U.S.-based sprinter, Alaba Akintola qualified for the next round of the 200m event of the ongoing World Championships in Budapest Hungary on Wednesday. Running in lane 6 of Heat 7, Akintola finished third in 20.45sec to advance. The Tennessee-based sprinter, with a Personal Best of 20.26sec and Season Best of 20:43 secs, made the cut…
Tennis legend Serena Williams and her husband, Alexis Ohanian, have welcomed their second child, a baby girl named Adira River Ohanian. The couple announced the news on Instagram on Tuesday. “Welcome, Adira River Ohanian,” Ohanian wrote. “I’m grateful to report our house is teaming with love: a happy & healthy newborn girl and happy &…
India on Wednesday became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s south pole, a historic triumph for the world’s most populous nation and its ambitious, cut-price space programme. The unmanned Chandrayaan-3, which means “Mooncraft” in Sanskrit, touched down at 6:04 pm India time (1234 GMT) as mission control technicians cheered wildly and…
The African Union, AU, yesterday asked its commission to compile a list of members of the military junta and their supporters in the Niger Republic for targeted sanctions and “application of individual punitive measures.’’ This will be in addition to sanctions already imposed on the junta by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has declared that the federal government was passionate about empowering Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, for the development of the nation’s economy. He stated this in an interview journalists during his tour of exhibition stands at the BRICS Trade Fair in Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday. According to him, “it is…
No fewer than six people from Oyan, a town in the Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State, have been abducted by gunmen while returning from the farm. The victims were said to be returning to Oyan from Aworo village where their farmlands were located when the abductors struck on Monday around 5.30 pm. A…
The Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Hon. Kolapo Alimi has urged the people of the state to disregard a trending website linked to the State government for subsidy palliative registration. This was contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner on Tuesday in Osogbo, he stated that the state government never designed…
•••pledges support of Canada Government to Osun on Climate change Canada High Commissioner to Nigeria, James Christoff, on Tuesday stated that he is impressed with the focus and performance of the Ademola Adeleke led Osun State Government adding that Governor Adeleke should be commended for his effort in the improvement of the mining sector. The…
The Greek authorities have found 18 burned bodies as wildfires scorch a portion of northeastern mainland Greece. The fire brigade said there had been no reports of missing residents, adding the bodies of those found could be immigrants who have recently entered Greece from Turkey. The country’s Disaster Victim Identification Team has been drafted in…
Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar ordered a helicopter to be sent to try and rescue those trapped aboard the cable car. Four children have been rescued in a “sling operation” from a cable car dangling 274m (900ft) over a canyon in Pakistan, rescue officials have said. An “extremely risky” rescue effort is under way…
