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President Godswill Akpabio announced on Friday before the screening of ministerial nominees that President Tinubu had withdrawn the nomination of Shetty and replaced her…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…
Executive Governor of Osun State, 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 Journalists at the end of the meeting of the PDP Governors’ Forum in Abuja, the Governor…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has called on warring market factions at Kajola town to stop feud and confrontations to allow mediatory intervention by the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry. In a statement issued by the Spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on Friday, the market leaders were called upon to…
Maryam Shetty, a staunch member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) whose ministerial nomination was withdrawn by President Bola Tinubu, says the best is yet to come. In a statement on Saturday about 24 hours after the dramatic twist of events, Shetty said “life, with its characteristic unpredictability, led to the withdrawal of my nomination”….
