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                                                                                                 By SaharaReporters, New York                   Photo shows Secretary of the  Nigeria Labour President, John Odah

(left), Acting President Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Promise

Adewusi and  President Trade Union Congress, Peter Esele (right)

at the National Coordinating Committee meeting where the decision was made to  suspend the three-day warning strike in Abuja on Wednesday.

UPDATED With NLC Communique:  NLC Suspends Strike Action

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                                                                                                 By SaharaReporters, New York                   An orderly to Justice Monica Dongban-Mensan, the lead judge who yesterday gave the Court of Appeal ruling sacking Delta State governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has accidentally shot a labour leader, Godwin Ehikioya, at the Benin City airport.

Police Orderly To Uduaghan's Court of Appeal Justice Shoots Labour Leader In Benin

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                                                                                                 Reuters                   PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen armed with explosives have attacked the home of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's top adviser on the Niger Delta oil region, police in the southern state of Bayelsa said on Friday.

Militants Attack Home Of Jonathan's "Amnesty" Adviser, Timi Alaibe-Reuters

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                                                          The 2010 Brown University Achebe African Colloquium focuses attention on three important African nations: RWANDA, CONGO and NIGERIA and the crucial issues that are impacting these nations, the continent and the world.

Brown University Announces The Achebe African Colloquium 2010

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                                                                                                 AlJazeera                   At least 19 recently abducted oil workers rescued in the country's oil-rich delta region, sources say.

Nigeria Military Frees Oil Hostages-AlJazeera

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                                                                                                 By SaharaReporters, New York                   Claudio Sulser, Chairman of FIFA Ethics Committee says FIFA Ethics committee investigated allegations of bribe-soliciting by two FIFA officials including Amos Adamu of Nigeria.

BREAKING NEWS: Nigeria's  Amos Adamu Suspended  For 3 Years By FIFA Ethics Committee

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