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Serbia’s Novak Djokovic battled past Switzerland’s Roger Federer in the longest Wimbledon final in history to match Bjorn Borg by winning his fifth title. This is as Djokovic earned £2.35 million as the prize money at Wimbledon. In one of the most dramatic matches the All England Club has ever witnessed, Djokovic defied a crowd screaming for his opponent by becoming the first player to win a singles match on a deciding tie-break. Djokovic had saved two match points when Federer served for victory at 8-7 in the deciding set and went on to take it 7-6 (5) 1-6 7-6 (4) 4-6…

Lewis Hamilton, Sunday, claimed a thrilling victory at Silverstone to win a record-breaking sixth British Grand Prix. It looked as though teammate Valtteri Bottas would spoil the party for the 141,000 visiting fans, but a timely safety car intervention gifted Hamilton first place. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc claimed an impressive third place after an intense, wheel-to-wheel battle with Max Verstappen throughout the race. Victory moves Hamilton 39 points clear of Bottas at the top of the driver standings after also securing the bonus point for fastest lap. But Sebastian Vettel’s bid to stop Hamilton from winning a sixth world title is…

By Akanimo Sampson The United Nations is currently making speedy efforts to re-energise world leaders and the global community in a bid to get the world back on track and kick-start a decade of delivery for people and planet. To this end, the global body will be hosting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Climate Action Summits as well as other crucial meetings during the high-level week of the 74th Session of the General Assembly in September. The latest UN’s report on the SDGs has warned that the impacts of climate change and increasing inequality across and within countries are…

By Akanimo Sampson Contrary to the official refrain in Nigeria that the rampaging terrorist group, Boko Haram has been technically defeated, the humanitarian crisis in the North-East axis of the country is certainly far from being over, going by the latest updates from aid agencies that are active in the region. According to them, the crisis has continued to uproot the lives of tens of thousands of civilians as hostilities between the security forces and the non-state armed groups enter their 10th year, and even endangering the lives of a large chunk of the population as the rainy season gets…

By Akanimo Sampson In a seeming frantic bid to address the environmental challenges facing communities of origin in West Africa, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) organised a workshop on 3-4 July 3-4 in Rabat, Morocco, that brought together 45 experts, policymakers and academics from North and Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe to discuss opportunities for integrating environmental dimensions into reintegration activities. In West Africa, environmental challenges are widely believed to drive migration from rural areas, where livelihoods are largely dependent on natural resources (agriculture, mining and fishery). Simultaneously, these challenges impact the sustainability of reintegration for returned migrants, limiting their…

Simmons Coopers Partners, which Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has a stake, has been linked to Ocean Trust Limited fingered in an alleged N100 billion scam involving Alpha Beta Consulting Limited and Alpha Beta LP. Ocean Trust Limited, which was accused of being a conduit for diversion and laundering of funds by Alpha Beta, listed Simmons Coopers as its company secretary, documents exclusively obtained from the Corporate Affairs Commission by Saturday PUNCH showed. Simmons Coopers was listed as a company in which Prof Yemi Osinbajo (now Vice-President) had a stake in his asset declaration form in 2015, according to the statement by…

By Akanimo Sampson A seeming nerve-breaking report by Transparency International which shows that the Police, the Legislature and the Judiciary are among the most corrupt institutions in Nigeria has rattled the federal lawmakers, forcing them to rise in self-defence. Chairman of the Senate ad-hoc Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Adedayo Adeyeye, says the report of the global whistle-blowing body was based on perception, claiming that it did not represent the reality on the ground because no scientific investigation was carried out by the body before arriving at its conclusion. According to the Senate spokesman, “The Transparency International report…

Clutching her trophy 20 minutes after becoming Wimbledon’s champion, Simona Halep checked out the board inside Centre Court that lists tournament winners. Below all of the mentions of Serena Williams, her opponent in Saturday’s final, there already was inscribed: “Miss S. Halep.” Halep was not concerned with preventing Williams from winning a 24th Grand Slam title. All Halep cared about was winning her first at the All England Club. And she played pretty much perfectly. On top of her game right from start to finish, Halep overwhelmed Williams 6-2, 6-2 in stunning fashion for her second major championship. The whole…

By Israel Umoh The Governor Udom Emmanuel’s Completion Agenda is on course. Unlike Surpassing Superior Performance Agenda of his first term in the office, seen to be mind-boggling, the second term’s agenda is focusing on completing development projects the administration embarked on in the first term in office. The first term agenda was anchored on a five-point Agenda of: Wealth Creation, Economic and Political Inclusion, Poverty Alleviation, Infrastructural Consolidation and Expansion and Job Creation. Mr. Emmanuel anchored his second term manifesto tagged, “completion agenda 2019-2023” on an eight-point agenda of Industrialisation, Aviation Development, Rural and Riverine Area Development, Agricultural, Human…

By Akanimo Sampson Aiteo Eastern E&P Co has unveiled a continental ambition that will see it serving the needs of communities across Africa, helping the continent to reassert her energy independence and building a high-quality asset base, while increasing market share, revenue and shareholder value. The Niger Delta basin, Nigeria’s main oil and gas region, is a core area for Aiteo, where it is expecting to contribute high-margin production. With tens of billions of barrels of oil reserves remaining untapped, there is enough capacity there alone to support the country’s oil industry for decades to come. On its website Aiteo…