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Your legendary career’ll inspire upcoming generations, Buhari tells world record breaker, Amosun
Lawrence Olaoye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the gold winning athlete at the World Athletics Championship in Oregon, USA, Tobi Amusan’s career would continue to inspire upcoming generations in the country. According to a release by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, Buhari expressed heartfelt congratulations to the world champion for winning the women’s
JUST IN: Gunmen attack police station, kill officer in Ondo
Adewale Momoh, Akure A police officer has been killed in Ondo State following the invasion of Okuta Elerinla Police Division by gunmen. The gunmen were said to have stormed the station in Akure, the state capital and caught the officers on duty unawares on Monday around 1:00 am. During the heavy gunfire, a policeman
Myanmar military executes four democracy activists
Four democracy activists have been executed by Myanmar’s military in what is believed to be the first use of capital punishment in decades. Former lawmaker Phyo Zeya Thaw, writer and activist Ko Jimmy, Hla Myo Aung and Aung Thura Zaw were accused of committing “terror acts”. The executions, which were first announced by the
California wildfire grows amid heatwave
A fast-moving wildfire in California continues to grow in size, firefighters say, as they struggle through sweltering temperatures. The Oak Fire has now burned 15,603 acres of land and is still “zero per cent uncontained”, California’s fire department said on Sunday night, reports the BBC. But it added that the fire activity is not
Russia charges Ukrainian army members with war crimes
Moscow has charged 92 members of the Ukrainian armed forces with crimes against humanity, the head of Russia’s investigative committee has said. Alexander Bastrykin told government news site Rossiiskaya Gazeta that more than 1,300 criminal investigations had been launched, reports the BBC. He also proposed an international tribunal backed by countries including Bolivia, Iran
Oregon 2022: Amusan scoops Nigeria’s first ever gold medal, Brume wins silver on final day
*It’s new dawn for Nigerian athletics – Dare Nigeria left her best for the last day of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, United States of America by winning a gold and a silver medal. Tobi Amusan broke the 100m hurdles World Record in the semi finals with an astonishing 12.12s and followed up
Nigeria’s Amusan breaks world record to win 100m hurdles gold
Tobi Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to win a World Athletics Championship gold as she stormed to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles in Oregon on Sunday, breaking the World Record in both the semifinal and then again in the final. Amusan, who had obliterated the world record in an astonishing semifinal
Dangote Cement: Sustaining growth on extensive project devt
The consumption of cement in Nigeria has continued to increase due to rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, thus fuelling gains for Dangote Cement Plc. RHODA OGUNSEYE writes The Federal Government’s adoption and implementation of the backward integration policy (BIP) in 2002 has seen Nigeria becoming self-sufficient in cement production. Dangote Cement Plc is one of
Osho: Service-related sectors’ll boost economic growth in H2
Mr. Stephen Osho, Managing Partner at Comercio Partners Limited, an investment banking firm in Nigeria, in this interview with TAIWO HASSAN, bares his mind on sundry issues confronting Nigeria’s economy, including the Russia- Ukraine war, among others What is your assessment of the Nigeria’s economic performance in first half of the year taking a
Strike: ASUU vows to fight to victory, despite 5-month withheld salaries
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday boasted that despite the Federal Government’s withholding of its members’ salaries for five months, they will continue the battle until victory is achieved over the parasitic nature of the ruling class. The Chairman, ASUU, University of Ibadan chapter, Prof Ayo Akinwole, who disclosed this to New Telegraph
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