Sportsville Awards
4 Mar
Otunba Olusegun Runsewe stood out among the galaxy of stars, who received the Sportsville Awards at the weekend.
25 Feb
One of the nominees for the Sportsville Awards, scheduled to hold on March 1, Otunba Segun Runsewe, has commended the organisers of the event for providing an avenue for recognition of those who contribute to the country’s sports development.
Latest
23 mins ago
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that reforms by his government to rejig the State’s economy, support investment inflow and guarantee an enabling environment for business growth led to the growth of the state’s economy from about $10 billion to over $26 billion in the last seven and a half years.
1 day ago
Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior inspired runaway Spanish champions Real Madrid to a 5-0 rout of Alaves on Tuesday. Carlo Ancelotti's side continued warming up for the Champions League final with a comprehensive demolition of their Basque visitors at the Santiago Bernabeu. Bellingham scored the opener and played a part in Madrid's next three goals,…
1 day ago
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released 36,540 out of 64,000 withheld results of the recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB spokesman Dr Fabian Benjamin revealed this in a statement late Tuesday in Abuja. Benjamin said the development is in addition to the 531 results released earlier, bringing the total results…
1 day ago
Multiple explosions were reported on Tuesday near a gas processing plant operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) at Gbarain, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the gas plant feeds the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) export terminal on Bonny Island, Rivers. Speaking to NAN…
1 day ago
Erling Haaland scored twice to settle Manchester City's nerves as the Premier League champions beat Tottenham 2-0 to take a giant step towards a historic fourth consecutive English title on Tuesday. The Norwegian forward tapped home a pinpoint Kevin De Bruyne cross early in the second half to score City's first-ever league goal at the…
1 day ago
More than seven million people in fragile South Sudan are at risk of acute food insecurity in the coming months, including tens of thousands at a "catastrophic" level of famine, the United Nations warned Tuesday. "An estimated 7.1 million people will likely be experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity between April and July 2024,"…
1 day ago
An appeals court in northern Nigeria has commuted a 24-year jail term handed to an atheist for blasphemy to a five-year sentence, one of his lawyers told AFP Tuesday. ad] The case of Mubarak Bala highlighted the complex issue of blasphemy in predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria where Sharia law runs alongside common law and criticism…
1 day ago
Daniil Medvedev's Rome Open title defence came to an early end on Tuesday after the world number four was knocked out at the last-16 stage by Tommy Paul, while Iga Swiatek cruised into the women's semi-finals. Second seed Medvedev has never successfully defended an ATP Tour crown and was well below his best, stunned in…
1 day ago
The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has said he was the highest beneficiary of the judiciary in the country when there were incorruptible judges. The former governor of Anambra State added that the judiciary in present-day Nigeria is weak and has been compromised by the executive arm…
1 day ago
Lagos State Police has detained Nigerian musician Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, over unpaid installments for a G-Wagon. What Actually Happened To Portable Police arrested Portable on Tuesday after he failed to pay the remaining N14 million balance on a N27 million vehicle. He initially paid N13 million but the car dealer, unable to…