Stella Maris, wife of the late comic actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu was visibly overwhelmed with emotion, on Monday, when she attended a joint night of tribute in honour of her late husband alongside two other legendary actors, Amaechi Muonagor and Zulu Adigwe. The actors died between March and April this year….
The Lagos State Government has attributed the recent cholera outbreak in the state to an unregistered tiger nut drink. The cholera outbreak has impacted multiple local government areas in Lagos, including Lagos Island, Eti-Osa, and Kosofe, with hospitals reporting the highest number of cases. As of June 21, Lagos had recorded 24 deaths and 35…
Three people were killed in Kharkiv, officials said on Saturday. Ukrainian energy facilities have come under a massive attack from Russia, in the latest onslaught targeting the country’s power grid, officials say. It is the eighth time Russia has launched an attack on energy infrastructure facilities in the past three months, Ukraine’s energy ministry said….
Tobi Amusan failed to defend her women’s 100m hurdles title at the 2024 African Athletics Championship due to illness. The reigning world record holder was aiming to win her third straight gold medal in the event. Amusan came tops in the women’s 100m hurdles in 2018 in Asaba and two years ago in Mauritius. Had…
●Italian will meet Hurkacz in title match After notching three consecutive three-set wins to begin his Terra Wortmann Open campaign, Jannik Sinner finished the job in straight sets on Saturday. Still, he was made to work for his 6-4, 7-6(3) semi-final victory against Zhang Zhizhen. The result saw Sinner through to his first grass final,…
The convener of Adire Street Cultural Carnival who is also the marketing director for a fiber rich food, MAF Canada Quick Oats Meal, Princess Oluwabukola Fasuyi has urged Nigerians to see the fiber rich organic food as a complete food supplement that would help them to live a healthy life. The Lady of Africa as…
In two months, Nigerians will begin utilising the services of the proposed three-in-one identity card, the National Identity Management Commission has confirmed. It said the single multipurpose card combining multiple functions of identity, financial and social services will be made available to citizens across the country by August this year. A high-ranking member of the…
Arantes was 17 when she gave birth to her first child on October 23, 1940, a baby who would grow up to be the man widely considered the greatest footballer of all time. “Rest in peace, grandma,” Pele’s eldest son Edinho wrote on Instagram, a message illustrated with a photo of him hugging his grandmother….
The Chairman of the branch, Ahmed Ibrahim Karage, who disclosed this while briefing journalists in Damaturu, said the public universities are facing gross underfunding, epileptic or non-payment of earned academic allowances as well as non-payment of allowances among other welfare issues. “The situation of public universities in the country is disturbing. There has been an…
