Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir won the Olympic women’s marathon in Sapporo on Saturday, outduelling compatriot Brigid Kosgei in the final minutes and claiming her country’s second consecutive gold medal in the event. Kosgei took silver and Molly Seidel of the United States, competing in just her third marathon after moving up from shorter distances, claimed bronze….
Flames swept through a residential town outside Athens overnight as wildfires burned across Greece for a fifth day on Saturday, and hundreds of people were evacuated by ferry from the island of Evia east of the capital. The fire on Mount Parnitha on the outskirts of Athens has forced the evacuation of thousands of people…
Australia has reported a record daily number of new coronavirus cases for the year on Saturday with the highly infectious Delta variant continuing to spread through the country’s most populous states of New South Wales (NSW), Victoria and Queensland. With about 15 million people in the three states, or 60 percent of Australia’s population, under…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says many countries in West African have shown interest in studying and adopting its innovative tool on election monitoring and support system for their use. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Friday at the opening of a two- day retreat on ”the Optimisation of the Election Monitoring…
President Adama Barrow of Gambia has commended Nigeria’s commitment to the war against illicit drug trafficking and abuse, calling for more collaboration among anti-drug law enforcement agencies. Barrow gave the commendation when he received the Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, at the State House, Banjul. According to a statement…
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II has welcomed a set of quadruplets from his fifth wife, Queen (Oloi) Aisosa Ewuare II into the Benin Royal Family. Oba Ewuare made the announcement at his palace on Friday in Benin amidst jubilation from guests. the Oba had in May 2020, welcomed his first infant prince after…
Access Bank Plc has equipped 74,000 Access Closa agents to provide financial services to customers across the country, to drive financial inclusion. Mr Robert Giles, Senior Banking Advisor, Retail, Access Bank, made this known in a statement on Friday in Lagos. He said the agents were empowered with POS, to deliver superior value to its…
The Kano State Government has declared Aug. 9, 2021, as work-free day to mark the Hijrah 1443 Islamic New Year The government announced this in a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Muhammed Garba, on Friday in Kano. It said that Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje has urged all residents to utilise the day…
promoted Salernitana are the latest club to be interested in signing ‘Simy’ Nwankwo.According to Italian transfer specialist Alfredo Pedulla, Salernitana want to improve their firepower in a bid to stay up Serie A in the new season. Nwankwo, who netted 20 goals for relegated Crotone last season, is therefore ine of their prime targets.Should a…
