Andy Ruiz Jr. has sacked his coach Manny Robles who helped him to defeat Anthony Joshua in June last year. Robles coached Ruiz and helped him defeat the odds to beat Joshua in June 2019 before Joshua came back to school the Mexican-American six months later in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Now a…
The State Department on Thursday gave visa officers more power to block pregnant women abroad from visiting the United States and directed them to stop “birth tourism” — trips designed to obtain citizenship for their children. The administration is using the new rule, which takes effect on Friday, to push consular officers abroad to reject…
Victor Moses is officially an Inter Milan player. The 29-year-old Nigerian player has joined the Nerazzurri on loan with an option to buy at the end of the season. He has been handed the number 11 jersey at the club after he was unveiled at Inter’s stadium on Thursday evening. Inter Milan, one of…
Bishops of the Anglican Church in Nigeria have rejected the Tuesday January 14th Supreme Court’s judgment that nullified the election of Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Imo state governor and replaced him with Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Anglican Bishops, who spoke through the Archbishop of…
Suspected assassins on Wednesday afternoon, shot dead a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state, Alhaji Babatunde Oreitan, in Ibadan, the state capital. It was gathered that the APC chieftain, who was one of the leaders of the party in Ona Ara Local Government, was murdered in his house located at…
Football clubs worldwide splashed out a record $7.35 billion (6.63 million euros) on transfers in the men’s game in 2019, FIFA revealed in a report released on Wednesday. The amount represents a 5.8 per cent increase in 2018, with English clubs accounting for the largest total outlay at just over $1.5 billion — a drop of 22.1…
Two middle-aged men have been arrested by the Ogun State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly extorting Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) applicants by selling the forms above the N4,700 price approved by the examination body. The NSCDC Commandant in Ogun State Command, Hammed Abodunrin while parading the…
Former Super Eagles Coach, Samson Siasia filmed a video pleading with well-meaning Nigerians to donate 250,000 euros. The former football striker was banned for life from participating in all football match by the world football governing body, FIFA in 2019 after he was found guilty of accepting bribes in order to manipulate matches. Reacting to…
Angola’s billionaire former first daughter Isabel dos Santos has been charged with money laundering and mismanagement during her stewardship of state-owned oil firm Sonangol. Documents leaked this week alleged the daughter of ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, plundered state coffers to build her fortune, estimated at $2.1 billion (1.82 billion euros). “Isabel dos Santos…
Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has approved the restructuring arrangement of Continental Reinsurance Plc following the approval of the Company’s shareholders at a Court Ordered Meeting held in the last quarter of 2019. By this approval, shareholders of the Company are free to choose among the three options provided in the scheme even as…
