Cambodia organises 10km run to celebrate Int’l Women’s Day

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1 year ago

March 8, 2023

Cambodia’s annual Women Run 10km returned here on Wednesday to celebrate International Women’s Day after a hiatus in the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a sports official said.

National Olympic Committee of Cambodia Secretary-General, Vath Chamroeun said the event with 10km and 4km categories, was taken part by more than 1,500 local and foreign runners.

“The Women Run 10km is not only to celebrate International Women’s Day but also to promote healthy living, encouraging women to play sports,’’ he told reporters.

“This event will also help promote our ‘One person, One sport’ campaign.’’

The race started and ended at Botumvotey Pagoda Park, south of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh.

Chamroeun said the event was attended by both men and women, but only women received finishers’ medals.

The Women’s Run 10km was held just two months prior to Cambodia’s hosting of the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, which is scheduled for May 5 to 17.

Osun Poly Student, Olanrewaju Olatona killed by hit-and-run one-way driver

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5 days ago

April 18, 2024

Ifunaya Emeka

A Student Of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, has died after being hit by a trailer driver on Monday, April 15.

The Accident was said to have occurred when the driver, who was reportedly driving against traffic, collided with the motorcycle conveying a student named Olanrewaju Olatona and another passenger along the Ikirun-Osogbo road area of the state.

Due to the severe impact, Olanrewaju Olatona, a National Diploma 2 student, suffered fatal injuries. He died at the scene.

Olatona, who was the Financial Secretary of the Department of Mass Communication, was preparing for the one-year Industrial Training programme.

The driver fled the scene after the accident and has not been apprehended.

Subsequently, Osun State Polytechnic students organised a procession in front of the school gate and blocked the expressway for several hours.

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Unknown Gunmen Abduct Channelstv Reporter In Port-harcourt

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2 weeks ago

April 12, 2024

Ifunaya Emeka

Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped Joshua Rogers, the ChannelsTV reporter in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

Politics Nigeria learnt that Rogers was picked up close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt and to an unknown destination by the gunmen around 9pm on Thursday, April 11.

The reporter was driving his official ChannelsTV branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a gun at him and took him away in the same vehicle.

Rogers was said to be returning from his official assignment in Government House after a trip to Andoni for a government event when the incident happened.

Already, the gunmen were said to have contacted his wife and demanded a N30million ransom for bis release.

His cameraman confirmed the incident and appealed to his abductors to set him free unconditionally.