Tag: Games
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Man City wallop Nothingham Forest 3-0 remain after seven winless games
Manchester City snapped a seven-game winless streak as Kevin De Bruyne played a starring role in a 3-0 Premier League win over Nottingham Forest on Wednesday. The Belgian created Bernardo Silva’s opening goal and then scored the second before Jeremy Doku rounded off a much-needed victory for the English champions. City’s barren run included six…
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Playing Games with Poverty – By Chidi Amuta
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stirred an unnecessary storm and in the process may have scored an inconsequential victory. Last week, the NBS revised the definition of poverty by shifting from the now proverbial living on $2 a day to something called “multidimensional poverty”. This has unsettled our politicians.
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With MTN and Airtel joining the PSB fray, let the games begin, By Okoh Aihe
By Okoh Aihe A seemingly innocuous announcement made last week is scratching up something very huge; so huge that we don’t really know how huge it is at the moment. The announcement was to the effect that MTN Nigeria and Airtel Nigeria have been awarded PSB licenses by the Central Bank. PSB is…
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We have not cancelled National Youth Games, says sports ministry
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development (FMYSD) has clarified that the scheduled National Youth Games in Ilorin had not been cancelled, rather only the arrival date was shifted by two days on the directive of the Mr Sunday Dare, the sports minister. The games had
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Looters’ Lists: APC, PDP Playing Games with the Lives of Nigerians – NIM
…A case for the People’s Third Force The Grand National Coalition of the Nigeria Intervention Movement, NIM is awed and bewildered by the tragicomedy of accusations and counter accusations of looting the country’s treasury between the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC government and its counterparts in the People’s Democratic Party ,PDP, which was in government…
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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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Euro 2020: Wembley to host seven matches after Brussels loses right to host games
Wembley will host seven games at Euro 2020 after Brussels lost the right to host matches for the tournament.Belgium’s capital city has been ruled out as a planned new stadium is still to be built and Uefa have not received the necessary guarantees. Wembley was already scheduled to hold the semi-finals and final but will…
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Top list 2017: TheNewsGuru mobile app performing best on Google Play Store as Google shares best apps, games, music, movies, TV shows, books of 2017
In continuing with its annual tradition, Google on Friday announced the best and most popular apps, games, music, movies, TV shows, books of 2017 on the Google Play apps store. While Game of Thrones emerged the most popular TV show on Google Play for the second year in a row, Rick and Morty and The…
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Government confirms Birmingham, to host 2022 Commonwealth Games
Birmingham’s bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games has been officially backed by the government. Birmingham beat Liverpool earlier in September as Britain’s candidate city. The cost of staging the event is expected to be at least £750m, which would be the most expensive sports event in Britain since London 2012. Announcing…