Nigeria’s 2008 Olympics long jump silver medalist Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Friday. The 33-year-old, who is also…
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Nigeria and five other African countries have been chosen to begin production of COVID-19 vaccines, with the continent having had limited access to jabs. “Today I’m delighted to announce the…
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By our reporter| Two ex-policemen, James Ejeh, and Simeon Abraham, were on Thursday sentenced to death for armed robbery by a federal capital territory high court, Abuja. They were arraigned…
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By our reporter| President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday called for the strictest punishments to be meted on ritual killers and those responsible for attacks on police officers and various stations…
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By our reporter| Emmanuel Ikechukwu Umeonyirioha has been inducted by the University of Oxford, England, as its first Igbo Language lecturer. An elated Umeonyirioha who disclosed this via his Twitter…
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