Budapest 2023: Fans throng Amusan’s training session as AFN pleads for medals

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan (Photo by Julien De Rosa / AFP) • 100m women’s hurdles begins today Thousands of fans stormed the Budapest Stadium, yesterday, to cheer world record holder, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, who started training ahead of her women’s 100m hurdles title defence at the ongoing World Athletics Championships. Amusan will begin her title defence […]

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Tobi Amusan: I’ve put suspension trauma behind me

The World Athletics Record holder in 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, has declared that she has put behind her the trauma of her suspension by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), over the Whereabouts Failures charge. Amusan began training for the title defence on Monday morning at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary. She had already […]

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Tobi Amusan’s clearance, a big relief, says Okowa

– Urges track queen to put trauma behind Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) President, Tonobok Okowa, has described as a ‘big relief’ the clearance of World Record holder in 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, to compete in the ongoing Budapest 2023 World Championships. A panel of Disciplinary Tribunal cleared Amusan of three whereabouts failures charge on […]

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At inaugural memorial, Jakande’s good deeds reverberate

It was a day of tributes for media legend, late Alhaji Lateef Jakande at the maiden edition of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) memorial lecture as journalists, editors and media professionals across generations and from all over the country turned up for the event, which would subsequently be held annually on his birthday. Fondly […]

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How Lateef Adedimeji broke his leg while filming Jagun Jagun, wife reveals

Oyebade Adebimpe, Nollywood actress and wife of Nollywood actor, Lateef Adedimeji, has revealed that the actor broke his leg on the first day of shoot for Femi Adebayo’s film, ‘Jagun Jagun.’ Mo Bimpe made this revelation recently while hailing the actor for his acting prowess. The actress noted that when the incident happened she thought […]

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Gowon extols Clark as bridge builder in post-Civil War Nigeria

– Clark is Iroko of South-South, Eagle of the Nation: Tinubu Former Head of State, General Dr. Yakubu Gowon (Retd) has described Chief Edwin Clark as one of the greatest Nigerians who made efforts to bring about genuine reconciliation between the North and South after the Nigerian Civil War. Speaking as Chairman at the public […]

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Tobi Amusan cleared to compete at world championship

The Athletics Integrity Unit, AIU, has cleared tracks queen, Tobi Amusan of the doping charges against her. This was contained in a statement by the AIU on Friday. The panel which sat on Thursday, found Amusan not guilty of “Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of three Whereabouts Failures within a 12-month period.” The statement read, “A […]

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Adeleke celebrates D’Tigress Adenike Olawuyi

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke on Thursday in Osogbo, received a member of the victorious D’Tigress Squad to the recently concluded 2023 FIBA Afrobasketball Championship in Kigali, Adenike Olawuyi. Adenike, who is an Osogbo born Basketball player, plays for the Hungarian Basketball team, Ratgeber. She played a pivotal role in the Nigeria Women’s Basketball team’s […]

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