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Kenyan Emmaculate Anyango, the world's second fastest woman over 10km, has been suspended for six years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced. The 24-year-old Anyango tested positive for prohibited testosterone and the banned blood-boosting hormone EPO in four tests in Kenya between February and June. The AIU said in its ruling on Friday…
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The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated a 720,000-litre-per-day capacity Oxygen Plant to the Yobe State Government to help reduce neonatal mortality rates. Cristian Mundate, UNICEF’s Country Representative in Nigeria, handed over the facility to a representative of the state government on Monday in Damaturu. She emphasised the importance of safeguarding children’s right to healthcare.…
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The Nigerian Navy says the Admiralty University of Nigeria (ADUN), has graduated a total of 100 students with seven first class during its 3rd Convocation Ceremony in Ibusa, Delta. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, on Monday in Abuja. Adams-Aliu said the Chief of Naval Staff,…
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More than 34,000 people have registered as candidates for 881 posts in elections next year that will make Mexico the first country to choose all its judges, at every level, by popular vote, data released on Monday showed. The move has sparked street protests and diplomatic tensions, and prompted eight of the country's 11 Supreme…
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Monday in Abuja reaffirmed its commitment to support Nigeria’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Mr Mzwandile Thwala, UNEP Project Manager stated this at an inception workshop for the project, “Abating Greenhouse Gas Emission from Obsolete Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (RAC) Equipment”. “UNEP will accelerate the adoption of…
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The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has begun harvest of its 50 hectares rice farm in warrake, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the cultivation is under its Cassava and rice farmers empowerment programme Chief Samuel Ogbuku, the Managing Director/Chief Executive, NDDC said on Monday at…
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Special Counsel Jack Smith on Monday moved to dismiss the case against US President-elect Donald Trump for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election he lost to Joe Biden. Smith, in a filing with the judge in Washington presiding over the historic case, said it should be dropped in light of a…
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The Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has solicited for more budgetary allocation for the Nigerian Army to enable it to discharge its constitutional responsibilities and provide accommodation for soldiers. Oluyede made the appeal when he received the Senate Committee on Army led by Sen. Abdulaziz Musa Yar’Adua on a condolence visit…
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Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters. The Spokesperson of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to Oyewale, the suspects were arrested on Nov. 22, at Adewale Estate and Sea Side Estate in the…
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Gov. Agbu Kefas of Taraba on Monday presented an estimate of ₦N429. 8 billion as 2025 budget to the State House of Assembly for consideration. The budget has an estimated recurrent expenditure of 39.9 per cent while capital expenditure is expected to gulp 61 per cent of the total budget sum. The governor, who tagged…
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Nigeria's economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter of the year, official statistics showed Monday, in news hailed by a government under fire over galloping inflation. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria's GDP growth hit 3.46 percent year-on-year, up from 3.19 percent in the second quarter and 2.54 percent in the…