World record holder, Tobi Amusan, recorded her second consecutive victory in three days after winning the women’s 100m hurdles at the Gyulai István Memorial in Hungary with a time of 12.35secs to beat America’s Nia Ali in second with a time of 12.41secs. Alaysha Johnson and Tia Jones of the USA were third and fourth…

There was a mild drama at the popular Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos, on Friday, following the strange discovery of a human private part by a hungry customer, who patronised a food vendor inside the market. The shocking sight of the human part in her plate of soup, at GBO Plaza, in the market, resulted…

The Nigerian Government on Wednesday, July 19, received a total of $9,261,920 from the Canadian Government to support the scale-up of COVID-19 vaccine service among high-priority risk groups. The High Commissioner of Canada to Nigeria, Jamie Christoff who spoke at the launch of the Canada Global Initiative for Vaccine grant in Abuja, noted that while…

A young lady whose name has been given as Miss Chinyere Awuda was last weekend beaten to death by fun seekers in a club, inside Cosmila Hotel in Awka, Anambra State. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the lady who hails from Nnobi, in Idemmili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was found dead in the…

Guinness World Records has publicly disassociated itself from a Nigerian man who went partially blind for attempting to break a record for the longest crying Marathon by an individual. Tembu Ebere attempted to break a Guinness World Record for crying without a pause for seven days. In an interview with BBC on Sunday, Ebere claimed…

The naira appreciated against the United States dollar on the Investor & Exporter forex window on Wednesday, July 19, closing at 793.70/$. According to figures obtained from the FMDQ, the trading, which commenced at 778.07/$ on Wednesday reached a high of 853/$ before closing at 793.70/$. The trading also recorded a turnover of $87.19m as…

A gunman, Matu Tangi Matua Reid, 24, killed two and injured five people in downtown Auckland a few hours before the Women’s Soccer World Cup began in New Zealand. Reid opened fire with a pump-action shotgun at construction workers and cops inside the building before he was shot dead in a 40-minute rampage at a…

National Vice Chairman North-West of the All Progressives Congress, Salihu Lukman has cautioned against a move to give the leadership of the party national secretariat to former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The erstwhile national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu and national secretary, Iyiola Omisore resigned from their positions on Monday. Speaking with journalists, Deputy National…

The Acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, on Wednesday embarked on a critical duty tour by convoy patrol to assess and address the prevailing security challenges in some parts of Plateau State. The IG promised that measures will be taken to address the insecurity in the state. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP…

New Zealand, hosts of the 2023 Women’s World Cup, delivered the first upset of the tournament with a famous 1-0 win over Norway, former champions, in the opening match of the tournament. The first match of the Women’s World Cup kicked off at Eden Park, Auckland on Thursday and it duly delivered the hype attached…