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Oladapo Afolayan: West Ham debut ‘a dream come true’ as academy graduate scores in FA Cup win vs Doncaster

Oladapo Afolayan hailed his West Ham debut as a “dream come true” as the academy graduate marked the occasion with a goal as the Hammers beat Doncaster 4-0 in the FA Cup. The 23-year-old striker, who joined the academy ranks in east London from Solihull Moors in 2018, was introduced in a deeper role than Read More…

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Late goals spare Man City blushes at Cheltenham as Cup holders, Arsenal, crash out with own goal

Late goals by Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus and Ferran Torres spared Manchester City a shock FA Cup defeat away to fourth-tier Cheltenham as the Premier League giants scraped into round five on Saturday. Alfie May’s 59th-minute goal put Cheltenham agonisingly close to the biggest win in their history on a night of drama at a Read More…

Education Top Story

We will fuse sports with education in Lagos schools — LSSC

The Lagos State government has announced plans to fuse education and sports in its schools, with a view to revamping School Sports in the state, the Chairman, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Mr Sola Aiyepeku, has said. Aiyepeku, who stated  this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos, was quoted by the Director of Public Relations, Read More…

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Lessons In Joe Biden’s Appointments of Nigerians

THE United States President, Joe Biden’s appointment of three young Nigerians into his cabinet is replete with lessons, not just for Nigeria, but for the entire African continent. Biden first appointed 39-year-old Adewale Adeyemo, who was the first President of the Obama Foundation, as United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. Next, Biden appointed 26-year-old Read More…

COVID19 Health Top Story

Nigeria to seek COVID-19 vaccines less dependent on cooling facilities – official

Nigeria will seek to procure vaccines that are less dependent on cooling facilities, the head of the country’s primary healthcare agency said on Tuesday, adding that talks were in progress with Russia and India to procure such vaccines. Africa’s most populous country, where officials recorded low coronavirus numbers through much of 2020, is in its Read More…

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Consider malaria-like symptoms as COVID-19 illness until proven otherwise – Sanwo-Olu

Following the increase in number of recorded cases of coronavirus in Nigeria, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said that any malaria-like symptoms should henceforth be considered as COVID-19 virus infection unless and until proven not to be one. He therefore advised that anyone with such symptoms should proceed to any of the Read More…

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[VIDEO] Watch Davido’s Jowo from A Better Time

Tiwa Savage, Mayorkun, Hit-Boy, Lil Baby, and others contribute to the Nigerian pop star’s latest The new album from Nigerian pop star Davido arrived November 2020. A Better Time features Nicki Minaj, Nas, Young Thug, Lil Baby, Hit-Boy, Tiwa Savage, and others. Watch ‘Jowo’ below. “I won’t keep you any longer,” Davido wrote. “This year Read More…

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Snoop Dogg lobbying Trump for pardon of Death Row Records co-founder Michael

Snoop and two activists – Alice Johnson and Weldon Angelos – are trying to have the sentence of Death Row Records co-founder Michael ‘Harry-O’ Harris commuted after 30 years behind bars As the Unites States prepares to usher in Joe Biden as the 46th president, the current commander-in-chief has been spending some of his remaining Read More…

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LASG gets court order to auction 88 impounded vehicles

The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) has secured a Court Order authorising it to publicly auction 88 vehicles impounded by the Agency for contravening the One-Way Traffic Law and forfeited to the Government by an order of a Lagos State Mobile Court. Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, disclosed that the Read More…

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Private schools record low turnout in Lagos on resumption

There was low turnout of students in private schools in Lagos State on Monday as academic activities resumed for the second term of 2020/21 session. The Lagos State Government had, on Friday, directed public and private schools below the tertiary level to resume for the new term. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited some private Read More…