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Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka’s dreams of home Olympic gold were crushed by a 6-1, 6-4 defeat to Marketa Vondrousova Tuesday as her return to action came to an abrupt end. Osaka, who lit the Olympic cauldron and was one of the faces of the Games, struggled in an error-strewn display that blew the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the N982.7 billion supplementary budget for 2021 into law. The Presidency presented the budget to the National Assembly to address urgent security and COVID-19 needs of the nation. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, who confirmed this in a statement, said the […]
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have dropped the trailer for the movie “Dune” to be released in October 2021. The Movie “Dune” is the big-screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal bestseller of the same name. A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted […]
Nikita Nagornyy led the Russian team to men’s artistic gymnastics gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. Defending champions Japan took silver and China the bronze. The Russians, competing under a neutral banner in Tokyo due to their doping suspension, last won the coveted men’s team title in 1996. The outcome of the […]
The State Security Service (SSS) failed to produce Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), for his scheduled trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. The trial was stalled not just because of Mr Kanu’s absence from court, but also because the court’s judges’ vacation started […]
No fewer than 7,000 artefacts plundered from Benin Kingdom are expected to be repatriated by Germany to Nigeria not later than October, Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. The Permanent Secretary, Amb. Gabriel Aduda, disclosed this at the Inaugural Nigerian Cultural Show exhibiting Nigeria’s diverse cultural heritage, sites and traditional festivals held at […]
Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former Governor of Delta State, has appealed to the Itsekiri people of the state not to do anything that will rubbish the throne, insisting there is no alternative to peace and unity in the matter. Ibori said: “I plead with all, no matter the divide you belong to in this […]
Popular Liberian-American actor and comedian, Michael Blackson, proposed to his Cambodian girlfriend, Rada, during a radio show. Michael, who is also of Ghanaian descent, popped the question during his interview on American radio show, The Breakfast Club on Thursday, July 22. Before the proposal, Michael revealed that they were in an open relationship and […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Department of State Services, DSS, to produce before it the 12 persons that were arrested at the residence of Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Obiora Egwuatu, ordered that […]
Mourners were set to offer their final farewell to Haiti’s slain president Jovenel Moise under tight security on Friday, just over two weeks after his assassination rattled a country mired in poverty, corruption, and political instability. Moise, who was 53 when he was shot dead in his home in the early hours of July […]
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