Tag: AFN
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Embattled AFN president vows to unravel corrupt practices
Ibrahim Shehu-Gusau, embattled President, Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), has said that the federation will work diligently to unravel all corrupt practices in the federation. Shehu-Gusau said this on Sunday in a news conference to address the situation of things happening in the federation. He said that the measure was in keeping with the President…
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BREAKING: AFN declares autonomy from Sports ministry
The crisis rocking Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), has taken a new dimension as the faction led by suspended Ibrahim Shehu Gusau has declared autonomy from the Ministry of Sports. The body held an Extra Ordinary Congress in Akwa Ibom and came out with a resolution by states’ chairmen and major stakeholders in Athletics. In…
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ICPC nabs athletic federation scribe for ‘misappropriating’ IAAF’s $130,000
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has arrested the Secretary General of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Mr Amaechi Akawu, for allegedly misappropriating 130,000 dollars. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, in Abuja on Monday, the commission said the money belonged to the International…
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Asaba 2018 athletics championship gets over N500m support
More than N500 million was realised at a fundraising dinner for the forthcoming African Senior Athletics Championship billed to take place in Asaba from August 1 to August 5th, 2018. TheNewsGuru reports Zenith Bank Plc led the donors at the event with the sum of N300 million while Bube Dan gave N20 million, Levant Construction…
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Boko Haram detainees get 3 square meals daily, Amnesty International report unsubstantiated – AFN
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has reacted to Amnesty International incriminating report that accused the Nigerian Armed Forces of unlawful killings, saying the report is “largely unsubstantiated”. In a statement by Brigadier General John Agim, Acting Director Defence Information, the Nigerian Armed Forces said that contrary to the report of torture by Amnesty International, Boko…