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Nigerian athlete and University of Texas Tech speedster Divine Oduduru returned the world's fastest 100meters of 2019 on Saturday evening in Waco. With next to no wind, Oduduru ran the fastest time in the world for this year at 9.95. That beat his personal best by over a tenth of a second. 45 minutes after... Continue Reading →
The Ghana Police have began a manhunt for three Nigerians suspected to have kidnapped a Consular General and Head of Mission of Estonia to Ghana, Hon Nabil Makram Basbous at Labone on Thursday, the Graphic has reported. According to the police, the victim was on an early morning walk when the suspects in a white... Continue Reading →
Nigeria's junior team, the Golden Eaglets made sure of an early spot at the next FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil after rallying to a 1-1 draw against the young Cranes of Uganda at the AFCON U-17 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Saturday. The Ugandans shot into the lead in the 69th minute when... Continue Reading →
Hong Kong customs have announced the arrest of a Nigerian woman who landed at the Hong Kong International airport with more than half a kilogram of cocaine hidden in her body The suspect, 37, was taken to hospital for a check-up and confirmed to have foreign objects in her body. She had claimed to be... Continue Reading →
Songstress Simisola Ogunleye, better known by her stage name Simi, turned a year older on Friday and dropped an album to mark the occasion. Simi who's married to fellow musician Adekunle Gold dedicated the album, her third, to her dad who passed away in 2014 The 13-tracker has songs featuring Falz, Patoranking, Maleekberry and By... Continue Reading →
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed the bill approving N30,000 as the new national minimum wage into law. The billed was passed by both chambers of the National Assembly before the general election, the House of Representatives in January and the Senate in March. However, presidential assent was still outstanding, prompting the Nigerian Labour Congress... Continue Reading →
By Kayode Ogundare The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday released a 27-man list of referees for the 2019 AFCON but, as usual, there was no Nigerian arbiter on the list. Only Abel Baba, an Assistant referee was picked for the same role he played at the last AFCON in 2017. The last time... Continue Reading →
Nollywood actor Ikechukwu Mitchel Ogbonna, better known as IK Ogbonna, has directed his lawyers Moshood Shehu & Associates to write Ms Joyce Boakye, a resident of the United States of America who made a YouTube video to accuse the actor of being homosexual, to retract and apologize for the unsubstantiated allegations. The actor, who took... Continue Reading →
Nigeria Goalkeeper Sunday Stephen put up a Man of the Match performance but it was Olusegun Olakunle's 21st minute penalty that made the difference as the Golden Eaglets edged their Angolan counterparts 1-0 to reach the semifinals of the 2019 AFCON U17 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It was Nigeria's second win in as many... Continue Reading →
Blessing Akusobi was among the brightest stars in the Nigerian team at the Russia 2006 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. Before she made the trip to Russia, Akusobi’s dream was to become one of the best defenders at the senior level. But her aspiration suffered a big blow during a quarterfinal match against Brazil, where... Continue Reading →
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