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Big guns pull through as Brazil 2014 World Cup quarter-finals end without upset

Biafra: Soldiers arrest Uwazuruike, 220 MASSOB members •No going back, Uwazuruike insists

RIGHTSView: The Good News on Abacha Loot

Censors board unbans Half of A Yellow Sun

No plan to register northerners —Imo Govt •Demands apology from Senate

Apete Make-shift Bridge: An SOS to Oyo State Governor

The Guardian Editorial Board member assassinated in Lagos

FIFA’s axe dangles over Nigeria •Keshi, Jonathan meet •Maigari arrested, released, summons emergency meeting

Umaru Dikko’s body arrives from London, burial to hold today

Neymar out of World Cup as Brazil sets up s-final clash with Germany •Argentina, Belgium, Netherlands, Costa Rica meet today

Boko Haram serves Chibok quit notice •Community cries out to United Nations •Parents of abducted girls die of shock

Protest rocks Onitsha; Keke drivers, activists rise against police

Military bursts Boko Haram Female Wing, nabs 3 members

Champagne-crazy Nigerian ‘419’ kingpin, accomplices jailed in London

Twist in the tale: Northern delegates back out of National Conference resolutions on state creation, power rotation, etc

Bombing: HURIWA calls for Civilian JTF in Abuja

What will FIFA say?: Court sacks NFF board, govt. appoints Sole Administrator

Breaking: Chaos in Lagos: Angry soldiers burn BRT buses; fares shoot up, commuters stranded

APC cries foul as Jonathan’s re-election campaign kicks off; says it’s callous, insensitive

Stormy session at Confab as Uwazuruike, Ike Nwachukwu tackle northern elder for insulting South East

Court dismisses application to stop Gov. Nyako’s impeachment

NNPC above the law? Corrupt oil parastatal claims it cannot be sued under FOI without a pre-action notice, stalls Reps’ suit

Bombs found in Abia, military cordons off area

Insecurity: Defence Intelligence Agency seeks support of foreign military mission

CONFAB RECOMMENDS 19 NEW STATES •New state for South East automatic •Reverts to old National Anthem

220 million barrels of Nigeria’s crude oil worth $22.04 billion missing —NEITI

Breaking: National Conference votes for rotational presidency

Change Nigeria’s name to ‘Airegin’ —Confab Delegate Mike Ozekhome

Sharks swallow Kwara United in Federations Cup thriller

Abacha’s loot, Mohammed’s deal and the Abacha in our present rulers, By Olusegun Adeniyi

2015: Orji Uzor Kalu dissociates self from campaign posters

Politician’s wife loses £2m (about N.5 billion) in gambling spree (during one evening), sues casino

Uneasy calm in Edo as PDP plots response to impeachment of deputy speaker

Emir’s son arrested over bomb scare

Reps endorse 42.5 cement grade for general construction •Compel manufacturers to retool plants, SON told