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SA RUGBY will celebrate the magical 2009 rugby season early next year with a countrywide champions trophy tour to allow rugby fans a close-up view of some of the most treasured trophies in world rugby, writes Zeena Isaacs.
AFTER an overwhelming response from previous runners and novices alike, the Comrades Marathon Association will reopen entries to accommodate 2000 more participants.
THE Democratic Alliance in Gauteng is accusing the ruling African National Congress (ANC) of avoiding accounting to the public for money spent by the provincial government.
PRICES at the gates of SA's factories, farms and mines have fallen for six months running, but the rate of decline has slowed.
The Senate has alleged that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) office has become a cesspool of corruption and shady deals.
Workers of the troubled Nigerian Telecommunications Limited and the Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited (Mtel) have threatened the Bureau of Public Enterprises over their unpaid 16 months salary arrears.
The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation hailed the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for his effort and support in ensuring the Super Eagles' qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup to be staged in the Republic of South Africa.
Asegun Comp-rehensive High School, Ibadan after lifting the maiden edition of the Milo U-13 football trophy has qualified to represent Nigeria at the forthcoming Milo Under-13 African Championship holding next year in South Africa.
Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Nigeria, Sherif Naguib, has said that the second edition of the Egyptian cultural week in Nigeria was a reflection of the close cultural ties between the two countries.
Nigeria Customs, Cross River and Akwa Ibom States command, and Calabar Free Trade Zone have realised about N288million for the month of November 2009.
The Federal Government has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to quickly put a stop to the use of girls as prostitutes by new generation banks in the name of target setting.
As part of measures to make the Eid-El-Kabir celebration lively and memorable for Lagosians, the Lagos State government has announced the provision of free bus rides to all the residents of the state today.
Kaduna State Governor, Architect Mohammed Namadi Sambo has promised to sponsor the first ever 'Governor's Cup' expected to attract the seven golf clubs in Kaduna on a date tentatively fixed for the first week of January, 2010.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the announcement that President Barack Obama of the United States will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next month, and he will urge Commonwealth leaders to do the same when he meets them later this week in Trinidad and Tobago .
In the spirit of the Eid el- Kabir celebration, the ruling people's Democratic Party, PDP, has urged Nigerians to sustain their sacrifice, patriotism and loyalty as the nation is at the threshold of transformation.
Nigeria has signed an LRIT Services Agreement with the International Mobile Satelite Organisation (IMSO), in London, United Kingdom.
Wife of the Kano State governor, Hajiya Halima Ibrahim Shekarau, yesterday distributed 50 cows to the physically challenged people across the 44 local governments of the state.
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights has advised the executive to work with the National Assembly to ensure the immediate withdrawal of the anti-media bill recently initiated by Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa of the House of Representatives.
Trouble is brewing in the Accord party as the members yesterday announced the sack of its erstwhile National Chairman, Alhaji Mohammed Lawal Nalado, and the National Secretary, Isiaka Sulieman , for non-performance and anti-party activities.
The Niger Delta Youth Mirror for Good Governance (NDYMGG) has threatened to stage a mass protest unless the members of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Affairs apologise to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Ubong Ufot Ekaette over their recent "uncomplimentary" remark on him.
As the debate and disagreements between the federal government and the organised labour hots up, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, has gone to the World Bank in Washington to galvanise support for the federal government on the Petroleum Industry Bill and the ongoing reforms in the nation's oil sector.
Two million or more Muslim pilgrims braved scorching heat outside Mecca yesterday to pray for forgiveness in the final stage of the annual Hajj pilgrimage - the world's largest religious gathering.
Fears over non-payment of contracts executed for the just concluded FIFA U-17 World Cup, Nigeria 2009 were laid to rest Tuesday when the account department of the Local Organising committee (LOC), began the payment to contractors.
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State has enjoined Muslims to avoid rumour mongering, stressing the need for hard work as means of strengthening the bond of unity and brotherhood and peaceful co-existence.
Nasarawa State Governor Aliyu Akwe Doma has called on Muslims to live in peace with one another, saying they must use the Eid-el-Kabir period to reflect on the virtues of love, harmony and peaceful co-existence.
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