Former African 100 metre record holder Olusoji Fasuba believes Favour Ofili’s reported decision to switch international allegiance from Nigeria to Turkey is the result of sustained mistreatment, rather than financial motivation as popularly claimed, and says Nigeria must urgently rethink how it treats its athletes if it hopes to retain top talent. The 22-year-old, Ofili, […]
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Nigeria’s superstar, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, known by his stage name, Burna Boy will perform live at the UEFA Champions League final in Istanbul, Turkey in June. UEFA made the announcement via its official Twitter handle on Thursday. “Big news! @burnaboy will be performing at the Champions League final in Istanbul alongside another amazing headliner,” the […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has projected that up to 20,000 people may die as a result of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Recall that on Monday, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey with the neighboring country of Syria suffering the effect as well. Shortly after, a second earthquake of about 7.5 magnitude struck. […]
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Binali Yildirim, the ruling party candidate in the controversial re-run of Istanbul’s mayoral election, conceded defeat on Sunday. Initial results from the state-run Anadolu news agency showed opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu leading with 53.69 per cent to Yildirim’s 45.4 per cent with more than 95 per cent of ballots counted. “According to the result as […]
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Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was the best man at German footballer Mesut Ozil’s wedding on Friday. The 30-year-old Arsenal midfielder married his fiancee, former Miss Turkey Amine Gulse, at a luxury hotel on the banks of the Bosphorus. Ozil, who has Turkish roots, sparked a furore when he posed in photos with Erdogan before […]
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Ten people were killed and 73 injured on Sunday when a train packed with weekend passengers derailed in northwest Turkey, the health ministry said. The train, with over 360 people on board, was travelling from the Edirne region on the Greek and Bulgarian borders to Istanbul’s Halkali station when six of its carriages derailed in […]
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Turkey’s election body has confirmed the outright victory of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in last month’s presidential polls, saying he won almost 52.3 per cent of the vote according to final results. The publication of the final results kicked off a sequence of events that will culminate on Monday with Erdogan’s swearing-in for a second mandate with enhanced powers. […]
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Arda Turan, a Barcelona loanee at Başakşehir, has been banned for a record sixteen matches in the Turkish Super League. Turan got into an argument with a linesman during a league game against Sivasspor on Friday, before shoving and ‘threatening’ the official four minutes into stoppage time. He was subsequently issued a red card by the referee. […]
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NIGERIA – The Comptroller General of Customs, Retired Colonel Ahmed Ali has said that the Turkish authorities are working with Nigeria in the fight against illegal import of firearms into Nigeria. Colonel Ali speaking in Istanbul said the Turkish authorities were unaware that pump action rifles form part of items on the country’s restrictive list […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday returned to Nigeria after a state visit to Turkey. Find pictures of his arrival below.
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