With sporting events cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there weren’t many highlights for Nigerian sports fans. But, sporting organizations still provided sufficient spark to light up what seemed to be a black year for sports. Record numbers of Nigerian players drafted in the NFL and NBA For all of the twists and […]
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Nigerian Minister of Youth and Sports development, Sunday Dare, has confirmed that there is no indefinite postponement of the 2020 National Sports Festival (NSF), which was scheduled for Benin, Edo State. Dare said a new date for the Festival would be agreed on by the Ministry and the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the COVID-19 […]
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World Poverty Clock has reported that since November 2019 more Nigerians have been plunged into extreme poverty. The most recent figure shows that more than 105 million Nigerians are living in extreme poverty now, compared to 98 million in October 2019. The figures represent 51 percent of the population. According to the World Poverty Clock, […]
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