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FIBA World Cup: The knives were out in China on Thursday after the basketball World Cup hosts failed to reach the second round, triggering criticism normally reserved for the country’s woeful football squad. Chinese basketball boss Yao Ming, an NBA Hall of Famer, was reduced to 7ft 5in of melancholy at the Beijing courtside Wednesday […]
The police on Thursday in Abuja arraigned a 47-year-old woman, Zipporah Kure, in a Dutse Grade 1 Area Court for allegedly impersonating a staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) and selling stolen metres. Kure, who resides in Garam village, near Bwari town, is charged with Criminal Breach of Trust, cheating, impersonation and possession […]
LaShawn Daniels, 41, Grammy- Award winning song writer/ producer, has died after a fatal accident on Tuesday in South Carolina. Daniels who was Micheal Jackson and Beyonce’ s songwriter’s death was announced by his publicist Mr Jojo Pada. According to Pada, Daniels died as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident. He added […]
Anthony Joshua has vowed to “expose” Andy Ruiz Jr in their world heavyweight championship rematch. Ruiz Jr shocked Joshua to win the IBF, WBA and WBO titles in June. But a second fight will take place in Saudi Arabia on December 7. Joshua is confident ahead of the rematch and claims he knows some of […]
Nigeria rapper and actor, Ikechukwu Onunaku, known as Ikechukwu, has alleged that he was attacked by operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad on Wednesday night, at the Lekki Phase 1 area of Lagos State. The ace rapper said the SARS operatives pulled him out of the Uber he was in, bundled him into their […]
Former Arsenal midfielder, Ray Parlour has advised Chelsea striker, Tammy Abraham to pick England despite Nigeria’s move for the player’s services. Abraham’s international future remains a subject of discussion among pundits and coaches due to his eligibility to represent either Nigeria or England. Nigeria’s FA president, Amaju Pinnick had earlier told player to choose the […]
Legendary Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson has sent a message to Juventus superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, after the 34-year-old won a record 10th Portuguese Player of the Year award. Ferguson was among the first to congratulate Ronaldo. In a touching video message, Ferguson was quoted by Talksport as saying: “Congratulations on a great achievement and […]
Rafa Nadal defeated Diego Schwartzman 6-4 7-5 6-2 on Wednesday to reach the last four of the U. S. Open at Flushing Meadows. Schwartzman may have been the smallest player in 25 years to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals but gave Nadal a big fight and forced the Spaniard to grind out a win. With […]
Africa’s leading industrialist and businessman, Aliko Dangote, has broken his silence on xenophobic attacks in South Africa and reprisal attacks by Nigerians. Dangote on Wednesday joined Nigerians in suing for peace among themselves while kicking against reprisal attacks in the country. DAILY POST had reported that xenophobia in South Africa angered many Nigerians who […]
