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Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final on Monday as British teenager Emma Raducanu retired injured when a set and 3-0 down. Raducanu, 18, had lit up Wimbledon in the same fashion 15-year-old Coco Gauff had two years ago but she was clearly struggling, clutching her stomach and gasping for breath. She […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja directed the military, police and intelligence agencies to ensure safe and early release of all kidnapped victims. The president, who gave the directive in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, expressed serious concern over attacks on Kaduna and Niger States, largely targeted at students. While […]
Tennis star Naomi Osaka said Monday she wants to be on top form at the Olympics and will take part in press conferences, after pulling out of several tournaments citing her struggles with depression and anxiety. The world number two told Japan’s national broadcaster NHK she was getting ready to play on home turf […]
No fewer than 17 kidnapped students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna have returned, Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalije, has said. It was reported that gunmen attacked the Baptist school, located at Damishi town of Chikun Local Government Area in Kaduna State, and took away scores of students. A teacher at […]
The leadership of Ijaw nation has met with the British government seeking support to leave Nigeria and end the suffering of the people. A delegation of the Ijaw leadership led by the President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof Benjamin Okaba made this known during a meeting with representatives of the British High […]
Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressive Congress(APC), Delta State, Prophet Jones Erue says it is the responsibility of the Party to zone political offices and not the duty of any self-acclaimed leader or stakeholder at any level to do so. Prophet Jones Erue made this known while speaking to newsmen in Emede, in Isoko South […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Delta State has raised alarm over the recent attacks on some political bigwigs of the Party. The Party’s concern is coming after the violent attack on the Delta North Vice Chairman of the Party as well as the gruesome murder of both the security Attachee and the driver to […]
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the early hours of Monday invaded Bethel Secondary School, Maramara in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, kidnapping unspecified numbers of students. A source told news men that the hoodlums stormed the school premises, located in the outskirts of the metropolis, around 1:00am, shooting indiscriminately and made […]
Troops of the Joint Task Force in the North-East have eliminated 11 terrorists and recovered a cache of arms, ammunition and a truck laden with petroleum products during fierce encounters in Borno. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the troops belonged to “Operation […]
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, suspended from office for criticising Governor Godwin Obaseki, has been reinstated. The PDP in the state said on Saturday that the chairman, Tony Aziegbemi, has been “exonerated and acquitted” of the allegations of gross misconduct made against him. Mr Aziegbemi, in May, had […]
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