Mexican Heavyweight champion, Andy Ruiz has stated that he will only agree to a rematch with Anthony Joshua in his home soil, the United Kingdom if he is paid $50 Million (£40million). Joshua activated his rematch clause with the new champion just a few days after suffering a humiliating defeat in The United States. While…
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A German serial killer nurse was jailed for life on Thursday for the murder of 85 patients in his care. Niels Hoegel, a 42-year-old former male nurse who is considered Germany’s deadliest post-war serial killer, was sentenced to life in prison at a court in the northwest city of Oldenburg. According to the AFP news…
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Brazilian talisman forward, Neymar has been ruled out of the Copa America after he suffered an ankle injury in Brazil’s friendly meeting with Qatar. The skillful forward will unfortunately miss Brazil’s Copa America campaign due to a ligament rupture in his right ankle in a huge blow for the host nation. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) confirmed the news…
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American Tennis star, Serena Williams has become the first athlete to make it to Forbes annual list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women. Forbes on Tuesday listed Serena Williams amongst ten other American women with high estimated net worth. Although she is known as a 23-time Grand Slam champion; Williams is also a venture capitalist. In…
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Nigeria’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Tijani Muhammad-Bande, has emerged President of the 74th United Nations (UN) General Assembly. Set for inauguration in September, he is the second Nigerian to hold the office after Joseph Garba, a retired military officer and diplomat, who led between 1989 and 1990. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, the President…
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Yes, it’s a fact that the men played in the UEFA Champions League final in Madrid in June but did you know that a Nigerian woman played and scored at the UEFA Women’s Champions League final? Well, Asisat Oshoala has joined football greats like Finidi George, Kanu Nwankwo, Taribo West and Mikel Obi in this…
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Believed to be the tiniest on record to survive premature birth, A baby born weighing just 245g (8.6oz), has been discharged from hospital in the US. Baby Saybie weighed the same as a large apple when she was born at 23 weeks and three days in December 2018, beating all odds against her to survive.…
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The football world and the world at large is currently mourning the loss of an iconic figure in the round leather game, Lennart Johansson after he passed away following a brief illness. Johansson who was president of European football body UEFA from 1990 to 2007, died at the age of 89, the Swedish football federation…
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Its another score for Nigeria and most importantly the head of BBC West Africa, Toyosi Ogunseye after she was elected as the Vice-President of the World Editors Forum, (WEF), the leading network for print and digital editors of newspapers and news organisations around the world. At the annual meeting of WEF in Scotland on Saturday,…
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For those who are conversant with the Eastern part of Nigeria, We are sure you would know they have lots of sumptuous soups. One of those is the popular White Soup, locally known as Ofe Nsala. In many Igbo restaurants, White Soup is typically the most sought-after soup, and it is usually more expensive than…
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