Author: David Great

Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya, who commenced his mission to surpass the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon, has reached the 58th-hour mark. Onakoya made this known on his verified X account in the early hours of Saturday. Sharing a photo with record broken inscribed on it, Onakoya wrote, “We have done it.” “We’re pushing to 60 hours, guys. We’re not stopping yet. Let’s keep going. “We have a fundraising goal to meet for the education of African children around the world. This is our why – the reason we are doing this. “Let’s demonstrate to the world…

Eight Nigerians based in South Africa have been arrested for allegedly attacking police officers during a drug raid. The South African Police, in a statement on Friday shared on its X handle, said the suspects were arrested in the Northern Cape province. The suspects, according to the statement also damaged vehicles and other property. “At the time of the arrest, police were tracing information of one of the Nigerian nationals being in possession of drugs. “While conducting this search, a large group of Nigerians attacked police. Police fired rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. South African policeman jailed 32 years…

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is uncertain whether Erling Haaland will feature in Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea after his prolific striker asked to leave Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final with a muscle injury. Guardiola subbed both Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne off ahead of extra time in a surprise move in City’s penalty shootout loss to Real Madrid that extinguished their hopes of capturing the treble for a second successive season. “Erling felt something, a muscular issue,” Guardiola told reporters on Friday. “We will see. “Kevin felt exhausted, so tired, after five months out injured (at the start of…

Men of the Lagos State Police Command, on Thursday rescued three infants, who were locked up in a room by their grandmother in the Agodo-Egbe, Ikotun area of Lagos State. The command spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the grandmother, identified as Fatimo Ganiyu, had been arrested. The reason for the grandmother’s action was undisclosed, but the children: a girl and two boys between two and four years old, looked malnourished and were said to be wearing only diapers when rescued. “At about 4:00 p.m, information was received at Ikotun Division that three children, a girl and two boys aged between…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, has granted the prayers of immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, for the release of his international passport to seek medical treatment abroad. Obiano is standing trial for an N4bn theft charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, however, dismissed the preliminary objection filed by Obiano to challenge the powers of the EFCC to try him. Justice Ekwo, while adjourning till June 27 for the commencement of trial, said Obiano must return his passport to the court on his return…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Thursday, April 18, 2024, arraign a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Yahaya Bello will be arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite alongside three other suspects, Ali Bello, Dauda Suleiman and Abdulsalam Hudu on 19-count charges bordering on money laundering to the tune of N80, 246,470, 088.88 (Eighty Billion, Two Hundred and Forty Six Million, Four Hundred and Seventy Thousand and Eight Nine Naira, Eighty Eight Kobo). Bello’s arraignment is coming on the heels of a warrant of arrest and enrolment order granted…

Retired Brazil striker Romario (58) has registered as a player for America-RJ, the Rio de Janeiro state second division side that he is now president of, and is set to make a return to the sport 15 years after he stopped playing. Romario, who retired in 2008 and became America’s sporting director in 2009, played for Brazil in two World Cups, scoring five goals to guide them to victory in 1994. In 2009, he briefly came out of retirement to play 22 minutes for America, his late father’s favourite team, in a match that crowned them champions of Rio de…

The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has condemned the invasion of his Abuja residence by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) urging President Bola Tinubu to call the anti-graft agency and its boss, Ola Olukoyede to order. In a statement on Wednesday by his media office, the former governor stated the invasion by the EFCC goes against an injunction of the Lokoja Division of the Kogi State High Court. “The presence of EFCC’s operatives in Bello’s residence negated an injunction granted by the High Court of Justice, Lokoja Division, on February 9,” the statement…

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday said there are no records of Nigerian children dying or falling sick from exposure to a batch of Johnson & Johnson Benylin cough syrup. NAFDAC announced a recall of the cough syrup after laboratory tests found an unacceptably high level of diethylene glycol, which is toxic to humans, prompting regulators in five other African countries also to issue recalls. South Africa’s drugs authority said on Tuesday that the two batches of Benylin Paediatric Syrup it recalled had not caused any adverse reactions in South Africa or anyplace else…

The U.S. and its allies planned fresh sanctions against Iran over its unprecedented attack on Israel, seeking to dissuade Israel from a major escalation as its war cabinet was set to meet for a third time on Wednesday to decide a response. While Saturday night’s attack caused no deaths and little damage thanks to the air defences and countermeasures of Israel and its allies, it has increased fears that violence rooted in the six-month-old Gaza war is spreading, with the risk of open war between long-time adversaries Iran and Israel. IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi had promised Iran’s launch…