Former World Number One Tennis Player Rafael Nadal is in a race against time to be fit for the Australian Open after being injured in his quarter-final defeat by Australian Jordan Thompson at the Brisbane International. Nadal failed to convert three match points as he lost 7-5 6-7 (6-8) 3-6 in three hours and 26…
Boxing Promoter Eddie Hearn says Anthony Joshua will fight former UFC star Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia. Ngannou lost to Tyson Fury on his professional boxing debut in October. Joshua, 34, was set to face Deontay Wilder after beating Otto Wallin, but the American’s loss to Joseph Parker scuppered plans for their big showdown. Hearn…
A Nollywood film has smashed box office records, becoming the first Nigerian movie to earn 1bn naira in domestic theatres. A Tribe Called Judah achieved the historic feat in just three weeks. Its creator – actor, director and producer Funke Akindele – has thanked her fans for the milestone. “Thank you Lord! Thank you Nigeria!…
Brazilian football legend Mario Zagallo, who won four World Cups as a player and coach, has died aged 92. Zagallo was part of the Brazil team who won back-to-back World Cups in 1958 and 1962, starting in both finals. He managed the side widely regarded as the greatest international team of all time, including Pele,…
The final burial of the Late Madam Christiana Onachukwu Nwozor was finalized on Thursday, 4th January 2024 at her residence in Obiofia Umuenem, Otolo Nnewi, Anambra State. Madam Christiana died at the old age of @92. She had six(6) children, two gentlemen and 4 women and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Chief Pius and friends Mama’s…
South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has been released from jail on parole after almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world. Having served more than half his sentence, the double-amputee was quietly whisked out from prison on the outskirts of the capital Pretoria, avoiding…
Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, has agreed to leave Serie A champions, Napoli, for a move to Chelsea in the summer. The 25-year-old, who has a release clause of around £112m, will not be moving this month but is willing to sign a pre-agreement in January before making the switch to Chelsea official at the end…
Angry Protesters have burned down the palace of the District Head of Bokkos during demonstrations over what they tagged as the indiscriminate arrests in the area following recent killings in the community. They were expressing their displeasure over the arrest of some community members in connection to the assaults in the area. The protesters, mostly…
A founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has frowned at the level of insecurity in the country. Speaking on a television programme, he said the situation the country is in at the moment has gone beyond playing politics, adding that President Tinubu has a lot of work to do. “The state…
Information posted on the website of the ministry of interior says more than 1,400 fleeing inmates from the Owerri Custodial Centre in Imo State and the Kuje Medium Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have yet to be recaptured after the jailbreaks. Two years after the attack on the Owerri custodial centre, 864…
