Substitute Alexander Sorloth scored an injury-time winner as Atletico Madrid fought back against Barcelona to replace them at the top of La Liga. Pedri opened the scoring for Barcelona in the 30th minute, linking up with fellow Spain midfielder Gavi before slotting a low strike past Jan Oblak. Despite their dominance, the hosts could not […]
Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury to retain his unified heavyweight world titles and prove his status as a generational great with another close points win in their rematch in Saudi Arabia. Having inflicted a first career defeat on Briton Fury by split decision in May, Usyk’s astuteness and will to win once again prevailed at […]
The Peoples Democratic Party, the All Progressives Congress and the Independent National Electoral Commission will call 290 witnesses to prove their cases at the ongoing governorship election petition tribunal in Edo State. The candidate of the PDP in the September 21 governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, had approached the tribunal, praying the panel to invalidate the […]
A tragic incident occurred in Okija community, Anambra state, Nigeria, resulting in an unspecified number of fatalities due to a stampede. Reports said the stampede happened in the morning during a yuletide rice distribution event. The chief press secretary to the Anambra governor, Charles Aburime, confirmed the incident to newsmen. Aburime said the state government […]
The money at stake when Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk takes on Britain’s Tyson Fury in a rematch, has been revealed. On Saturday, Usyk and Fury will face off again, for the second time in 2024. Unlike the first fight, this one will not be for the undisputed title, after Usyk was stripped of the full […]
The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has invalidated the Local Government and State Congresses conducted by the Tony Okocha-led All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State. The Rivers State APC under the leadership of Okocha conducted the congresses in violation of a court order. The new executives from the congresses were also […]
It was gathered that the deceased officers were part of the monitoring units of the state police command that left Akure to arrest the suspects at Ore area when the incident occurred. A source explained that the crash happened when a truck lost control while descending the ore bridge and rammed into the police vehicle, […]
The court also asked Farotimi to provide 3 sureties with a landed property within the jurisdiction. He was told to refrain from media interview and to submit his international passport. The case has been adjourned till 13th February 2025. Read Also: Court grants Yahaya Bello N500m bail Farotimi, who has been remanded in a correctional […]
The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has condemned the act of raining direct curses on individuals online, emphasising that such behaviour constitutes cyberbullying and is a punishable offence. Read Also: Police arrest suspects for allegedly forging documents from Aso Rock In a post on X.com, Adejobi stated that the act […]
A US court has found a Nigerian US-based man, Oluwole Adegboruwa, and his accomplice, Enrique Isong, guilty of masterminding a multi-million dollar dark web drug trafficking operation, and has sentenced them to a combined 40 years in jail term. This was revealed in a statement obtained on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office, […]