Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic have learned their Shanghai Masters fate. While Federer is out to defend his title in Shanghai as he, along with Djokovic, will play for the first time since their Laver Cup success a fortnight ago.…
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is facing the sack after this weekend’s Premier League match against Newcastle United, according to reports in the British media. United’s stuttering start to the season has seen the experienced Portuguese manager’s position at Old…
Nigerian athletes are hoping to win medals in their various events as the 2018 Youth Olympic Games begin in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Saturday. The country will be represented by 17 athletes in seven sports at the quadrennial event, which…
Following their record-breaking performance at the just-concluded 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, Nigeria’s women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, have emerged as the highest climbers in the new rankings released by world basketball-governing body FIBA on Friday. According to the…
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday said with over 10 million out of school children in Nigeria, at least, 250,000 teachers would be needed in the country to achieve the recommended teacher to pupil ration of 1:30. Buhari who disclosed this yesterday…
The stage is set for a tough battle among 12 politicians for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential ticket, today. Chairman of the PDP National Convention Planning Committee, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, said yesterday that none of the…
Chris Isiguzo, South East Bureau Chief of ThisDay Newspaper from Enugu Zone on Friday morning emerged the National President of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) at the union’s general election in Abeokuta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
Decades-old advice about alcohol has recently come under fire, with two recent studies suggesting that even a moderate drinking habit may raise the risk of early death. The latest study, published Wednesday in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research,…
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) to fully investigate and prosecute all the directors and executive management members, who contributed to the collapse of the…
The shortlists for the 2018 Brittle Paper Awards have been announced. Established in 2017, it is to recognise the finest, original pieces of writing by Africans published online. In making the announcement, the organisers said that as a celebration of all that is good and new…
