The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that according government data no fewer than 600 persons died and 1.3million rendered homeless as a result of the September/October floods across 34 states of the country . Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Enugu, Mrs Juliet Chiluwe, stated this on Saturday, during an official handover of supplies for […]
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By Odi Ikpeazu In most of Africa, we are understandable absentees in some of the most positive stages of world civilization, notably the Age of Discovery and the Industrial Revolution. Though we are keen to leech on to Egypt’s legend as the cradle of civilisation, a sardonic bystander might cynically regard us as wannabe characters […]
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Those who say that the Tinubu-Shetima ticket will out rightly win the Southwest in Nigeria’s presidential elections, come February 2023, are either playing mind games or using the wrong analytical tools. Word on the street is that most BATists (as Tinubu’s supporters are called) simply want to humor the old man until the very last […]
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Italy’s Luciano Rossi has defeated Russian oligarch Vladimir Lisin by 136 votes to 127 to be elected as the new President of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). The 69-year-old Rossi, beaten by billionaire Lisin four years ago, polled 51.71 per cent of the vote at Egyptian resort Sharm El-Sheikh. It followed a bitter election […]
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Anambra Police Command finally arrested a kidnap kingpin who has been on the run since 2015 he had been declared wanted. The suspect whose names were given as Mathew Edozieuno Nwankwo was a member of a notorious kidnap gang that had been terrorizing the state during the regime of Governor Willie Obiano, fled from the […]
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A statement signed by Oni Afolabi, Assistant Secretary, Lagos SWAN said the entire Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (Lagos State chapter) has congratulated one of its own, Kunle Solaja who was recently honoured by the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) in conjunction with the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA). Solaja who has covered nine […]
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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Bwari, presided over by Justice M.A. Madugu, has directed that Edozie Njoku be remanded in Suleija Prison immediately. The judge gave the order during a resumed hearing on Monday after listening to the arguments from counsel for the Inspector General of Police and the accused […]
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The Anambra State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, has faulted the claim by the National Youths Service Corps that 63 per cent of teachers in the state are corps members. Chuma-Udeh described the statement as false, challenging the NYSC to provide data to prove the claim. The state Coordinator of the NYSC, Mrs Blessed […]
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Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Poets from all over the world today do not come any loftier than Nigeria’s Niyi Osundare. In my book, he is the next poet destined to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Lovers of intellection are thrilled that on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, Professor Niyi Osundare will deliver his Nigerian National Merit […]
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Following his first 100-yard game in his professional career in Sunday’s victory over the Atlanta Falcons, Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. was the talk of NFL Twitter. Robinson’s two runs in which he ran over and through Atlanta defenders were not, however, what made him the talk of NFL Twitter. It turns out […]
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