Anthony Joshua has regained the titles as the heavyweight champion of the world, lost to Mexican Andy Ruiz Jnr in June. Joshua outclassed the Mexican-American to score a unanimous points victory to regain his IBF, WBA and WBO titles in…
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DSS RELEASES SOWORE ON BAIL
Mr Omoyele Sowore has been released by the DSS after 124 days in detention. (SaharaReporters) The Department of the State Security Service (DSS) has released Omoyele Sowore, the convener of #revolutionnow. Sowore was arrested on Saturday, August 3, 2019, by…
Read MoreEFCC ARRESTS MALLAM FOR DEFRAUDING MAN WHO WANTS QURAN TRANSFERRED TO HIS HEAD THROUGH SPIRITS
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested one Mallam Abdulrashid Imam for defrauding a man, Mohammed Dewu, to the tune of over $3 million. According to the Commission, Imam was arrested following a petition by Dewu,…
Read More100 FAKE PROFESSORS UNCOVERED IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC. No fewer than 100 fake professors have been uncovered in Nigerian universities by the National Universities Commission, NUC. Prof Abubakar Rasheed, the commission’s Executive Secretary, disclosed this in the NUC’s November…
Read MoreBURNA BOY DOMINATES APPLE MUSIC STREAMING IN AFRICA
Burna Boy’s song ‘On The Low’ tops Apple Music Sub-Sahara Africa top 10 streamed songs of 2019. Indeed, the African Giant claims five of the top 10 positions, leaving other artists like JoeBoy, Davido, Rema, Beyonce‘ and Kizz Daniel to share the other positions…
Read MoreI WON’T CELEBRATE WHEN I DEFEAT RUIZ –ANTHONY JOSHUA
Joshua, according to the AFP, aims to win back the IBF, WBA and WBO titles that he lost to Ruiz in a shock defeat in June inside New York’s Madison Square Garden. Nigerian-born British heavyweight boxer, Anthony Joshua, on Wednesday…
Read MorePOLICE KILL NOTORIOUS ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT IN ABIA
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ene Okon, who made this known to newsmen in Umuahia, said that he was shot dead after a gun battle with his men following a tip off. He said that Nwokocha, who…
Read MoreBISHOP OYEDEPO CONDEMNS HATE SPEECH BILL, TELLS NIGERIANS TO BE CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT
Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), has called on Nigerians to reject the Hate Speech Bill in its entirety. He made his position known at the church’s annual event tagged Shiloh 2019 and monitored by SaharaReporters…
Read MoreJOSHUA UNDER PRESSURE AHEAD OF REMATCH –RUIZ
Heavyweight champion, Andy Ruiz Jr, on Monday said that all the pressure will be on Anthony Joshua when they meet in the rematch of their fight in Saudi Arabia on December 7.Ruiz, who was born in the United States but…
Read MoreACCIDENT VICTIMS DYING AT CLINIC DOORS FOR LACK OF POLICE REPORTS BY SAIDAT AKANBI
Few months ago in Lagos, a young lady, Ruth, was run into by a speeding car. She was rushed to the nearest hospital with hopes that she would be saved. That hospital turned her down, not because she was dead…
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