Tag: Nigeria
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African Games: Team Nigeria dominates boxing event, wins eight Gold medals
As the 13th African Games winds down, Nigerian male and female boxers dominated the boxing event as it won a total of 8 Gold Medals, two silver and a bronze at the event.
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Cricket: Nigeria moves up at ICC Women’s T20 rankings
Nigeria Senior Women’s Cricket team, have moved one place up at the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 rankings. The rankings released on the ICC website sees Nigeria leap to 26th from 27th, the position they were
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U.S. govt announces three new initiatives for Nigeria’s creative sector
The U.S. government, on Wednesday announced three new opportunities for Nigerians in the creative economy sector. Ms. Lee Satterfield, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs made the announcement
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Nigeria drops from 95th to 102nd world’s happiest nation – Report reviews
Nigeria ranked 102nd happiest nation in the world with 4.881 points, according to the latest edition of the World Happiness Report released Wednesday. This represents a drop of seven places from 95th in the 2023 report by Sustainable Development Solutions. According to the report, released annually to mark the International Day of Happiness, designated by…
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BREAKING: Rising food prices push Nigeria’s inflation to 31.70 percent
Following the rise of food prices in the country, Nigeria’s headline inflation has moved to 31.70 percent in February, according to the latest data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
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Chelsea midfielder, Lesley Ugochukwu visits family in Nigeria
19 Year old Nigerian born Chelsea midfielder, Lesley Ugochukwu is currently in Nigeria to see his family. The defensive midfielder, shared pictures of his visit on social media on Wednesday. Ugochukwu, who was born in France in 2005 is of Nigerian descent but holds dual nationality, Nigeria and France.
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2023 African Games: Nigeria Weightlifters win 6 more medals
The Nigeria weightlifting team on Wednesday, amassed more six medals at the ongoing 2023 Africa Games in Accra, Ghana. The duo of Desmond Akano and Adebayo Adeyemi won six medals on Day 5 of the Weightlifting event.
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African Games : Nigeria records first medal in wresting
Nigeria’s Nworie Emmanuel in on Saturday won a bronze medal in the 77kg in Greco-Roman event at the ongoing African Game in Accra, Ghana. Nworie defeated Hattingh Johannes of South Africa 11-0 superiority, after what seemed
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Current reforms putting Nigeria on right track economically – Elumelu
Tony Elumelu, the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa, UBA, has posited that Nigeria is on the right track economically following the decisions of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, at its last Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, meeting on February 27.
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African Games: Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria advance to quarter-finals
Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria, Tunisia and Madagascar have advanced to the quarter-finals of the table tennis men’s team event at the 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana. This was made known in a statement by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), obtained by newsmen