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Nigerian sprinter, Blessing Okagbare, has become Africa’s most attended athlete in Diamond League. Okagbare who has overtaken Usain Bolt received Guinness World Record certificate. She had participated in 67 Diamond League events from July 3, 2010, to August 31, 2018 while Bolt held the record in 2015. Sharing a photo of her certificate to Instagram, Blessing wrote: “A dream made reality through God’s grace and determination.” Born in 1988 in Sapele in Delta State, Blessing is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specialises in long jumping and short sprints. She is an Olympic and World Championships medalist in the…

Nigerian singer and performer and his former manager are trolling in the social media over irreconcilable differences. Oritsefemi Majemite Ekele popularly known by his first name Oritse Femi, a Nigerian singer-songwriter and performer had fired his former manager, Lady Kara, of sleeping with her friend’s husband in the United Kingdom. He called her names then went as far as demeaning her by making an inappropriate statement about her lady’s parts. Oritsefemi’s former manager, Kara has fired back at him after he accused her of sleeping with her friend’s husband. Kara had expressed her support for Oritsefemi’s wife, Nabila Fash after she accused…

The 70-year-old man, who raped a five-year-old girl, has been arrested by the Benue State Police Command. Nicholas Akeh was arrested and taken to the Police Headquarters in Makurdi on Tuesday, February 9. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Catherine Anene, who confirmed the incident to Daily Trust, said the “suspect is in police custody and investigation is in progress.” Akeh is said to be a neighbour and close family relative of the victim’s parent and has been living with HIV positive for the past 20 years. According to activist, Ukan Kurugh, the man lured the girl to his house, gave…

The US Senate will, Wednesday, begin hearing evidence in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. This was after the Senators had wrapped up initial arguments Tuesday afternoon and is set to after rebuffing arguments by the former president’s lawyers that the entire proceeding was unconstitutional and lacked due process. Trump’s lawyers – David Schoen and Bruce Castor – contended Tuesday there is no legal justification to hold a trial for a president who is no longer in office. But senators sided with House managers prosecuting the case – as well as a wide swath of legal experts – that the Senate is bound…

Nigeria recorded 1,056 new confirmed cases and 21 deaths death, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported on Tuesday. Of the number from 21 states including Federal Capital Territory, Lagos State is leading with 214, followed by Osun (120), FCT (116), Plateau (88), Ebonyi (75), Kwara (73), Gombe (70), and Ondo (57). Others are Rivers (47), Akwa Ibom (38), Edo (25), Oyo (23), Kano (22), Delta (19) Katsina (18), Borno (16), Nasarawa (13), Ekiti (8), Ogun (8), Bauchi (4), Benue(1) and Jigawa (1). NCDC tweeted on Tuesday, February 9, ”Till date, 141447 cases have been confirmed, 115755 cases have been discharged…

Former Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has explained that his meeting with leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was in national interest. Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) met separately, then together, with Governors Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and Malam Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State who is the chairman of the caretaker committee of the APC on registration and revalidation of party members at a Guest House in Wuse, Abuja. He also met Senator Smart Adeyemi, the APC Senator representing Kogi East in the Upper Chambers in his palatial home in Abuja. Many…

For the fourth time, the Nigerian Government again, postpones 20th National Sports Festival till April 2021 after the emergency meeting of the National Council on Sports. This was sequel to the emergency meeting of the National Council on Sports convened by the Minister for Youth and Sports Development, the Federal Government has postponed the Nigeria’s 20th National Sports Festival for the fourth time since its original date of March 21 to April 2020. It was gathered that the event, originally scheduled to begin February 14, was again postponed to a yet-to-be-confirmed date in April 2021. The latest decision to shift…

The House of Representatives resumed plenary on Tuesday, adjourned to Wednesday, February 10, in honour of their late colleague, Hon. Ossy Prestige, who died on Sunday, February 7, 2021. Before his demise, Prestige represented Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency of Abia State in the Green Chamber. The Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, who announced the lawmaker’s demise on the floor of the House, expressed sadness and regrets. He said Prestige has been sick since the summer of 2020 and was flown to London for treatment. He described the late lawmaker as a friend and active member of the previous assembly and…

The Presidency has admitted to lobbying National Assembly members to get approval for its critical requests. Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) Senator Babajide Omoworare told newsmen on Monday February 8 that he is not aware of anyone reaching out to senators to confirm former service chiefs: Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, General Abayomi Olonishakin (rtd), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (rtd), and Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Usman (rtd) as ambassadors. According to him, it is in order for the presidency to lobby members of the legislature. Omoworare said “I will start…

Tesla, Elon Musk’s car production firm, has  bought about $1.5 billion (£1.1billion) of cryptocurrency Bitcoin, causing the price of Bitcoin to jump 17 per cent to $44,220, a record high. The company also announced that the company will start accepting bitcoin as payment for it’s products in the nearby future as the company was trying to maximise returns on cash that is not being used in day-to-day running of the company. The move by billionaire Musk, comes days after Musk added “#bitcoin” to his Twitter profile page,  another move that drove up the price. Musk regularly talks up Bitcoin and…