Undefeated Deontay Wilder brutally knocked out Dominic Breazeale in the first round of their grudge match Saturday night to retain his World Boxing Council heavyweight world title. Wilder, who has one of the most destructive right hands in heavyweight history,…
A Nigerian peacekeeper was killed Saturday in an attack on the United Nations’ stabilization mission in Mali, the UN said. The victim “succumbed to his wounds following the armed attack by unidentified assailants” in Timbuktu, a statement said. A Nigerian…
Four Canadians and an American pilot died Saturday when their small plane plunged into the sea off the Honduran island of Roatan where they were vacationing, firefighters said. The plane crashed near the town of Dixon Cove, a few minutes…
Any plan or advocacy to legalise the growing of cannabis in Nigeria for whatever purpose “will be counter-productive” because the Federal Government had been committed to the elimination of the menace of drug abuse in the country, the Presidential Advisory…
The Kano State Police Command on Friday intercepted 303 cartons of hard drugs suspected to be Tramadol tablets. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Wakili, disclosed this to journalists in Kano, the News Agency of Nigeria reported. Wakali explained that…
Jose Mourinho admits he has been impressed with Arsenal target Ismaila Sarr and believes the Rennes winger is similar to Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele. Sarr has been one of Rennes’ star players this season with 12 goals and 11 assists in…
Britney Spears has promised to hit the stage again despite claims she would never perform again. Just days after longtime manager, Larry Rudolph, has said that he would rather the popstar never return to performing live to prioritise her mental…
Basketball star Lamar Odom has admitted to cheating a drugs test to get onto the USA national basketball team for the 2004 Olympics in Athens. In an excerpt from his upcoming autobiography, Darkness To Light, the LA Lakers star reveals…
A former CIA officer has been jailed for 20 years for disclosing military secrets to a Chinese agent, the US justice department says. Kevin Mallory, 62, was found guilty of several spying offences following a two-week trial last June. The…
An athletics team doctor sexually abused at least 177 male students from 1979 to 1997, an investigation by Ohio State University in the US says. Dr Richard Strauss, who died in 2005, is accused of groping and performing “unnecessary examinations”…
