The Nigerian Air Force says air strikes undertaken by the air component of Operation WHIRL on Thursday, neutralized a well-known terrorist and kidnap kingpin popularly known as Janari and several members of his syndicate. According to a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Edward…
Dricus du Plessis entered South Africa’s history book by becoming the country’s first UFC champion with a split decision victory over American Sean Strickland in their middleweight title fight in Toronto at UFC 297. Du Plessis beat Strickland, who had won the belt from Israel Adesanya in September, 48-47, 48-47, 47-48 for his seventh straight…
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has called for tougher sanctions such as forfeiting games against teams whose fans commit racist abuse It follows incidents which he described as “totally abhorrent” at Udinese and Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. AC Milan’s win at Udinese was briefly suspended after alleged racist abuse from home fans towards Milan goalkeeper Mike…
Nigerians have been told to report anyone seen with guns to the security agencies The Police Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who said this added that this will help curb arms proliferation in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement shared on Sunday on his official X account. Sharing a picture of live ammunition,…
The Eagles are aiming to secure top spot in the group after picking up their first win of the campaign defeating hosts Ivory Coast 1-0 last Thursday courtesy of William Troost-Ekong’s 55th-minute penalty to maintain their unbeaten start to the tournament. The win sees the Eagles level on the same four points with Equatorial Guinea…
Manchester United have confirmed the appointment of Omar Berrada as the club’s new chief executive following his departure from rivals Manchester City. Berrada’s resignation from his role as chief football operations officer at City Football Group was announced shortly before United made his acquisition official The move, has been led by Sir Jim Ratcliffe and…
A police officer identified as Emmanuel has been arrested and is in custody for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl m at the ori Area Command in the Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. The suspect attached to the Bori Area Command, is currently held at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of…
Top seed Novak Djokovic moved into the Australian Open quarter-finals with a ruthless thrashing of French 20th seed Adrian Mannarino. Djokovic, chasing a record 25th Grand Slam title, claimed a dominant 6-0 6-0 6-3 win in one hour and 44 minutes. The 36-year-old will face 12th seed Taylor Fritz in the quarter-finals after the American…
Natasha Jonas retained her IBF welterweight title with a close split-decision win over at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena. Both women enjoyed success in a terrific back-and-forth, all-action encounter, in a result which will divide opinion. The scorecards read 96-94, 96-95 to Jonas, with one judge scoring it 97-93 to Mayer. Perhaps it was home advantage…
Arsenal got their Premier League title challenge back on track by thrashing struggling Crystal Palace at Emirates Stadium 5-0 The Gunners’ fight at the top had faltered towards the end of last year as they lost three of their past five Premier League games. But, after heading off to Dubai for a week-long winter break,…
