Category: Sports

I’ve been a Liverpool F.C. fan from childhood, Nnamdi Kanu tells court

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Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, told a Federal High Court, Abuja that he has been a fan of Liverpool Football Club from childhood.Kanu, who disclosed this when Justice Binta Nyako jokingly asked him his favourite football team, said Liverpool F.C. had been his club since he was seven.The development occurred when Kanu’s lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, complained that the Department of State Services (DSS) had not been allowing him and other counsel enough time to meet with the IPOB leader whenever…

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Nigerian envoy canvasses for early preparations as Australia prepares to host the world

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Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Australia, Amb. Anderson Madubuike, has said that early preparation for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup would be a major step towards achieving the set goals. He said such attribute is also the major character trait of all individuals that have made serious impacts in every of life’s endeavours and nations that keep succeeding in their national goals and aspirations. Madubuike stated this in Sydney, Australia, after joining other notable world figures and sports personalities at the draws of the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup scheduled…

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Badminton Crisis: Francis Orbih-led committee asks Appeal Court to nullify lower court order

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The Francis Orbih-led Caretaker Committee of the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) has urged the Court of Appeal, Abuja to set aside the order of Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, restraining them from assuming office. Orbih and others, in a notice of appeal marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1128/2021 dated and filed on Oct. 26 before Justice Ekwo by their lawyer, Ubong Akpan, sought for three reliefs. These include: “An order setting aside the order of adjournment to 17th January, 2022, for further report of settlement, made by the Federal High…

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Nick Igbokwe: A great sports icon goes home

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The sombre Otolo Nnewi town was woken by a sudden influx of crème la crème of both the academic and the sports community who had to travel from far and wide to honour a man of many parts who incidentally was many things to many people. Even the harsh February harmattan that was hitting hard at its peak in the eastern Nigeria meant nothing at the face of the task of bidding a befitting farewell to a great academician and sportsman. It was as if in consonance with the great…

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