Ex-boxers in race to save ailing Jerry Okorodudu

Nigerian ex-Olympians are battling to save ailing Jeremiah Okorodudu, a member of the country’s continent to the Los Angeles ’84 Olympics Games, where he competed in the middleweight category. Okorodudu, a gold medalist at Oluyole ’79 National Sports Festival in Ibadan, has been down with stroke. Things became so bad for Jerry last year. He […]

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Nnamdi Kanu: How we brokered Igbo leaders’ meeting with Buhari – Ngige

How Buhari can free Kanu Laments militarisation of South-East, says Mbazulike initiated move Nwabueze greets Buhari for considering freedom for Nnamdi Kanu Kanu’s release not against the separation of powers – Olawepo-Hashim Group lauds Buhari, Mbazulike, Ngige Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, yesterday, disclosed how Friday’s meeting of President Muhammadu Buhari with […]

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It’s difficult to sell APC in South East – Ex APGA chairman Nwoye

APGA urges political office seekers to join, grow party Immediate past Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye, at the weekend, said it has become increasingly difficult to sell the party in the South East zone, stressing that the situation was compounded by feelings of marginalisation. He also stated […]

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Zulum, Afe Babalola blame terrorism for poor education, unemployment

Fayemi, Babalola and wife, with Zulum at the ceremony • Kano varsity lecturers threaten to sue Ganduje over property • Olanipekun advises FG to honour pacts with ASUU Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum and founder of Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, have given further insight into why terrorists’ recruitment is unabating […]

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Makinde set to pay Osun another N1b over LAUTECH

Chairman of the Governing Council, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Prof. Deji Omole, yesterday, said that the Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde-led government would soon pay Osun State government another N1 billion on or before first week of December to make a total of N2 billion out of the N8 billion contained in the […]

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Nigeria faces fresh challenges as oil production, reserves fall

• 40b reserves, 4m bpd remain a mirage 10 years after • 2022 budget revenue projection faces fresh hurdles amid divestment • Govt owes oil company $1.4b in cash call • Petrol subsidy: FG to continue bridging cost payment despite PIB Widening deficits, poor crude oil production, rising subsidy payments and lingering foreign exchange challenge […]

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Africa accounts for 2% of global trade, as continent’s infrastructure deficit hits $100b

Africa’s share of global trade remains low at two per cent, Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene, has said. Besides, a total of $36 billion transactions were sealed at the end of the 2021 Intra African Trade Fair (IATF). Speaking at the closing ceremony of the event in Durban, South Africa, […]

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Death toll rises in Taraba communities’ attack by Cameroon soldiers

Casualties of the recent attack on Manga Community in Takum Council of Taraba State by Camerounian soldiers have risen to 12. Confirming the latest development, residents, who spoke with The Guardian at the weekend, confirmed that no fewer than 20 persons, including children, were still missing. Narrating their ordeal in the soldiers’ hands, they wondered […]

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Police have enough evidence to prosecute suspects in OAU masters student’s death – Ajulo

•ICAN, Postmaster General demand justice Lawyer and civil rights activist, Kayode Ajulo, has told the Nigeria Police that the confessional statements obtained from some of the suspects arrested in connection with the death of Timothy  Oludare Adegoke, a Master’s of Business Administration student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, are cogent enough to […]

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Lessons learnt as Maiden relives attack on Alex at 10th year memorial

Retired military medical doctor, Brig. Gen. Oviemo Ovadje (left); Olorogun Oskar Ibru; his wife, Wanda; celebrant, Lady Maiden Alex-Ibru and Chief Marlies Allan during sharing of Lady Maiden’s 72nd birthday cake and 10th year memorial service for the late founding publisher of The Guardian, Dr. Alex Uruemu Ibru, at her Ikoyi residence in Lagos on […]

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