced that Samson Siasia’s Chief Coach offer with the Eagle... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349312&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:32 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349312&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The police Wednesday arraigned a Fulani herdsman before the Kuje Upper Area Court for allegedly stealing and vandalising the property of his employer. Mohammed Garba was arraigned for alleged mischie... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349313&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:30 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349313&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Chairman of the Bwari Area Council, Mr. Peter Yohanna, has stressed the need for the council's staff to be keeping government documents in their custody secret. The chairman who was speaking at a... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349314&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:28 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349314&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Ibadan — Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole, a renowned Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan was yesterday named the next vice-chancellor of th... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349315&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:25 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349315&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Lafia — The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Zone C, yesterday said it would stage a protest in Abuja, to prevent President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the presidential el... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349317&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:21 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38349317&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 If Niger, at first glance, seem a little of an unknown quantity when it comes to international football, there is actually more familiarity with them in Bafana's ranks than one might have first though... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346761&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:49:12 -0400 IOL http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346761&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Expected to be arrested in the swoops are Commissioners and Permanent Secretaries in the respective states' Ministries of Finance and Local Governments as well as several chairmen of Local Government ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346749&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:53 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346749&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The subterranean battle for the soul of the ANPP between Governor Ibrahim Shekarau and his Borno State counterpart Ali Sheriff intensified yesterday with the suspension by the Ume-Ezeoke faction of si... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346750&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:50 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346750&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday reiterated his administration's pledge to give the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) all the support needed to conduct elections that meet global s... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346751&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:48 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346751&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Yola — Eighty persons have so far been confirmed dead as a result of cholera outbreak in nine local government areas of Adamawa State with over 1,000 cases recorded. The state government has pr... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346754&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:46 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346754&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Abuja — President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday gave reasons why his administration is insisting on conducting a credible elections come 2011 in the country. President Jonathan explained that wit... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346753&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:44 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346753&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Kano — A protest by youths from across the 36 states demanding the "unconditional release" of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha yesterday grinded Kano to a standstill, with hundreds of protesters calling ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346752&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:42 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346752&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 In a bid to rid the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of crime, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has convicted 81 persons between January to August 2010 who were caught in possession... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346756&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:37 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346756&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Ahead of the 2011 general elections, the Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) has commenced a sensitization campaign against electoral violence and crime in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The National ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346757&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:34 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346757&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 analysis The menace of kidnapping in Nigeria started from the Niger Delta area when militants wanted both national and international attention. Soon unemployed youths all over the nation saw it as th... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346760&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:32 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346760&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Lagos — Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olasupo Sasore, has denied reported deals with the Presidency for the release of Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Securi... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346246&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:31 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346246&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 editorial The recent arrest in Maiduguri of five men with deadly weapons bound for Plateau and Taraba states has raised fresh security concerns over the proliferation of illicit arms in this country.... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346245&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:29 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346245&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disclosed that the Abuja rail mass transit will commence operations in 2013. Engr. Kenneth Okafor, a director in the FCTA transport department ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346759&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:29 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346759&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Abuja — Residents of Federal Housing Estate, Lugbe have called on the construction company rehabilitating Airport road, Julius Berger PLC to speedily increase their work pace to avert traffic ja... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346758&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:27 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38346758&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE — An unusual and vibrant exhibit at the Niagara Pumphouse Visual Art Centre has brought Africa into Niagara-on-the-Lake.Entitled Nigeria-on-the-Lake, the exhibit, which runs unti... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38341358&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:46:43 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38341358&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 We've all received e-mails from deposed Nigerian princes asking for help in getting lots of money out of his country. But that's just one of several scams that made Panda Security's list of the most f... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38329413&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:46:22 -0400 CNet http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38329413&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Banking and petroleum firms lead Nigerian stocks lower, falling for the third day this week, as traders say the outlook has weakened due to the slow process of recapitalising lenders rescued in last... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38329415&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:40:47 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38329415&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 We've all received e-mails from deposed Nigerian princes asking for help in getting lots of money out of his country. But that's just one of several scams that made Panda Security's list of the most f... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38329414&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:32:01 -0400 CNet http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38329414&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 del.icio.us In Nigeria, the governor of Rivers State is set to implement a measure that will jail parents who keep their children out of school. Governor Chibuike Amaechi says it’s necessary because... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38324651&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:33:03 -0400 VOA http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38324651&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 LONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - West African crude oil differentials hardened slightly on Thursday as Asian demand emerged for October and November loading. http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38325379&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:16:37 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38325379&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 NAIROBI, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The Nigerian naira, Kenyan shilling and Zambian kwacha are expected to strengthen against the dollar in the next week to Thursday, while Ghana's cedi and and Uganda's an... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38325380&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:16:35 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38325380&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Niger Increasing Security Following Al-Qaida Threats Against Aid Workers Flooding in Niger is devastating livestock and destroying crops, lowering expectations for the next harvest in a country where ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38320844&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:56:19 -0400 VOA http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38320844&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Immediate past Chairman of Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Hon. Isah Dara Bwari has disclosed that the major reason for his aspiration to the House of Representatives is to correc... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321543&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:21:23 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321543&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 It seeks to establish "for the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, an Authority, to be known as the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, which shall be responsible for the efficient and operation of Mu... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321542&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:21:21 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321542&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 opinion Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo, in a recent meeting with contractors and consultants working on various electricity projects under the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP), warned ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321544&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:21:19 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321544&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The EFCC boss clearly gave Jega, a professor of Political Science, some lectures on how to deal with people who would come to 'share' part of the money just voted for him to compile voters register an... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321547&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:21:17 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321547&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Normalcy returned yesterday to Garki Model Market Abuja after about eight hours of closure. According to LEADERSHIP findings, trouble started early yesterday when some meat sellers came to the market... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321546&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:21:14 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321546&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 The leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party moved yesterday to douse the tension between it and governors elected on its platform over allegation that the National Working Committee was favo... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321545&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:21:13 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321545&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Abuja — Nigerians, especially politicians, may have lost over $1 billion (about N150 billion) in property investment projects initiated by Damac Properties in Dubai, United Arab Emirate (UAE). ... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321549&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:21:11 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321549&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Abuja — The Federal Government yesterday approved contracts totaling N1.71 billion for the purchase and supply of Primary 6 English Language, Mathematics and Science textbooks for public schools... http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321548&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:21:09 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.nigeriannews.net/?rid=38321548&cat=8db1f72cde37faf3