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    Nigerian-born Italian hurdler, Ayomide Folorunso, has turned her attention to winning her first senior championship after breaking her own Italian national record in the women’s 400m hurdles  at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest. The 26-year-old ran 53.89secs to place fourth in the third semi-final and booked her place in Friday’s final as […]

  Tobi Amusan at the World Athletics Championships Eugene, Oregon, USA. Reigning 100m women’s hurdles world champion, Tobi Amusan, yesterday, made Nigeria proud as she qualified for the semi-finals stage at the ongoing 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Amusan finished first in Heat five with a time of 12.48secs to land in the […]

  The youths in the All Progressives Congress have appealed to President Bola Tinubu, to keep his promise to give youth inclusion a high priority in his administration by giving the youths opportunities to excel in his government. This was contained in a letter sent to the President and made available to correspondents yesterday, in […]

  The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has said that his party would win the November 11 governorship election in Imo State. Speaking in Owerri, the state capital, yesterday at the flag-off of the campaigns for the party in the state, He said that LP is […]

  The former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has cautioned the Economic Community of West African States against military intervention in Niger Republic. The ECOWAS defence chiefs had on Thursday pledged readiness to participate in a standby force that would restore democracy in Niger after generals toppled and detained President Mohamed Bazoum. In a […]

Chelsea midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka is expected to be out for six weeks after having knee surgery yesterday. Chukwuemeka, 19, sustained the injury in Chelsea’s 3-1 defeat by West Ham in which he scored the Blues’ only goal. A £20m summer signing from Aston Villa, he started in Chelsea’s first two Premier League games of the season. “Bitter sweet […]

  Femi Falana, a popular Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria has said the Federal Government’s N5 billion fuel subsidy removal palliatives are diversionary and a waste. According to him, Tinubu should address the root cause: the dollarization of the country’s economy. He lamented that the Central Bank of Nigeria was wrong to […]

Chelsea have announced the signing of midfielder, Romeo Lavia from Southampton in a deal worth an initial £53m plus £5m in add-ons. The 19-year-old has signed a seven-year deal until 2030 with the West London side. “I’m really happy and proud to join Chelsea and be a part of this exciting project. It’s an amazing […]

Nigerian singer, Azeez Adeshina Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, has implored his fans popularly known as ‘Marlians’ to stop the abuse of drugs. The singer made the appeal yesterday while announcing his new partnership with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in their campaign against drug abuse. According to the singer, the abuse […]

  England’s women footballers celebrated today as they made it through to their first ever World Cup final after beating Australia 3-1 in a tense semi-final with goals from Ella Toone, Lauren Hemp and Alessia Russo. Second half strikes for the European champions from Russo and Hemp silenced the home crowd of 75,000 hostile fans […]