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Goalkeeper Okoye, Ajayi out, as Super Eagles take on Jordan
By Admin Following their 2-1 victory over Iran in Antalya on Friday, Head Coach Eric Chelle is confident the Super Eagles of Nigeria will pluck another win when they confront their Jordanian counterparts in another international friendly match in the same Turkish town on Tuesday. The Eagles’ line will be different, though, with goalkeeper Maduka…
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Plateau residents confirm at least 26 dead after Palm Sunday massacre
By Editor Residents of the Anguwan Rukuba community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State have confirmed at least 26 deaths following the deadly Palm Sunday attack, with more victims still hospitalised. In a fresh video released on Monday morning and obtained by SaharaReporters, lifeless bodies of victims were seen lying out, as…
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Dele Momodu vs Fani-Kayode: The pot fighting the kettle
Tunde Odesola Back in the Italy of 44 BC, there lived a babalawo called Spurinna. Spurinna was a haruspice. In ancient Rome, a haruspice was a priest or soothsayer who practised divination by inspecting the entrails–specifically the liver and gallbladder–of sacrificed animals, to interpret the messages of the gods. Spurinna was popular in his time…
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D’Tigress receive houses and national honours from Federal Goverment
By Editor D’Tigress have received the documents for the houses and national honours as part of the promises made to them by President Bola Tinubu, after winning the Afrobasket in August last year in Cote d’Ivoire. The presentation was made to the squad in Lyon, France, on Monday by the Chairman of the National Sports…
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63% poverty is Tinubu’s scorecard – ADC
By Editor The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described recent reports that Nigeria’s poverty rate has risen to 63% after the removal of petrol subsidy as the real scorecard of President Bola Tinubu and a consequence of his ill-defined neoliberal economic policies. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the…
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ADC demands clarification on reports of ransom payment and prisoner releases in Papiri school abduction case
●says Tinubu Government’s hypocrisy encourages kidnapping By Editor The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has demanded urgent clarification from the Federal Government over international media reports alleging that the Tinubu administration paid over N10 billion in ransom and released two senior Boko Haram commanders to secure the release of abducted pupils and staff of St. Mary’s…
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Nigeria paid Boko Haram millions of dollars in ransom for kidnapped pupils – Intel sources
By Editor The Nigerian government paid Boko Haram militants a “huge” ransom of millions of dollars to free up to 230 children and staff the jihadists abducted from a Catholic school in November, intelligence sources told AFP. Two Boko Haram commanders were also freed as part of the deal, which goes against the country’s own…
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Tinubu approves constitution of Anti-Doping Agency Board
By our reporter President Bola Tinubu has approved the constitution of the Board of the Nigeria Anti-Doping Agency, Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Malam Shehu Dikko, said on Thursday. Dikko disclosed this to State House Correspondents after meeting the president at the State House, Abuja. He said Tinubu had earlier signed the Anti-Doping…
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Tinubu’s renewed drive for sports inspires reform at NIS
…as NEWSTAP/SWAN honour Shaibu, others By our reporter The Director-General/CEO of the National Institute for Sports (NIS), Comrade Philip Shaibu, on Wednesday anchored his vision for the transformation of Nigerian sports on what he described as the unwavering support of President Bola Tinubu. Speaking in Abuja while receiving a delegation that formally presented him with…
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Kida backs Tinubu’s reforms in sports
●says, NNPCL has already keyed in By Editor The Chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) Board and President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Engr. Musa Kida has praised President Bola Tinubu for what he described as the bold removal of long-standing bottlenecks in Nigeria’s sports ecosystem. Kida says the renewed policy direction…
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