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Eleven Russian athletes have been banned from the Olympics for life after committing doping offences at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Silver medal-winning lugers Tatyana Ivanova and Albert Demchenko are among those to have been disqualified. The others include bobsledders,
Read MoreMonarch works as gardener in Canada
The King of Akan, located in the village of Adansi Aboabo in Ghana, Eric Manu, has returned to Canada to resume his job as a gardener in order to raise money to provide health care for his subjects. Manu became
Read MoreDPR shuts six stations, arrests four persons
The Department of Petroleum Resources in Ogun State, on Saturday, sealed six petrol stations and arrested four person The DPR made the arrests for fuel hoarding, under-dispensing, sabotage, obstruction of justice and installation of commercial gas cylinders without approval. All
Read MoreMadman’ caught with N100m cheque, ATM cards, condoms in Kwara
A middle-aged man who pretended to be mentally ill has been apprehended in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Our correspondent learnt that the man, whose name could not be ascertained, as of the time of filing this report, was apprehended
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Germany supports Nigeria with €30 million to eradicate polio
The Federal Republic of Germany and Nigeria have signed a 29.9 million Euros agreement in support of polio eradication programme in the country, a statement has said. Saadu Salahu, Head, Public Relation Unit, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA),
Read MoreXmas: Sultan felicitates with Christians
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar, has felicitated with Nigerian Christians on the occasion of the 2017 Christmas celebrations. This was contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Secretary General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA,
Read MoreStop portraying Nigeria negatively, Emir Sanusi tells journalists
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll, has urged journalists to abide by the ethics of the profession and desist from portraying Nigeria negatively to the world. According to the monarch, ”journalism has transmuted into junk journalism”, a situation that
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India, China hold crucial talks on border dispute
India and China held a new round of talks on their disputed borders on Friday, the first after a face-off between their armed forces at a Himalayan plateau this summer. Indian National Security Adviser, Ajit Doval and Chinese State Councillor,
Read MoreAfenifere leaders fight dirty
Prominent Afenifere leaders appear unrelenting in their latest war of words. Senator Femi Okurounmu had fired the first shot penultimate Saturday when he accused the former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, of brokering the ill-fated alliance between former President Olusegun
Read MoreFuel scarcity: Fayose condemns FG, calls for Buhari’s resignation
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has, again, condemned the Federal Government over its alleged nonchalant attitude towards ending the fuel scarcity being experienced across the country, calling for immediate resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari as the minister of petroleum.
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