The Nigeria’s women basketball team, D’Tigress, has won the AfroBasket Women championship AfroBasket Women is the women’s basketball continental championship of Africa, played biennially under the auspices of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the African zone thereof. Holding at the BK Arena in Rwanda, Nigeria defeated perennial rivals, Senegal to lift the…
The Nigerian Senate has rejected a request by President Bola Tinubu that Nigeria intervene militarily in the Niger Republic. Lagosreporters reports that the Nigerien military overthrew the democratically elected government in the country last week, and Tinubu had written to the Senate requesting that they pass a resolution to allow Nigeria to intervene to restore…
The French foreign ministry has reacted to report of the military junta in Niger Republic cutting ties with it and other countries. France stated that the junta’s decision to scrap bilateral military pacts is invalid as only a “legitimate” leadership can do that. AFP reported that France’s foreign ministry said “the legal framework of France’s…
Mercy Abire, a Nigerian long jumper, is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in the United States. This admission puts Abire at risk of a huge 20-year prison sentence, a significant development in a case that exposes an intricate web of fraudulent activities involving Nigerian athletes. In a statement, the…
Hinata Miyazawa scored her fifth goal of the Women’s World Cup on Saturday to seal a 3-1 win over Norway and put Japan into the quarter-finals against Sweden or holders the United States. In a last-16 clash in Wellington between two former champions, an Ingrid Syrstad Engen own goal gave Japan an early lead in…
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta has admitted he considered his future at the Emirates after losing the Premier League title to Manchester City last season. The Gunners almost ended their 19-year wait to win the title after staying top for over 240 days. However, Arteta’s men suffered a late collapse, winning just three of their final…
After being called the worst athlete in history to have participated in international games, Somalia runner Nasra Abukar Ali has responded. In a statement shared online, Abukar wondered why she was being criticised yet she represented her country well despite being injured. “Somalis do not deserve to be represented in a running competition, I ran…
Dr Maryam Shetty, a former ministerial nominee from Kano State, has said she is still willing to serve the country despite the withdrawal of her nomination by President Bola Tinubu. Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced on Friday before the screening of ministerial nominees that President Tinubu had withdrawn the nomination of Shetty and replaced her…
By Faith Berewa. When the refrain “Africa the Centre piece of our foreign policy” carried so much weight; when we were revered among nations: a distinguished founding member of the Organization of African Unity, later African Union, a key member of the Non-aligned Movement during the cold war era, though not geographically located in the…
Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has cited his commitment to the overall interest of Osun State and her indigenes irrespective of political affiliations for his support for Oyetola’s Ministerial screening at the Senate. Reacting to questions from reporters at the end of the meeting of the PDP Governors’ Forum in Abuja, the…
