Nollywood actor Charles Okocha has defeated street-pop singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, in a dramatic celebrity boxing rematch that ended abruptly after the opening round in Lagos. The much-anticipated bout, tagged “Unfinished Business”, was held yesterday, Friday, July 31, 2026, at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal P...
•Nigeria’s “Jay Jay” Okocha with the ball World football governing body FIFA has announced that former Super Eagles captain Austin “Jay Jay” Okocha holds the record for the most successful dribbles in a single FIFA World Cup match. This underlined his enduring status as one of the most skilful footballers the beautiful game has ever [&...
•Samuel Eto’o, Emmanuel Adebayor and Jay-Jay Okocha Three African football legends – Jay-Jay Okocha, Samuel Eto’o, and Emmanuel Adebayor – took to the pitch in Somalia today for an exhibition match aimed at restoring the country’s image. The three superstars were part of a FIFA-backed “peace tour”, which Somalia hopes will help it once again [...
•Tinubu and Secondus Rivers state All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, the former minister of transportation, Abiye Sekibo and other leaders of PDP in the state that they could not join the APC through the back door. The caretaker committee chairman of the par...
•Portable with his champion belt After the fourth round, Nigerian street-pop artist Habeeb Badmus, aka Portable, was announced as the winner of the celebrity boxing fight against Nollywood actor Charles Okocha this morning. The fight, which was sanctioned by Heritage Boxing Entertainment, held at Landmark Beach in Victoria Island, Lagos State,...
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