Australian sprinting phenomenon, Gout Gout, has stunned the athletics world, clocking a blistering 20.04 seconds in the 200m at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships in Brisbane on Saturday. Gout Gout The time, the fastest ever by a 16-year-old, smashed Peter Norman’s 56-year-old national record of 20.06 set during the …
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The Federal Government has announced its plan to domesticate the National Women’s Economic Empowerment Policy. The policy, unveiled in 2023, aims to enhance the economic resilience and independence of Nigerian women. Speaking in Abuja on Thursday during the 59th Anniversary of the Naval Officers’ Wives Association and the presentation of …
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The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja, on Tuesday, issued a bench warrant against the former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, Ahmed Kuru, over alleged N76bn and $31.5m of fraud. Justice Mojisola Dada ordered Kuru’s arrest for failing to appear before the court for his …
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US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Lebanese-American businessman, Massad Boulos, as his senior advisor on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs. “I am proud to announce that Massad Boulos will serve as Senior Advisor to the President on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs,” Trump posted on Truth Social of the …
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The Federal Government says it has disbursed over N1.2 billion to 24,104 beneficiaries of its grants and loan scheme across Delta State. The State Focal Person for the Presidential Grant and Loan scheme, Dr Isioma Okonta, who disclosed this on Friday at a townhall sensitisation in Asaba, the Delta State …
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A Nigerian researcher and PhD candidate at the Missouri School of Journalism, Damilola Oduolowu, has been awarded a prestigious Pulitzer Centre grant to investigate the escalating destruction of mangroves in Lagos State. According to him, the project seeks to raise awareness about an environmental crisis that has been largely ignored …
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The reactivation of the Port Harcourt refinery on Tuesday marks a significant turning point for Nigeria’s downstream oil sector, after years of stalled attempts. With its return, the refinery is set to rival the already operational Dangote refinery in contributing to Nigeria’s aim of becoming a petrol-exporting nation, writes LAOLU …
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United States Senator Lindsey Graham has threatened to impose sanctions on allied nations like Canada, Britain, Germany, and France if they enforce the International Criminal Court arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. These warrants were issued about alleged war crimes and crimes …
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The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has said the Federal Government is committed to ending insecurity in the South East. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the Defence Ministry’s spokesperson, Henshaw Ogbuike, Badaru stated this while addressing military officers during an operational visit to Enugu State. “There is …
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The Edo State Chapters of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress are at loggerheads over allegations of party secretariat destruction. The Publicity Secretary of the Edo PDP Caretaker Committee, Chris Osa Nehikhare, in a statement on Thursday, alleged that the APC thugs invaded his party secretariat destroying …
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