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For Buhari, Ore Mekunu (Friend of the poor) at 82 – By Femi Adesina
This will stick in memory for life. It was March, 2020. The whole world was at the edge. A pandemic was on the prowl, and the auguries were not good. The Spanish flu of 1918 to 1920 killed between 25 and 50 million people worldwide. COVID 19 was going to mow down hundreds of millions, with Africa and Nigeria particularly…
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Kemi Badenoch, freedom, Yorùbá and the African Century, by Ademola Akintoye
At 44, Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch has come to know something that even those who qualify to be her grandfathers, and those who went before them, have not, and had not known. Is there anything but commendation and praise that is to be heaped on someone like that? Must the indigenous peoples trapped in the vicious downward spiral of hatreds,…
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Adeboye, Eze, Inalegwu, others present as Nigeria host CAF Safe Stadium Initiative
Olaolu Joseph A five-day workshop on safety and security at football stadia, initiated by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), began on Tuesday in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. The workshop, which is at the behest of the Safety and Security department of the Confederation of African Football, has the objectives of promoting safe stadium culture during international matches on…
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House Committee on Sports chairman congratulates Ademola Lookman
–Hails other Nigerian awardees for making Nigeria proud Olaolu Joseph The Chairman of the House Committee on Sports, Honourable Kabiru Amadu has sent his warm congratulations to all the Nigerian awardees, especially Super Eagles’ forward Ademola Lookman for winning the 2024 African footballer of the year award. The Atalanta winger beat the likes of Achraf Hakimi of Morocco, Simon Adingra…
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TCI Review Meeting: Stakeholders discuss family planning progress, challenges, way forward in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Osun State Family Planning Coordinator, Mrs Ololade Abatan, has revealed that despite the successes recorded in the state’s family planning program, there is still a significant gap in access to family planning services. Speaking at The Challenge Initiative (TCI) year 3 endline review meeting held in Osogbo, Abatan stated that the state has achieved a…
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CAF Award: Footballers, managers, others celebrate Ademola Lookman
The football community was abuzz with praise for Ademola Lookman after the Super Eagles attacker took home the coveted CAF Africa best player award in Marrakech, Morocco on Monday. The accolades have been pouring in from top footballers across the globe, all of whom are acknowledging Lookman’s remarkable achievement. The Atalanta star player won the prestigious award by defeating other…
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Pinnick, Gusau excited over Ademola Lookman’s emergence as Africa’s best player
Olaolu Joseph Immediate past President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Melvin Pinnick and the incumbent Ibrahim Musa Gusau and other football bigwigs were excited after Ademola Lookman emerged the 2024 African Footballer of the Year. Expectedly, Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman scooped the Africa Player of the Year award at the 2024 CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco on Monday night,…
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“Lookman’s win is unsurprising, a positive spur for Nigerian sports” – NSC DG, Hon. Olopade
Olaolu Joseph The Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Honourable Bukola Olopade, has described Ademola Lookman’s coronation as the 2024 CAF Player of the Year as a well-deserved victory that will ignite positive momentum for Nigerian sports. Inspite of his tight schedules, Hon. Olopade was live at the Awards in Marrakech, Morocco to support the 27-year old Nigerian…
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CAF best XI: Osimhen, Lookman in, Ekong missing
Olaolu Joseph Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named its best eleven for the year 2024, with Nigeria having two players on the list. Strikers, Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman made the list, while Super Eagles’ skipper William Troost Ekong surprisingly missed the cut despite emerging the AFCON Most Valuable Player (MVP). Cameroun and Manchester United goalkpeer Andre Onana was…
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National Assembly: 2025 budget presentation moved to Wednesday
Originally planned for Tuesday, December 17, the 2025 budget estimates will now be presented to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, December 18. The information was made available in a circular sent to all National Assembly employees. However, the circular did not explain why the date was changed.
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