Month: August 2023

Meet Neeraj, Serial Olympic Gold Medalist With 88.17m Throw At Budapest

ADEOLA YUSUF

+ How the 25-year-old Neeraj scripted history at Wolrd Athletics Championships in Budapest, got gold medals in Olympics (Tokyo in 2021), Asian Games (2018) and Commonwealth Games (2018), and U-20 World Championships (2016)       Serial gold medalist Neeraj Chopra has got gold! Scripts History yet again, securing top spot for India with 88.17m Throw at World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Two other Indians, Kishore Jena and DP Manu, also impressed at the big stage. Although they didn’t get onto the podium, Jena with a throw of 84.77m (his personal best)…

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Niger: ECOWAS Demands Shorter Transition Period From Junta

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Economic Community of West African States has demanded a shorter transition from the junta in Niger. The Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Bola Tinubu, told the Ulamas during a meeting with them on Thursday that the three-year transition proposed by the military leaders was unacceptable to the regional body. A member of the Islamic clerics who met with the President, the National Missioner, Ansar-udeen Society of Nigeria, Sheikh Abdulrahman Ahmad, disclosed this to The PUNCH in a phone interview on Saturday. READ…

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Reactions As Photos Of General Okoro’s Reunion With First Sergeant Go Viral

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“In all you do in this uniform today, always be good, for one day you will leave the job for others.”   The General Officer Commanding GOC 2 Division, Ibadan, Major General VT Okoro, recently has an emotion-evoking reunion with his first Chief Sergeant Major, WO Adegoke (Rtd.), years after they first met in the army., Platforms Africa reports. Quoting  to a tweet posted Sunday by one of Nigeria’s foremost military blogs, Adegoke, who was known as DanArewa in the army, and the Maj-Gen. Okoro met while the army general…

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World Bank To Provide Digital ID For 148m Nigerians By 2024

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The World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri, has announced plans to collaborate with the National Identity Management Commission to ensure the successful rollout and registration of digital national IDs for all Nigerians. The ambitious target is to provide at least 148 million people of working age with a digital national ID by the middle of 2024, marking a significant step towards inclusion and accessibility. Chaudhuri stated this at a dinner in partnership with the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy in Abuja on Friday. He further reaffirmed the…

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NCDMB, BOI Ink Amendment of MoU on $50m NOGaPS Manufacturing Fund

ADEOLA YUSUF

. Angola, Namibia to replicate funding model The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Bank of Industry (BoI) have signed an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the $50million NOGaPS Manufacturing Fund. The Fund was created by the NCDMB and domiciled with BoI to attract oil and gas equipment manufacturers to the Nigerian Oil and Gas Parks Scheme (NOGaPS) facilities established by the NCDMB, and increase access to affordable finance by the manufacturing entities. The signing of the amended MoU took place in Lagos on…

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Popular Nigerian Pastor Commits Suicide

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Why his corpse was buried in a forest – Kinsmen        A pastor of a Pentecostal Church (name withheld) in Nnewi, Anambra State, identified as Pastor Prosper Igboke, has committed suicide after he jumped down from a two-storey building in Nnewi. Sources in the area said Igboke jumped down from the two-storey building and died instantly after he was jilted by his lover, whom he had spent so much on. READ ALSO: Spanish FA Accuse Hermoso Of Lying Over Kiss At Women’s World Cup Final FIFA Rankings: Super…

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Spanish FA Accuse Hermoso Of Lying Over Kiss At Women’s World Cup Final

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‘Mr President has not lied’, Spanish FA hit back at Jenni Hermoso + Full statement and photographs released in defence of Luis Rubiales         The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have hit back at Jenni Hermoso with an official statement insisting Luis Rubiales “has not lied.” During a press conference on Friday, the president of the Spanish FA claimed that his actions at the medal and trophy presentation ceremony at the Women’s World Cup final were “consensual” and he sees no reason to step down from office.…

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FIFA Rankings: Super Falcons Move Up To 32nd, Remain First In Africa

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The Super Falcons of Nigeria have moved up eight spots from 40th to 32nd in the world based on FIFA’s women’s latest rankings. According to the list released on Friday by the world football governing body, the eleven-time African champions also remained rooted as the foremost female national team on the continent. The significant improvement in the team’s global ranking is due to the impressive outing at the just concluded 2023 Women’s World Cup. READ ALSO: Niger’s Military Rulers Order French Ambassador Out BREAKING: FIFA Suspend Spanish Football Chief Rubiales…

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Niger’s Military Rulers Order French Ambassador Out

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Niger’s military leadership asked the French ambassador to depart the country – a move further escalating the international crisis in the West African nation after a coup that deposed the democratically elected president. Niger’s military government also authorised troops from neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso on Friday to come to its defence, raising the stakes in a standoff with other West African nations threatening force to reinstate Niger’s democratically elected president. French Ambassador Sylvain Itte was asked to leave Niger within 48 hours in a letter that accused him of…

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BREAKING: FIFA Suspend Spanish Football Chief Rubiales After World Cup Kiss

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FIFA suspended Luis Rubiales as president of Spain’s football federation on Saturday for kissing Spanish Women’s World Cup player Jenni Hermoso on the lips, and banned him from making contact with her. READ ALSO: Lady Slumps, Dies During Her Bridal Shower, Hours To Her Wedding Customs Lists Conditions For Reopening Land Borders To Vehicles, Rice, Others Kiss Scandal: Rubiales Refuses To Resign As Spanish FA President Lightning Hits Makkah Clock Tower As Heavy Rain Floods Holy City “(We) decided today to provisionally suspend Mr. Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities…

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