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By Dayo Johnson THE National Population Commission, NPC, Wednesday warned against politicisation of the compilation of the compendium of localities in Nigeria to be conducted by the commission. Chairman of NPC, Chief Samu’ila Makama gave the warning in Akure at a workshop held for stakeholders on the compendium of localities in states in the southwest geo-political zone of the country. Makama said the authentication of localities’ lists would not lead to any boundary adjustment nor would the outcome affect ..read more

Experienced coach Guus Hiddink has agreed terms with the Ivorian Football Association to coach Les Elephants during the World Cup, according to a report from Dutch national broadcaster NOS. Hiddink The report claims that Hiddink has signed a two_month contract with Ivory Coast, starting on May 15, 2010 and running until July 15.However, the contract will be rescinded if Hiddink fails to prove within the next 10 days that his contract with the Russian FA has been terminated.

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By Hector Igbikiowubo LONDON – THE Federal Government, yesterday, deployed gas from the operations of Chevron Nigeria Limited to cushion the impact of temporary closure of the Sapele and Oben gas plants operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC. Following the deployment of gas from Chevron’s operations, consumers may have been spared a worsening of the already precarious electricity supply situation. Vanguard reliably gathered that following the closure of both Oben and Sapele gas plants, about 500 million standard ..read more

By Funmi Komolafe The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and a private firm-Prosec Systems (Nig) Limited- have began exploratory talks with a view to collaborating in the area of the establishment of Hi-Tech Training Centers for the purpose of training unskilled unemployed Nigerian as part of the job creation programme of the Directorate. The training programme is expected to  boost the agricultural schemes ran by the NDE across the country. Durring a meeting held at the NDE corporate Headquarters ..read more

By Fidelis Ebu, Abuja Lars Lagerback’s towering credential as a dev elopement coach might have aided his being chosen from the lot to pilot the affairs of the Eagles’ at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa. larger Chief Patrick Ekeji, the Director_General of National Sports Commission while declaring open yesterday the Nigeria Football Federation organised seminar for Nigerian coaches at the Fifa Goal Project, threw more light on what informed the panellists to hire Lagerback as the ..read more