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From Friday, July 23, 2021 sports lovers across the world will stay glued to their television sets as the 2020 summer Olympic Games officially begin in Tokyo, Japan. The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, is…

Eid al-Adha, also known as the festival of sacrifice, is celebrated by Muslims all over the world to mark the end of the rites of Hajj performed during the annual pilgrimage to Makkah in the last month of the Islamic calendar. During the…

The fight against drug abuse and illicit trafficking has been a United Nations' concern over the years. The UN in various resolutions and conventions emphasized the need to wage a decisive war against drug abuse and illicit trafficking and…

 June 20th every year is observed as the United Nations World Refugee Day. The day is set aside to celebrate the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution. It is marked…

An African adage says, "What a nation hopes for is always better than what it has." Inspired by this maxim, especially in exploring the global communications and digital economy sector, President Muhammadu Buhari on the 21stof August 2019,…

Fasting in the holy month of Ramadan is an annual act of worship universally practiced by Muslims all over the world as commanded by the religion to be performed by all believers as it is one of the five pillars of Islam. To Muslims,…

Thirty-three years ago, precisely on 18th February 1988, the Federal Government of Nigeria established the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) as the nation's lead agency saddled with the responsibilities of identifying the causes of road…

Nigeria’s democracy is fashioned after the American system of Government with Federal, State and Local Administrative systems created to bring development closer to the people. On February 3, 1976 a number of states were created by the…

Fake news is false information, stories or hoax created to deliberately misinform or deceive the audience. Fake news is fallacious, misleading, often sensational information presented as facts under the guise of news reporting. It is often…

By Salisu Mohammed, Abuja One of the sectors most hit by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 in the world is sports. Practically all sporting activities suffered huge setback that resulted in global postponements and rescheduling of games like…