Nigerian basketball league
30 Dec 2022
Two-time Nigerian basketball league Most Valuable Player, Louis Edem Ekpenyong, has concluded plans to host an elite national basketball championship between February 7 and 11, 2023. The event will hold at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. The basketball tourney, according to Ekpenyong, is being put together to honour his father, who died during the COVID-19…
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President Bola Tinubu has confirmed the appointment of Wura-Ola Adepoju as the substantive Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). Adepoju, who has been serving as the acting CG since May 29, 2023, disclosed the development to staffs of the NIS during the Comptroller General’s parade on Wednesday. She added that the date…
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The flagbearer of the Labour Party (LP) during the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, on Thursday hit out at the government over the ongoing demolition of properties across Nigeria. Obi in a statement on X said he has been following the demolitions with complete despondency and unhappiness, especially knowing the extra hardship such acts have…
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Governor Umaru Mohamed Bago of Niger State has signed an executive order aimed at achieving an effective implementation of the green economy policy. The Executive order which was cited as "the Niger State Green Economy Initiative Order (No.3), 2023 orders shall be driven by the State Blueprint that details the strategic pillars and outlines the…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday during a visit to Israel that a temporary truce in the Israel-Hamas war was "producing results" and should continue. As part of the pause in fighting, now in its seventh day, Hamas has released scores of hostages taken during its bloody attack on Israel on October 7…
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Cambodia's leader said Thursday that the country will not build dams on the Mekong River, after scrapping a $1.5 billion coal project in a protected reserve. Cambodia has come under fire for allowing companies to clear hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest -- including in protected areas -- for everything from rubber and sugar…
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In a recent Instagram Q&A session, British boxer Ryan Taylor opened up about his decision to part ways with his estranged fiancée, Florence Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, along with his other ex-girlfriends. The surprising reason? According to Taylor, it all came down to their driving skills—or lack thereof. During the session, when a…
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As global warming and prohibitive costs threaten the long-term future of the Winter Olympics, organisers know they must soften their demands in order to retain a pool of potential hosts for the decades to come. On the face of it, there's no immediate concern, as the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday selected France ahead of…
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After various criticism by the public, about the choice of entertainers for the upcoming celestial praise night, the Celestial Church of Christ International Headquarters in Ketu, Lagos State has taken swift action to remove Fuji singers Pasuma and Portable from an upcoming praise night event at one of its branches. The controversy erupted when a…
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Suspected armed robbers have killed the director of finance at the governor's office Taiwo Oyekanmi. A witness said the robbers waylaid the homemade bullion van conveying Oyekanmi shortly after he left a branch of Fidelity Bank in Abeokuta, the state capital. According to the witness, the victim's vehicle was ascending the overhead bridge in the…
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has announced the appointment of four-time Olympic champion and long-distance runner, Sir Mo Farah CBE, as its first ever global Goodwill Ambassador. The announcement was made in Geneva at the 114th Session of the IOM Council, which includes all of IOM’s Governing Bodies, and representatives of its 175 member…