September 16, 2022

[GIST] Buhari rewards Amusan, Brume, others with honours, N200m

[GIST] Buhari rewards Amusan, Brume, others with honours, N200m

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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday approved National Honours of Officer of The Order of The Niger and cash awards of N200m for Team Nigeria’s contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the World Athletics Championships. At an award ceremony held at the State House, Abuja, the President congratulated the athletes for


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[GIST] Stakeholders condemn police invasion of LMC office

[GIST] Stakeholders condemn police invasion of LMC office

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Following the invasion of the Abuja office of the League Management Company by the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday, the Club Owners Association of Nigeria has condemned the act, describing it as unlawful. The LMC is the body in charge of organising the Nigeria Professional Football League, but last Friday, a circular from the sports


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[GIST] How scary is UNICEF’s 20 million Nigerian children out-of-school statistic

[GIST] How scary is UNICEF’s 20 million Nigerian children out-of-school statistic

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It has been well acknowledged that primary school education is the foundation of individual and national development. The skills learned at that level are the base on which the capacity for future economic productivity is built. Primary School Education takes up the first six years of Nigeria’s nine-year Basic Education Curriculum which seeks to give


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[GIST] Time to revitalise anti-drug war strategy

[GIST] Time to revitalise anti-drug war strategy

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THE seizure by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of huge assets from drug barons between January 2021 and August 2022 is a clear indication that Nigeria’s illicit drug problem is deteriorating. The assets include 249 luxury cars and 37 mansions, and 600 frozen bank accounts. Also seized were N871.53 million, proceeds of crime within


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[GIST] Lagos govt decontaminates markets to prevent bird flu

[GIST] Lagos govt decontaminates markets to prevent bird flu

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The Lagos State Government has said it has commenced the decontamination exercise of 35 major bird markets in the state to prevent avian influenza and other bird-borne diseases. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, adding that the first phase of the decontamination commenced at Awolowo market in


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September 15, 2022

[GIST] Olayinka eyes Red-Whites all-time top scorer place

[GIST] Olayinka eyes Red-Whites all-time top scorer place

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Super Eagles striker, Peter Olayinka, will be aiming to become Slavia Prague’s all-time scorer in European competitions, when he leads The Slavists out against Ballkani in their Europa Conference League match-day two encounter at the Eden Arena on Thursday (today), PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Olayinka became Slavia Prague’s joint top scorer in Europe after scoring


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[GIST] Amuneke appointed coach of Zambia’s Zanaco

[GIST] Amuneke appointed coach of Zambia’s Zanaco

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Former Super Eagles assistant coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has been appointed as the head coach of Zambia’s Premier League side, Zanaco FC. The ex-international will be in Zambia to take over as the new head coach of the Super League giants. Details of his contract are sketchy as at the time of this report, but the


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[GIST] WSCIJ presents report on gender-based violence

[GIST] WSCIJ presents report on gender-based violence

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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism will publicly present a media justice status report on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria on September 21, 2022. According to a statement on Wednesday by the Executive Director, WSCIJ, Motunrayo Alaka, the report titled, ‘Missing data, missing justice,’ was an activity under its 2021 Report Women: Female


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[GIST] Firm committed to wellbeing

[GIST] Firm committed to wellbeing

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The Country Manager, Dexa Medica Nigeria & West Africa, Mr Dhanang Anggoro, has said the firm is committed to improving Nigerians’ wellbeing. A statement said during the Medica West Africa conference in Lagos, Anggoro stated that the firm’s objective was to ensure that consumers lived a healthy and pain-free lifestyle. He said, “To achieve our


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[GIST] Serena Williams teases tennis return, hails Brady’s comeback

[GIST] Serena Williams teases tennis return, hails Brady’s comeback

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Serena Williams, who seemed to make a farewell to competitive tennis at the US Open, dropped a hint she might not be done on Wednesday by evoking a famous retirement U-turn. Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, said on ABC’s Good Morning America that she liked the example of 45-year-old NFL star quarterback, Tom Brady,


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