Vanguard Latest News Sunday 8th December 2019
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 08/12/19
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‘Downfall of man is truly not the end of his life,’ Buhari hails triumphant Joshua
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday congratulated the British pugilist of Nigerian descent, Anthony Joshua, on his victory over Mexican boxer, Andy Ruiz Jnr, in Saturday night’s rematch at the 15,000-capacity Diriyah Arena in Saudi Arabia.
Joshua defeated the Mexican in a unanimous decision to regain the International Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Organisation (WBO) titles he lost to the same opponent in June.
The President, in a congratulatory message issued by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, in Abuja, rejoiced with Joshua and saluted him for bringing joy to millions of Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora.
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Give us 13% derivation fund directly, Edo oil/gas host communities tell Buhari
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Host communities of Oben and Gelegele Flow Station in Edo State have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to follow the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and direct that the 13% oil derivation fund for facilities in their domains be paid directly to them.
The communities, which are hosts to facilities of OML 4, 38 and 56, argued that the subsisting system, whereby the fund is paid to the governments of the states where oil bearing and impacted communities are located, is faulty and a violation of the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution, as amended.
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Sensitise Nigerians on $29.96bn foreign loan, Expert urges FG
Dr Uju Ogubunka, an economic expert has urged the Federal Government to educate Nigerians on the importance of the proposed 29.96 billion dollars foreign loan towards boosting the economy.
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Russia: What a four-year doping ban would mean
The World Anti-Doping Agency, whose executive committee meets in Lausanne on Monday, is set to punish Russia’s complicity in a state-sponsored doping programme with a new four-year ban on Russian sportsmen and women.
It is likely to present more difficulties for Russian athletes wanting to compete on the world stage and for federations who are planning to stage events in a country that has often been a welcoming haven for some of the world’s less wealthy sports.
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WADA meet with Russia’s sporting fate in their hands
Russia will discover Monday whether they will be banished from sporting competitions, including the Olympic Games, for four years when the World Anti-Doping Agency hold a crunch meeting in Lausanne.
WADA’s executive committee is expected to approve a recommendation by its Compliance Review Committee that Russia be handed a four-year suspension after accusing Moscow of falsifying laboratory doping data handed over to investigators earlier this year.
Such a heavy sanction would see Russia ruled out of next year’s Tokyo Olympics and the Winter Games in Beijing in 2022.
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FG to introduce new visa regime
The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, said on Saturday night the Federal Government plans to introduce a new visa regime to boost the economy.
Babandede stated this at the 2019 dinner and award night organised by the service in Abuja.
He added that the new visa regime would be unveiled by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola before the end of this year.
The NIS chief said the regime would put Nigeria in line with global practice, adding that the system would be transparent and security would not be compromised.
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Anthony Joshua tightlipped on future after reclaiming world titles
Anthony Joshua would not be drawn on his future plans after regaining his world heavyweight titles from Andy Ruiz on Saturday.
The British star won back his WBA, IBF and WBO belts with a one-sided unanimous defeat of Ruiz in Diriyah outside Saudi Arabia’s capital.
The victory reinstates Joshua as a major player in boxing’s most glamorous division, and instantly renews speculation about a possible unification superfight with WBC champion Deontay Wilder.
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Herdsman kills farmer who catapulted him
A farmer in Ogun State has been killed after attacking a herdsman who was grazing cattle on his newly cleared land.
Segun Akinlade, the farmer according to report is a 35-year-old man who visited his farm and was infuriated when he saw a herdsman, Muhammad Garba, with cattle on the farmland.
To scare him off, he allegedly attacked the herdsman with a catapult but the action did not go well with the herdsman who retaliated by approaching the farmer with a cutlass.
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Sudan’s first female football stars push for women’s rights
Within months of Sudan’s first women’s football league kicking off, the championship’s emerging stars are being hailed as icons for equal rights in a country transitioning to civilian rule.
Orjuan Essam, 19, and Rayan Rajab, 22, of Khartoum-based Tahadi women’s club, have scored several goals already in a tournament that would have seemed unlikely when autocrat Omar al-Bashir was in power.
“I was thrilled to see that authoritarian rule was finally turning into civilian and that women’s rights could now be achieved,” said Essam, her long hair flowing freely as she trained at a stadium in the capital.
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Christmas: We are capable of meeting demands — Nasarawa Rice Millers
The Nasarawa State Chapter of Rice Millers and Dealers Association of Nigeria (RIMDAN) says it has enough local rice to meet demands of customers during Christmas and New Year celebrations.
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