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World 100 meter champion CHRISTIAN COLEMAN will appeal his two-year ban from athletics for anti-doping violations, his manager have confirmed.COLEMAN’S manager EMANUEL HUDSON in a tweet said the decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal established under World Athletics Rules is unfortunate and will be immediately appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.COLEMAN, who won the men’s 100 metres at last year’s World Championships in Doha, wa...

Nigeria’s manufacturing sector has continued its decline for the sixth consecutive month in October, according to the latest Purchasing Managers Index PMI report from the Central Bank.The manufacturing PMI witnessed a 49.4 points dip, below the 50 percent threshold used to aggregate activities and performances, since it started the contraction in May this year.According to the PMI report, eight subsectors from the 14 subsectors surveyed, had a slow co...

The West African Examinations Council WAEC says the results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination would be released next week.The examinations body made this known in a statement on its official twitter handle, and confirmed by the Head of Public Affairs, WAEC Nigeria, DEMIANUS OJIJEOGU. The results were supposed to be out on October 28 but the examination body said the postponement was due to the violence and arson in the country whi...

The Deputy President of the Senate, OVIE OMO-AGEGE, has appealed to members of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers to halt their planned attacks on oil facilities in the region.OMO-AGEGE’s appeal, was contained in a statement by his media office, after he met a delegation of the Oil and Gas Host Communities of Nigeria, in Abuja.The Deputy Senate President warned the groups that going ahead with their threat would create economic setback for the country ...

The United Nation’s General Assembly, has appointed the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), JULIE OKAH-DONLI, to the board of trustees for United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes UNODC.OKAH-DONLI’S appointment is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja by VINCENT ADEKOYE, of NAPTIP’s press and public relations unit. The statement said that OKAH-DONLI’s appo...

Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA, Nigeria’s nominee for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation WTO, has emerged winner of the race.OKONJO-IWEALA polled 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat South Korea’s Minister of Trade Minister, YOO MYUNG-HEE.She has experience working at international governance bodies as a former managing director of the World Bank and as a chairman at the Global...

World Football governing body FIFA has confirmed that the Super Eagles will begin the Second Round of the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers on May 31, 2021.The second round of the qualifiers was initially scheduled for October 2020 but has now been postponed to next year due to the disruption of the football calendar, following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.According to FIFA, the Second Round of the qualifiers ends September 2021....

The National Economic Council has set up a committee to engage the youths, representatives of Civil Society Organizations, religious and traditional leaders.The committee will be addressing issues on employment, social safety net programmes, and national unity among other key issues of concern, with governors representing the six geopolitical zones as members.The Committee would be chaired by the Vice President, Professor YEMI OSINBAJO....

More than 90,000 people have fled their homes near Los Angeles as two fast-spreading and uncontained wildfires raged across more than 14,600 acres of land.The larger Silverado Fire erupted early yesterday morning and quickly spread, while also been fueled by dry conditions and erratic winds that prevented firefighting aircraft from flying.The inferno quadrupled in size by afternoon, jumping a highway and covering the area with a huge plume of smoke and ash....

The Kogi State Governor, YAHAYA BELLO has described the #EndSARS protests as politically motivated.Governor BELLO explained in an interview on a monitored program that although he supported the agitations of the youths, but their refusal to relent after some demands were met indicated that the protests have some political undertones.The Governor said the protesters should have demanded reforms of the entire Police Architecture, rather than calling for the s...