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PROSPECTS of the Nigeria’s major opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, were shaking, yesterday, ahead of a decisive ruling on the validity of the party’s registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The acronym ‘APC’ is being contested by an unregistered political party African Peoples Congress reports Vanguard.
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Gordon Strachan with his players
Daily Mail has reported that Police have launched an investigation into claims attempts have been made to fix the London friendly between Scotland and Nigeria. Officers from the National Crime Agency, which investigates serious and organised crime, have tipped off world governing body FIFA over possible attempts to rig the game.
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Nigeria’s ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo has met with people close to Boko Haram in an attempt to broker the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, a source close to the talks told AFP. The meeting took place last weekend at Obasanjo’s farm in southern Ogun state and included relatives of some senior Boko Haram fighters as well as intermediaries and the former president, the source said.
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Nigeria international Ogenyi Onazi tells BBC he feels fortunate to be alive after he narrowly avoided last week’s bombings in the city of Jos. Onazi, 21, who was born in Jos, had just left the popular Jos Main Market last Tuesday, when the first blast rocked the area. The blasts at a crowded bus terminal and market killed at least 118 people.
