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Super Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare delivered a statement performance on his first start for Ajax, scoring twice in the Dutch giants’ 5-3 victory over FC Sion and earning the club’s Player of the Match award, Soccernet.ng reports. The 25-year-old was handed his first start for the Amsterdam giants last night and repaid coach Míchel Sánchez’s faith with two goals before being substituted after an hour. The Wolverhampton Wanderers loanee scored off a ricochet just before half-time before adding a second in the 51st minute after a very brilliant build-up. Tolu Arokodare is the king of positioning What a bloody goal…

Norway’s King Harald has died at the age of 89, the palace said on Friday. His 53-year-old son Crown Prince Haakon is automatically succeeding him on the throne. “It is with deep sadness that we announce that His Majesty King Harald passed away today. King Harald passed away peacefully at Oslo University Hospital on Friday, August 28 at 6:35 am,” (0435 GMT) it said in a statement. The flag at the royal palace in Oslo was lowered to half-mast, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Europe’s oldest reigning monarch, King Harald had been in hospital in Oslo since August…

By Patrick Odey The Akwa Ibom State Government has outlawed the use of ambulances to convey corpses for burial throughout the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Ekem John, announced the new reform while briefing journalists during the monthly media briefing organised by the Ministry of Information on Thursday. John, who was accompanied by his counterpart in the Ministry of Information, Hon Aniekan Umana, and the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ekerete Udoh, described the law as one of the most audacious introductions in the health sector in the state. He said corpses should be conveyed in hearses,…

China paused a rescue operation on Friday citing the high risk of renewed flooding in Tibet, where hundreds remain missing two days after a deadly mudslide, state media said. A lake formed by immense piles of debris after a mudslide hit the China-Nepal border has begun overflowing towards the area that rescue teams were headed, state broadcaster CCTV said. “All rescue teams have been ordered to stand by in place and wait for further instructions,” it said. Emergency teams which had earlier accessed the area “have been ordered to withdraw one kilometre (0.6 miles)”, the broadcaster added. The lake formed…

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The Lagos State Government is seeking greater involvement of local governments and communities in developing tourism and cultural assets, saying its ambition of becoming a leading tourism destination must begin with stronger grassroots participation. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Idris Aregbe, stated this during a strategic engagement with supervisors, special advisers and representatives of Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas in Lagos. The meeting, held at Delborough Hotel, Victoria Island, was convened by Aregbe and the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mrs Bopo Oyekan, under the theme, ‘A Lagos that Works for…

By Gabriel Oshokha The Oyo State Government, through the Ministry of Health, has formally inaugurated the Oyo State Technical Working Group on Climate and Health as part of efforts to strengthen the state’s capacity to address the growing public health impacts of climate change. The Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, disclosed this in a statement released on Thursday and made available to newsmen in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Speaking at the inauguration held at the ministry’s conference room, Secretariat, Ibadan, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, said climate change was no longer a distant environmental concern but…

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The return of Nigeria to FTSE Russell’s Frontier Market index is a significant indication that reforms under President Bola Tinubu have improved conditions for international investors, the City Boy Movement has said. FTSE Russell is set to reclassify Nigeria from “Unclassified” to “Frontier Market” status on September 21, 2026, restoring the country to a category it left in September 2023 amid concerns over access to foreign exchange and the repatriation of investment capital. The Director-General of the City Boy Movement, Francis Shoga, said the development provided an external measure of the changes in Nigeria’s investment environment since Tinubu assumed office.…

Super Eagles defender Chibuike Nwaiwu has been handed a two-match suspension by UEFA following his red card in Trabzonspor’s Europa League play-off first-leg defeat to Ferencváros, Soccernet.ng reports. Nwaiwu was shown a straight red card in the sixth minute of stoppage time as Trabzonspor suffered a 1-0 home defeat to the Hungarian champions last Thursday. Kristoffer Zachariassen scored the only goal of the game in the 17th minute, leaving Trabzonspor needing to overturn a one-goal deficit in Thursday’s return leg in Hungary. Former Wolfsberger defender Chibuike Nwaiwu. Copyright: Imago Get Our Sports News First – Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!…