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How Nigerian boxing officials rejected Anthony Joshua

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, May 1st, 2017

Anthony Joshua Jeremiah Okorodudu, a former boxing champion, has revealed how boxing rave of the moment, Anthony Joshua, was rejected by Nigerian boxing officials nine years ago. Joshua caught global attention and became a darling of boxing fans Saturday night after he humiliated Wladimir Klitschko, at the Wembley Stadium in England. Speaking with UK Sun, […]

US IRS raids Benny Hinn Ministries

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Monday, May 1st, 2017

Sunday, April 30, 2017 US IRS raids Benny Hinn Ministries TOP HEADLINE United States federal agents have descended on the North Texas, headquarters of television evangelist, Benny Hinn, and taken boxes out of the offices, the Associated Press reports. The search began at about 9 am on Wednesday at Hinn’s headquarters in the […]

Picture: Domestic violence: Mercy Aigbe’s battered face causes stir

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Monday, May 1st, 2017

Nigerian blogosphere is buzzing right now and the trending word is ‘Mercy.’ Ever since news poured in on Friday that popular actress, Mercy Aigbe, was beaten silly by her husband, Lanre Gentry and she, in response, returned to allegedly break down his gate and carted away all her belongings, social media has been wild with […]

Pictures: Bread hawker turned model, Olajumoke jets out of Nigeria for the first time

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, May 1st, 2017

Photos of bread-seller-turned-model, Olajumoke Orisaguna in South Africa has emerged online. It is the first time the model would travel out of the country. Olajumoke became popular last year after she photobombed the photo shoot of rapper Tiny Tempah by TY Bello. Hers has since then been a typical modern day Cinderella story. It is […]

VIDEO: How Joshua defeated Klitschko in UK’s most watched boxing fight in 78 years

Posted by admin Headlines, Sports Monday, May 1st, 2017

TOPHADL Anthony Joshua defeated Wladimir Klitschko in a thrilling heavyweight contest on Saturday, April 29, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS. British-Nigerian Anthony Joshua delivered one of the great nights in British boxing history when hestopped Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko in the 11th round of world heavyweight fight. The champion, Joshua, after this historical defeat was crowned IBF, […]

Ahmed Musa slams critics

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, April 29th, 2017

Nigerian international and Leicester City Striker, Ahmed Musa, has slammed his critics, saying they should first make sure their “hands are clean before pointing accusing fingers” at him. He did not state what the accusation was. However, the 24-year-old has been in the media for the wrong reason in recent times, getting arrested and […]

China bans Islamic names

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, April 29th, 2017

Chinese President Xi Jinping uthorities in western China are prohibiting parents from naming their children Islamic names in the latest effort to dilute the influence of religion on life in the ethnic Uighur minority heartland. “Muhammad,” ”Jihad” and “Islam” are among at least 29 names now banned in the heavily Muslim region, according to a […]

Enyeama, Mikel out

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, April 29th, 2017

Former Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama will miss the last four games of the season with a knee injury, his Lille coach Franck Passi said on Thursday, AFP reports. Enyeama, who represented Nigeria at the 2002, 2010 and 2014 World Cups, is his country’s most capped player with more than 100 appearances for the Super […]

USA set to deport 7,000 Ghanaians

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines Saturday, April 29th, 2017

The United States ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson said about 7,000 Ghanaian immigrants in the country face deportation for visa-related offences including staying illegally, over staying their permits. Jackson disclosed this during a meeting with Ghanaian media men, africanews.com reported. “In fact about 7000 of them are currently at different stages of the deportation process. […]

Triple suicide blasts hit Maiduguri

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Wednesday, April 26th, 2017

Three suicide bombings rocked the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Wednesday, killing one civilian militia member and injuring several others, security personnel told AFP. The bombings came two days after multiple suicide attacks near the strategic city that killed four members of the civilian joint taskforce (JTF) and injured two others. “There have been […]