President of the Nigeria Chess Federation, DIG Sani Mohammed (retd.), has congratulated the new Guinness World Record holder for the longest chess marathon, Tunde Onakyoya, following his record-breaking chess feat, describing him as a great chess ambassador, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Onakoya broke the 56 hours, nine minutes and 37 seconds achieved in 2018 by Norwegians Hallvard Haug […]
The boxing community has rallied behind coach Lasisi Mayowa, affectionately known as Coach Mayor, by donating a total of N402,000 to aid his medical treatment, The PUNCH reports. Mayowa, a revered figure in the boxing fraternity, is currently undergoing treatment for a severe kidney problem at the University College Hospital in Ibadan, after being transferred […]
A former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has said the nation requires a core statesman to unite rather than further divide it. Saraki, represented by a former House of Representatives’ member, Honourable Golu Timothy, identified this imperative at the maiden edition of the Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin Students’ Legislative Summit held at the University of Ibadan, […]
AKWA Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno has said his administration would always welcome and appreciates constructive criticisms that were not borne out of malice and mischief. Eno made the remarks on Wednesday during the commissioning of a 1.3 Kilometres underground concrete flood control tunnel, reconstructed section of Atiku Abubakar Way, with walkway, drainage, solar […]
Jurgen Klopp conceded Liverpool need a collapse from Arsenal and Manchester City to win the Premier League after a shock 2-0 defeat at Everton on Wednesday. Klopp tasted defeat in front of a crowd in the Merseyside derby for the first time to leave the Reds’ title hopes hanging by a thread. Liverpool trail Arsenal […]
The Africa Youth Growth Foundation (AYGF) has urged the federal government to adopt Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to enable people access health care without financial restraint. This, the Executive Director of AYGF, Arome Salifu, said would afford everyone the right to quality, timely, and affordable services to prevent, detect, and treat malaria. He spoke Wednesday […]
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is one of six people who will be awarded with honorary degrees from the University of Oxford. Other recipients include Warren East, Sir Demis Hassabis, Sir Michael Palin, Anoushka Shankar and Professor Salim Yusuf. They will all be awarded their honorary degrees on Wednesday, […]
Some inmates escaped from Suleja Correctional Facility in Niger State during heavy rainfall on Wednesday night. The rain, which spread across communities in Niger and neighboring Federal Capital Territory (FCT), destroyed parts of the fence of the prison. An unspecified number of inmates reportedly seized the opportunity to escape. A resident, Abdullahi Nura, told our […]
An Osun Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Ede, has sentenced a teenager, Abiodun Adewuyi to three years imprisonment for theft of water taps. 18-year-old Adewusi was arrested by operatives of the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, after he removed the items at Durodola community, Owode-Ede town. Giving other […]
Embattled former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has spent his second night in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, over an ongoing N8,069,176,864.00 money laundering probe. This was as the anti-graft commission began a probe into the alleged fraud involved in the botched Nigeria Air project. Top EFCC sources privy to the […]
