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Commonwealth Games: Adekuoroye, Oborududu win wrestling gold medals
…Amusan, Brume, Usoro make athletics final Nigeria won three medals in the wrestling event of the 2022 Commonwealth Games holding in Birmingham, United Kingdom on Friday. Olympics silver-medallist Blessing Oborududu was too good for her Canadian opponent Linda Morais, winning the women’s freestyle 68kg bout 5-1 VPO1 (Victory by points – with point(s) to claim her second consecutive GOLD medal…
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Arsenal begin EPL season with 2-0 victory at Crystal Palace
Arsenal got their campaign off to the perfect start as Mikel Arteta’s side beat Crystal Palace in an entertaining 2022-23 Premier League curtain-raiser at Selhurst Park. The Gunners maintained their impressive pre-season form with an energetic performance that was rewarded when Gabriel Martinelli nodded in a 20th-minute opener from new signing Oleksandr Zinchenko’s headed assist. It took Palace most of…
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Made Kuti excites fans with new single
Grammy nominee and Africa’s rising Afrobeat singer, Mádé Kuti, has tantalised his fans with his new single entitled ‘No more wars’ via Partisan Records off his forthcoming album. The single, which was composed, arranged, and authored by the young Mádé Kuti, was produced by GMK and Sodi Marciszewer, who recorded, mixed, or produced Fela’s last six albums. Speaking on the…
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Bello inaugurates the Kogi State boundary committee
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has inaugurated a 15-man Boundary Committee chaired by the Deputy Governor, Edward Onoja, tasking them to work towards ensuring lasting resolution of all lingering boundary concerns. During the event which took place on Friday at the Banquet Hall of the Government House, the governor noted that setting up such a committee was a responsibility in…
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Soludo hosts primary school teacher
Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo hosted his primary school teacher Lady (Dr) Mebirim Angela at the Anambra State Governor’s lodge on Friday. In a post on his Facebook page, Soludo said Dr. Angela taught him in primary three. He also used the opportunity to thank all his primary school teachers. “I had the rare privilege of hosting my Primary three…
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Hosting UNESCO Confab will boost campaign against fake news – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the 2022 Global Media and Information Literacy (GMIL) Week, which Nigeria is due to host in Abuja from Oct. 24th to 31st, will give a boost to the government’s ongoing campaign against fake news, misinformation and hate speech. The minister stated this in Abuja on Friday when he inaugurated…
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Tinubu mourns Akin Mabogunje, Tafa Balogun, commiserates with deceased families
All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the families of Professor Akin Mabogunje and former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Tafa Balogun. The two prominent Nigerians passed on Thursday. The late Mabogunje is Nigeria’s first Professor of Geography and a world-renowned Urban Planner while Tafa Balogun served as Nigeria’s 11th Inspector-General of…
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What Muslim/Muslim ticket are we even talking about? By Jesutega Onokpasa
I do not know the precise religious demographics of All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s family but I know it’s a Christian/Muslim mix. Nevertheless, it is most likely to be the case that Bola Tinubu goes to bed at night in his own house and, yet, he went to bed surrounded by Christians. Needless to say,…
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The problem with Nigerian university system, By Kayode Adebiyi
I have been doing a lot of research on why we continually have problem with university education in Nigeria. Chief of our problem is funding. Just like every other system in Nigeria, over dependence on government for everything is killing our university education. I am yet to see any country in the world with a working university system that runs…
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Super Falcons drop 7 places in latest FIFA rankings
…Nigeria side has biggest drop by points Nigeria’s Super Falcons dropped seven places to 46th position in the world in the latest rankings released by football governing body, FIFA, on Friday. Falcons had earlier been ranked 39th in the world in the previous ranking released on June 17. Their poor performance at the just concluded 2022 Women’s African Cup of…
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