Monthly Archives: August 2019
Nigeria’s 1st Commonwealth medallist dies
Alhaji Karim Ayinla Babalola (KAB) Olowu (OON), who was part of Nigeria's first delegation to the 1950 British Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games)...
Kenya lionesses need win for world cup
Giants South Africa now stand between Kenya Lionesses and the Rugby Women's World Cup set to take place in New Zealand in 2021.
This is...
Kenya departs for African Games
Badminton, Judo, Shooting, Table Tennis and beach volleyball teams will be the first to leave the country Tuesday for the 12th African Games scheduled...
Met Policewoman under investigation for BBNaija
Khafi Kareem, a contestant in the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality show, is currently being investigated by Scotland Yard for appearing on the show...
Buhari stops forex for food imports
FOOD SUFFICIENCY: NO CENT SHOULD GO INTO FOOD IMPORT, PRESIDENT BUHARI DIRECTS CBN
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Daura, Katsina State, disclosed that he has...
Cancer poem on cancer pill
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has had his latest work micro-engraved on to the face of a cancer pill.
The poem, entitled Finishing It, is his...
Inflation shoots over 2% – BoE
Britain’s inflation rate unexpectedly overshot the Bank of England’s 2% target on Wednesday, raising the cost of living even before sterling’s slide has had...
Lawmakers collude to undermine Brexit – PM
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday some British lawmakers hoping to block Brexit were engaged in “terrible” collaboration with the European Union by...
France to probe death in Malaysia
The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened a criminal probe into the death of an Irish-French girl, whose body was found near a jungle stream...
Hong Kong protesters apologise
China said on Wednesday Hong Kong’s protest movement had reached “near terrorism”, as more street clashes followed ugly scenes a day earlier at the...
