Migrants clash with Moroccan police for third night in a row as they attempt to enter Ceuta
Tensions at the border between Morocco and Ceuta, a Spanish enclave that shares a border with Africa, continued for the third night in a row.
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Moroccan police stop hundreds of migrants from entering Spanish enclave of Ceuta
Moroccan police have prevented hundreds of migrants from crossing into Ceuta after dozens manged earlier on Sunday to cross the first border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave.
At least eight migrants dead after their boat sinks in English Channel
French authorities have reported that at least eight migrants have lost their lives whilst trying to reach the UK by crossing the channel from France.
Tensions in Poland over migrants escalate despite drop in attempted crossings from Belarus
At the fringe of the Polish forest of Bialowieza, a wall separated Belarus from Poland for two years.
At last, South African embassy grants Junior D’Tigers entry visas
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), yesterday, heaved a sigh of relief when the South African Embassy decided to issue entry visas to members of the national U-18 team basketball team, D’Tigers, who are billed to feature in the ongoing AfroBasket Men’s U-18 Championship, in Pretoria. The Nigerian was earlier scheduled to travel to South Africa last weekend, but the refusal of the embassy to issue the traveling document as required delayed their movement. Following the delay in issuing the documents, NBBF officials made frantic efforts yesterday to get the team to Pretoria early enough for their opening match against Egypt today.
Minister explains decision to pay athletes’ training grants in Paris
Sports Minister, John Enoh, has explained his decision to pay both foreign and home-based athletes their training grants midway into the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
How payment of $6,000 ‘training grants’ to foreign-based athletes rocked Nigeria’s camp
Factors that may have inhibited the country’s performance at the just-concluded Paris 2024 Olympics are beginning to emerge with an official of Team Nigeria hinting The Guardian that the payment of $6,000 “training grants to athletes in the middle of the Games” was one of them.
How govt’s training grants propelled Ogunkoya to historic feats at Atlanta ’96 Olympics
Team Nigeria’s failure to impress at the just-concluded Paris 2024 Olympics, despite parading 88 athletes, and spending over N9 billion in prosecuting the Games has brought back old memories, particularly the Atlanta ’96 Olympics.