How Oborodudu defied injury pain to win Nigeria’s first ever wrestling medal
Unknown to millions who watched Blessing Oborududu wrestle her way to win Silver in the 68kg free style women wrestling event at the Tokyo 2020 […]
Month: August 2021
2020 Olympics: FG triples allowance for medalists
The federal government has tripled the prize money award for Team Nigeria medallists at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Making the announcement Tuesday in Tokyo […]
Lukaku ‘agrees’ Chelsea comeback
Romelu Lukaku is keen to return to Chelsea as he believes he has unfinished business at Stamford Bridge. Lukaku first joined Chelsea in August 2011 […]
Breaking – Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria’s Adekuoroye fails to shock Wrestling defeat
Second seed Odunayo Adekuoroye lost in her 57kg weight category fight in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In a swift turn of events, having led and […]
Two ex-solders deny ‘kidnap kingpin’ Evans in court.
Two former soldiers of the Nigerian Army, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba, on Tuesday denied being accomplices to the crimes of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme […]
Missing Belarus exile group leader, Vitaly Shishov found hanged in Ukraine.
Vitaly Shishov Belarusian exile found dead in Kyiv on 3 August 2021 Shishov headed the Belarusian House in Ukraine group, helping those who left Belarus […]
National honour: President Bazoum of Niger Rep. Awards Zulum with Nigerien Equivalent of GCON
President Mohammed Bazoum of the Republic of Niger on Tuesday decorated Borno Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, with the country’s Second Order National Honour, “de Grand […]
Agriculture: Osun govt distributes 100,000 cocoa seedlings, limes, agro-chemicals, other farm imputs to farmers
… inaugurates OBOPS III…as over 1000 farmers empowered…Govt has been very supportive of our cause, say beneficiaries The Government of the State of Osun on […]
Abuja man moves to defraud adopted child out of inheritance
By Muhammad Abdullahi An Abuja based octogenarian retiree, Alhaji Sule Usman has been accused of undue manipulation aimed at taking custody of his late wife’s adopted […]
Uproar as Naval officer assaults DRTS Area Commander
By Muhammad Abdullahi There was an uproar Tuesday morning at Kubwa-Dutse Road, otherwise known as Outer Northern Expressway, when a junior Naval officer attacked and assaulted the […]
Thrills, Spills, Scandals Mark Africa’s Olympics 2020 Journey.
There has been a few bursts of brilliance from the African continent at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. South African athletes saw a silver medal win […]
Court sentences man to death for killing wife, child in Adamawa
A state high court in Adamawa on Monday passed a death verdict on a 40-year-old man identified as Bangos Adamu by hanging for killing his […]
Breaking: Nigeria’s Oborodudu loses Wrestling final, wins 2020 Olympics silver medal
Blessing Oborududu has entered the record books as the first Nigerian to win a wrestling medal at the Olympics, after claiming silver in the 68kg […]
Afghanistan general says Taliban gains threaten global security
An Afghan general has warned of “devastating” consequences for global security if the Taliban win in their fight against government forces. General Sami Sadat is […]
We turn to lizard, cats, cows to feed on human flesh, 3 children confess
There was palpable tension and anxiety at Magistrate Court IV sitting in Yola, last week as three suspected child witches regaled the court on how […]