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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, may not to be in a hurry to end the raging controversy over the sudden emergence of a new political association, African Peoples Congress, APC, which approached it for registration as a political party. See details at: http:///iArHJ

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, will on Wednesday decide whether to grant a stay of execution on the judgement it gave earlier about Odi Community in Bayelsa State. See details at: http:///DKn8l

Nigerian Judiciary Workers have called off their strike which paralysed activities in all Federal Courts since Monday. The workers were asked to resume work immediately. See details at: http:///g7wFh

A close associate and long-time lawyer to the former South African President, Nelson Mandela, George Bizos, said on Monday that the memory of the 94-year-old political icon is fast fading with age. Read details at: http:///wyBR8

African football strongman, Issa Hayatou, is set to clinch a new term as the president of the Confederation of African Football, at an election he is contesting unopposed.
CAF’s 35th General Assembly entered the second day Sunday, in Marrakech, Morocco, with the election of the confederation’s officials, including the president.
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The world football governing body has queried Nigeria over the attempt to ban Lesbians from the Nigeria Women Professional League, NWPL.
The football governing body, FIFA, has written to the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, requesting clarification over statements by the Chairperson of Nigeria Women Professional League, Dilichukwu Onyedinma, about a planned ban of lesbians from the league. See details at: http:///tJHsm

An Abuja High Court on Thursday remanded a businessman, Usman Gumi, in the custody of the Economic and Financial crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged issuance of dud cheques by the accused.
Mr. Gumi will remain with the EFCC pending the court’s ruling on his oral application for bail. See details at: http:///LBgzk

President Goodluck Jonathan will visit troubled Yobe State on Thursday, the Yobe Government has announced.
Presidential sources, including spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, had spoken about the president’s scheduled visit to the volatile states of Yobe and Borno. See details at: http:///MubmH

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said on Thursday that it would train journalists on how best to report disasters in the country.
Alhaji Abubakar Kanar, the North East Zonal Coordinator of the agency, disclosed this in a statement issued in Yola. See details at: http:///ZYDT0

A former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, is an embattled and failed politician who lacks even basic academic qualification such as the senior school certificate; his successor, Theodore Orji, said, in a ferocious rejoinder to a week long public row between the two men. See details at: http:///9JPXG

The presidency has described the recently celebrated visit of eight opposition governors to Maiduguri, Borno State, as a media circuit hurriedly packaged to pre-empt the planned visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the restive states of Borno and Yobe. Read details at: http:///85v8W

Coalition partners in the All Progressives Congress, APC, took a bold step towards registration as a new party early Wednesday in Abuja when nine of the 11 governors in the group finally adopted a logo, a slogan, and a motto for the proposed party.
The adopted logo is the green-white-blue background with a broom on the white background. The logo however has a red base.
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President Goodluck Jonathan will visit the troubled states of Borno and Yobe before the end of the week, in a move to probably prove he is not timid as accused by opposition party, Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN. See details at: http:///cMuQU

The House of Representatives in Abuja on Tuesday approved life imprisonment for any person convicted of rape.
In addition, persons convicted of gang raping a victim shall be liable jointly and severally to a minimum of 20 years imprisonment without the option of fine.
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On the day governors of the 19 Northern Nigerian states described him as a reference point for good governance, the opposition Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, has called for the prosecution of former President Olusegun Obasanjo for genocide over the 1999 invasion of Odi community in Bayelsa State. See details here...http:///Q74yh

The general congregation of Catholic cardinals, the first in a series of pre-Conclave meeting where possible candidates for the papacy are chosen, will hold Monday, Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, has announced.
The cardinals will also discuss issues regarding the church, but most importantly they will discuss who they think will be a good candidate to succeed Pope Benedict XVI who stepped down on Thursday. Read more details here...http:///WN05N

The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has challenged the Nigeria Police Force to account for the 5,356 Nigerians it arrested during and after the 2011 general elections for various electoral offences and post election violence.
The party also urged Nigerians to demand the full implementation of the report of the Ahmed Lemu committee on the violence that trailed the general elections in some parts of the country. See more...http:///J4cc7

About 20 members of the Boko Haram sect were killed Sunday after the militants attempted to attack a military barracks at Monguno, 200 kilometers away from Maiduguri, the state capital, themilitary Joint Task Force, Operation Restore Order, in Borno state said. - See more at: http:///6nQSZ

The leader of the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnal, lil Daawati wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has denied that the extremist sect was in dialogue with the government of Borno state, and had agreed to a ceasefire.
Mr. Shekau spoke in a new video message sent to journalists in Maiduguri, barely a week after a self-acclaimed leader of the group, Abu Abdulazeez, said he had Mr. Shekau’s backing to announce a ceasefire.
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The Chairman of the Nigeria Women Football League, Dilichukwu Onyedinma, has said that the league will not tolerate lesbianism among women footballers.
Ms. Onyedinma said this during the league’s congress that held on Thursday in Abuja.
“It (lesbianism) is happening but we have to talk to the clubs, and look inside the clubs and these things have to do with clubs.
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President Goodluck Jonathan may have received the nod of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to seek a second term in office despite the agitation by a section of the party that he should honour his word and not contest. - See more at: http:///P7ayJ

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday re-arraigned seven oil marketers before a Lagos High Court for fuel subsidy fraud.
The oil marketers, who appeared in two batches before the judge, had earlier been arraigned before Justice Habeeb Abiru, last year. http:///fcAc4

A contract awarded by the Central Bank of Nigeria for the construction of a ‘Dealing Room’ has raised concerns over the financial management and transparency of the Lamido Sanusi-led central bank.
Analysts say the Central Bank’s decision to approve the contract allegedly at about N900 million is “outrageous”; although the apex bank denies the figure.
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Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described the “Good Governance Tour” the Minister of Information Labaran Maku is leading around the country as a big scam.
“I am happy that Oshiomhole told the leader of the Good Governance Tour, Labaran Maku, to go to hell. It is a big scam,” Mr. Soyinka said in response to a question from journalists who sought his views on the tour. Click this link to read more...http:///zoxAK

The National Union of Electricity Employees has rejected the Federal Government’s offer of N384 billion exit package for workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Emeka Wogu, announced the package after the Federal Executive Council Meeting on Wednesday.
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Months after a debilitating illness pushed her to the background, Mrs Jonathan bounced back with a new spring Thursday, warning opposition parties in the country that their ongoing efforts to gang up to dethrone the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in 2015 would be fruitless.
[b]"100 political parties put together would not be able to defeat the PDP in the 2015 general election."[/b]said Mrs Jonathan patience.
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The Minister of Sports and Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Bolaji Abdullahi, has shed more light on the alleged resignation of Coach Stephen Keshi after the victory of the Super Eagles at the 2013 African Cup of Nations.
"I resigned my appointment through a letter to the Nigeria Football Federation and was awaiting their response".Keshi reportedly told a South African radio station. Click this link to read details...http:///AHnga

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Muritala Muhammed Airport Command intercepted a Nigerian professor carrying $1 million on his way to Kenya, an official said on Wednesday.

The Customs Area Comptroller at the airport, Charles Edike, told newsmen in Lagos that the professor had been handed to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigations.

He said that although the professor declared the money to customs officers at the airport, “the source of the money was not clear.

“He claimed to be the director of a company, A-Z Petroleum. He said he was carrying the money to Kenya to settle a dispute with a community over oil blocks.

“We were not comfortable with what he said, we have handed him over to the EFCC,” Mr. Edike said. He did not give the name of the professor.

He also said that the command intercepted $12 million from 14 persons in 2012, adding that “all the 14 persons have been handed to the EFCC for prosecution.”

Mr. Edike said the command generated N35 billion in 2012 as against N34 billion in 2011.

“Although we had more cargos in 2011, we generated more revenue in 2012,” he said. “This was based on our insistence that every waybill must be accounted for.”

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An interpreter with the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, identified as Akin Adewale, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl.The suspect allegedly committed the crime in his home located at number 6, Shamusideen, Oke-Sokori area of the town when his wife was not at home. Click this link to read more...http:///xB6RK