Tag: Commonwealth
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#CHOGM18: Buhari calls for healthier business relationship among Commonwealth nations
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in London enjoined leaders of the Commonwealth to avoid trade wars and work collectively to preserve the global trading order. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity in a statement in Abuja, said Buhari made the call when he delivered his keynote address at the Commonwealth…
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Theresa May urges Buhari to allow same-sex marriages in Nigeria
British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has called for same-sex marriages in Nigeria and all other Commonwealth Nations. The Prime Minister said this on Tuesday while speaking at the first joint forum at Commonwealth Head of Government Meetings in Westminster. According to her, there should be no laws criminalising same-sex relationships across the Commonwealth. May said…
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2018 Commonwealth: Nigeria secures 3 medals in wrestling
Blessing Onyebuchi, Ebikewenimo Welson and Bose Samuel on Thursday won medals for Team Nigeria in wrestling, to increase the country’s medals haul to 11 at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Onyebuchi obtained silver after losing to Canada’s Erica Wiebe in the 76kg category female freestyle, while Welson earned a bronze after beating…
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27 home-based, 10 foreign-based athletes to represent Nigeria at Commonwealth Games – AFN
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) on Thursday listed 37 athletes as those who will represent the country at the 2018 Commonwealth Games holding in April at Gold Coast in Australia. Sunday Adeleye, the AFN Technical Director, in a list made available to the media, said the athletes are made up of 10 foreign-based and…
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Jonathan’s ex-finance minister, Okonjo-Iweala gets Commonwealth appointment
Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been appointed into a High Level Group on Governance of the Commonwealth Secretariat. Prof. Ben Maloney, Communications Officer, Commonwealth Secretariat, said in a statement that the High Level Group would make recommendations on governance of the Commonwealth Secretariat. The Commonwealth, however, denied that the group was…
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The Gambia rejoins Commonwealth Thursday
The Gambia will on Thursday at 11 a.m., rejoin the Commonwealth family, almost five years after leaving the 53-member organisation. The Gambia’s readmission would be confirmed by 12. 01 a.m. on Thursday after which the Secretariat would announce that The Gambia is rejoining the Commonwealth. A flag-raising ceremony, at the gardens of Marlborough House, the…
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NBBF invites 20 for Commonwealth Games preparation camp
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has invited 20 players for the first phase of camping ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. This was announced in a memo by Chimezie Asiegbu, Secretary General of NBBF, on Sunday. According to Asiegbu, the memo has been sent to the eight clubs featuring the invited players. ” The camping,…
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Ibrahim Magu emerges Commonwealth anti-graft vice-chair
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has emerged the Vice-Chairman of the Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Commonwealth Africa. The anti-graft agency in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, on Thursday, said the announcement was made after the association rounded off its 7th regional conference in…
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The Future of a Commonwealth Nigeria
“And think ye that building shall endure that shelters the noble and crushes the poor” – by James Russell Lowell. INTRODUCTION It is absolutely rife to analyze contemporary human societies from the angle of dynamic school of thought on developmental trend. From the time immemorial, the above truism has guided the traditional…