The world’s first all-electric raceboat series, the E1 World Championship, will make a stop at Lagos’s Victoria Island lagoon from Saturday, October 4 to 5. Comprising nine teams, each with two pilots of mandated mixed gender and owned by global icons like Will Smith (Team Westbrook Racing), Didier Drogba (Team Drogba), LeBron James (Team […]
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After four presidential delays of the enforcement of the TikTok ban in America, the White House and the Chinese-based social network have finally found a compromise that will keep its operations running with no interruption in the country. On Thursday, September 25, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that set in motion the […]
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At the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta, Remo Stars made a statement opening to their CAF Champions League (CAFCL) preliminary round by trouncing US Zilimadjou of Comoros 4-0. Remo, the reigning Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) champions, returned to continental football for the fourth successive season with the aim of getting past the preliminary […]
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The 2025 World Championships, the 20th edition of the biannual global track and field fest, has been underway in Tokyo, Japan, from Saturday, 13 September, and ends on Sunday 21 September. With over 2,000 athletes from 200 countries involved in 49 events in this year’s World Athletics Championships, Nigeria’s delegation comprises 15 athletes who […]
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For the first time since the World Cup tournament began in 1930, as many as 48 countries will be contesting at the expanded 2026 edition. It’s also the first time nine African nations will have a chance to improve on their long-standing medal drought. In all these, the continent’s most populous country, Nigeria, won’t be […]
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria had their wings clipped following a 1-1 draw against South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in their 2026 World Cup qualifiers at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Tuesday, September 9. With six points ahead of Nigeria in Group C, South Africa were in a comfortable position before the fixture […]
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Oleksandr Usyk, the two-time undisputed heavyweight world champion and one of the greats of his era, is the latest to endorse Moses Itauma, the British-Nigerian prodigy who has taken the boxing world by storm. “Great man, great fight. I think Itauma is the future of boxing. I like this guy. Yeah, definitely (he’s ready for […]
The Super Eagles of Nigeria kept the flicker of their 2026 World Cup hopes alive with a 1-0 win over the Wasps of Rwanda at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Saturday, September 6. Reeling from a dismal draw against Zimbabwe in Uyo in their last qualifier in March, the Super Eagles, desperate […]
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Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle has named his official 23-man squad for Nigeria’s September 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and South Africa. Trimmed down from the 31-man provisional list released last week, the final squad for the must-win qualifiers features captain William Troost-Ekong, Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman and goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, […]
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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced a 31-man provisional squad for the Super Eagles’ 2026 World Cup qualification matches against Rwanda and South Africa on September 6 and 9, respectively. In what are must-win matches for Nigeria — having picked up just six points from six games and sitting precariously in fourth place […]
Nigeria’s men’s senior basketball team, the D’Tigers, have been knocked out of the 2025 AfroBasket tournament following a 91–75 loss to Senegal in their quarterfinal showdown at the Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda in Angola on Wednesday, August 21. The 2025 AfroBasket, the 31st edition of Africa’s premier national men’s basketball championship, kicked off in […]
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“I have loved every moment but feel that now, after three wonderful years in Bergamo, it’s the right time to move on and experience a new adventure,’’ an emotionally detached Ademola Lookman shared midway through the ongoing summer transfer window in what was in parts an accusatory dig at Atalanta B.C’s ownership and a goodbye […]
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