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Nigeria supporting Egypt’s bid to host 2036 Olympics – Dare
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, says the country is backing Egypt’s bid to host the 2036 Olympics. If given the hosting rights, Egypt will be the first African country to host the Olympics. Dare was speaking at the first-ever conference on ‘Sports Diplomacy as the Driver of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Agenda for Africa’ at a colloquium held…
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Liverpool win Carabao Cup after Kepa’s decisive penalty miss for Chelsea
Liverpool defeated Chelsea 11-10 on penalty shootout on Sunday to win the 2022 Carabao Cup. Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga missed the decisive penalty to hand Liverpool the title after all the previous 10 players had found the net for each side. The Spanish goalkeeper who had been brought in during the final stages of the game, failed to save any…
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Fuel scarcity bites harder in Oyo
Richard Thomas, Ibadan Residents of Oyo State have continued to lament the untold hardship facing them in the last few weeks over scarcity of spirit otherwise known as petrol. Some petrol stations visited by Western Post in Ibadan were closed, while the few ones operating had long queues of vehicles and motorcycles. The fews ones with fuel were selling at…
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- Crime & City Diary
NDLEA in massive raid nationwide across Lagos airport, Kano, Abuja, Adamawa
At least, 649,300 capsules of Tramadol 225mg and 809,850 Euros cash were among consignments from Pakistan, Austria and Italy intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos where various quantities of Heroin and other illicit drugs were also blocked from being exported to the United States, United Kingdom and Canada by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement…
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Air Peace, Emir of Kano tussle gets messier
The tussle between the Emir Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero and Air Peace got messier as the Emir’s protocol officer, Isa Bayero, has given the airline 72 hours to apologise for embarrassing the monarch. The Emir’s cousin asked the airline to publish an apology in a national daily and then come personally to the Emir to tender an apology. Bayero had…
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Dele Momodu seeks Ooni, Olufi’s blessing in 2023 presidential ambition, visits OAU
Presidential hopeful, Dele Momodu, has visited the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Olufi of Gbongan, HRM Oba Adetoyese Oyeniyi, and the Obafemi Awolowo University to seek blessings ahead of the 2023 general elections. Momodu has announced his desire to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. At the Ooni’s…
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How the Ukraine crisis ends, By Henry Kissinger
Public discussion on Ukraine is all about confrontation. But do we know where we are going? In my life, I have seen four wars begun with great enthusiasm and public support, all of which we did not know how to end and from three of which we withdrew unilaterally. The test of policy is how it ends, not how it…
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Rewriting the fate of public schools in Nigeria: Old Students Associations to the rescue
By Tunji Olaopa In my earlier musing about my alma mater, titled “Olivet Heights and Wale Okediran: Rewriting the Fate of Public Schools in Nigeria,” I had challenged the Wale Okediran-led Olivet Baptist High School National Old Student Association (OBHS-NOSA) on the herculean task before it. Apart from the critical commitment to raising the bar of the school that gave…
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