Author: TheScrutinyNG

The French capital will pay tribute to Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who was set on fire by her boyfriend, by naming a sports facility in her honour, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced on Friday. The marathon runner, who competed in the Paris Games last month died on Thursday, four days after she was doused in petrol and ignited by her boyfriend in Kenya, in the latest attack on a female athlete in the country. The 33-year-old, who finished 44th in her Olympic Games debut, suffered burns to more than 75% of her body in Sunday’s attack, Kenyan and Ugandan media…

…Promises Eventful Experience The Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau, LASRAB, has charged members of the public to embrace virtual participation in the one-day stakeholders symposium slated for Thursday. Tagged “Lagos: Bridging Knowledge and Unraveling History” and will hold at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Sheraton, Ikeja, at 9am. According to the Director General of LASRAB, Ms Toyin Ogunlana, noted that virtual participants would experience wholesome dividends of the program. Like physical attendees, she said online participants will benefit from the resource of researchers, historians, community leaders, stakeholders, students, and the public as they dissect some of the historical background, colonial…

Former Brentford player and son of the legendary David Beckham, Romeo, has retired from professional football at the age of 22. He has decided to end his football career and pursue a career in fashion, having already signed a contract with a modeling agency.

President Bola Tinubu has assured that he would take every bold and hard decisions to reposition Nigeria. The president spoke in Beijing, China on Friday, noting that he was was ready to take the hard decisions to move the nation forward even as also said that it was not always easy for a leader to have a national consensus on issues. The President stated this when he met with Nigerians living in the People’s Republic of China to round off his official engagements in the country, describing his visit as “very good and successful.” Addressing members of Nigerians in Diaspora…

In a move to demonstrate strong intent on fighting corruption, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, returned 53 stolen vehicles and cash amounting to over $180,000, taking by some Nigerians citizens fraudulently, to Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Ola Olukoyede, the executive chairman of the anti-graft agency, while speaking at the handover ceremony, stated that the Canadians were victims of cybercrimes. He stressed that recovering and returning the assets reinforced the commission’s commitment to fighting financial crimes. The EFCC Chairman said the event also emphasised the need for countries to collaborate to tackle financial and other forms of…

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has challenged the Federal Government to allow Nigerians to breath in the face of the harsh economic realities as a result of increase in the price of premium motor spirit (Fuel). President General of the forum, Yerima Shettima, while speaking on the pump price increase and the attendant hardship being experienced by Nigerians, said it was now becoming clearer that the present government may have lost touch with the reality on ground. He said for the same government that appealed to Nigerians not to embark on protest with the promise to make life better,…

By Augustine AkhilomenThe Federal Ministry of Education has distanced himself from reports circulating in the media that he had placed a ban on students who are not up to 18 years old from writing the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, and the National Examinations Council, NECO, exams.Recall that Education Minister Tahir Mamman had on August 25th said the Federal Government instructed the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the National Examinations Council, NECO, not to allow underage children to write their examinations.However,the Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, made the clarification in Abuja on Friday while…

Nigeria’s Onyinyechi Mark has shattered the Paralympic record in the women’s 61kg powerlifting category, lifting an astounding 145kg.This remarkable feat surpasses the previous record held by compatriot Lucy Ejike.Mark’s performance has all but secured Nigeria’s first gold medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, with one lift remaining. Her closest competitor is attempting 138kg on her final lift, while Mark aims to further extend her record with a final attempt of 147kg.Team Nigeria has a storied history in the Paralympics, consistently excelling in powerlifting and athletics. At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Nigeria secured ten medals, including four golds. The team…

 Frank Spittler, the coach of Amavubi of Rwanda, has expressed optimism that they would get a result against the Super Eagles in Kigali because they would bank on their home advantage. The Rwandan team on Wednesday held Libya to a 1-1 draw in Tripoli. The German coach admitted that the game against Nigeria won’t be easy but they are ready. “We know our next game against Nigeria won’t be easy but we hope to make the best out of our home advantage. “Now every point counts and this draw with Libya brings us more confidence”, he said Rwanda will host…

Mathew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has asked the All Progressives Congress APC-led Federal Government to urgently halt the current hardship in the country by immediately addressing the high pump price of petrol. Speaking on Friday in Abuja at the unveiling of The Progressive Institute TPI, the intellectual arm of the APC, charged the Federal Government to do something urgently to address the hardship in the country. “A girl was asked, which party are you? APC, LP or PDP? She said ‘I am hungry’, so we Nigerians are hungry. “You have to find a way of reducing…