AFN appoints Prof Anugweje Head of Medical, Anti- Doping Commission
‘’A few athletes in the American collegiate system were tested, but those tests were deemed not to have complied with WADA sample collection and analysis standards. It must be noted that no Nigerian athlete tested positive to prohibited substances.’’
NIGERIAN ATHLETES BAN: A calamitous disaster for Nigeria ― Ngerem, former AFN boss
By Patrick Omorodion, John Egbokhan The brouhaha triggered by the banning of 10 Nigerian athletes from competing in the athletics events of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics Games continues to thunder on with some of the banned athletes crying out that they have been left shattered by the unsavoury development in Tokyo, Japan. This is even […]
There’ll be sit-at-home every Monday until Kanu is released – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has vowed to cripple Nigerian economy if their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not released.
TOKYO 2020: Swimmer wins two gold medals in quick succession
China’s Zhang Yufei just submitted a strong bid for the most successful single hour of all time. Most Olympic athletes can merely dream of achieving one golden moment at the Games in their lifetime but Zhang did it twice in 63 minutes on Thursday morning. The 23-year-old blew her competition out of the water with […]
Man bags 1-year imprisonment for wandering in Kano
A Kano State Shari’a Court on Friday sentenced a 24-year-old man, Adamu Yusuf, to one-year imprisonment for wandering. The judge, Dr Bello Khalid, sentenced Yusuf after he pleaded guilty and begged for leniency. Khalid, however, gave Yusuf an option to pay a fine of N20,000. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Abdul Wada, informed the court […]
Hushpuppi: It’s deep conspiracy to destroy his career — Fani-Kayode throws weight behind DCP Abba Kyari
A former Aviation Minister and foremost chieftain of the PDP, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has backed the embattled DCP Abba Kyari to come out clean from the allegations of fraud levelled against him by a notorious fraudster, Abbas Ramoni, popularly known as Hushpuppi.
