Twenty-four-year-old Olamide Olabiyi, who graduated with first class in Pure and Applied Physics from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, tells Opeyemi Adefemi about his academic journey: How many times did you take the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination before securing admission? I took UTME twice, first in 2014 with the intention to study Medicine […]
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World Athletics, yesterday, ratified the women’s 100 m hurdles world record set at Oregon 2022 World Championships by Nigeria’s Tobiloba Amusan. The governing body of World Athletics confirmed Amusan’s feat alongside the world records of two other athletes, Mondo Duplantis and Sydney McLaughin. ”The world records set by Tobi Amusan, Mondo Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, celebrated internationally renowned artist and King of Juju Music, Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye aka King Sunny Ade, who turns 76. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari lauded the veteran artist for advancing Nigerian music on the world stage, being the first Nigerian […]
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Reigning Commonwealth and world champion in the women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, has expressed excitement and delight over her latest ranking released on Friday night by World Athletics. From being ranked 43rd in September 2021, Amusan is now in the top five, moving up 38 places to being ranked fifth in the world, while her […]
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Reputed as one of the most successful artists to have emerged from West Africa, nay Africa in the 20th century, Bruce Obomeyoma Onobrakpeya is not only the grand father of modern Nigerian art, he is also widely regarded as ‘‘the pride of all Nigerians.’’ He has a continuing and commanding influence on the generation of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved National Honours and cash awards of N200 million for Team Nigeria contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Athletics Championships. Speaking at a presidential reception in honour of the athletes, the President said his government is committed to rewarding excellence, no less for members of Team Nigeria who ignited […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari presenting Tobi Amusan with national honour; Photo: Bashir Ahmad, Twitter President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, approved National Honours of Officer of the Order of the Niger,OON, and cash awards of N200 million for Team Nigeria contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Athletics championships. At an award ceremony held at the […]
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Reigning Commonwealth and World 100m hurdles champion, Tobi Amusan, has arrived Lagos following her victories at the World Athletics Championship in Oregon, US, and more recently in Zurich, Switzerland. The 25-year-old set a meet record of 12.29secs to win the women’s 100m hurdles in Zurich and won $30,000 last Thursday.
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The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, Hon Tolulope Akande-Sadipe has congratulated the Nigerian British lawmaker, Kemi Badenoch on her appointment as Britain’s Secretary of State for International Trade. Born in south London, Kemi Badenoch is the daughter of Prof Feyi Adegoke who attended Queens School, Ibadan. She spent her early years living in […]
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Mr Oluwemimo Ogunde, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Attorney General of Ogun State, and one of the children of the departed theatre maestro, Chief Hubert Ogunde, takes Emmanuel Ojo down the memory lane on the life and times of his father. Your dad was a strong force in the Nigerian theatre art space. […]
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