•Re-elected Mayor of London Sadiq Khan London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan yesterday secured a record third term, dealing the Conservatives another damaging defeat in their worst local election results in recent memory months before an expected general election. Khan, 53, easily beat Tory challenger Susan Hall to scupper largely forlorn Tory hope...
•Phil Foden Manchester City’s Phil Foden was today named Footballer of the Year by the English Football Writers’ Association, with the club’s Khadija Shaw scooping the women’s award. England attacking midfielder Foden joins a roll call of famous names including Stanley Matthews, Bobby Charlton, George Best and Kenny Dalglish, reports AFP. Fode...
•Britain’s main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (C), flanked by partymen Britain’s ruling Conservatives lost a parliamentary seat to the main Labour opposition today, as the country awaited local election results likely to pile more pressure on embattled leader Rishi Sunak. Labour seized the constituency of Blackpool South, ...
•Agboola Ajayi A former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Ajayi Agboola, has emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the November governorship election in the state. Agboola polled 264 votes at the party primary held yesterday, reports The PUNCH. He was followed by a former member of the House of Representatives, Kolade [&hel...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has clinched the eight chairmanship positions and legislative seats in the 105 wards in the just concluded council elections in the eight local government areas of Bayelsa. Although the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Labour Party (LP) boycotted the election conducted by the Bayelsa State Independent Elec...
•Tobi Amusan Nigerian sprint icon, Tobi Amusan has won the women’s 100m hurdles Round 1 heat at the 13th Africa Games in Ghana. Amusan won the heat with a time of 13.03s. With her victory, she secured a spot in the semis of the women’s 100m hurdles. … developing storyÂ
•Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin has secured another six-year term as Russian president, exit polls showed yesterday, paving the way for the hardline former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years. Victory for the 71-year-old was never in doubt, with all his major opponents dead, in prison or exiled, and authoriti...
•Olumide Akpata A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Olumide Akpata has clinched the Labour Party (LP) ticket for the September 2024 governorship election in Edo State. Akpata scored 316 votes to win the exercise held in Benin City, the Edo State capital, today, reports Channels TV. The Deputy Governor of Abia State [&helli...
•Bernard Sang Kenyan’s Bernard Sang has emerged winner of the Access Bank 2024 Lagos City Marathon. Sang beat about 80 other elite marathoners in the 9th edition of the race this morning to win the 42km race. He won the grand prize of $50,000. The Kenyan finished at 2 hours, 16 minutes, and 49 seconds […]
•Spain and Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati Aitana Bonmati was crowned FIFA’s women’s player of the year on Monday after winning the World Cup with Spain and leading Barcelona to Champions League glory during an exceptional 2023. The 25-year-old completed a clean sweep of individual accolades for the past 12 months after also winning the Ba...