Author: Festus Adeloye

Uruguay beat Brazil on penalties (4-2) to reach the semi-finals of Copa America after an ugly game ended goalless on Saturday. Uruguay, who finished the game with ten men after Nahitan Nandez was sent off in the 74th minute, will face Colombia in Charlotte, North Carolina, in their semi-final on Wednesday. Colombia, now unbeaten in 27 games, beat Panama 5-0 in Saturday’s other quarter-final earlier in Arizona. The other semi-final, in New Jersey on Tuesday, will see world champions Argentina face surprise package Canada. For five-times world champions Brazil it was a disappointing early end to a tournament in which…

World number one Iga Swiatek was dumped out of Wimbledon by Yulia Putintseva on Saturday as Novak Djokovic set his sights on making the fourth round for the 16th time. On a dramatic, if cold and wet day at the All England Club, Andy Murray’s Wimbledon career ended with a whimper when Emma Raducanu pulled the plug on their mixed doubles plans. Top seed Swiatek, who won a fourth French Open and fifth Grand Slam title last month, was stunned 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the third round by Putintseva, the Russian-born Kazakh. The upset ended Swiatek’s 21-match win streak while…

Nollywood star Chinedu Ikedieze, fondly known as Aki, and his wife Nneoma Nwaijah have announced the arrival of their baby boy. Aki shared the news on his Instagram account on Saturday, with the caption, “My wonderful people, please rejoice with us my wife and I have welcomed a bouncing baby boy. To God Be The Glory” The couple, who tied the knot in 2011, welcomed their first child in January 2017.

Nigerians have been thrown into nationwide power outage, following the collapse of the national grid. This system collapse, which occured at about 3:9pm on Saturday afternoon (July 6) is coming barely three months after similar incident occured, making it the fourth time the entire nation has been thrown into blackout in just 2024 alone. Announcing this to newsmen on Saturday, the Head, Corporate of Communications at Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, Emeka Ezeh said the bulk electricity supply from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) National Control Centre has consequently been disrupted. According to him, the situation is the reason for…

The reinstated Rivers Speaker Martins Amaewhule has applauded the Court of Appeal judgement that nullified his expulsion and 24 other members of the House. Amaewhule, who spoke at the weekend, said the judgement was a demonstration that the country is governed by law and commended the court for defending democracy. He thanked the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike for supporting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and maintaining the peace in Rivers.He said: “Let me sincerely on behalf of the 10th Rivers State House of Assembly thank the Court of Appeal for standing by our democracy. Nigeria is…

Herdsmen have injured persons including, operatives of the Ondo State Security Network in Akure North local government area. The attack took place while Amotekun personnel were trying to enforce the anti-open grazing law in at Igoba, along Ado Road. They were moving away cows grazing on a farm when armed Fulani herdsmen attacked the officers with stones, bottles, cutlasses, and guns. Spokesman for the Ondo Amotekun Corps, Jimoh Adeniken, in a statement said the corps surveillance team was led to the farms by the owners where they met over one hundred and twenty cows ravaging the farms but no herder…

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Friday, charged Nigerian entrepreneurs not to give up despite current economic hardship. He gave this advice while commissioning Dangote Refinery Booking Office at Odo-Ona along Apata in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Adeleke, who confirmed that there was economic hardship in the country, urged them to continue to strive, saying he had once passed through such challenges. He said, “I was here three months ago, and this place was not properly arranged, especially the ground. I then asked my Aide-De-Camp when we got here today (Friday) that, is it still the same place we…

United States President Joe Biden has said there is nothing that would make him consider quitting the presidential race. After a shaky performance at the presidential debate with former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump, on June 27, there have been calls for Biden to step aside. Some US voters, political analysts and stakeholders have also expressed concerns over the president’s health and mental alertness after the debate. Speaking in an interview with ABC News on Friday, Biden said only the “Lord Almighty” would convince him to drop his re-election bid. He said, “I mean if the Lord Almighty came…

The Police Command in Rivers cautioned the public regarding potential cult-related activities across the country on June 7. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the spokesperson of the command, disclosed in a statement in Port Harcourt on Saturday that a large number of Black Axe cultists were preparing to mark their Founder’s Day. According to her, intelligence reports indicate that the confraternity intends to initiate innocent victims into their group and potentially engage in clashes with rival cults on the same day. “We have received information about the Neo-Black Movement (NBM), also known as Aiye or Black Axe, which plans to hold a…

The Anambra State Local Government Service Commission said it has discovered over 427 ghost workers earning salaries from the state government without being staff members. The Chairman of the Commission, Vin Ezeaka, disclosed this to journalists in Awka, the Anambra state capital, on Friday. Ezeaka said the commission also discovered that six senior employees at the various local government areas forged their certificates, claiming they were issued by the Imo State University. He said 59 among the ghost workers were employees of the commission who died a long time ago, 40 had retired but were still on the state payroll,…