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The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has postponed the forthcoming 7th National Youth Games billed for Asaba, Delta in February.The ministry in a statement said the postponement was due to the upcoming General Elections.It added that a new date will be announced after the elections.The Games was earlier billed for February 8 to February 18. By Israel Adebiyi...

A Somali senior army commander has been killed in an Islamist attack on a military base north of the capital Mogadishu.Colonel Abshir Shataqey and a number of other soldiers died when al-Shabab stormed the facility in Hawadley town at dawn.The base was seized from the militants in October.The latest fighting comes a day after the government announced it had recaptured the key port of Haradhere in central Somalia, which had been under jihad...

The Edo State Government has charged operatives of the Edo State Security Vigilante Network to ensure the protection of lives and property, eschew violence and discharge their duties within the ambit of the laws.The Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu gave the charge at the graduation of Batch A trainees of the network, comprising 574 operatives drawn from the six local government areas of Edo North.They completed a two-week intensive training session, held at the ...

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has declared that the Senate is ready to approve the 23.7 trillion naira debt restructuring request made by President Muhammadu Buhari in December last year.The senate also blamed the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, for stalling the approval of the request by delaying the provision of the necessary document containing details of the Ways and Means Advances....

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The African Super League is set to debut in the year 2023, with its maiden edition. The club football competition was agreed to take place in the continent last year by the African soccer governing body after UEFA rejected it....

Shakhtar Donetsk president Rinat Akhmetov has pledged todonate 22 million pounds to the Ukrainian war effort followingthe transfer of Mykhailo Mudryk to Chelsea.The Premier League side signed Mudryk from Shakhtar on ina deal worth up to £89million pounds, a transfer record forUkrainian football.Akhmetov said the money would help a project named Heartof Azovstal  aimed at helping Mariupol defenders and the...

Italy's most-wanted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro hasbeen arrested in Sicily after 30 years on the run.Messina Denaro was reportedly detained in a private clinic inSicily's capital, Palermo, where he was receiving treatment forcancer.He is alleged to be a boss of the notorious Cosa Nostra Mafiaand he was tried and sentenced to life in jail in absentia in2002 over numerous murders.More than ...

The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare, thesecond has consoled hostages of the Igueben train station inIgueben Local Government Area of Edo State.He stated this at the 2023 universal week of prayers by BeninCity Christians Community which was rounded off in hisPalace in Benin City.He prayed God to intervene on the security in Nigeria andalso condoled with the family of a police officer, MichaelAdams who die...

Edo State government has recruited a new batchof 219 professionals into the public service.The newly recruited public servants, according to the EdoState Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa were selectedfrom over 5,000 applicants after a meritorious and rigorousselection process.Addressing the workers at the John Odigie-Oyegun PublicService Academy, Okungbowa urged the new public servantsto work towards sustaining th...