racism
24 Oct
English Championship side Luton called out "cowardly" racist abuse aimed towards Elijah Adebayo on social media on Thursday, daring the culprit to face the striker in person. Adebayo had also been subjected to racist abuse last season while playing in the Premier League. Luton said the latest incident that occurred during the Hatters' 2-1 defeat…
10 Jun
Three Valencia fans were handed eight-month jail terms Monday for racist abuse towards Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior, a court said, in what Spain's La Liga said was the first such conviction in Spain.
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Lagos State Government has announced its plan for a renewed enforcement to regulate groundwater abstraction and penalise industries operating without authorisation.
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Every year, thousands of Nigerians suffer a stroke. Statistics reveal that strokes account for 3.9 per cent of hospital admissions nationwide and up to 7-8 per cent of all deaths. Tragically, about 40-50 per cent of stroke cases result in mortality
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The controversy rocking the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) over the choice of a substantive Vice-Chancellor (VC) assumed a new dimension yesterday, as professors protested the selection process on the school premises.
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The negative impact of the currency crisis on the stock market has continued to impact foreign investors’ apathy for stocks as participation from domestic investors accounts for 84 per cent of transactions at the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) this year.
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Lagos State government yesterday feted, rewarded and also promised salary increment for operatives of the Emergency Flood Abatement Gang (EFAG) and Drainage Enforcement and Compliance (DEC) Gang for their commitment in ensuring a flood free Lagos.
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As Christians all over the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ today, the Taraba Police Command, in collaboration with other security agencies, yesterday, said it had initiated comprehensive security measures across the state.
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Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has called on the Federal Government to address infrastructural deficit, economic constraints and systemic challenges of broadband internet expansion.
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Abuja High Court has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to release the detained President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, pending his trial.
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Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has dissolved the Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) and approved the reduction of checkpoints nationwide to streamline operations and ease the movement of goods and persons across the country’s borders.
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A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday, ordered the remand of the Principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun in Ibadan, Abdullahi Fasasi; the Proprietor of Agidigbo FM, Oriyomi Hamzat