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Nigeria’s female wrestlers have begun to prove their dominance in wrestling having won 10 medals at the ongoing Africa Wrestling Championships holding at the Alfred Diete-Spiff Civic Centre, Port Harcourt. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that each of the 10 wrestlers, who represented the country in the cadet ...

There is an influx of Tiv residents from Nasarawa State into Benue State, following sustained attacks by suspected Fulani militia. Suspected Fulani herdsmen are said to have launched attacks on Tiv indigenes in Nasarawa State. The busy Lafia/Makurdi road has been overtaken by victims of Fulani attacks who are heading ...

The International Olympic Committee has said that the Russian athletes and staff who had their life bans for doping lifted last week will not be invited to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The decision was taken after a special panel “unanimously recommended that the IOC not extend an invitation to the ...

Pope Francis has invited Roman Catholics, all Christians and members of other religions to observe Feb. 23 as a day of prayer, fasting and initiatives for peace. Francis while addressing tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square for his weekly blessing, on Sunday urged everyone to ‘say no’ ...

Senator Jonah David Jang has said that the Senate is not for young people. The former governor of Plateau state who is now representing Plateau-North senatorial district made the statement during a live radio programme on Friday, February 2, in Jos, Daily Trust reports. Jang said: “The Senate is not ...