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Maryam Bukar Hassan makes history...

Maryam Bukar Hassan makes history as first...

Slain Ugandan Olympian, Rebecca Cheptegei,...

Slain Ugandan Olympian, Rebecca Cheptegei, laid to...

Maryam Bukar Hassan makes history as first Nigerian to carry Olympic flag

Maryam Bukar Hassan makes history as first Nigerian to carry Olympic flag Nigerian poet and peace advocate Maryam Bukar Hassan has etched her name in history after becoming the first Nigerian to carry the Olympic flag at the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Hassan carried the iconic Olympic flag during the ceremony held at San Siro Stadium in Milan, in what organisers described as a symbolic moment celebrating peace, unity and global solidarity. Selected as one of the official Flag Bearers of Peace, Hassan was honoured for her contributions to peacebuilding and...
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International

Ugandan weightlifter Ssekitoleko,...

Officials in Izumisano City have announced Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko has been reported missing prior to the Olympic Games here. COVID-19 test was set to...
Gift Luckson -
International

Tokyo 2020: Nigerian...

A Nigerian Olympic official has been hospitalised on Thursday evening after testing positive for COVID-19 on arrival in Japan. The official, in his 60s, tested...
Gift Luckson -
Africa

2023 All-African Games:...

Ghana has abandoned plans to build a new Olympic Sports Complex to host the All-African Games in 2023, according to a Parliament statement in...
Gift Luckson -
International

Tokyo Olympic Games...

The postponed Tokyo Olympic Games will go ahead next year “with or without COVID”, the vice-president of the International Olympic Committee has said. John Coates...
Maryam Umar -
International

New date announced...

A new date has been announced for the postponed 2020 Olympic games scheduled to take place in Tokyo, Japan  2020 will now be held from...
Gift Luckson -
Health

COVID-19: IOC, Japan...

Japan's Prime Minister and the leader of the International Olympic Committee consented to defer the Tokyo 2020 Games by a year Tuesday in an...
Salim Sani -
International

Zidane supports Ramos’...

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has said he will back his captain Sergio Ramos if he decides to represent Spain at the Olympic Games...
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