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Enugu Boxing Association To Move Boxers To Another Level

Enugu Boxing Association To Move Boxers To Another Level

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State Boxing Association has expressed optimism that its boxers can compete favourably in any major championship. Chairperson of the association, Mrs Amaka Ogbu, disclosed this during a maiden boxing show tagged 'Old Skool Boxing Extravaganza' at Independence Layout, Enugu. Despite the heavy downpour, the show, which was organized in memory of the late Chief Osondu Ogbu who was a passionate boxing lover, an administrator and businessman, witnessed a high intensity, electrifying and competitive atmosphere. According to her, the event lived up to expectation, describing the level of boxing as top notch and one that can…
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Gov Identifies Killer Herdsmen, Four Years After Buhari Govt’s Similar Line

Gov Identifies Killer Herdsmen, Four Years After Buhari Govt’s Similar Line

By our reporter Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has said the killer Fulani herdsmen who routinely attack his state are not Nigerians, but Malians. According to him, though they speak Hausa and Fulani languages, the governor said their dialectal variants of these languages are different to the ones spoken in Nigeria, especially the northern part of the country. Sorrow has continued to grip Benue State in recent times as the herdsmen stepped up their attacks on communities, leading to orgies of bloodshed, arson, and displacement of many residents of the Middle Belt or North-Central state. Local Government Areas…
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EPL Showdown: City’s European Dreams Boosted As Villa Fail To End 62-year Streak

EPL Showdown: City’s European Dreams Boosted As Villa Fail To End 62-year Streak

Manchester City boosted their hopes of securing a Champions League place as Matheus Nunes scored a last-gasp winner to snatch a 2-1 victory against Aston Villa in the Premier League on Tuesday night, April 22. Since 1962-63 -62 years now-, Villa had never completed a Premier League double over Manchester City, who they beat 2-1 in an earlier fixture last December in the West Midlands. Ahead Tuesday's showdown, seventh-placed Villa trailed fifth-placed Man City by a point and desperately needed a win to overhaul their hosts and enter the Champions League places. The match began with a bang as Marcus…
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UPDATE! Pope Francis For Burial Saturday, Trump, World Leaders To Attend, His Last Moments

UPDATE! Pope Francis For Burial Saturday, Trump, World Leaders To Attend, His Last Moments

Pope Francis's funeral will take place on Saturday in St Peter's Square, the Vatican has confirmed, with hundreds of thousands expected to attend. The head of the Catholic Church died of a stroke on Monday, aged 88, less than 24 hours after leading an Easter address. He had been in poor health after recently battling double pneumonia. A host of world leaders and royals - including Sir Keir Starmer, Donald Trump, the Prince of Wales, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, home to the biggest Catholic population in the world - have confirmed their attendance, according to…
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EPL Tonight: Villa Seek End To 62-year Man City Streak In Pivotal Battle

EPL Tonight: Villa Seek End To 62-year Man City Streak In Pivotal Battle

Aston Villa will be bidding to end a 62-year streak when they face Manchester City in the Premier League tonight, April 22. Unai Emery takes his side to the Etihad Stadium with the club sitting in seventh position in the standings, trailing their fifth-placed hosts by just the one point. Although Villa were able to thrash Newcastle United, another rival for Champions League qualification, on Saturday night, the other teams around them won their respective games,Sportsmole reports. As a result, the showdown with the defending Premier League champions may prove to be a pivotal game in both side's campaign as…
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UPDATE! Cardinals Meet Today To Set Pope’s Funeral Date

UPDATE! Cardinals Meet Today To Set Pope’s Funeral Date

Catholic cardinals are meeting this morning for the first time to decide when Pope Francis's body will be moved to St Peter's Basilica - and when the funeral will take place. According to the apostolic constitution, the Universi Dominici Gregis - meaning the Lord's whole flock - the service should happen "between the fourth and sixth day after death". That would put the date of the funeral between Friday, April 25 - Liberation Day in Italy, a national holiday - and Sunday, April 27. Multiple Italian outlets are reporting the service is likely to be scheduled for Saturday, with national…
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Borno Activist Hands U.S. Details On B’Haram, Killings, Alleged Govt Links

Borno Activist Hands U.S. Details On B’Haram, Killings, Alleged Govt Links

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Fresh facts have emerged on how Nigeria's deadly Boko Haram terror group was formed in the North-Eastern part of the country and trained abroad. The group, responsible for hundreds, if not thousands of deaths of Nigerians so far, was reportedly formed for the Islamization of Nigeria through violence against Christians and moderate Muslims that stand in its way. Kicking off its orgy of bloodshed in Yobe State, North-East Nigeria, then gaining a foothold in contiguous Borno State, the terror group spread its gospel of blood, death, destruction, and fear to other parts of the North-East and…
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Global Excitement To View Moon, Planets Form ‘Smiling Face’ April 25

Global Excitement To View Moon, Planets Form ‘Smiling Face’ April 25

A rare celestial event is set to captivate skywatchers around the world. Astronomy enthusiasts have plenty of reasons to be excited this April, as the month is packed with stunning celestial events. Among the highlights is a rare alignment featuring a trio of heavenly bodies: Venus, Saturn, and a delicate waxing crescent Moon. Together, they are expected to form a visual arrangement that resembles a smiling face in the sky. Could a cosmic smile really appear on Friday, April 25? Rumors about this possibility have circulated for some time, but in recent hours, a credible voice has confirmed the event:…
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Africa Remembers Pope Who Spoke For Continent, Successor Can Be Black

Africa Remembers Pope Who Spoke For Continent, Successor Can Be Black

Millions of African Catholics, as well as the continent's leaders, are mourning a man who they felt spoke for Africa, bbc.com reports. Pope Francis died at the age of 88. The Vatican announced that at 07:35 local time on Easter Monday the head of the Roman Catholic Church "returned to the house of the Father" at his residence, Casa Santa Marta. He was the first Latin American pope in the Church’s history. Home to nearly a fifth of the Church's followers, or 272 million people, Africa is becoming increasingly important in the Catholic world, and observers say Pope Francis did…
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Catholics Worldwide Mourn Pope’s Easter Death,Tinubu Too

Catholics Worldwide Mourn Pope’s Easter Death,Tinubu Too

From the Vatican to the Philippines, Catholics are spending their Easter Monday saying goodbye to their spiritual leader Pope Francis, who died this morning at 88 from double pneumonia-related ailment. Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu was among world leaders who mourned him, describing Pope Francis as "a tireless champion of the poor." His death comes at one of the most important times of the year for about 1.4billion followers of the Roman Catholic Church, and less than 24 hours after the ailing Pope addressed worshipers in St Peter's Square on Easter Sunday -an address reported by Peopleandpolitics.net in our edition of…
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