The World Para-Powerlifting Open African Championships is come and gone. The four-day tournament held at the Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in Cairo, Egypt from October 27-30, 2022. Para-Powerlifting involves persons with varying physical disabilities competing in different classifications of the Sport. This is the only World Para Sport organising …

The family of Kenneth Ike Ayogu, 29, a patent medicine dealer at Narayi in Chikun LGA, Kaduna state is raising issues with officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over the death of their son while under their custody. They are alleging that he was tortured to death …

Students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, have started a fundraising campaign to release their colleagues who were kidnapped by gunmen along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Two MAPOLY students, Adejare Olayemi (male) and Oluwatobi Orekoya (female), and one Aminat Taiwo (female), were kidnapped on Friday on their way to Ibadan, …

Twitter plans to start charging nearly $20 a month for users to stay verified.   This is part of a premium service that will be rolled out under Elon Musk’s leadership, according to a report.   “The whole verification process is being revamped right now,” Musk, who took over as …

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday meet with security chiefs in the nation’s capital, Abuja, to further review and strengthen the security network in the country. This was revealed last night via a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the president on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu. The …

The Nigeria Navy says it has rescued 50 prostitutes and arrested three suspected sex traffickers during a major raid on two brothels in Port Harcourt. Lt.-Cdr. Richard Iginla, Base Information Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, paraded the suspects and rescued victims before newsmen in Port Harcourt on Sunday. Iginla …

A controversial Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Ahmad Gumi, has said the naira redesign policy embarked on by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will make kidnappers demand dollars for ransom. Recall that on October 26, the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele announced that it has redesigned some new naira notes. The nation’s …

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has accused Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Sen Iyorcha Ayu, of ingratitude to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state for boasting that he could have stopped Ortom from contesting for office and could stop contestants from participating in the coming elections as no …

FOLLOWING the recent prediction by Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research that the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, may win the 2023 presidential election, the APC, Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party have disagreed over the matter. While the APC agreed that Tinubu would …

The Gunners have regained their spot at the top of the Premier League table after defeating Nottingham Forrest 5-0 at the Emirate Stadium. The match which saw substitute Reiss Nelson score a double on Sunday, pushed the Gunners ahead of champion’s Manchester City with 31 points. This will be the …