Tunde Onakoya sets 58-hour new chess marathon record, pushes for 60-hour
Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya, on Saturday set a new Guinness World Record for the longest marathon chess. The chestmaster confirmed this in a post on his official X account. He wrote, “We have done it. “We’re pushing to 60 hours guys. We’re not stopping yet. Let’s keep going. “We have a fundraising goal to…
‘We love each other and he is good to me’ – Chibok girl carrying 4th pregnancy for Boko Haram chief says
It has been nearly a year since 26-year-old Rabiat left the Boko Haram enclave she was held in for close to a decade. In her home in Maiduguri, the northeast Nigerian city at the heart of 15 years of fighting by the armed group, the mother of three ruminated on life as a free woman….
Police detain Yahaya Bello’s ADC, security details
The Nigeria Police Force has detained a female police officer who was the aide-de-camp to embattled former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. The ADC was arrested alongside other police officers attached to 48-year-old Bello, and is being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Their arrests and…
Oyetola Must Answer Questions On Alleged Sale Of Omoluabi Mortgage To Citi Trust, Adekunle Adewole Or Be Dragged To EFCC – Group
An Osun based civil society coalition, Osun Transparency Alliance, has threatened to drag former Governor Gboyega Oyetola to the anti-graft agencies over an alleged shady sale of the state owned Omoluabi Mortgage firm to Citi Trust and one Adekunle Adewole. In a statement signed by its Convener, Lanre Adebola, the group raised salient questions for…
Sahel Standard Personality Of The Week celebrates Nicholas Hamilton
•••He is a limit defier, racing driver, motivational speaker Nicolas Hamilton is a prime example of ‘you can do anything if you put your mind to it’.Born 2 months premature with Cerebral Palsy on 28 March 1992 in Stevenage, United Kingdom, as a child his parents were told he would never walk due to his cerebral…
Kenyan defence chief, senior officers die in helicopter crash
Kenya’s defence chief and nine other top brass died on Thursday in a military helicopter crash in a remote area of the country, President William Ruto said. “Today at 2:20 pm, our nation suffered a tragic air accident… I am deeply saddened to announce the passing of General Francis Omondi Ogolla,” Ruto told reporters. The…
Fake Rev. sister arrested for allegedly trafficking 38 children
The Edo Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has arrested a fake Reverend sister over the alleged trafficking of 38 children in Delta State. It was gathered that the suspect, Ikejimba Maryvianney (alias Oluchi) 40 years old, and one Chidera, now at large, handed over the children to…
16 feared killed by terrorist bomb in Borno
No fewer than 16 persons were feared dead and 20 others injured when a commercial vehicle plying the Baga -Kukawa Road in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State drove over an Improvised Explosive Device suspected to have been planted by ISWAP terrorist group. Credible military intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and…
Nigerian chess master, Onakoya, US counterpart, Martinez team up in marathon record
Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya and his United States counterpart, Shawn Martinez, are both attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. The challenge, which has currently exceeded 23 hours, is underway at New York City’s iconic Times Square and is scheduled to end on April 19. Onakoya’s foundation, Chess in…
El-Rufai’s probe: ‘You can’t intimidate us with your threat’ – Kaduna Speaker tells ex-gov’s son
The Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Honorable Yusuf Liman, has warned Bello El-Rufai, the son of the immediate past governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai, against threatening and intimidating the House over the probe of his father’s 8-year tenure in office. Honorable Liman expressed concern that Bello, a member representing Kaduna North…
