The father of world champion and record holder Tobi Amusan, has urged Nigerians to ignore comments made by American track legend Michael Johnson after his daughter’s heroics at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon. Earlier this week, Amusan won her semifinal heat when she crossed the finish line at a time of 12.12 seconds, smashing the previous best of 12.20sec set by American Kendra Harrison in 2016. But Michael Johnson, who won four Olympic gold …
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has revealed he will break his silence on the recent happenings in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that led to the emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the party and his subsequent snub of Wike to appoint Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as vice presidential candidate. Taking to his Twitter handle, Wike wrote; I will speak soon and Nigerians will know the truth of all that has transpired …
Nigerians have been placed on a monkeypox red alert by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. This came after Director-General of NCDC. Ifedayo Adetifa disclosed that the health agency has observed an uptick in monkeypox cases in the country. Adetifa who during a virtual media dialogue on monkeypox on Tuesday June 28, warned that if the current trajectory continues, Nigeria might match or exceed the peak number of cases seen in 2017 when monkeypox re-emerged. He also disclosed that since January 1, …
The University of Lagos (Unilag) has responded to Rema after he complained that the ASUU strike was keeping him from resuming since he got admission to study at the school. The singer had tweeted earlier: “ASUU, since dem give me admission I neva start school o, e don do nau!” Bowen University then saw it as a chance to advertise their institution so they tweeted at Rema, writing: “ASUU can’t delay you if you’re enrolled in Bowen University.” …
Ukraine’s president, Volodimir Zelenskyy on Sunday night, April 3, made a surprise appearance at the Grammys in Las Vegas, to urge the millions of viewers watching to support his country in any way they can during the Russian invasion. Speaking via videolink, the president who has gotten global acclaim over the way he has led the nation during war, introduced John Legend, who sang a song alongside Ukrainian artistes Siuzanna Iglidan and Mika Newton for the war-ravaged country. Volodymyr Zelensky, in a pre-recorded message, …
Kim Kardashian has hit back at Kanye West following his latest post. The rapper had shared a photo of the pins he saw on his daughter North West’s back pack. In the caption, he gave the impression that he is rarely given access to his children. He wrote: “This was on my daughter’s back pack when I was ‘allowed’ to see her last week.” Kim responded, telling Kanye that he was at the house just this …