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Blessing Okagbare Banned For 10 Years For Doping
Nigeria’s 2008 long jump silver medalist Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit announced on Friday. The 33-year-old, who is also a sprinter, was expelled from the Tokyo Olympics last year before the women’s 100m semi-finals after testing positive for human growth hormone at an out-of-competition test in Slovakia on July 19. “The Disciplinary...
Super Eagles Gets New Head Coach
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced Jose Peseiro as the new head coach of the Super Eagles. Peseiro is a Portuguese national, born on 4 April 1960. His last coaching stint was in Venezuela. This was made known in a communique obtained by ABN TV on Wednesday evening. It said: “After careful consideration of a memo presented by Chairman of the Technical and...
FG Declares Thursday As Public Holiday
The Federal Government has declared Thursday as a public holiday to mark this year’s Eid-el-Maulud celebration in commemoration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on Tuesday on behalf of the Federal Government. In a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations at the ministry, Mohammed Manga, Aregbesola congratulated the Muslim...
Sen. Kalu’s Presidential Bid Receives Boost As Support Group Emerges In Edo
Chief Whip of the senate Orji Uzor Kalu's bid to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari is daily gaining momentum as a support group, South/South Youth Coalition (SSYC), emerges in Edo State, throwing its weight behind the former Governor of Abia State. In a statement jointly endorsed by Comrade Solomon Okoduwa, former SSA on Anti Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration, Edo State,...
Constructive Engagement, Power Balancing Will Manage Secessionist Agitation – FCT Ohanaeze Ndigbo Leader
The President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, FCT chapter, Nze Ifeanyichukwu Obasi-Nwaeze has said the secessionist agitation in the South East region will be reasonably fought if there is constructive engagement with the government as well as balancing in power, employment, and appointment. Nze Nwaeze, a legal practitioner who spoke in an interview with ABN TV in Abuja said there is a...
President Buhari’s Official Photographer, Omoboriowo Names World Record Title Holder For Largest Photobook
Bayo Omoboriowo’s photobook, Discover Nigeria, has been approved as Guinness World Record largest photobook. Omoboroiwo, the official photographer to President Muhammadu Buhari, was notified of the groundbreaking feat on Thursday afternoon by Guinness. The news of the epoch-making verification came few hours before the unveiling of the photobook by President Buhari at the closing edition of Nigeria at 60 activities held...
Anambra Gets New Commissioner Of Police
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has commenced the overhauling of the security architecture in the South-East amid rising security challenges in the region. This move has led to the posting of CP Christopher Owolabi as the new Commissioner of Police in charge of Anambra State Police Command. A statement on the Twitter handle of the Nigeria Police Force...
Governor From Isialangwa Is Critical For Equity, Political Stability Of Abia State — Ikpeazu
Emergence of a Governor of Abia State from the Isiala Ngwa area is vital for Abia State to achieve a political stability, equity, justice and fairness, says the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu. The governor says the emergence of a Governor from the ot...
Insecurity Beyond What One Nation Can Fight, Says President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that the issue of insecurity has become the business of all nations as it has gone beyond what a single country could effectively contain. He also commended the collective efforts of nations towards tackling security challenges across the globe, and within Nigeria, urging more collaboration to check terrorism, banditry, and kidnapping. Receiving letters of credence...
VIDEO: IGP Decorates Newly Promoted 56 Senior Police Officers, Deploys AIGs, CPs [See Affected States]
![IGP Decorates Newly Promoted 56 Senior Police Officers, Deploys AIGs, CPs [See Affected States]](https://abntv.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IGP-Decorates-Newly-Promoted-56-Senior-Police-Officers1-e1666459667123-640x427.jpg "VIDEO: IGP Decorates Newly Promoted 56 Senior Police Officers, Deploys AIGs, CPs [See Affected States]")
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has decorated 56 newly-promoted Senior Police Officers and others, at the Goodluck Jonathan Peace Keeping Conference Hall, Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A total of 465 officers were promoted to various ranks, including 12 Assistant Inspectors General and 44 Commissioners of Police that were decorated on Thursday. DIG Sanusi Lemu, representing...
