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Speaker Abbas makes U-turn, withdraws bill prescribing jail term for persons who refuse to sing…

Biola Adebayo Aug 14, 2024

Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas has withdrawn the controversial Counter Subversion and Other Related Bills which seeks to criminalize refusal to sing Nigeria’s reintroduced national anthem. The speaker caved into…
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FIFA bans international games in Russia, no flag or anthem allowed

Suhaib Auwal Feb 27, 2022

World football’s governing body FIFA has decided that no international competition shall be played in Russia, with home matches being played on neutral territory and without spectators. FIFA disclosed its decision in a statement on Sunday,…
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NYSC honours ailing composer of corps’ anthem, 37 years after

Braimoh Musa Jul 16, 2021

Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Thursday, paid a courtesy visit to Dr Oluwole Adetiran who composed the scheme’s anthem in 1984. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
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