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My Husband Used Tennis To Woo Me – Ondo First Lady

January 26, 2020 2:00 pm

Wife of Ondo State Governor, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has been involved in grassroots tennis development through her clinic for children between ages four and 14 in the state. She speaks with ’TOSIN OLUWALOWO on her interest in sports

What inspired your interest in tennis development in Ondo State?

My family is a tennis playing one; we are members of the Ibadan Recreation Club. While my kids were growing up, they all played tennis, and it was through my husband that I took interest in tennis. He was a corps member when we met, and he didn’t have money to take me …

Nigeria: 250,000 Children Die Within First Day Of Life

January 22, 2020 4:22 pm
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says no fewer than 250,000 children in Nigeria die on their first day of life, describing the current indices for child health in the country as “alarming.”

Mr. Maulid Warfa, the UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Kano, made the remark in a goodwill message at the opening ceremony of the 51st Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) in Kano on Wednesday.

NAN reports that the conference was organised in collaboration with UNICEF with the main theme: ‘The Impact of Rapid Population Growth on the Child’.

Warfa said the

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Police Arrest Mastermind Of First Bank Abuja Robbery

January 2, 2020 12:11 pm
The mastermind of the foiled robbery of First bank in the Mpape area of Abuja has been arrested.

The suspect is being held at the FCT Command Headquarters by old CBN building, Garki, Abuja.

Ernest, a barman, was arrested at his hideout by police detectives, the Nation reports.

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THISDAY recalls that a Customer Service Officer with First Bank at Mpape, Abuja, Larry Ehizo had narrated how he helped robbers gain access to the bank.

He and others were paraded by the FCT Police command for the operation foiled by a

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First Lady Of Anambra Shares Expensive Gifts To Americans

December 30, 2019 5:02 pm

Behold Osodietipia!

Not only that Governor Willie Obiano and the first lady abandoned the state they have touted to be the safest place in Nigeria to the US to celebrate Christmas, pictures have surfaced of Mrs Ebele Obiano sharing Christmas gifts to Americans while our people suffer in abject poverty.

This is amidst serious allegations by a commissioner in Obiano’s cabinet that the First lady is using her pet project CAFE as a cover for money laundering, and her connivance with Commissioner for Trade and investment to fleece Ndi Anambra of our Internally Generated revenue.

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Japan Executes First Foreigner In Years

December 26, 2019 1:49 pm

Japan on Thursday executed a 40-year-old Chinese man convicted of murdering a family of four, in the country’s first execution of a foreigner since the disclosure of details on sentences carried out began in 2007, the justice ministry said.

The man, Wei Wei, had committed the murders in mid-2003 with two accomplices who were also Chinese nationals, media reported.

The other two fled to China and were arrested there.

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One was executed in China in 2005 and the other received a life sentence, media said.

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Norway’s Windingstad Storms To First Win In Alta Badia

December 24, 2019 4:07 pm

Norway’s Rasmus Windingstad stormed to his first World Cup win as the favourites struggled in the parallel giant slalom night race at Alta Badia in northern Italy on Monday.

Windingstad finished 0.41sec ahead of Germany’s Stefan Luitz in the final under floodlights in the Dolomites.

The 26-year-old blitzed down the hill to deny Luitz a second World Cup win after the giant slalom in Beaver Creek last season.

Austria’s Roland Leitinger took his first podium finish in third, ahead of Norway’s Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen, in the head-to-head duel on runs that are side by side.

“Absolutely amazing, I can’t say …

Johnson’s Brexit Deal Secures First Win In New Parliament

December 20, 2019 4:10 pm

Britain’s new parliament on Friday gave its initial approval to a revised EU divorce deal that sets up a high-stakes clash with Brussels over their future ties.

The 358 to 234 vote paves the way for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to deliver on his winning general election promise to “get Brexit done” by January 31.

But it also pushes Britain and the remaining 27 European Union member states closer to another cliff edge that could end decades of unfettered trade when the post-Brexit transition period shuts at the end of 2020.

A snap poll last week gave Johnson’s pro-Brexit

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Heavy security As Pakistan Host First Cricket Since Attack

December 11, 2019 4:12 pm

Tight security ringed Rawalpindi cricket stadium on Wednesday as Pakistan hosted their first Test match since a deadly attack on Sri Lanka’s team ushered in a decade of sporting isolation.

Despite being targeted in the 2009 guns-and-rocket assault, Sri Lanka have returned for two Tests in Rawalpindi and Karachi which Pakistan hope will help convince other teams to visit.

Eight people were killed and several players and officials were wounded when militants attacked a convoy of buses headed for Lahore’s Gadaffi Stadium for the second Test in March 2009.

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat on Wednesday, …

Ford Seals First Win With Beaver Creek Giant Slalom Victory

December 9, 2019 5:02 pm

Tommy Ford swept to the first World Cup victory of his career at the Beaver Creek giant slalom in Colorado on Sunday.

The 30-year-old American, who had led after a blistering first run on the Birds of Prey course, sealed victory with a flawless second run of 1min 14.85 for a combined time of 2:31.25.

That was good enough to edge ahead of Norwegian duo Henrik Kristoffersen and Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen, who finished second and third respectively.

Kristoffersen, third fastest after the first run, had moved into first place after clocking 1:15.42 with his second run for a total of …

Fiji Miss Out On Dubai Sevens Last-Eight For First Time

December 6, 2019 4:27 pm

Olympic champions Fiji failed to make the quarter-finals of the Dubai Sevens for the first time on Friday, agonisingly missing out on points difference in their pool.

Fiji finished third in Pool A behind France and Argentina despite all three sides winning two matches apiece to finish on seven points.

However, France ended top with a points difference which was one better than Argentina at +28 with Fiji on +14.

Fiji’s hopes were dashed with a 24-21 loss to Argentina, who made the most of a yellow card handed out to Vilimoni Botitu with Matias Moroni scoring the winning try …

Merkel Voices ‘Deep Shame’ On First Visit To Auschwitz

December 6, 2019 2:40 pm

Angela Merkel visited the former Auschwitz Nazi death camp on Friday for the first time as chancellor and said admitting Nazi crimes was a key part of Germany’s identity that could combat growing anti-Semitism.

“Remembering the crimes… is a responsibility which never ends,” Merkel said during the visit in a message aimed at calls from the German far right for a shift away from a culture of remembrance and atonement.

“To be aware of this responsibility is part of our national identity, our self-understanding as an enlightened and free society,” she added.

Merkel is only the third chancellor ever to …

First Nigeria Female LG Chairman Ajanaku Dies At 73

December 5, 2019 1:48 pm

The former Presidential Adviser on Women Affairs to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dame Titilayo Ajanaku, is dead.

Ajanaku, who passed on at the age of 73 on Thursday morning, was reported have breathed her last having battled with cancer.

The deceased was until her death the Otun Iyalode of Egbaland.

The late politician, trained nurse, administrator and women leader was born on January 25, 1946 at Àgọ́-Òdo Quarters Abeokuta, Ogun State.

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She attended Nawair-Ud-Deen Secondary School, Abeokuta, She trained in Nursing at Stobhill General Hospital, Nether-Edge City General Hospital, Sheffield, UK, …

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