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Ex CBN gov meet President

Sanusi, ex-CBN boss, meets Jonathan. The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to President Goodluck Jonathan.The erstwhile governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria met behind closed doors with the President.He did not speak with journalists at the end of the parley.
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FIFA gives Nigeria fresh Friday deadline

According to punch news this morning The world football governing body has extended until Friday the deadline given to the Nigeria Football Federation to set its house in order or face a lengthy ban from international football. FIFA’s latest position was made known via a letter sent to the NFF President Amaju Pinnick on Tuesday. The letter signed by FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke read, “Dear President we acknowledge your correspondence dated October 27, 2014 with regards of the developments in the situation of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). “We take note of the order granted by the Federal High Court nullifying the NFF elections of 30 September 2014 and the fact that some persons claiming to have been legitimately elected previously went to occupy the offices of the NFF causing great confusion among the administrative staff… “As stated in our previous letters dated 9 September 2014 and 2 October 2014, FIFA stressed that should the electoral p...
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FIFA gives Nigeria Monday deadline

For the umpteenth time this year the world football governing body, FIFA, has given Nigeria a deadline to avoid suspension from international football. Confederation of African Football President, Issa Hayatou, has warned that Nigeria is in danger of being banned by FIFA by Monday (today) after a court sacked the recently elected Nigeria Football Federation Executive Committee. Indeed, it was explained that the Super Falcons were allowed to play the AWC final match against Cameroon on Saturday after a plea was made to FIFA executives led by Sepp Blatter. Last Thursday, the Federal High Court sitting in Jos gave a ruling setting aside the NFF elections of September 30 in Warri which had ushered in the new Exco. The court ruling has angered FIFA officials who had warned that the country would be banned if there were any further interference from any civil court on purely football matters. Hayatou told the Minister of Sports Dr. Tammy Danagogo in Windhoek, Namibia that they were fed u...
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Tunisians vote in first parliamentary polls

Millions vote in cradle of Arab Spring to elect five- year parliament since they overthrew dictator Ben Ali in 2011. Tunisians have been lining up to vote to choose new parliament in the elections seen as a test of the country's transition to democracy. Voting opened at 7am (06:00 GMT) on Sunday to elect a five-year legislative assembly and will close at 6pm. More than 4,500 polling booths have been set up, with security forces deploying heavily to avert possible attacks. Results are expected to follow shortly after. Sunday’s general election, which will see the election of the 217-member legislature, is the first under the country’s new constitution and the second since the 2011 uprising that overthrew the regime of the former president, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. "I am so proud of being here," Sami Rajhi, a 19- year-old student, told Al Jazeera as he queued to cast his first ever vote at a polling station in the capital's northern neighbourhood o...
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FG to ban commercial motorcycles nationwide

The use of motorcycles as commercial means of transport in Nigeria, popularly known as ‘Okada’ or ‘Achaba’ may soon be banned throughout the country. The proposal for the ban was made by the National Council on Transport after its annual conference in Enugu State and endorsed by the Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar. A statement from the Federal Ministry of Transport on Saturday evening stated that the ban of commercial motorcycle was one of the measures proposed towards adequate provision of safety and secure transportation in Nigeria. It said the recommendation was contained in a statement of the week long meeting which had in attendance all the state commissioners of transport, permanent secretaries, directors and officials in the federal and state ministries of transport across the country. The council advised all states in the federation to henceforth discourage the use of commercial motorcycles as a means of public transportation. “All states an...
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Falcons beat Cameroon

The Super Falcons of Nigeria on Saturday defeated Cameroon 2-0 to win the ninth edition of the African Women Championship in Windhoek, Namibia. The goals from Desire Oparanozie and Asisat Oshoala were all Nigeria needed to reclaim the AWC title. After a dominant opening period, Oparanozie put the Super Falcons in front in the 12th minute with a superb free-kick. Oshoala then doubled Nigeria’s lead two minutes from the end of an enthralling first half. NAN recalls that only twice since the inaugural AWC in 1998 had Nigeria failed to win the trophy. Equatorial Guinea are the only other winners, in 2008 and 2012, and they failed to qualify for this year’s tournament. Nigeria and Cameroon had already qualified for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Canada by reaching the final. They will be joined there by Cote d’Ivoire who had earlier in the day beaten South Africa 1-0 in the third-place match. In an even contest, also played in Windhoek, Rebec...
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Iran hangs woman in defiance of international campaign

Iran executed Saturday a 26-year-old woman who had spent five years on death row for the murder of a former intelligence official, defying international pressure to spare her life. Reyhaneh Jabbari was hanged at dawn, the official IRNA news agency quoted the Tehran prosecutor’s office as saying. A message posted on the homepage of a Facebook campaign that was set up to try to save her, but which now states “Rest in Peace,” confirmed the report. Amnesty International said in a statement issued late Friday that Jabbari, an interior designer, was due to be executed for the 2007 stabbing of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi. A UN human rights monitor had said the killing of Sarbandi was an act of self-defence after he tried to sexually assault Jabbari, and that her trial in 2009 had been deeply flawed. Iranian actors and other prominent figures had appealed for a stay of execution, echoing similar calls in the West. Efforts for clemency had intensified in recent weeks. Jabbari...
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Battling ebola virus in US

Washington: As New York City reported its first Ebola case, US President Barack Obama on Saturday asked the Americans not to give into fear as the country is well equipped to deal with the deadly virus and is leading the global fight to stamp it out. "Here's the bottom line. Patients can beat this disease. And we can beat this disease. But we have to stay vigilant," Obama said in his weekly radio and web address today, a day after he hugged the Dallas-based Nina Pham, the nurse declared free of Ebola. "We have to work together at every level federal, state and local. And we have to keep leading the global response, because the best way to stop this disease, the best way to keep Americans safe, is to stop it at its source ? in West Africa," he said ye. The President said: "We have to be guided by the science... By the facts, not fear." He said new measures were put in place to screen all travellers from the three affected countries i...
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