National Sports Festival Committee The 22nd National Sports Festival, tagged Gateway Games Ogun 2024, slated for January 12th, has been shifted and will now be held next year 2025 from May 16th to 30th, 2025. This was part of Thursday’s communiqué issued at the end of the Joint Technical Meetings held in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital. Reading the communiqué, the Secretary of the Main Organising Committee (MOC), Thecla Opara, said that the postponement has become necessary to effect some of the recommendations of the technical committee to have a world-class festival. READ ALSO: Paul Pogba’s Brother Sentenced To Year In Prison In Extortion Case “The committee agreed that in order to give some time to effect the observations and recommendations from the Joint Technical Meeting, the dates for the
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Some of the minors during their arraignment in Abuja on Friday, November 1, 2024. A human rights radio and television station based in Abuja, Brekete Family has temporarily shut down its station in protest of the detention of minors involved in the #EndBadGovernance protest. The minors who were arrested during the August 2024 nationwide hunger and hardship protests have been in detention. They were arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja last week, and later granted bail of N10 million each. An official statement released by the prominent media station on X on Monday confirmed the partial shutdown. The statement read, “Human Rights Radio and Television (Brekete Family) shuts down partially in protest of the Nigerian government’s detention of underage children. “This decision reflects our deep commitment to defending