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Former welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, has been confirmed to fight Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294 after Paulo Costa was forced out of the clash due to an injury and Dana White confirmed the Nigerian as his replacement. The bout had been thrown into doubt when Costa was forced to undergo elbow surgery. Usman will now move up to middleweight, from welterweight, to face Chimaev in a blockbuster UFC clash. “You know […]
Luis Alfredo Garavito, Colombia’s deadliest serial killer and one of the worst in the world, died Thursday while serving time for abusing, torturing and murdering at least 170 boys aged eight to 16, the country’s prison authority said. Known as “The Beast” or “The Monster of Genova,” after his native town, Garavito died at the age of 66 in a clinic from “multiple conditions,” the INPEC penitentiary authority said in […]
Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro has admitted that the Eagles will face a tough test against Saudi Arabia when both sides clash in an international friendly at the Estádio Municipal de Portimao, Portugal on Friday (today). The three-time African champions also play Mozambique at the same venue on Monday. The Eagles and the Asians have met just once, another friendly that ended in a 0-0 stalemate in 2010 in Austria. […]
The United States, the United Kingdom, India and France are working to evacuate their citizens from Israel following the attacks by Hamas. CNN reports that India’s charter flight scheduled to land in Tel Aviv on Thursday evening will collect approximately 230 Indian nationals. This was disclosed by a Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi, at a news conference on Thursday. The flight will “likely” return to India on Friday […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it is raising dollar supply in the foreign exchange market, just as it also lifted the ban on 43 items that were previously not qualified for forex at the official market. The decision came after the naira tumbled to 1,050/$ at the parallel market on Thursday, following pressure from international organisations and experts. The PUNCH earlier noted that despite unifying exchange rates, the […]
The two giant screens inside Seville's Estadio de La Cartuja, a pair of roja harbingers of doom, flashed up 'VAR check in progress'. Beneath one of them, a navy blue sea of bobbing arms and swinging legs shuddered to a bone-trembling halt as they gazed upwards. First to the screen, then to the heavens. Seconds earlier, Scott McTominay's sensational whipped free-kick looked to have the Scots 1-0 up with half […]
A prominent Italian journalist has been found guilty of libel after insulting Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a television interview. Roberto Saviano used a swear word to describe Ms Meloni while attacking her stance on migration in December 2020. He has been handed a suspended fine of 1,000 euros (£864). Though he will only have to pay it if he repeats the offence, campaigners said the verdict sent a "chilling […]
The nations is grappling with a devastating diphtheria outbreak that has claimed the lives of more than 600 people, primarily children, since its onset in December 2022. This recent outbreak surpasses the 2011 incident, which reported a mere 98 cases. Kano state, located in the northern region, has become the epicenter of this health crisis, bearing the brunt of the outbreak with over 500 recorded fatalities. However, there is a […]
By Nkiru Njemanze The FCT Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC and its Police counterpart have renewed their commitment to collaborate effectively in ridding the Federal Capital Territory of crime. This decision is the fallout of a courtesy visit by the FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu to the Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba at the FCT Police Command headquarters in Garki, Abuja. Odumosu, said the visit […]
