Teenage sensation Gauff rises in latest ranking after WTA exploits
American prodigy Coco Gauff continued her rise up the ranks of women’s tennis on Monday when the WTA rankings showed a climb of 39 places […]
Day: October 14, 2019
Breaking: EFCC goes tougher, nabs scores of ‘Yahoo boys’ in Osogbo
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan zonal office, Monday arrested 94 suspected internet fraudsters in Osogbo, the Osun state capital. According […]
NATO’s Stoltenberg defends stance on Turkey’s offensive in Syria
LONDON (Reuters) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday defended his stance on Turkey’s attack on Kurdish militants in northeastern Syria as he came […]
Arik Air resumes flights to Owerri
Arik Air By Yunus Yusuf Arik Air says it will resume flight services to the Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri, from Oct. 21. The airline made […]
Kosgei shatters Radcliffe’s world record, Cherono wins men’s race
(Reuters) – Kenyan Brigid Kosgei broke Paula Radcliffe’s 16-year-old women’s marathon world record but former Alberto Salazar coached athletes, including Mo Farah, were never a […]
Ganduje forms cabinet, returns henchmen
Kolade Adeyemi, Kano Over five months of intense lobbying, Kano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has put finishing touches on the list of […]
Spanish Court Jails Catalonia Leaders For Sedition
Spain’s Supreme Court has sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in an independence […]
Typhoon Hagibis : Death Toll Rises To 36
Typhoon Hagibis, which swept across central and eastern Japan on Saturday and Sunday, has claimed at least 36 lives in Japan as of Monday as […]
Shanghai Masters: Daniil Medvedev Beats Zverev For Title…Russian Captures Back-To-Back Masters
Daniil Medvedev recorded his first victory against Alexander Zverev to capture his second straight ATP Masters 1000 trophy on Sunday at the Rolex Shanghai Masters. […]
Bayern Enter Race To Sign Juve Target Eriksen
German Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich have entered the race to sign the English Premier League outfit Tottenham Hotspur’s veteran midfielder Christian Eriksen in the January […]
Edwin Van Der Sar ‘Interested’ In Role At Old Trafford
The Red Devils are still to appoint a director of football and the former United No 1 could fill that role Edwin Van der Sar […]
Bianca Andreescu Signs Sponsorship Deal With Rolex
Canadian tennis player of Romanian origin Bianca Andreescu has signed a contract wit the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer, Rolex, according to Forbes magazine. “Excited to […]
Shanghai Masters: Bruno Soares And Mate Pavic React To Winning
Brazil’s Bruno Soares says working hard and believing things would eventually get better has paid off for him and his partner Mate Pavic. Soares and […]
Cleric decries division in CAN
National Christian Centre, Abuja By Taiye Agbaje Dr Cosmas Ilechukwu, General Overseer, Charismatic Renewal Ministries (CRM), has called on the various denominations that make up […]
119 Nigerians On Death Row In Malaysia – Amnesty International
Amnesty International (AI) has identified 119 Nigerians among a total of 1,281 persons sentenced to death in Malaysia. This was disclosed in its report titled, […]