Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan (C) crosses the finish line ahead of Jamaica’s Megan Tapper (R) and Netherlands’ Maayke Tjin-A-Lim in the women’s 100m hurdles heats during the World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on August 22, 2023. (Photo: AFP) Nigeria’s Tobiloba ‘Tobi’ Amusan, the world record holder in the 100 metres hurdles, […]
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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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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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– 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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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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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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– 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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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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By Dare Babarinsa Ray Ekpu writes well. Since he left the University of Lagos 50 years ago, Ekpu has continued to regale and amaze us with his use of English language, his poetic twist of phrases, the cadence of his prose, the lilting alliterations and his uncanny coinages has put him in a special class. […]
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The former Labour Party (LP) presidential aspirant, Professor Pat Utomi, has revealed his battle with the much-dreaded cancer disease. Taking to Twitter on Friday, he said that a biopsy he conducted in the year 2022 showed that he was positive. He said that he thereafter started treatment with a cancer centre in Ikeja and on […]
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