It was clay-court tennis as usual at Roland Garros on Sunday, as Rafael Nadal won his 11th French Open singles title. Rafa Nadal ensured victory at Roland Garros on Sunday, wearing down Austrian challenger, Dominic Thiem 6-4 6-3-6-2 to win another championship in the French capital. Expectations that Nadal would flounder fizzled out in the […]
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The Adamawa Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Ahmad Sajoh, has confirmed the death of a boy with two others injured following an explosion in Mubi town. Mr Sajoh told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Sunday, that the explosion suspected to be from an Improvise Explosive Device (IED) occurred at a scrap materials […]
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Nigerian reggae icon, Ras Kimono, has died, sources close to the musician said, according to multiple reports on Sunday. He was 60 years old. The online news platform, Q.ED said Kimono was said to have taken ill on Saturday on his way to the US. Friends rushed him to a hospital in Ikeja from where […]
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The Police Command in Enugu have confirmed the death of a family of seven in an autocrash which occurred at Ugwu-Onyeama on the Enugu-Onitsha expressway on Sunday morning. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday, said it occurred at about 8 a.m […]
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In line with his recent tradition of breaking Ramadan fast with players from different sectors of the economy, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday hosted some popular entertainers. Those who broke the fast with Buhari were popular musician, Kunle Afolayan, Temitope Adekunle (Small Doctor), Ali Jita, and Olanrewaju Fasasi (Sound Sultan), former BBNaija housemate Tobi Bakare, […]
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The Permanent Secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chinyeaka Ohaa, has said that the coming into operation of the Abuja Light Rail service would accelerate FCT economy by boosting investments and creating job opportunities. Ohaa gave the assurance on Thursday in Abuja when he led directors and management staff of the Administration on an inspection of […]
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The Wife and children of Abdullahi Gurbin-bore, the Zamfara state Commissioner of Youths, Sport and Skills Acquisition, who were kidnapped by some unidentified gunmen on May 2, have regained their freedom, the state Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, said. Mr Ebrimson disclosed this in Gusau, the state capital on Monday while displaying at the police […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with heads of security agencies and also broke Ramadan fast with governors of APC at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting with heads of security operatives which lasted for about one-and-a-half hours took place at the president’s office. […]
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Former U.S. President, George H.W. Bush, 93, was discharged from a Maine hospital on Monday after a week’s treatment for low blood pressure, a family spokesman said on Twitter. Mr Bush, the oldest living former U.S. president, had been taken to Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford, Maine in late May, the Spokesman, Jim McGrath, […]
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Justice Mojisola Dada of the special offences court sitting in Lagos, on Thursday declared the Chairman of Innoson Motors Nigeria Ltd, Innocent Chukwuma wanted over his failure to make an appearance in court for his arraignment for the fifth time. Chukwuma, alias Innoson is standing trial in a matter between his company and the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
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