Comfortably history’s best leg-spinner, arguably history’s best bowler and surpassed only by Sir Donald Bradman as Australia’s greatest cricketer, Shane Keith Warne has died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52. Warne was an unlikely candidate for a sporting hero or national icon when he began his professional life as a shy and chubby boy from Melbourne’s outer suburbs. That unassuming character, though, started a revolution, turning a dour Australian cricket scene into box-office entertainment in the …
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Kegs of petrol were shared to guests at a party amid the fuel scarcity in Nigeria. Photos and videos shared online show kegs containing petrol lined up for guests at the Erelu Okin Foundation Installation party which held today, March 4, 2022. Fuji artist, Malaika, was present at the party and expressed his surprise at the unconventional souvenir. A guest at the party told social media users that the content of the keg is not …
Legendary Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne, one of the greatest cricketers of all time, has died of a suspected heart attack aged 52. Warne took 708 Test wickets, the second most of all time, in 145 matches across a stellar 15-year international career. He had been found unresponsive in his villa on the Thai island of Koh Samui on Friday, said his management company. “It is with great sadness we advise that Shane Keith Warne passed away of a suspected heart …
The UK has announced sanctions on two more Russian oligarchs, Alisher Usmanov and Igor Shuvalov following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Usmanov, an Uzbekistan-born metals and telecoms tycoon who Britain said was worth $18.4 billion – is best known in Britain for his investment in and former sponsorship of Premier League soccer clubs Arsenal and Everton. Shuvalov is a former aide to Putin who now chairs Russian bank VEB, itself under Western sanctions. As deputy prime minister he led Russia’s …
Four policemen seen in a viral video assaulting two residents at PZ area of Sapele Road, Benin City, Edo State, are currently being detained. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bello Kontongs said the officers involved in the assault, an inspector and three others, have been arrested. The statement read; “The team, made up of an inspector and three others who were involved in the unprofessional conduct and incivility against two young men as seen in the viral video, …
A 21-year-old internet fraudster, Adeogun Timileyin Feranmi has been convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment for offences bordering on internet related scam and impersonation. Adeogun, who hails from Abule-Egba, Abeokuta in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State, was arraigned by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC, on one count charge before Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. Feranmi was among the thirty internet fraud suspects arrested during a sting …