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Award for Governor Idris: America lady raises alarm over SSS harassment
From CHUKS EHIRIM, Abuja
AN American lady; Hilda Josef, who is country representative of Kasha International
Agriculture Development Organization... Reach
Out Nigeria takes Independence celebration to next level
By
KELECHI DECA
AS Shakespeare rightly points that there is a tide in the affairs of men,
I believe there is also a tide in the affairs of a nation and the waves of
that tide started rising in 2007...
Importers
of unregistered products now to pay N5m fine
By ANDREW OJIEZEL
WORRIED about reported cases of faking of registered products, despite persistent
battle to curb the menace, the Director General of National for Food, Drug
Administration and Control ...
Niger
Delta Crisis: Shell, other oil companies face probe
By NWADIKE UGOCHUKWU
HARDER times await oil multinational companies operating in the Niger Delta
region with the searchlight of the country's security agents now beaming on
them even as the abduction of...
Bankole,
Almona-Isei troubles escalate
From OGBU NGENE, Abuja
WITH the House
of Representatives set to resume sitting, more troubles are said to be laying
siege for Speaker Hon. Dimeji Bankole. The high regard...
Ernest Chukwuka
Anene Ndukwe @ 60: The measure of a man
IN his
well talked of luminous memoir titled The Measure of a Man, actor, producer
and American icon, Sidney Poitier said “I have no wish to...
News
• Yar'Adua identifies
root cause of nation's under-development
• Christ Embassy unveils
ReachOut Nigeria, Thursday
• Govt sacks residents of
Imo parliamentary quarters
• Constituency
delimitation: Ideato leaders reject Rep member
• PTDF
targets 70 per cent of Nigeria 's manpower needs
• Money bags blamed for
nation's political crisis
• Stop parading yourself
as monarch, Daniel warns Ijoko community leader
• Native doctor killed by
angry youths
• Rep member empowers 1,000
Ebonyi youths
• ‘Abscond from duty,
lose your job’
• 20 killed in communal
clash
• Human trafficking uncheckable
in Nigeria –Monarch
• 1,000 illegal structures
demolished
• Commuters
poised for war over 'Okada' helmets
• Women empowerment gets
boost
• Educationist wants children
of public servants banned from private aschools
• Govt move against fresh
outbreak of Bird flu
• Aftermath of Senate probe
report: Opposition mounts against Gimba
• NFF panics over Senate's
directive on new name
• NUGA chief cautions private
varsities on foreign tourneys
• 2009: Bolt braces up
for Powell,Gay challenge
• Boxing:'Afolabi is the
real deal'
• Ejike revels in Paralympic
glory
• Cricket: Twenty20 attracts
mega deal
• Nigeria for Mind Sports
Olympics
• Tennis: Federer feels
invincible, once again
• UEFA Champions League:Recent
history favours English clubs
• Taiwo seeks Liverpool
revenge with Marseille
• 'Inter to win competition’
• 'Yakubu, Saha will
lift Everton’
• Benitez salutes valiant
Reds
• Ameobi keen
on Newcastle role
UEFA Champions League:Recent history favours English clubs
Bookies believe the Champions League trophy will fall into English hands
again next year. Premier League football clubs return to Champions League
action this week with fans and bookmakers believing a winner will emerge from
last season's finalists of Manchester United and Chelsea.
England's top clubs flexed their financial muscle last season by getting three
teams, including Liverpool, into the semi-finals before United beat Chelsea
on penalties in Moscow.
That same trio, along with Arsenal, are back for more and being tipped by
bookies to secure a Premier League clean sweep of four group winners with
Betfair, William Hill and Bwin favouring either United or Chelsea to go all
the way.
Barcelona, Real Madrid, Olympique Lyon and Inter Milan are tipped in the other
four groups, though the final stages are expected to show a dominant Premier
League in action.
United, aiming to become the first club to win back-to-back Champions League
title since the elite competition was reformed in 1992, face Spain's Villareal,
Scottish Champions Celtic and Denmark's AaB Aalborg in Group E.
Victory for the holders against the Spanish team in their opening match, followed
by an away win against the Danish debutants should put them in pole position.
On paper, five-time European champions Liverpool look to have the most difficult
group to navigate of the four English clubs.
They face Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven, Atletico Madrid and Olympique Marseille
in Group D.
The 2005 winners will need to improve dramatically from their unimpressive
last gasp win over Standard Liege of Belgium in the previous round if they
are to progress.