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Nigeria's UACN pays dividend, bonus as profits soar
Reuters
LAGOS May 2 (Reuters) - Nigerian local conglomerate UACN's 2012 pre-tax profit rose by 53.6 percent to 10.74 billion naira ($67.89 million), from 6.99 billion naira the previous year, the company said on Thursday. Turnover rose 16.8 percent to 69.63 ...

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Nigeria, Canada Sign Pact to Boost Investment
THISDAY Live
Commenting on the request for loans for entrepreneurial development in Nigeria, he promised to take a second look at the request noting, however, that they do not interfere with the decision making process of their banks even though they are ...

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A hunger to win, and the great new Nigeria - Guardian
The Guardian Nigeria
Nigeria has had a long wait of 13 years to qualify for the finals of the AFCON. And an even much longer wait to lift the trophy to glory! The year 1994 was the last time the Super Eagles lifted the trophy. What could be responsible for the victory of ...

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Aljazeera.com
Conflicting death tolls in Nigeria violence
Aljazeera.com
The Nigerian army is standing by its claim that no more than 36 people died during the fight in Baga, a town in Borno state, and that the vast majority of victims were members of Boko Haram. Local politicians and residents say as many as 200 people ...
Scrutiny Falls on Nigeria Military as Report Casts Light on AttackWall Street Journal
Militants Turn Nigeria into Christian Killing FieldChristian Broadcasting Network
Baga raid: Satellite images 'show Nigeria army abuse'BBC News
New York Times -Huffington Post
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Premium Times
Nigeria joins journalist danger list on World Press Freedom day
The Independent
Ayode Longe, a senior officer with the Nigerian press freedom group Media Rights Agenda, said: “Investigations into the killings are usually carried out with sloppiness, and no real culprits are caught. That has emboldened others to assault journalists ...
Nigeria, Brazil dangerous for journalistsThe Australian
Nigeria enters ranks of countries with dire journalistic impunity recordsThe Guardian
Nigeria is most dangerous place for journalists in Africa after Somalia – ReportPremium Times
United Press International, Asia
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Premium Times
Soccer-Nigeria's Anichebe puts international career on hold
Yahoo! News
May 2 (Reuters) - Everton striker Victor Anichebe has asked Nigeria not to consider him for next month's Confederation Cup in Brazil because he wants to rest after the rigours of the English season. Anichebe told the BBC in an interview he has put his ...
Nigeria's Anichebe retires from international footballYahoo! Canada Sports
We deserve commendations, Nigeria Football AssociationPremium Times
Anichebe retires from international footballESPN.co.uk

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Globe and Mail
Nigeria seeks to diversify trade with Canada beyond oil sector
Globe and Mail
Given Canada's strength in the oil sector, Nigeria's oil business – despite its reputation for oil theft and corruption – is expected to benefit from the investment deal, announced Wednesday by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Nigerian vice-president ...
Nigeria's Industrial Utilization Grows To 48% – AgangaCHANNELS

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Analysis: Nigeria faces long, bumpy road to making the lights work
Yahoo! News
ABUJA (Reuters) - In an unwanted daily routine lasting 17 years, Phillip Cleatus sits in the dark doorway of his shoe-making shop in Nigeria's northern city of Kaduna, waiting for the lights to come back on. President Goodluck Jonathan is trying to ...

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Soccer-More fixtures add extra belief to Swansea - Laudrup (Reuters)
Jan 8 (Reuters) - As Swansea City's fixture list grows longer so too does their self-belief, manager Michael Laudrup said on the eve of the Welsh club's first major semi-final for almost 50 years. Swansea travel to European champions Chelsea for their Capital One (League) Cup semi-final first leg encounter on Wednesday having lost just twice in 15 games in all competitions stretching back to late October. Laudrup's team will have a total of eight games in January, including an FA Cup third-round replay against Arsenal, but the Dane says his players are revelling in the constant action. ... ...

Guardiola wants coaching return
Pep Guardiola tells a conference in Zurich he is ready to return to coaching following his break from the game. ...

Christie's madness method
Reihan Salam says the governor is taking stands that help him in New Jersey but damage his standing with conservatives; is he playing a shrewd long game? ...

Nations Cup: Spurs’ Adebayor to play for Togo
Tottenham’s Togo star Emmanuel Adebayor has had a last minute change of heart and will after all take part in the Africa Cup of Nations later this month, according to the head of his country’s football federation. The Spurs striker was planning to skip the January 19-February 10 competition in South Africa in a dispute [...] ...

Guardiola Set to return to coaching
Former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola says he is ready to return to coaching following his seven-month sabbatical from the game.read more ...

Repeated Threat to Life of Human Rights Activist, Femi Aborishade, Has Ibadan Polytechnic Boiling
Femi Aborishade, Nigerian human rights activist and Senior Lecturer at The Polytechnic, Ibadan, has alleged threats to his life and his family following successive attacks at his residence and stalking by an unknown gang, allegations now pulling the institution apart.read more ...

President Jonathan Pays Close To N1billion In ‘Severance’ To Yar'Adua Family
By SaharaReporters, New York The presidency has paid nearly N1billion to the family of late President Umaru Yar'Adua, according to an official memo obtained by SaharaReporters.   The slush funds were routed through the Katsina state government, the home state of the former president.read more ...

NDDC, SPDC train 1,620 Niger Delta women on skills
THE NIGER DELTA Development Commission (NDDC) and Shell Petroleum Development Company have trained and empowered a total of 1,620 rural women from the Niger Delta ...

Canada meets key aboriginal demand amid blockades
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's prime minister will meet with native leaders next week to discuss social and economic issues, an olive branch to an angry aboriginal movement that has blockaded rail lines and threatened to close Canada's borders with the United States. Stephen Harper made no mention of the aboriginal protests in a statement on Friday announcing the January 11 meeting. But the meeting is a key demand from native Chief Theresa Spence, who has been on a hunger strike for 25 days on an island within sight of the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa. ... ...

Kuwait sentences second man to jail for insulting emir: lawyer
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti court sentenced a man to two years in prison on Monday for insulting the country's ruler on Twitter, his lawyer said, the second person to be jailed for the offence in as many days. The U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state has clamped down in recent months on political activists who have been using social media websites to criticize the government and the ruling family. Kuwait has seen a series of opposition-organized protests, including one on Sunday night, since the ruling emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, used emergency powers in October to change the voting system. ... ...


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