Nigeria withdraw from African Nations Championship qualifiers

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The Nigeria Football Federation has withdrawn its team from the 2014 African Nations Championship qualifiers due to financial constraints.

Nigeria were set to play Ivory Coast in Calabar between 21-23 June, in the tournament for locally-based players.
The NFF's Emeka Inyama announced that the withdrawal was taken by the football authority to cut costs.

Nigeria’s missing policemen found dead

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Security agents on Tuesday found 11 bodies of policemen declared missing at the weekend in Nigeria's southern Bayelsa state, police and army spokespersons said.

One officer remains unaccounted for.

State police spokesperson Alex Akhigbe told reporters that the bodies were taken to a morgue in the state capital Yenagoa.

Witnesses said some of the bodies recovered along the creeks and waterways of the oil-rich state were burnt beyond recognition, mutilated and stripped of their uniforms and rifles.

The Friday attack by speedboat came two days after the main militant group in the Niger Delta region, MEND, allegedly threatened to resume attacks over the conviction of presumed leader Henry Okah in South Africa.

Uefa proposes 10-match ban for racist abuse

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Players and officials found guilty of racist behaviour face 10-match bans as part of new plans proposed by Uefa.

Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino also revealed clubs could be forced to close part or all of their stadiums if fans racially abuse players.
Infantino said: "It's still a scourge on the game. We have to have sanctions.
"What we are proposing is that if a player or official is found guilty then they will be suspended for 10 matches."

Bukky Ajayi, Dele Odule, Ireti Doyle, Nobert Young star in movie adaptation of ‘The gods are not to blame’

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Nollywood super actors, Bukky Ajayi, Norbert Young, Ireti Doyle and Dele Odule have teamed up with director Funke Fayoyin for a movie adaptation of the popular play, The gods Are Not To Blame.

Jim Iyke ready to go Unscripted from April 17

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Jim Iyke says his reality TV show, Unscripted will begin airing on Wednesday, April 17, 2013.

The show, according to his team, is jointly produced by Africa Magic and Oh Africa TV.

Iyke’s team hopes the ‘real life’ show will help the public have a better understanding of the often controversial actor.

Microsoft assault on Google shows industry rift

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San Francisco - Microsoft is skewering Google again with ads and regulatory bashing that say as much about the dramatic shift in the technology industry's competitive landscape as they do about the animosity between the two rivals.

The ads that began on Tuesday mark the third phase in a five-month-old marketing campaign that Microsoft derisively calls “Scroogled.” The ads, which have appeared online, on television and in print, depict Google as a duplicitous company more interested in increasing profits and power than protecting people's privacy and providing unbiased search results.

Microsoft's Imagine Cup kicks off in Lagos

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Microsoft’s Imagine Cup Finals for students in Nigeria organized in partnership with Nokia, Dell, and MainOne kicks off Tuesday in Lagos.

Imagine Cup brings students from all over the world and take their one of a kind grand breaking app idea from concept to marketplace with Microsoft resources.

The winner of the national Imagine Cup Finals will represent Nigeria in the world stage event to be held Saint Petersburg, Russia in July 2013.