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Novak Djokovic has claimed that he was "poisoned" by lead and mercury in his food while he was briefly held in Melbourne in 2022 before being deported on the eve of the Australian Open.
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World number one Jannik Sinner was drawn Thursday against big-hitting Nicolas Jarry to start his Australian Open defence while Novak Djokovic is on a collision course to meet Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals.
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Novak Djokovic is targeting an 11th Australian Open title and record 25th Grand Slam crown but faces an uphill battle against Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. AFP Sport highlights five potential winners of the first Grand Slam of the year, which begins on Sunday: Novak Djokovic He may be 37 but the Serb can never…
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Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka launched their Australian Open preparations with straight-sets wins on Tuesday at the Brisbane International but Nick Kyrgios lost on his return from injury.
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Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has handed over 12 shuttle buses to the State Ministry for Higher Education to ease transportation challenges faced by students of tertiary institutions in the state. The governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Tofa, said in a statement issued in Kano on Friday that the buses would be used transport students across…
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Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna, on Friday continued impressive run at the 2025 WTT Star Contender Doha by defeating Korea’s Park Ganghyeon in an explosive quarter match at the Lusail Arena. With the win,Aruna has now set up a semifinal clash against the tournament’s No. 1 seed, Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan. Earlier on Friday(January 10)the second highest-ranked…
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President Bola Tinubu has extended condolences to the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Oladmeji Bankole and his family on the passing of his mother, Alhaja Monsurat Atinuke Bankole, at the age of 78. She died Thursday after a brief illness. President Tinubu also joined the Bankole family and the Ogun State…
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The US Supreme Court appeared likely on Friday to uphold a law that would force TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the wildly popular online video-sharing platform or shut it down. A majority of the conservative and liberal justices on the nine-member bench appeared skeptical of arguments by a lawyer for TikTok that forcing a…
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The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has admitted the 12 suspected killers of an undergraduate student of Ajayi Crowther University, Jeffrey Akro, to bail in the sum of N5 million and two sureties each in like sum, while the case is adjourned until Friday, 21 February 2025. It would be recalled that the…
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Nollywood Star, Funke Akindele, has emerged the second highest grossing Nollywood writer for the year 2024, along with Collins Okoh and Akinlabi Ishola. This was for the film “Everybody Loves Jennifer” which had generated N1,125 billon at the box office. This was revealed by filmone on its instagram page @filmoneng on Friday. Stephen Oluboyo…
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The family of the former Leicester City owner killed in a helicopter crash have launched a £2.15 billion ($2.63 billion) legal claim against the manufacturers of the aircraft, it was announced Friday. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others were killed when the Thai billionaire's personal helicopter crashed shortly after taking off from the Premier League club's…