Boxing’s credibility on the line at Tokyo Olympics
Boxing’s credibility is on the line at the Tokyo Olympics after a series of scandals saw its governing body given the boot and judging controversies marred the Rio 2016 Games. Boxing first featured at...
View ArticleAs COVID-19 surges, more US Republicans urging vaccinations
With Delta variant infections spiking across the United States, growing numbers of Republican officials and lawmakers have joined the chorus of support for coronavirus vaccinations, swatting aside...
View ArticleMacron in Tokyo for Olympic opening ceremony
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Tokyo on Friday to attend the opening ceremony of the pandemic-postponed Olympics, which is taking place under strict virus rules. Paris will host the next...
View ArticleIf FG could pick up Kanu, Igboho, why is it difficult to fight bandits – SOKAPU
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union has carpeted the Federal Government over the arrest and detention of activists across the country. The umbrella body of the Southern Kaduna people urged the government...
View ArticleTokyo 2020: Nigeria aims for Olympic glory in basketball
Football has always been Nigeria’s favourite sport with a historic Olympic gold the pinnacle of its success, but the country now eyes basketball for glory at the Tokyo Games. The West African nation of...
View ArticleUS sanctions Cuba’s defense minister, special forces unit for repressing...
The United States imposed sanctions on Cuba’s defense minister and a special forces unit Thursday for repressing peaceful protests, a step President Joe Biden warned is “just the beginning” of punitive...
View ArticleTwo-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar to watch Games from jail
India’s two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar will be catching all the action at the Tokyo Games from inside the jail where he is incarcerated on charges of kidnap and murder. A television has been...
View ArticleUS First Lady Jill Biden arrives Tokyo ahead of Games opening ceremony
US First Lady Jill Biden arrives at the Imperial Palace for a meeting with Japan’s Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo on Friday [today], ahead of the opening ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The White...
View ArticleGoogle launches doodle game as Olympics begin
As the 2020 Olympic Games kick off in Tokyo, Japan, Google has launched a doodle game to commemorate the sporting event. The game, which debuted on Thursday, is in celebration of sports in general and...
View ArticleBREAKING: ‘Nigeria yet to state charges against Igboho’, lawyers reveal...
The Nigerian government has not come up with charges that could lead to the extradition of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, currently detained in Benin...
View ArticleCOVID-19: 184 new cases recorded, 31 discharged –NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said the country recorded 184 new COVID-19 infections as of July 22. The NCDC made this known on its website on Friday morning. The News Agency of Nigeria...
View ArticleMonkeypox fatality higher among young people —Physician
A professor of public health, Tanimola Akande, says the fatality rate of monkeypox is usually higher among the younger population, particularly children. He noted that the disease should be prevented...
View ArticleFG replaces controversial RUGA with new scheme, begins camps in six states
Two years after the suspension of the controversial Rural Grazing Area scheme in July 2019, the Federal Government has introduced a replacement scheme called the Livestock Intervention Programme to...
View ArticleIgbo not silent on Nnamdi Kanu, Ohanaeze tells critics
The National Publicity of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Alex Ogbonnia, has said the Igbo are not silent on the issues concerning the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Ogbonnia,...
View ArticleForeign investors’ interest in Nigeria plunges by 80%
Investment announcements in Nigeria fell to $1.69bn in the second quarter of this year from $8.41bn in Q1, indicating a decline of about 80 per cent, a new report by the Nigerian Investment Promotion...
View ArticleSuspected kidnappers kill military officer, aide in Plateau
Tension persisted in Fobur community in the Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State on Friday, following the killing of a retired military officer and a young man said to be living with him by...
View ArticlePupils won’t be registered for exams without NIN – Kano govt
The Kano State Government on Friday said the National Identification Number would be compulsory for students of public secondary schools in the state. The Commissioner for Education, Sanusi Saidu-Kiru,...
View ArticleCops’ killings: Soldiers on alleged revenge mission invade Enugu communities,...
There is palpable tension in Enugu as residents of Akpawfu, Amagunze and Akpugo communities deserted their homes following alleged military operation in the communities. City Round gathered that the...
View ArticleCourt refuses request to stop Lagos LG polls
A Federal High Court in Ikoyi has refused requests to halt the election of Chairmen and Councillors into the 57 Local Government Councils and Local Council Development Areas in Lagos State. This was...
View ArticleIgboho files N5.5bn suit against AGF, DSS over Ibadan house invasion
Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has asked the Federal High Court in Ibadan to compel the Attorney General of the Federation and the Department of State...
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