After dispatching the Trinidad & Tobago champion, Ajagba has an uphill task in his next opponent, Ivan Dychko, world’s number two from Kazakhstan. “I am not scared of him. I will beat him,” Ajagba said, after watching the East European knock-out his opponent in the first round also.

Four unaccredited Nigeria U-23 team officials are being expected back to the country today after been sent home from Brazil. According to Allnigeriasoccer.com reports, the officials whose inclusion into the caused some concerns in Sao Paolo left Brazil yesterday. The affected persons that will depart the Nigeria U23s camp include the Media Officer, Timi Ebikagboro, […]

George Aluo and Christian Okpara are Sports Editors of Sun and Guardian Newspapers respectively. They are here covering the Rio Olympics. After an energy-sapping day’s job, George asked Christian to snap a pix of him with a beautiful background of skyscrapers.

The Summer Rio Olympics is getting more interesting and intense as it goes into the home stretch. Many athletes whose events have been completed have already started trooping out of the massive Games Village.

A cleric, Reverend Supo Ayokunle, has asked a Federal High Court in Ibadan to grant his application to extend the time within which he could apply for an order setting aside judgment of the court delivered on March 26, 2013.

The World Health Organization, WHO, has expressed deep sympathy over the detection of new cases of wild polio virus in Nigeria, after more than two years without wild poliovirus. Reacting to the development, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, said: “We are deeply saddened by the news that two Nigerian children have been paralyzed by polio. The Government has made significant strides to stop this paralyzing disease in recent years.

Chelsea showed strength through Diego Costa who scored it winning start with a 2-1 victory over West Ham at Stamford Bridge.

Nigerian troops have thwarted a Boko Haram attack in the country’s volatile northeast, killing 16 insurgents while 12 soldiers were wounded, an army spokesman said Monday.

The Lagos State Police Command yesterday, uncovered eleven buildings in Ilasamaja area of Lagos, with one of them popularly called PDP house which were used for illlegal bunkering activities. The police equally arrested four persons allegedly involved in the bunkering. The buildings located on Ibadan and Abeokuta streets, had underground pipes which pump petroleum products suspected to be diesel into wells. Thereafter, the products are loaded into trucks, drums and jerricans at night.

Olympic hosts Brazil kept alive their slim chances of advancing to the Rio Games basketball medal rounds by eliminating Nigeria on Monday in an 86-69 win.

A Japanese plastic surgeon, Katsuya Takasu has promised each player of the Nigerian U-23 team $30, 000 if they win the gold in the men’s soccer event.

After coming from behind to blow his rival Justin Gatlin in 9.18 seconds in the Rio 2016 100m men final, Usain Bolt told his fans: “Stay tuned, one down, two to go.

The no-love-lost relationship between the U-23 Olympic team camp and the Minister of Sports and Youth Development has reached a boiling point and they have told him in clear terms, they don’t want to see him in their camp.

Curvy Nollywood actress, Moyo Lawal, recently cleared the air on the series of speculations that she might have had a butt implant, taken pills or used booty cream to enhance the size of her bum-bum.

Controversial enter tainer and TV personality, Charles Oputa, aka ‘Charly Boy’, is in the news again. He has resumed his usual rants on what he describes as religious hypocrisy.