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Young Nigerians are finding a way around the banning of Twitter in the West African country after a spat between the social media giant and authorities escalated this week.

Announcing the ban on Friday via the Twitter handle of Nigeria’s ministry of information and culture, a spokesman for Minister Lai Mohammed cited the “persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence” for the ban.

Many young Nigerians disenchanted by the ban which came into effect on Saturday morning are turning to virtual private networks (VPN) apps to access the social media platform.

Figures from Google Trends on Saturday morning showed more than 100% spike in searches related to VPNs.

https://guardian.ng/news/rush-for-vpns-in-nigeria-as-twitter-access-is-blocked/

The Sports commissioner for sports in Mr. Rivers State Boma Iyaye had an inter face meeting various association members on ways to emerge as champions at the national games in Delta state..

Delta state will host the next national sports festival, likely next year, 2022.

Rivers State planning to challenge Delta state in next National sports festival to be hosted by Delta State.

-Rivers sports ministry dissolves association members
-Urge new members to nominate credible members
-Plans to move drag net to Sports council to Adokiye Amaisimaka complex for talent hunt.

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The double-header will take place at the Weiner Neustadt Stadium and it was planned to prepare Antonio Conceicao’s side for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers that will begin in September and next year’s Africa Cup of Nations tournament that will be held in Cameroon.

The five-time Afcon winners are camped at Hilton Vienna Danube Waterfront in the Austrian capital and 16 players have already arrived.


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Ex Enyimba player explains the Juju scare before the Pyramids V Enyimba game in Aba. (rstv)


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Enyimba and Pyramids Officials clash over Juju scare in Aba

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Pics from Aba just before the Kick off between Enyimba v Pyramids in CAF Confederations cup.

Sixty per cent of professional golfers in neighbouring Rivers State are from Bayelsa. When completed, Bayelsa State could replace Rivers State as home of the PGA tournaments in the Niger Delta.”

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when completed would help drive sports tourism in the state, noting that many professional golfers in neighbouring Rivers State are from Bayelsa State.

He said: “When finished, the Golf Course will be the first PGA standard 18 hole golf course in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.

https://thenationonlineng.net/dickson-golf-estate-nears-completion/

Recently, former President Goodluck Jonathan visited the Golf Course and expressed his admiration for the work done so far by the Bayelsa State government.

Governor Douye Diri also expressed the commitment of his administration to completing the world-class golf project very soon.

Diri, a former Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development in the state, said his government placed much premium on sports infrastructure and development.

Top American golf company, Total Golf Construction USA, handling the construction of Bayelsa State Golf Estate, now known as Henry Seriake Dickson Golf Estate, has promised to deliver a world-class golf course in the state.

Vice President of Total Golf USA, Mr Jeff Brewster made the promise in a statement on Tuesday.

He explained that the construction of the gigantic golf estate had reached 80 per cent completion.

Brewster said the golf estate was awarded in 2012 by the former Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Seriake Dickson and the firm started the designs and building of the golf section in 2012.

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The retinue of dignitaries that graced the occasion are but not limited to the flag officer logistics command oghara, rear admiral S S Lassa represented by commander J. A Ake the command operation officer central naval command yenagoa.
Chief Francis Bruce, a prominent son of Ijaw nation, elders, friends and well wishers.
The head of the porbeni family spoke glowingly about late chief Konam porbeni

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Home advantage helped Patriots to defy odds as they beat Nigerian giants Rivers Hoopers
83-60 in the Basketball Africa League’s opening game at Kigali Arena.

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Late chief Konam porbeni died as far back as 1980 and was buried in Abari the commercial axis of his community.
In his lifetime, he was a great man imbued with impeccable character and untainted integrity. He was a prominent chief and a paliamentarian. The values he held strongly to has become a trade mark for the porbeni dynasty.

Late chief Konam porbeni the Etonkepua of kabowei kingdom is the progenitor of Admiral F B I porbeni, one of Nigeria's foremost pioneer commander of Nigeria's premiere warship NNS Aradu, a one time minister of transport and a distinguished ambassador of the federal republic of Nigeria.

Owing to constant flooding that keeps ravaging the Niger Delta. the river Focados that flows through the bank of Aduku and Abari in Bayelsa and Delta state made the resting place of late chief Konam porbeni almost washed away by the flood.
Consequently, the head of the porbeni family chief E O Porbeni directed Admiral FBI porbeni to organise a re-burial for their late fathers.
On may 7th 2021, the revered aristocratic family porbeni decided to exhume the remains of their late father and two of his older brothers for proper re-burial in their ancestral home Aduku in sagbama local government of Bayelsa state .

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The two elder brothers are Mr. S O Porbeni and Mr. J D Porbeni.

Former Egypt national and Valencia manager Hector Cuper has been appointed by DR Congo to be their upcoming head coach according to Argentine news reports.

DR Congo failed to qualify for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals for the first time since the 2012 edition in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.


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