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Tokyo Olympics organisers say cancellation report ‘fake news’
Tokyo Olympics organisers played down a poll showing plunging support for the Games on Tuesday and said a report claiming cancellation could be discussed next month was “fake news”. The comments, less than 200 days before the postponed Games start in July, come with greater Tokyo under a state of emergency over a spike in coronavirus cases and with countries around the world battling outbreaks. In a New Year’s address to staff, TokyoRead More

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Biden appoints another Nigerian as aide
US President-elect Joe Biden has appointed Nigerian-born Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo into his cabinet. Biden had announced the appointment of Badejo, a lawyer and an alumna of Berkeley Law College in the US, when he named additional 20 members of the office of the White House counsel. The office Read More
UK spends £50m on Nigeria elections in five years, says official
The United Kingdom (UK) has spent over £50 million to support the electoral process in Nigeria in the last five years, the Head of Governance and Stability at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office, Sam Waldock, said on Friday. Waldock, who spoke at a retreat of the Joint Technical Read More

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