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... the latest Kenyan athlete to fail a drugs test.According to the BBC, the 32-year-old tested positive for banned substance EPO in an out-of-competition test carried out by athletics ? governing body the IAAF. Sumgong the first Kenyan woman to win Olympic marathon gold was due to defend her London title on 23 April.Kenya was last year declared in ...
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... Akanano, Ikenga and Ezinkwo and nine villages: Uru, Ogidiani, Ezi-Ogidi, Adazi-Ogidi, Nkwelle-Ogidi, Ikenga, Abo-Ogidi, Ire-Ogidi and Umuru in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The town, which has since become a reference point for the literary-minded, continues to inspire those willing to draw inspiration from the ...
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... by an English potter, Michael Cardew who was sent to the Abuja area apparently on a mission to improve the quality of local work there by the then colonial government. He established the Abuja Pottery Training Centre in that year and stayed there for the next 15 years, working with local potters, as he taught and ...
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... of the annual workshop for art teachers under its training and conferences series. According to princess Iyase-Odozi, proprietress of the art centre based in Olambe, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, this year ? s event which will kick off on July 22, is aimed at fostering a competent, efficient and results-oriented approach ...
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... , and encouraging young people. I enjoy being a business man too. I sing a bit too, I did a song in 2004, and Lagos state government liked it and made me an ambassador for LASTMA. How do you manage to stay clean and scandal free? It took me thirteen years to build a ...
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... INDEPENDENCE on: September 06, 2008, 09:00:29 PM Nigeria was granted full independence in October 1960 under a constitution that provided for a parliamentary government and a substantial measure of self-government for the country's three regions. From 1959 to 1960, Jaja Wachuku was the First black Speaker of the Nigerian Parliament- ...
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... even at present day, some Nigerians still call indigenes of Akwa Ibom State and Cross River State as Calabar people). The old Calabar Kingdom comprised of loosely governed states. The states included: Annang, Akamkpa, Efik, Eket, Ibibio, Ikom, Ogoja, (Opobo, now Ikot Abasi), Oron ...
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... the following year the Royal Niger Company was chartered under the leadership of Sir George Taubman Goldie. In 1900 the company's territory came under the control of the British Government, which moved to consolidate its hold over the area of modern Nigeria. On January 1, 1901 Nigeria became a British protectorate, part of the British ...
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... settled among the Hausa, from whom they became racially indistinguishable. There they constituted a devoutly religious, educated elite who made themselves indispensable to the Hausa kings as government advisers, Islamic judges, and teachers. Map of Nigeria (source: CIA's The World Factbook) Advertisements Follow @nigerianbestfor Logged Nigerian Best Forum. NBF ...
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... employed his mounted bodyguard and an inchoate army of nobles to extend Kanem's authority into Borno. By tradition the territory was conferred on the heir to the throne to govern during his apprenticeship. In the 14th century, however, dynastic conflict forced the then-ruling group and its followers to relocate in Borno, where as a result ...
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