Vincent Kompany: Manchester City have point to prove

Manchester City have "a point to prove" after their struggles to defend their Premier League title last season, says captain Vincent Kompany. The Belgium defender added to Yaya Toure's first-half brace as City won 3-0 at West Brom in their opening game. "Last...

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$1.5bn Dry Dock project: NLNG denies financial commitment, stake

 0 THE Nigerian Liquefied Nat­ural Gas (NLNG) Limited has denied financial commitments towards the proposed $1.5 bil­lion Badagry Dry Dock proj­ect. The company, according to its General Manager, External Relations, NLNG, Dr. Kudo Eresia-Eke, dispelled recent...

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200 students set for Mobil athletics holiday camping

 0 REPARATIONS are at an advanced stage for the staging of the 15th AKS/NNPC/MPN Schools Athletics Cham­pionship and the second Holiday Camping and Training programme billed to commence in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Monday August 17. In tune with the first programme...

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Eagles hitman destroys FC IfeanyiUbah

 0 SUPER Eagles forward, Gbolahan Salami was on rampage yesterday in the Glo Premier League, as his brace helped his club, Warri Wolves to record an emphatic 3-0 victory over struggling Nnewi side, FC IfeanyiUbah in one of the match week 21 fixtures. Just...

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FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP DRAW: Eaglets ready for any foe in Chile – Amuneke

 0 COACH Emmanuel Amuneke has declared that World reigning champions, the Golden Eaglets, would be ready to take on any op­position in Chile, when they defend the title Nigeria won at the last FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates two years ago. The...

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Are, Unibadan colleagues toast Osundare for winning NNOM award

 0 Niyi Osundare, a professor of English at the University of Orleans, Lakefront, New Or­leans in the United States, shone brightly again in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, recently as he was honoured by people from all walks of life, especially distinguished academics. It...

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N26bn debt: DISCOs threaten to disconnect police, army barracks, government agencies from power supply

 0 FOLLOWING the accu­mulation of N26 billion debt owed the electricity compa­nies by the Armed Forces and government agencies, the Association of Nige­rian Electricity Distributors (ANED) has threatened to disconnect power supply to military and police bar­racks...

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We’ll sustain NYSC to promote national unity –Buhari

 0 PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has assured that his administration will take all necessary ac­tions to maintain and improve the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to promote national unity and integration. He spoke yesterday after he was briefed by of­ficials...

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Arunma Oteh as World Bank VP/Treasurer

 0 THE, recent appointment of the immediate past Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms. Arunma Oteh, as Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank is yet another glittering accomplishment by a Nigerian in a global financial institution....

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Buhari appoints new head of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation

 1 Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has named a new chief of the state-run oil company Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) weeks after he sacked the whole board. As part of an anti-corruption campaign he undertook since he took office in May, the...

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Rescue hopes fade for migrants after boat capsizes in Mediterranean

e section ump media player Media player help Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. Media captionWill Turner, Medecins Sans Frontieres: "We don't know how many people might be trapped within the belly of the boat" Officials initially...

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