Double Olympics 800-metre champion Caster Semenya called herself “supernatural” this weekend after saying she hoped to compete in the 200m at the 2020 Tokyo Games. The 29-year-old South African cannot defend her 800m title as she refuses to abide by World Athletics testosterone-reducing regulations covering races between 400m and the mile. “I call myself supernatural,” […]

In a major disappointment, the California State Athletic Commission has cancelled ALL combat cards through March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This impacts Golden Boy Promotions’ card on March 28 headlined by welterweight contender Virgil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The fight card was supposed to have been streamed […]

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has said that its customers in parts of the state will experience power outage at the weekend. EEDC’s Head of Communications, Mr Emeka Ezeh made this known in a statement on Saturday. Ezeh said that the scheduled outage would occur on Saturday, March 14, from 9a.m. to 5p.m.. He […]

Mr Joseph Odey, 26, an indigene of Yala Local Government Area of Cross River, on Wednesday protested the non-payment of  his late father’s gratuity put at N13 million, threatening to commit suicide if the  government delays further. Odey, who spoke to journalists during his protest to the governor’s office in Calabar, said his deceased father, […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kano State Zone, has called on the Federal Government to declare a five-year state of emergency in the education sector. The union suggested the allocation of 26 per cent of federal and state governments’ budget to education as one of the ways to resuscitate the sector. The ASUU […]