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Omashola Oburoh has won this week’s veto power of chance in the ongoing BBNaija season four. With this card, he gets to save and replace himself if he is put up for eviction. Omashola can also decide to give another housemate the privilege and put himself up for eviction. Newsmen report that Omashola clinched the […]
A government statement on Monday announced that former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe, who died last week, will be buried on September 15. Mr Mugabe, 95, died on Sept. 6 in Singapore where he had been receiving medical treatment since April. He ruled Zimbabwe for nearly four decades until November 2017 when he resigned. According […]
Veteran Reggae musician, Majek Fashek, is critically ill and currently receiving treatment at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in England. The 70-year-old singer was flown out of Nigeria on Wednesday after his condition became critical. His manager, Uzoma Omenka, confirmed this to newsmen on Monday. He also said they currently require about 5000 pounds (about N 2.2 […]
Ukraine vs Nigeria: Ukraine head coach Andriy Shevchenko has stated that he will make changes in his starting line-up from the set that defeated Lithuania 3-0 for the international friendly encounter against the Super Eagles. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tuesday’s encounter at the Dnipro Arena would be the first meeting between […]
American heavyweight boxer, Deontay Wilder, has backed Mexican fighter, Andy Ruiz Jr to beat British fighter, Anthony Joshua in their rematch scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia on 7 December. Ruiz Jr shocked Joshua to win the IBF, WBA and WBO titles in June. “I expect Ruiz to win this one again,” Wilder […]
Chelsea left-back, Emerson Palmieri, limped off after just seven minutes of Italy’s Euro 2020 qualifier at Finland on Sunday night. The 25-year-old, who has been in good form for Frank Lampard’s side so far this season, started alongside Blues team-mate Jorginho. But he was replaced by Roma’s Alessandro Florenzi with the game in its […]
Nigeria’s D’tigers have secured automatic qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by beating china today in their final classification game of the FIBA basketball world cup. Nigeria failed to progress from their group finishing with 2 losses and a win but have secured their place at next year’s summer games by finishing as the highest-ranked […]
Rafael Nadal captured his 19th career Grand Slam title in thrilling fashion on Sunday by winning the US Open final, outlasting Russia’s Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 to seize his fourth crown in New York. The 33-year-old Spanish left-hander moved one shy of Roger Federer’s all-time men’s record 20 Grand Slam triumphs and […]
The special envoy sent to South Africa by President Muhammadu Buhari, has returned to the country after meeting with South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa. The special envoy, Ambassador Ahmed Abubakar held a closed door meeting with President Ramaphosa on Friday afternoon, where he conveyed President Buhari’s concern over recent events in South Africa, in the context of […]
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) says a Max Air plane conveying pilgrims from Saudi Arabia to Minna, Niger State crash-landed at the Minna Airport describing the incident as serious. The AIB in a statement explained that the engine of the plane brushed the runway surface as it was about to land although no injury was […]
