The Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) highway sweepers have embarked on strike over non-payment of their three-month salaries. The sweepers also took to social media to protest the non-payment on Tuesday afternoon. A Twitter user, identified as Postsubman, noted…
UFC champ Alex Volkanovski pens children’s book to show fighters aren’t ‘thugs’
UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski is keen to dispel the stereotype of the braindead, brutish fighter as he inks a children’s book designed at showing off the softer side of the world’s toughest athletes. Volkanovski, who will defend his 145lb…
Izilien urges NFF to stop ‘wasting money’ on foreign coaches
Former Super Falcons Coach, Godwin Izilien, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to halt search for a foreign coach for the senior women national team. He believes that hiring an indigenous coach for the Falcons would reduce the financial…
Uganda players wait on government response in bonus row
Uganda national team captain Dennis Onyango has told BBC Sport Africa he has had no response from the Ugandan government after several senior players took to social media to remind President Yoweri Museveni to fulfil a $1million pledge he made…
Oya, see the true meaning of Chichidodo government – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It is in the DNA of every Nigerian government to talk tough on fighting corruption. This useable tactic of mass deceit did not start today. Let it be known that the much-abused General Sani Abacha was in his time a…
452 more people catch Covid-19 in Nigeria
At least 452 people have been infected with the novel coronavirus in Nigeria. The total number of confirmed cases in the country is now 21,371. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known Tuesday via tweet, saying the…
*Flood sweeps away teenager in Lagos (DailyTrust) *Police arrest northern youths at Lagos border (Punch)
Flood sweeps away teenager in Lagos (DailyTrust) Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Emergency officials in Lagos Tuesday morning intensified search for a missing 17-year-old girl, simply identified as Ayisat, who was reportedly washed away after Monday’s downpour. The Lagos…
Novak Djokovic tests positive for Covid-19
Novak Djokovic has tested positive for Covid-19 after several other players on the Adria Tour contracted the disease. Djokovic’s representatives have confirmed the news with the world number one back in Serbia with his family following the controversial Adria Tour…