Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka geared up for her title defence at the year’s opening Grand Slam with a battling 4-6 6-3 6-2 win over Russian qualifier Polina Kudermetova in the final of the Brisbane International on Sunday. The world No 1 from Belarus, outclassed in last year’s final by Elena Rybakina before going on…
An early morning fire on Sunday swept through a section of the popular Aforigwe Market in Anambra State, south-east Nigeria, destroying shops and goods estimated to be worth millions of naira. The fire broke out in the Umunnachi area of the market in Umudioka community, within Dunukofia Local Government Area. Mr Chukwudi Chiketa, Fire Chief…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as the Renewed Hope Ambassador ahead of the national launch of the Federal Government’s Ward Development Programme. The announcement was made in a statement on Tuesday by Presidential Spokesperson Bayo Onanuga. In addition to this role, Uzodimma has been named Director-General for Party Outreach,…
Former Secretary to the Katsina State Government, Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa and Sen. Ahmad Babba-Kaita, were among hundreds of people who formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Inuwa, a former factional leader of the PDP, was registered along with other prominent politicians by the party on Sunday…
Serie A club, Atalanta BC have made it abundantly clear that they will not entertain any reductions in the asking price for Nigerian winger Ademola Lookman. The Bergamo-based club is open to selling the talented player this summer, but only if their valuation of between €50 million and €60 million is met, according to reports…
Stakeholders at the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) policy meeting have set 2025 admission cut-off mark into universities at 150, polytechnics at 100, and School of Nursing at 140. Similarly, the admissions cut-off for Colleges of Agriculture and Education were set at 100. The resolution was made at the 2025 policy meeting on admissions…
Traffic on Lagos’s 3rd Mainland Bridge returned to normal on Monday after police dispersed protesters angered by demolitions in the Oworonshoki area. According to police spokesperson DSP Babaseyi Oluseyi, the demonstrators had blocked the Iyana Oworo section of the bridge, one of the city’s busiest routes, trapping commuters — including reports of patients in need…
An international war crimes prosecutor Stephen Rapp said evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run “machinery of death” under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad. According to Rapp more than 100,000 people have been tortured and murdered since 2013. Speaking after visiting two mass grave sites in the towns of Qutayfah and…
Super Eagles and Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface has suffered a setback in his recovery from injury. Boniface sustained a thigh injury on international duty in November and has been sidelined since then. The striker had “a small step backwards in the rehabilitation process,” Bayer Leverkusen announced ahead of the friendly against regional league side…
