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Five Americans jailed for years in Iran and widely regarded as hostages are on their way home to the United States. The last pieces in a controversial swap mediated by Qatar fell into place when $6bn (£4.8bn) of Iranian funds held in South Korea reached banks in Doha. It triggered the departure of the four men and one woman in Tehran, who are also Iranian citizens, on a chartered flight […]
Harriet Dart won her opening match of the Guangzhou Open as the Women's Tennis Association resumed competition in China. The 27-year-old beat Germany's Jule Niemeier 6-3 6-2 to reach the last 16. Compatriot Jodie Burrage was knocked out by Polish top seed Magda Linette. The Guangzhou Open is the first WTA event since January 2020 to take place in China. Covid-19 disruption of the tour was followed by a boycott […]
It was a night of thrilling knockouts and fierce battles at the West African Boxing Union fight night hosted by the De-Lads Boxing Promotion at the Molade Okoya-Thomas indoor sports Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium on Sunday in Lagos. In the main event, knockout specialist Farouq Abubakar stopped Abolaji ‘Afonja Warrior’ Rasheed in the fourth round of their bout via a TKO win. This victory earned him the prestigious title […]
Four Nigerian players will be in action for their respective European teams as they seek to make winning starts to their Champions League group campaign on Tuesday (today), The players are AC Milan winger Samuel Chukwueze, the duo Al-Hassan Yusuf and Chidera Ejuke, who both star for Antwerp and Zaidu Sanusi of FC Porto. Chukwueze is primed to make his 10th Champions League appearance when the Rossoneri take on Newcastle […]
A privately owned radio broadcast station, Fresh FM 106.9 FM, Ado in Ekiti State, on Tuesday morning, banned the playing of songs by Nigerian singer, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, from airing on the station till further notice. The radio station disclosed this in a post shared on its Instagram handle (@freshfm1069adoekiti) and signed by its Head of production and Music Content, Oluwaseunfunmi Williams. The ban follows the […]
In a race to beat the deadline for the planned commencement of an indefinite strike that may lead to the shutdown of the economy, the Federal Government on Monday held a meeting with organised labour on post-subsidy removal palliatives for workers. The parley, hosted by the Minister of Labour, Simon Lalong, in Abuja, however, failed to reach a consensus as the Nigerian Labour Congress insisted that the FG must meet […]
Authorities in the United States city of Los Angeles have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a sheriff’s deputy who was ambushed and fatally shot at a traffic stop leading to a reward of $250,000 being offered for information. Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 30, was shot as he sat in his patrol car at a red light just outside a sheriff’s station on Saturday evening in the city of Palmdale, […]
Thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Guatemala, answering a call issued by President-elect Bernardo Arevalo to defend the integrity of the country’s recent elections. Last Friday, Arevalo took to social media to rally his supporters, asking them to join him in Guatemala City on Monday as he filed a legal challenge against those he considers “coup-mongers”. “The time has come for all of us together, as one nation, to step forward, raise […]
A senior Canadian diplomat has been ordered to leave India, the Indian foreign ministry said, hours after Ottawa expelled an Indian diplomat in an escalating rift over the killing of a Sikh separatist earlier this year. New Delhi’s decision reflected its “growing concern at the interference of Canadian diplomats in our internal matters and their involvement in anti-India activities”, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The duelling expulsions come […]
The Commissioner for insurance, Mr Olurundare Sunday Thomas and a delegation from the National Insurance Commission, have paid a visit to the Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule to intimate him and members of his executive council on the benefits of insurances. In a statement, the Commissioner of Insurance explains that the visit is part of the National Insurance Commission’s drive to sensitize stakeholders on the benefits of compulsory insurances […]
