Team Nigeria has secured yet another gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The quartet of Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, Rose Chukwuma and Grace Nwokocha emerged as winners of the 4x100m Women’s relay race today August 7 The quartet set a new African Record of 42.10s to win what was Nigeria’s 11th gold medal in Birmingham and a historic Commonwealth Games medal. Watch a video of the race below.
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Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed the dates the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) would be available for collection by Nigerians. According to the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, PVCs for persons captured in the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) in the country would be ready between October and November. Festus Okoye, disclosed this while monitoring the concluding segment of the ongoing CVR in Awka, Anambra on …
Nigeria and Benin Republic are likely co-host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick, has said. Guinea has been awarded the hosting rights for 2025 but Africa’s football ruling body, CAF may likely strip Guinea of the hosting right of the biennial African football showpiece. According to Pinnick, CAF is on course to withdraw the hosting right from the West African country and Nigeria is working on a bid with Benin Republic. “We …
A Ukrainian lady who recently visited Nigeria has shared a video detailing some of the things she disliked during her visit. In a post shared on tiktok, the lady mentioned ”Skinny cows’. According to her, cows are not well fed in Nigeria. She also said she spotted a lizard in her hotel room. She added that there’s ”too much noise” in the country and that people are not well organized. She also stated that one of the things she …
The Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, has sent a stern warning to initiators of fake death news, incessant cyber attackers and those who threatened star actors on social media platforms. The President of the AGN, Emeka Rollas, who gave the warning in a statement signed by his SSA on Media and Publicity, Kemi Adekomi, said the Guild is working with relevant law enforcement agents to track down and arrest the culprits. He described such action as callous and warned that the …
BBNaija star, Boma Akpore, has said that 98% of married men in Nigeria have girlfriends. Boma shared this opinion during the BBNaija ”Shine Ya Eye” reunion show that aired last night June 16. In his words ”95% of married men in Nigeria have girlfriends, probably 98. I would say things that people are afraid to say. 98% of married men in Nigeria have girlfriends. Who is footing all these girls bills? Almost every married man has a …