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Coco Gauff, Caty McNally after qualifying for first Grand Slam quarter-finals Coco Gauff and Catherine McNally reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time by defeating No.10 seeds Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. And the American pair dedicated the victory to late basketball legend, Kobe Bryant. After losing the […]
Lil Nas X, Lady Gaga, Beyonce and… Michelle Obama? Yep. The former first lady can now add Grammy winner to her resume, after snagging the award on music’s biggest night for Best Spoken Word Album, for the audiobook of her memoir “Becoming.” Her win on Sunday gives the Obama household its third Grammy: former president […]
The hopes of thousands of Nigerian music fans for a second Grammy for the country this year have been dashed as Angelique Kidjo has beaten Burna Boy to the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album. Burna Boy had been nominated in the category for his acclaimed album ‘African Giant’. Although he was up […]
Two female suicide bombers have attacked a mosque in Gwoza, Borno state, killing a 12-year-old boy and injuring thirteen others. Channels Television gathered that the female bombers tried to force their way into the mosque during the early morning prayers before some persons in the neighborhood raised an alarm. Some residents suspect that the suicide […]
Mr Ndubuisi Emenike the Action Alliance (AA’s) candidate in the Imo North Senatorial District in the 2019 National Assembly election, has been shot dead by an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The Imo state Police command confirmed the killing on Sunday, January 26, 2020. Speaking on the developing issue, police […]
NBA legend Kobe Bryant died Sunday when a helicopter he was riding in crashed and burst into flames in thick fog, killing all nine people on board including his teenage daughter and plunging the sports world into mourning. Bryant, 41, was travelling with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other passengers and crew when their […]
The Jigawa State Government has confirmed a new case of Lassa fever at Jahun Local Government Area. The acting Permanent Secretary to the State’s ministry of health, Salisu Mu’azu, confirmed this to newsmen on Sunday morning. The victim, Anthony Etim, a staff of Medicins Sans Frontieres also known as Doctors without border is now being […]
Football clubs worldwide splashed out a record $7.35 billion (6.63 million euros) on transfers in the men’s game in 2019, FIFA revealed in a report released on Wednesday. The amount represents a 5.8 per cent increase in 2018, with English clubs accounting for the largest total outlay at just over $1.5 billion — a drop of 22.1 […]
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has given an assurance that former minister of petroleum Diezani Alison-Madueke will be repatriated before the end of the year to face financial crime charges levelled against her. The EFCC boss on Wednesday, while speaking to journalists in Ibadan the Oyo state […]
The Kano State government has confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state with three victims killed. The State Commissioner for Health, Aminu Tsanyawa, told journalists on Wednesday that the victims of the virus include a pregnant woman and two medical doctors, who diagnosed her at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. Tsanyawa said a […]
