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COVID-19: Brazilian club given permission to play match with infected players

Daily Tracker Aug 13, 2020 0

‎Brazilian top flight club Atletico Goianiense have obtained permission to field four players who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Globoesporte website said on Wednesday. ‎The club said the players were in the final…

Viewpoint

Samuel Okwaraji: A Football Gen lost during National Service

Daily Tracker Aug 13, 2020 0

By Wale Williams On this day, the 12th of August in 1989, one of Nigeria's sporting horrors happened. The nation lost a rare gem in former Super Eagles midfielder, Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji on the field of Play. The Green Eagles of…

News

Just in… NBC fines Nigeria Info, N5m over Mailafia’s interview on Boko Haram

Daily Tracker Aug 13, 2020 0

The National Broadcasting Commission has fined a radio station, Nigeria Info, N5m, for the ‘unverifiable and inciting views’ expressed by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailaifa. In a statement signed…

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Northern Governors’ Forum demands thorough investigation of Mailafia’s allegations‎

Daily Tracker Aug 13, 2020 0

‎The Northern Governors Forum has demanded a thorough investigation of the‎ allegation that a serving northern governor is a commander of Boko Haram. A former Deputy Governor of the Central of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, had made the…

Education

UNILAG governing council appoints Acting VC‎

Daily Tracker Aug 13, 2020 0

‎ The Governing Council of the University of Lagos has appointed Prof Theophilus Soyombo as the Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution. The appointment was a‎nnounced on Thursday. The Registrar/Secretary to the Council, Oladejo…

Education

Osun dumps Aregbesola’s policies, reverts to 6-3-3-4 educational system

Daily Tracker Aug 13, 2020 0

‎Osun State has reverted to the 6-3-3-4 educational system ‎in a move which marked the discontinuation of some policies introduced by the administration of former governor Rauf Aregbesola.‎ Aregbesola had jettisoned the 6-3-3-4…

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Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, 52 others denounce Trump visa restrictions

Daily Tracker Aug 13, 2020 0

Apple, Facebook and Microsoft are among the 52 companies and organizations in a court filing denouncing Donald Trump administration restrictions on employment-based visas, saying that the action "fundamentally disserves the interests of the…

News

Nigeria records 453 new Covid-19 cases, total now 47, 743

Daily Tracker Aug 12, 2020 0

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total 453 new Covid-19 infections in the country. The the latest number, Nigeria has now recorded a total of 47,743 confirmed cases so far. The breakdown of the figure…

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‎Kano Sharia court sentences 70-year-old man to death by stoning

Daily Tracker Aug 12, 2020 0

‎An Upper Shari’a court sitting at Kofar Kudu, in Kano, on Wednesday sentenced one Mati Audu, 70, to death by stoning after he was found guilty of defiling a 12-year-old girl. It was gathered that Audu admitted before the court…

Foreign

US election: Biden, Harris launch presidential ticket in Delaware

Daily Tracker Aug 12, 2020 0

*** insist ‘the case against Trump, Pence is open and shut’ Presumptive Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Wednesday officially launched their presidential ticket in…

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