Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz said Sunday will be a “good day for his country as he prepares to defend his Wimbledon title on the same day Spain play England in the final of Euro 2024. The 21-year-old Spaniard clinched a 6-7 (1-7) 6-3 6-4 6-4 comeback victory over fifth seed Daniil Medvedev in Friday’s first semi-final….
Jadon Sancho has returned to training with Manchester United following a meeting with manager Erik ten Hag. The English winger, 24, fell out with Ten Hag last season and was forced to train away from the first team before rejoining former club Borussia Dortmund on loan in January. Sancho impressed at Dortmund and his future…
The Peoples Democratic Party has implicated the former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in the crisis within the Edo State chapter of the party. Edo PDP has been facing internal conflicts since the governorship primary election on February 22, 2024, which resulted in Asue Ighodalo becoming the governorship candidate. Discontented party members subsequently took legal…
Former Ogun State Governor, Chief Segun Osoba, says it is undemocratic for governors to use their political powers to enthrone their party men as chairmen of all local governments in their states. He said there must be a total change in the country’s political dynamics for federalism to be effective in Nigeria. The 84-year-old All…
Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin has been crowned as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland in a ceremony that attracted the crème de la crème of Nigerian society. The ceremony preceded the seclusion, for some days, of the now-crowned monarch. He succeeds the 42nd King Oba Mahood Lekan Balogun who died on 14 March 2024 at 81….
The Plateau State Government says 22 persons have died and one hundred and thirty-two persons injured after a school collapsed in the Busa Buji, Jos North Local Government Area of the state. The Plateau State Commissioner for Information and Communication Musa Ashoms said this in a statement on Friday “As of 6:00 pm, 154 people…
Paddy Pimblett has revealed his fight at UFC 304 in Manchester is the final bout on his current UFC contract. The Liverpudlian is one of the biggest British stars in the promotion and has become a big name in the US. Pimblett, 29, fights Bobby Green on 27 July in Manchester and the lightweight says…
No fewer than 200 persons have been arrested for different crimes in different parts of Anambra State in the last 60 days. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the State Police Command Headquarters, Amawbia, where he also presented the scorecard of the Command in the last…
A tricycle operator on Thursday took his own life by hanging, after his tricycle (Keke Napep) was impounded by the officers of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA. The incident, according to multiple reports happened yesterday at Odogunyan, Ikorodu, Lagos State. It was reported that the Keke operator begged several times in order to regain…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio says the national assembly will enforce the supreme court verdict granting financial autonomy to the local government areas The supreme court had declared as illegal and unconstitutional for the state Governors to have a say on how the funds of the local government areas are spent. The court also ordered the…
