Dream Team Ends Nigeria’s Medal Drought, Wins Bronze, Brazil Wins Gold Lightning strikes ‘triple-triple’ for Bolt
Duro Ikhazuagbe in Rio and Demola Ojo with Agency Report Nigeria yesterday won her first medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as the country’s men’s football team won bronze after defeating
Honduras in Belo Horizonte. Mikel Obi combined brilliantly with Ezekiel Imoh to set up Sadiq Umar for Nigeria’s first goal in the 34th minute. Aminu Umar increased Nigeria’s lead four minutes into the second half
after latching on the ball as Honduras goalkeeper, Luis Lopez struggled to stop Mikel’s shot. Samson Siasia’s wards took the game beyond the reach of Honduras with another goal coming off the
boots of Sadiq within six minutes. It was another of Mikel’s assist to make it 3-0. The goals were enough to ensure victory, despite a late rally from the Hondurans who scored two late goals but could not overhaul their more
illustrious opponents. Speaking after the game, Siasia said, "I want to say thanks to the players. They did a great job. It is good to take something back home. Winning bronze is not easy. We are happy and we have
to celebrate. We have to enjoy this moment." Team captain Mikel expressed how proud he was of the team’s achievement and poured encomiums on Continued on page 6
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Countdown to Edo Governorship Poll: Who Wins…And Who Loses? In about three weeks, the residents in Edo State will go to the polls to elect a new governor who will pilot the affairs of the state for the next four years. The Independent National Electoral Commission
released the timetable and schedule of activities for the September 10 governorship election in February. INEC said 18 political parties had been cleared to contest in the election. But from all indications,
only two political parties are really in the race to win. They are the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party. Mr. Godwin Obaseki is the APC candidate, while Pastor Osagie Ize-
Iyamu is the candidate of PDP. Both candidates have intensified their campaigns across the state canvassing for strategic endorsement and votes.
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N’East Crisis: UN Warns 5.5m People May Urgently Need Food Aid in Sept See Full Report on Pages 82 & 83
NEMA says 161,000 Nigerians still in Cameroon, Chad, Niger's refugee camps Military combs Bauchi forests for fleeing Boko Haram terrorists
Zacheaus Somorin, Kasim Sumaina and Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi with Agency Report
Nigeria's economic slowdown, compounded by Boko Haram attacks, could mean 5.5 million people needing food aid in the volatile North-east by next month, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned. The warning came as the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) disclosed that about 161,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the North Eastern part of Nigeria were still at various camps in three neighbouring countries of Chad, Niger and Cameroon. It also emerged that, as part of efforts to end insurgency, the Nigerian Army had embarked on operations in forests in Bauchi State in order to flush out fleeing Boko Haram members and criminal elements in the state. UNHCR, while issuing
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FROM AGITATORS TO MANUFACTURERS
L-R: CEO, Innoson Kiara Academy, Mr. Endi Ezengwa; Chairman Innoson Group of Companies Ltd, Chief Innocent Chukwuma; Ex-Agitator, Aaron Douglas; Commissioner of Education, Anambra State, Prof. Kate Omenugha; Coordinator Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Continued on page 6 Programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh; and Managing Director, Jamub Global Services Ltd, Prince Momoh Jacob Aminu, during the presentation of 36-seater bus, manufactured by graduating Ex-Agitators, at the Innoson Kiara Academy, Nnewi ...yesterday
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