Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, was buried in Abuja on Thursday, July 23, 2020. According to a Channels TV report, the burial was at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja. Arotile, who died on July 14 in…
Enyimba International football club of Aba attacking winger Thomas Zenke is sad that the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus has denied the ‘Peoples elephants’ their 9th Nigerian league title. Due to COVID-19, the 2020 Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL, season…
Former Super Eagles assistant coach, Daniel Amokachi, has blamed an indiscipline lifestyle and a failed transfer move to Bordeaux for Sunday Mba’s short-lived career, The PUNCH reports. The 30-year-old, who scored the Super Eagles’ winning goal in the 2013 Africa…
Slaven Bilic’s side will join Championship title winners Leeds in the top-flight next season after a nail-biting Wednesday night at the Hawthorns. With third-placed Brentford beaten 2-1 by Barnsley and fourth-placed Fulham held to a 1-1 draw at Wigan, Albion…
The delayed Tokyo Olympics could not be held next year if conditions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic continue as they are, the president of the organising committee said yesterday, reports Associated Press. In an interview with Japanese broadcaster, NHK, Yoshiro Mori…
Lautaro Martinez vowed to continue “giving 110 per cent” for Inter and repay the confidence shown in him by Antonio Conte as speculation over a move to Barcelona gathers pace. The Argentina international has been strongly tipped to swap San…
Deontay Wilder has dismissed any lingering doubts about the third fight against Tyson Fury, which means Dillian Whyte must wait until early next year for his WBC title shot, reports skysports.com. The American heavyweight had a clause in his contract…
‘I went into crime because neighbours were calling me thief’ (DailyTrust) A 21-year-old armed robbery suspect, Rasheed Sulaimon, has told his police interrogators that he went into crime to prove a point to neighbours who were always calling him a…
What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Commission seals 10 clubs, religious centres in Lagos over non-compliance of COVID-19 protocols (Vanguard) The Lagos…
With 38,344 confirmed cases so far, Nigeria’s coronavirus infections are dangerously inching towards the 40,000 mark. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded a fresh 543 cases of COVID-19, bringing the number of confirmed infections of the highly infectious…
