US tennis star Madison Keys, on Saturday defeated Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka to clinch the 2025 Australian Open women’s title. Keys defeated Sabalenka to claim her first Grand Slam title at the Rod Laver Arena. The American seeded 19 had been the underdog against the two-time defending champion who was seeking a 21st consecutive Melbourne match…
Leicester City Manager Ruud Van Nistelrooy has dismissed concerns that he could be sacked less than two months into his reign. The Foxes have lost their last seven Premier League games and another defeat on Sunday at Tottenham would equal a club record run set in 2001. They are second bottom, two points from safety,…
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has dismissed allegations that the Nigerian military was involved in forcefully aborting pregnancies among women impregnated by Boko Haram insurgents in Northern Nigeria. A Reuters report from February 2022 had alleged that the military conducted a secret abortion program as part of its counter-insurgency efforts in the…
Veteran actress, Oluwabukola Ajoke, aka Bukky Wright has opened up about her time away from Nigeria and how she changed careers during her stay in the United States of America. Speaking in an interview with Saturday Beats, she said, “I will be practising it (tech) simultaneously with entertainment. The fact that I had to deviate totally…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The gallant officers of the newly-launched security outfit in Anambra State, Agụnechemba (popularly known as Operation Udo Ga-Achi), over the weekend, uncovered over 30 graves in a popular hotel in the state. The hotel, Golden Points Hotels and Suites, located in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, is…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka No fewer than three Fulani herdsmen have been arrested in Anambra state over suspected kidnapping and other illegal activities. The suspects were arrested by the operatives of the newly-launched security outfit in the state, Agụnechemba (popularly known as Operation Udo Ga-Achi). According to a video currently trending on social media, the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Barely one week after the burial of Rev. Fr. Tobias Okonkwo, a cleric with the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, who was gunned down by some unidentified hoodlums in Anambra State, a bereaved family of another victim of insecurity has announced the burial arrangements of their daughter, who was also killed by…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A member of a notorious gang has been apprehended by the operatives of the newly-launched security outfit in Anambra State, Agụnechemba (popularly known as Operation Udo Ga-Achi). The suspect, identified as Ekene Onyemekariri, who hails from Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area of the state, was apprehended in one of…
Back-to-back champion Aryna Sabalenka is looking to defend her Australian Open women’s singles crown tonight against powerful American Madison Keys. This is the sixth time Aryna Sabalenka and Madison Keys will be meeting each otherSabalenka won four of the previous five matches between the pair. Their first meeting was at the Cincinnati Open in 2018,…
Manchester City captain Kyle Walker has completed a move to Italian club AC Milan on loan for the remainder of the season. The England defender completed a medical with the seven-time European Cup winners on Thursday. Milan’s deal for Walker includes an option to buy the 34-year-old when his loan deal expires at the end…
