•Rebecca Cheptegei (2nd right) Uganda today will lay to rest Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who died earlier this month after her partner set her on fire in the latest incident of horrific gender-based violence in Kenya. The 33-year-old, who debuted this summer in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics, succumbed to severe burns last week [&h...
•Echikwunoke Annette Echikunwoke, a former Nigerian hammer thrower, has won an Olympic medal for the United States in the ongoing 33rd Paris Olympic Games in France. The feat is coming in the wake of Nigeria’s poor outing in the games, reports Daily Trust. Nigerian athletes are yet to win a medal at the Olympics which […]

