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- Nigeria faces Estonia in World Chess Olympiad
LAGOS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- After a brilliant outing of the men's national team against Jamaica at the ongoing World Chess Olympiad in Germany on Tuesday, Nigeria faces a tough fight to advance in the competition. International Master Dapo Adu is
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This Day (Lagos) Hopes that the falling crude oil prices would lead to cheaper petroleum products in Nigeria have been dashed by the Federal Government. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the end of its weekly meeting yesterday foreclosed any pump
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optimistically declared that Nigeria would fulfill her greatness and urged Nigerians not to give up hope on her. Governor Fashola, who spoke at the closing ceremony of the 53rd Annual National Convention of the Four Square Gospel Church in Ajebo, Ogun
- BBC statement to SVT regarding 2005 Niger reports
The following is the full statement issued to Sveriges Television (SVT) by the BBC in response to questions about the latter's reporting on the 2005 food crisis in Africa. SVT criticizes BBC Africa report (19 Nov 08) BBC News refuted the TV2 allegations
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By the time it begins its first seminar next week at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, the Niger Delta Information and Media Resource Centre (NDIMRC) will be doing something totally different for the region. It will not seek to embark on infrastructural projects
- Nigeria needs a Mogae
Perhaps, his name does not ring a bell and I have not come across it before. But recently, the former President of Botswana, Festus Gotenbaye Mogae, made headline news as this years winner of Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. The $5
- Falcons walk tight rope, draw 0-0 with Tunisia
It may have also prompted the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to have a second thought on the proprietary of allowing Coach Joseph Ladipo to continue handling the team after the Beijing Olympic Games, where Nigeria failed to make the second round. The
- Global financial crisis will affect Nigeria Dr Okafor, VP, MAN By PETER ANOSIKE Thursday, November 20, 2008 Dr Ifeanyi Okafor is the Vice President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Eastern Zone as well as the Chairman and Chief Executive Offi
Global financial crisis will affect Nigeria Dr Okafor, VP, MAN By PETER ANOSIKE Thursday, November 20, 2008 Dr Ifeanyi Okafor is the Vice President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Eastern Zone as well as the Chairman and Chief Executive
- Obama talks with UN chief plus Colombian, African leaders
What's this WASHINGTON (AFP) - US president-elect Barack Obama Wednesday telephoned UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plus the presidents of Colombia, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa, his office said. Obama returned their calls 'and expressed his
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Niger became independent from France in 1960 and experienced single-party and military rule until 1991, when Gen. Ali SAIBOU was forced by public pressure to allow multiparty elections, which resulted in a democratic government in 1993. Political infighting brought the government to a standstill and in 1996 led to a coup by Col. Ibrahim BARE. In 1999 BARE was killed in a coup by military officers who promptly restored democratic rule and held elections that brought Mamadou TANDJA to power in December of that year. TANDJA was reelected in 2004. Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world with minimal government services and insufficient funds to develop its resource base. The largely agrarian and subsistence-based economy is frequently disrupted by extended droughts common to the Sahel region of Africa.
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