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The Nigerian female basketball team, D’Tigress, made history at the Paris Olympics 2024 by qualifying for the last 8, claiming a 79-70 victory over Canada. That feat made them the first ever African team (men or women) to play in the quarter-final of an Olympic game. Nigeria, three-time Women’s Afrobasket Champions faced a tough test in the North Americans ranked 5 in the world. A win for the D’Tigress was non-negotiable as they hoped to put behind them the loss to France. The first quarter saw both sides jostling for ascendancy but there was nothing to separate the sides as it ended…

by Agency Report President Bola Tinubu’s speech has cast a spell of sadness over the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. Consequently, Atiku has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s speech to the #EndBadGovernance protesters on Sunday, saying it failed woefully in addressing the suffering of Nigerians. Soyinka has equally faulted the nationwide address by, saying it failed to address the brutal crackdown of #EndBadGovernance protesters by security agencies. Angry Nigerians had taken to major cities across the country to lament the high cost of living, hardship, hunger, and poverty blamed…

By X Handle Some Nigerians have jabbed President Bola Tinubu for delivering what they see as ‘‘empty’’ speech on issues raised by protesters in the ongoing nationwide #Endbadgovernance campaign. Oseni Rufai, an Arise TV public Affairs analyst,  wrote ‘‘What president Tinubu should have said I am committed to cutting the cost of governance and I will reduce ministers I will push for electoral reforms; I will be honest about subsidy regime; I will reduce crude oil theft; I will cost the running cost in the presidency.” @ruffydfire penned ”I will bring about judicial reforms; I will improve the security situation…

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday addressed Nigerians on the ongoing nationwide protests against hardship. Nigerians, particularly youths, commenced a nationwide protest from August 1 to demand an end to the lingering food crisis and other economic hardship bedeviling them. Addressing the situation, Tinubu in his speech, expressed sadness over the development and called for immediate suspension of the demonstration. Full Speech: “I speak to you today with a heavy heart and a sense of responsibility, aware of the turmoil and violent protests unleashed in some of our states. “Notably among the protesters were young Nigerians who desired a better and…

Nigeria’s Kanyinsola Ajayi has advanced to the semifinals of the men’s 100m event of the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics, winning heat 5 with a time of 10.02s (-0.3). This impressive performance broke Davidson Ezinwa’s record for the fastest opening round time by a Nigerian at the Games (10.03s). Ajayi, 19, outran Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy, who finished second in 10.05s, and Ghana’s Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, who took third place in 10.06s. With his lifetime best of 10.00 seconds, Ajayi is edging closer to the coveted sub-10s mark. Another Nigerian, Favour Ashe, also a student at Auburn University in…

Kamala Harris has garnered enough votes from delegates to pick Democratic Party’s gauntlet for president in the 2024 US Presidential  elections, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, Jaime Harrison, has announced. This is as the Republican presidential candidate, former US President, Donald Trump has daubed Harris a ‘liar,’ disputing the claim that she is a black. “I am so proud to confirm that Vice President Harris has earned more than a majority of votes from all convention delegates and will be the nominee of the Democratic Party following the close of voting on Monday,” Harrison said during a campaign…

By social Media As the nationwide protests to end bad governance entered its third day, the 2023 Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi wants President Bola Tinubu to address the nation to help alleviate the rising tension in the country. Obi, speaking at his residence in Onitsha in Anambra State, emphasised the need for the President to directly engage with the public and address their legitimate concerns. Refuting claims about his location during protest after a video surfaced showing him in Abuja on the first day of protests, the former Anambra governor stated, “I am here in Onitsha. I…

Two students and a school proprietor who hacked MTN Nigeria Communication account were remanded for  stealing airtime and data of the company valued at N1.9 billion. The alleged hackers, Timothy Fashina Oluwabukola and Anthony Imonina Odemerho, were said to be students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) Abeokuta, Ogun State, and the proprietor of Resign Regal Academy in Benin City, Edo State, respectively. The suspects were arraigned before the court by the operatives of the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police, Ikoyi, Lagos. Related posts Hardship Protest: MTN Shuts offices nationwide  Telco rakes in N111.75b as 6.6m Nigerians become MTN…

By X handle After four days of #IgboMustGo campaign trending on the X (formerly Twitter) handle, Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, have come hard on the promoters and organizers of the campaign.  The campaign which trended on Tuesday on X handle indicated that citizens of all South-Eastern states, must vacate Lagos State, or face massive protests slated to hold from August 20-30, 2024. A pro-Lagos X account, @lagospedia has been promoting the hashtag for over 72 hours. Social media users have revealed that one Ifeoluwa Bolaji from Ikorodu is behind the account. Atiku strongly…

Protests against economic hardship turned awry in some Nigerian states on Thursday, the first day of the ‘10 days of rage’ against #EndBadGovernance campaign. Though President Bola Tinubu took over governance more than one year ago, Nigerians are unhappy with his administration over the hurried but unprepared removal of fuel subsidy seen as a scam that has resulted in hyper-inflation of goods and services and attendant hardships. The nationwide protests propagated on social media started on Thursday, August 1, 2024, and would stretch till August 10 across all states of the Federation including the nation’s capital, Abuja. Hundreds of protesters…