Burna Boy, Ayra Starr, Davido, others bag 2024 BET Awards nominations (Tribune) Nigerian Afrobeat artists Burna Boy, Ayra Starr, Davido, Tems, Asake, Seyi Vibes and Lojay have all received nominations across various music categories at the 2024 BET Awards. The…
Cristiano Ronaldo fined and suspended for 1 match by Saudi football federation
Cristiano Ronaldo has been suspended for one match and ordered to pay a fine for making what was perceived to be an offensive gesture at the end of a Saudi Pro League game at the weekend. The Al Nassr captain was captured…
Al-Nassr postpone Chinese friendlies after Cristiano Ronaldo injury
An injury to Cristiano Ronaldo has led to the postponement of Al-Nassr’s planned friendlies in China and thrown into doubt his ability to face Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami next week. Al-Nassr were due to face Shanghai Shenhua on Wednesday and…
‘I’m not done’: Cristiano Ronaldo marks 1,200th career game with goal
Cristiano Ronaldo marked the 1,200th professional match of his career by scoring one goal and assisting another for Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr. The 38-year-old tapped in Sadio Mane’s cross and later set up team-mate Otavio in a 4-1 win over…
*Tension rises as 8 soldiers, cops feared killed in Imo (Punch)*Tinubu warns of ‘‘dark channel of inhumane commerce’’ in fight against extremists (Channels)
Tension rises as 8 soldiers, cops feared killed in Imo (Punch) The Imo State Police Command has vowed to fish out the killers of the security operatives who were on Tuesday murdered in Umualumaku, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of…
FIFA bans Al-Nassr from registering new players over Musa’s Leicester deal
FIFA has banned Al-Nassr from registering new players for failing to pay add-ons owed to Leicester City as part of the Ahmed Musa deal. Al-Nassr signed Cristiano Ronaldo in January 2023 but has been banned by FIFA from registering any…
Ronaldo becomes 1st man to play 200 international matches
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first men’s footballer to play 200 international matches during Portugal’s European Championship qualifying win over Iceland on Tuesday. The Portugal captain, who made his international debut in 2003, achieved the milestone at Reykjavik’s Laugardalsvollur stadium and…
Beyoncé and Ronaldo among those to lose Twitter blue check in purge
What do Beyoncé and Cristiano Ronaldo have in common? As of today, they are no longer verified on Twitter. The social media giant began removing the once-coveted blue tick verification from thousands of accounts on Thursday. The move comes as…
*My son is Uber driver, not ‘‘Yahoo Boy’’ — Mother of boy lynched in Ondo (Vanguard)*”Total Abomination”, Lagos expresses displeasure over Gangs of Lagos film (Tribune)
My son is Uber driver, not ‘‘Yahoo Boy’’ — Mother of boy lynched in Ondo (Vanguard) The family of a 35-year-old man, Tope Olorunfemi, who was lynched by an irate mob in Akure, Ondo state for crushing four persons to…
*Ekweremadu, wife risk life imprisonment In UK (DailyTrust)*Polls: Anti-Tinubu protesters rock Abuja (Vanguard)
Ekweremadu, wife risk life imprisonment In UK (DailyTrust) On Thursday, a United Kingdom court found former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, guilty of organ trafficking. The couple were found guilty alongside a medical doctor, Dr. Obinna…