•This video grab from AFPTV taken on April 14, 2024 shows explosions lighting up Jerusalem sky during Iranian attack on Israel. (Photo by AFPTV / AFP) Western powers condemned Iran’s strikes on Israel late yesterday, warning the attack threatened to escalate the destabilisation of the Middle East. Here are some of the main reactions so [&helli...
•Peter Obi Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi says that currently Nigeria ranks 109 in the global index of hungry nations in the world. He gave the revelation in Kebbi State on a private Ramadan visit as part of a northern tour to support and see things the way […]
•Marine cable As good as technology is, the lack of it can turn the world upside down. LUCAS AJANAKU writes on the undersea cable cut, which has paralysed internet services across parts of Africa, reports The Nation. As of December 2022, according to statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), total fibre optics deployment ac...
•Late Kelvin Kiptum Tributes flowed today for Kenyan running sensation Kelvin Kiptum after the marathon world record-holder was killed in a car crash at the age of 24 in his home country. The favourite for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics was driving from Kaptagat to Eldoret in western Kenya around 11 pm (2000 GMT) yesterday […]
When artists step onto the stage for the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, all except one of the nominees for the newly created Best African Music category will be Nigerians. For the country’s creative industry leaders, the dominance of Afrobeats stars like Burna Boy and Ayra Starr at music’s biggest accolade is recognition […]...
It is estimated that about 70.92 million Nigerians are in extreme poverty, according to the World Poverty Clock.The figure translates to 11 per cent of the world’s extreme poor. This means that, at least, one out of every 10 extremely poor people live in Nigeria. It would be recalled that the National Bureau of Statistics […]
•Rocio Galvez and Luis Rubiales Disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales will be banned from the game for three years, world football governing body FIFA confirmed today after rejecting his appeal. “The Appeal Committee was comfortably satisfied that Mr Rubiales behaved in a manner contrary to the principles enshrined under … the ...
•Guinness World Records Three Nigerian teenagers have set world records in skipping, the Guinness World Records said today. The British reference body said the teenagers set five records with their speedy skipping skills. “Gbenga Ezekiel, 18, achieved the most skips in one minute on one leg (278), breaking his own record of 265, and the [&hell...
•Sebastine Broderick Sebastine Broderick-Imasuen who led the Golden Eaglets to the milestone win of the inaugural U16 World Cup in China, has died at 85. One of the players he handled at the 1989 U17 World Cup in Scotland, Bamidele Oguntuashe first broke the news before another confirmation came from Harrison Jalla, the Chairman, Professional ...
Spanish World Cup-winning star Jenni Hermoso told a judge today that the kiss forced on her by disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales was “at no point consensual” and that she had come under pressure to defend his actions. After arriving at the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid just before 10:00 am (0900 GMT), the […]