•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 […]
•Tobi Amusan World Record holder, Tobi Amusan started her Paris Olympics campaign with a strong victory in the heats of the women’s 100m hurdles. Amusan hardly broke a sweat as she dominated the entire field, running a solid 12.49s despite being seeded in lane 9, according to makingofchamps.com. Alysha Johnson was 2nd in 12.61s while […...
•Nicolas Maduro Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election yesterday but the opposition and key regional neighbours immediately rejected the official results. The opposition coalition itself claimed victory by a large margin, after an election campaign tainted by claims of political intimidation and fears of fr...
•Ursula von der Leyen European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen yesterday won a second five-year term that she vowed would tackle the EU’s challenges head-on, including bolstering its defence capability and strengthening Europe’s industry. The German ex-defence minister, who became the first woman leader of the European Commission in ...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all 21 council seats in the just-concluded Local Government (LG) election in Adamawa State. According to the results just released by the State Independent Electoral Commission, all the councillorship seats were also won by the ruling PDP in the 226 wards in the North-East state except the Demsa [&hel...
•Sunak and Starmer Labour has won a landslide victory in the UK general election, meaning Keir Starmer will be the new prime minister. •PM-elect Keir Starmer Meanwhile, as the final figures come in, Labour is expected to win 410 seats, with the Conservatives on 144, reports BBC. Also, Rishi Sunak has accepted defeat, and […]
•Tems Nigerian singer, Tems, was one of the winners at the 2024 BET Awards, scooping the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational prize. Temilade Openiyi’s Me & U beat big stars such as Kirk Franklin, CeCe Winans, Maverick City Music, and others to land the prize held at the Peacock Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. In […]
•Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno Chad’s junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno won this week’s presidential election in the first round, according to provisional official results released yesterday, extending his family’s decades-long grip on power. Monday’s vote aimed to end three years of military rule in a country crucial to the fight against jihadi...
•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...
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