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Princes William and Harry will walk behind their grandfather’s coffin at a funeral that holds Saturday, April 17 to be attended by 30 members of the Royal Family. The brothers are expected to stand shoulder to shoulder to form part of the royal procession at the service for the Duke of Edinburgh in Windsor. It will be the first time the pair will be seen together since Meghan and Harry’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey – in which he claimed his older brother was ‘trapped’ inside the Monarchy. However, the Duchess of Sussex, who is pregnant with the couple’s second…

Two Nigerians, Saturday, smashed athletics record to become Gold medalists in the finals of the 100m in men and women category at the 20th National Sports Festival at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City of Edo State. Enoch Adegoke clocked 10.28s to win Gold for Team Edo in the final of the men’s 100m. Grace Nwokocha stamped 11.46s in the women’s 100m final, to coast home her first Gold medal for Delta State. Living up to his favourite’s billing, Adegoke dominated the race from the start, and although there was a late surge from his teammate, Alaba Akintola towards the…

Rachael Blackmore made Grand National history by becoming the first female jockey to win the race as she steered Minella Times across the finishing line at Aintree on Saturday. The Irishwoman, who became the first female leading jockey at the Cheltenham Festival last month, timed her finish to perfection as Minella Times surged ahead after the 30th and final fence. Minella Times, priced at 11-1, never looked threatened in the charge to the finish 100-1 shot Balko Des Flos coming second and Any Second Now in third place. The closest a female jockey had previously come to winning the most…

Akwa Ibom State and 12 other states in Nigeria recorded more new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has stated. Of the 84 new cases recorded on Saturday, April 10, Akwa Ibom recorded 16 new cases, bringing the overall number to 1,810 cases and 14 deaths while 1,706 persons have been discharged, according to NCDC While Lagos State topped the NCDC’s log with 26, the remaining 12 states were with figures: Rivers (10), Ebonyi (9), Abia (6), Kano (6), Osun (3), Bauchi (2), Delta (2), Edo (1), Jigawa (1), Kaduna (1), and Ogun (1). ”On the 10th…

Chelsea moved to the fourth position in the English Premiership log after trouncing Crystal Palace 4-1 on Saturday. Christian Pulisic scored twice as Chelsea produced a brilliant performance to move back into the top four with a comfortable win over Crystal Palace. After losing 5-2 to West Brom last weekend, Chelsea sent out a statement to their rivals in the race for Champions League qualification with one of their best displays in months. Kai Havertz put the Blues ahead with a class finish after eight minutes and they never looked back. Pulisic fired home a second from close range two…

Nigeria government has begun the implementation of its plan to deliver a $367 million solar energy roll-out programme to 25 million Nigerians whose communities are not linked to the national power grid. Speaking during an event to mark the programme in Jangefe, Roni Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo restated the determination of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to give more Nigerians access to cheap and environmentally friendly renewable power. Osinbajo said the Solar Power Naija programme would continue across the six geopolitical zones in six states, namely, Edo, Lagos, Adamawa, Anambra, Kebbi and Plateau, in…

Manchester City suffered a fourth Premier League defeat of the season as a 10-man Leeds United shocked the runaway leaders, thanks to Stuart Dallas’ double in a 2-1 win at the Etihad on Saturday. Dallas opened the scoring three minutes before half-time, but hope of a famous win for Marcelo Bielsa’s men seemed to have disappeared when captain Liam Cooper was shown a straight red card in first-half stoppage time. The visitors withstood a City bombardment until Ferran Torres equalised 14 minutes from time. But Leeds still summoned the energy to pose a threat on the counter-attack and gained their…

The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, Saturday suspended its 10-day-old strike. The National President of the association, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi told Vanguard that the strike was suspended due to their responsibility to Nigerians and the fact that the Federal government has met some of their demands. The strike, according to him, was suspended after series of long hours of meetings with various stakeholders in the health sector. “We have suspended the strike to show our patriotism to Nigerians. The government has met some of our demands and they have assured us that all our demands will be met. We…

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State expressed shock as President Muhammadu Buhari government printed and shared additional N60 billion to 36 states in March this year despite Nigeria’s huge indebtedness. Obaseki who raised the alarm last Wednesday during a meeting with the Transition Committee members at the Government House in Benin City, the Edo State capital said the money the country has borrowed would be in excess of N15 to N16 trillion by the end of 2021. He expressed fear that Nigeria will experience hyperinflation like Argentina, saying the situation is more critical now because of the huge amount borrowed…

Emmanuel Naibei and Meseret Dinke, Saturday, won the 2021 edition of the Lagos City Marathon race coasting home a cash prize of $30,000 each. Naibei, a Kenyan returned a time of 2:11:37 to claim the top prize of $30,000 while Meseret Dinke, Ethiopian won the female category also going home cash prize of $30,000. Daresa Geleta of Ethiopia took second place in the men category while Demiso Legese also from Ethiopia took third place. In the second place, women category Celestine Chepchirchir (Kenya) won, taking a cash reward of $20,000 while Desta Muluneh (Ethiopia) took third place with a cash…