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Adeleke Restates Readiness To Drive Sports Via Public-Private Partnership
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has reiterated his administration’s readiness to drive sports development in the state through public-private partnership. The Governor stated this while responding to an address by Masai Michael Ujiri, a British-born Nigerian-Canadian professional basketball executive and President of the Toronto Raptors in the National Basketball Association (NBA). According to the Governor’s…
New Telegraph.
APC Crisis: Ganduje Dares C’River, Abia Stakeholders, Inaugurates NWC Members
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje has dared the members of the party from Abia and Cross River States by inaugurating the recently admitted National Working Committee (NWC) members. This he did against the protests and complaints of party members and stakeholders from Cross River and Abia States. Abia…
New Telegraph.
First Lady Congratulates Tobi Amusan Amid World Athletes Championship Loss
Tobi Amusan, the 100-meter hurdles world record holder, has been exhorted to stay strong after she failed to successfully defend her title at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu handed down the congratulations on Friday, August 25, despite the World Athletes Championship loss. Tobi Amusan, who had…
New Telegraph.
Udiroko Festival: Senate Leader Alerts FG On Paying Adequate Attention To Culture
…Felicitates Ewi, Ado indigenes In order to liberate the country from the challenges of economic dwindling, governments at all levels have been advised on meaningful partnerships with states to invest in the country’s vast and rich cultural potential to strengthen the economy. The senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele made the call and said governments’ diversifying…
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Kano Tribunal Verdict: Kwankwaso, Abba, Hundreds Of Supporters Go Spiritual
As the Kano State Gubernatorial Elections Tribunal moves towards the last judgement in the petition filed by the oAPC against Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of NNPP, the supporters of Kwankwasiyya led by Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, have gone spiritually as they conducted special prayers against seizing their mandates. The Special Prayers offered at filing Mahaha,…
New Telegraph.
FUTA Students’ Death: NANS Call For Resignation Of School’s Medical Services Director
…threatens protest on Tuesday The umbrella body of students in Nigeria, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for the resignation of the Director of Medical Services of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Dr R. O. Adenikinju, over issues bordering on the incessant death of students in the school’s clinic. FUTA…
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Troops Eliminate 23 Terrorists, Capture 137 Suspects, Rescue 41
According to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), troops of the Nigerian Army have killed 23 terrorists, detained 109 criminals and arrested five kidnappers in the past nine weeks. The Defence also said that one informant and 22 suspected oil thieves were arrested within the period, across the country. Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, the Director of Defence Media Operations…
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Late Cynthia Okereke Husband Reveals Family Struggling To Fund Her Burial
Mr Okechukwu Okereke, the husband of late Nollywood actress, Cynthia Okere has revealed that his family is struggling to raise funds for the funeral ceremony of his late wife. It would be recalled that the late Cynthia Okereke was abducted last year alongside actor Clemson Cornel Nonyelu, popularly known as ‘Agbogidi’, by unknown gunmen on…
New Telegraph.
12 Dead, 80 Injured In Indian Ocean Island Games’ Ceremony
Madagascar’s Prime Minister, Christian Ntsay, has revealed that at least 12 people have been confirmed dead in a stadium crowd crush in the country’s capital, Antananarivo. Speaking further, Ntsay said another 80 people were hurt during the opening ceremony of the Indian Ocean Island Games at the Mahamasina stadium. “There were a lot of people…
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Nigeria Do Not Have New COVID-19 Variants – NCDC
The novel EG.5 and BA.2.86 subvariants of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have not yet been discovered in Nigeria, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). This was disclosed by the NCDC in a press release issued on Saturday and signed by the Director-General of NCDC, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa….
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