A respected bishop and influential social critic who does not shy away from speaking truth to power When the Bishop, Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, turned 70, on August 31, he reinforced his reformist image. He unveiled an ambitious plan to build a N200 million Bishop Kukah Centre in Abuja, which, among […]
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Prosecutors will get another chance in a retrial fourteen years after a jury exonerated R. Kelly in a high-profile child porn case. The 55-year-old R&B artist is scheduled to appear in federal court in Chicago on Monday to begin what is essentially a retrial of his 2008 state trial, where the prosecution’s “Exhibit 1” was […]
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Long jumper Ese Brume on Sunday helped sixth-place Team Nigeria record their best ever outing at the Commonwealth Games in 72 years, after her record-breaking leap of 7.00m at the ongoing edition of the Games in Birmingham. On course to winning the country’s 12th gold medal of the event, Brume achieved it in style, breaking […]
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Nigerian wrestling dynamite, Odunayo Adekuoroye, has claimed Nigeria’s sixth gold at the 2022 ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Friday. She won the gold in the Women’s 57kg Freestyle Wrestling after beating Anshu Malik of India. The 2018 Commonwealth champion defeated her opponent 6-4 in the final to successfully defend the crown she won in […]
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Weightlifter Rafiatu Lawal has won Team Nigeria’s second gold medal in the women’s 59kg category of the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Sunday. She clinched gold by lifting a combined total lift of 206kg – 110kg in snatch and 116kg in Clean and Jerk- to win the women’s 59kg weightlifting event and also set […]
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The CAC Good Women Association in the region comprising Ondo, Ekiti and Edo States will converge at the Babalola International Miracle Camp, Ikeji Arakeji in Osun State between Wednesday, August 3rd to 6th, 2022 to celebrate its 78th annual conference. This was contained in a statement by the National Organizing Secretary, CAC Good Women Association, […]
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By Dare Babarinsa July is a special month in Nigeria. It is when the heavens open up to release the rain in torrents and expose the hidden shame of our cities. About 60 years ago, a young graduate of the University of Ibadan, John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, wrote a poem to celebrate the city. We were […]
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Hails Brume, Team Nigeria for making Nigeria proud Atiku, Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun, Obaseki, Okowa congratulate Tobi Bolt celebrates gold medalist, says she’s superb President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said Oluwatobiloba Amusan, who won the women’s 100m hurdles gold at the World Athletics Championship 2022, set a new world record in the semifinals of the athletic event, […]
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Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan reacts as she sets a new world record in the women’s 100m hurdles semi-final during the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on July 24, 2022. (Photo by Jewel Samad / AFP) Her tears on podium shows there is hope for us, says Obi President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, led […]
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Ese Brume produced her biggest jump of the year in Oregon, USA to become the first Nigerian athlete to win medals at two World Athletics Championships. She won the silver medal in Oregon, an upgrade to the bronze she won in Doha in 2019. The Olympic bronze medalist leaped 7.02m and finished behind Germany’s Olympic […]
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