The Confederation of African Football (CAF) was founded in 1957. As the administrative body of the region, CAF manages competitions, offers technical and administrative training courses while actively fostering the promotion and practice of football. The Confederation organizes championships such as the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN or AFCON), the most popular competition. It maintains […]
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Gbenga Daniel, a former governor of Ogun state, and PDP chieftain has quit partisan politics. Gbenga Daniel, who was the campaign coordinators of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the PDP, announced this in a letter to Uche Secondus, national chairman of the PDP. “I joined the PDP in Ogun State on Sunday, the 9th of […]
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After three stellar exposés of the biggest culinary experience in Africa, the GTBank Food and Drink Festival is getting bigger for the 4th edition, which will hold for 4 days from Sunday, 28th April, to Wednesday 1st May 2019 at the GTCentre, Plot 1, Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, Lagos. Created in 2016 by leading African […]
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice at the Emirates and also teed up Ainsley Maitland-Niles as Arsenal edged Rennes 4-3 aggregate to join Chelsea in Friday’s Europa League quarter-final draw. Arsenal’s triumph means that six English Premier League teams are in the two UEFA competitions. Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham had led the way in […]
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The Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kano, Alhaji Ladan Baba says nine corps members from the 2018 Batch A are to repeat the one year national service. The Coordinator said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the passing out of 2,682 Batch A corps members on Thursday […]
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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may be planning to organise a special event to issue him a certificate of return. Okorocha stated this on the backdrop of the omission of his name from those that INEC issued certificates of return. He stated this on Thursday in Abuja […]
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday paid a visit to his former boss, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun state. Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo’s media aide, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Akinyemi did not give details of the meeting between the ex-president and former vice-president. The duo […]
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President, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja disclosed that the new report on HIV prevalence put the people living with the dreaded disease currently in the country at 1.9 million. Buhari spoke while formally unveiling the findings of the 2018 Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) in Abuja. Buhari noted during the presidential announcement […]
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Not less than 18 Nigerians die from Tuberculosis (TB) every hour, a TB expert and Board Chairman of “Stop TB partnership Nigeria”, Lovett Lawson, has said. Lawson, disclosed this at a pre-World TB Day press conference in Abuja on Thursday. The World TB Day is celebrated March 24 to raise awareness about the health, social […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has inaugurated the inter-ministerial Presidential Inauguration Committee to coordinate activities leading to the inauguration of the president on May 29. Inaugurating the committee Thursday in Abuja, Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF recalled that about four years ago, “the Buhari Administration came on board with the promise of […]
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