Author: David Great

Steph Curry of the Golden States Warriors defeated Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty in the three-point challenge to win the 3-point champion belt 29 to 26 points. The charity contest between two of the best shooters in the NBA and WNBA raised money for kids across the United States. Sabrina took the big leap by going first. On the first rack, she completed a clean sweep by scoring all six points. She missed one on the second and then missed the moneyballs. She still looked good as she finished with 26 points putting pressure on Curry. Steph Curry…

Rodri scored a late leveller as Manchester City stuttered against Chelsea to maintain their unbeaten home record at the Etihad Stadium. City lost ground in the title race after Liverpool and Arsenal both won their matches earlier on Saturday, but this has to go down as a point gained as they were so close to a defeat. Former Manchester City star Raheem Sterling gave Chelsea the lead before half-time, finishing off a brilliant counter-attack by meeting Nicolas Jackson’s cross, cutting inside Kyle Walker and curling his shot home. The visitors looked threatening on the break all game, with Jackson earlier…

Arsenal blasted second-bottom Burnley 5-0 at Turf Moor on Saturday, moving to second place and keeping pressure on Premier League leaders Liverpool. Captain Martin Odegaard scored in the fourth minute with a left-footed shot from the edge of the box into the bottom right corner, and Saka made it 2-0 in the 41st after a foul on Leandro Trossard. Saka scored his second two minutes after the break, his 12th league goal of the season, Trossard clipped one in for 4-0, and Kai Havertz added a fifth as Arsenal won their fifth consecutive game in 2024. After 25 games, the…

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has called on members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW and Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN to resist being used as accomplices by illegal miners across the country. He gave the charge in Ilorin, Kwara State on Thursday, February 15, 2024, at a meeting with the executive members of the two transport unions at the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC. Olukoyede, who spoke through the Ilorin Zonal Commander, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE1 Michael Nzekwe noted that the meeting became necessary…

The Defence Headquarters has said troops in the last one week eliminated 254 terrorists and apprehended 368 others in different theatres of operation across the country. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while giving an update on the operations of the armed forces, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Buba said the ongoing counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations had prevented terrorist elements from accomplishing their strategic objectives. According to him, the armed forces will continue to degrade the ability of the criminals to carry out small-scale attacks which are intended to create panic in localities…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it arrested 26 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. The commission’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The suspects according to Oyewale were arrested at Kurudu, Jahi, Kubwa and Gwarimpa areas of Abuja. He said that the arrest was sequel to credible information on their suspected involvement in internet-related offences. He added, “Items recovered from them include a Toyota Tacoma, a CLS Mercedes 450 and three Lexus cars, in addition to 40 phones and seven laptops. They will be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.’’

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B, said it seized contraband items with a duty-paid value of about N2 billion from January 2024 to date. Its comptroller, Dalha Chedi, made this known on Friday in Kaduna while briefing journalists on the anti-smuggling feats of the command within the period under review. He said operatives, during the period under review, remained resolute in the fight against smuggling. ”They made several seizures of 27 different items, ranging from used foreign shoes, foreign parboiled rice, second-hand clothing, expired milk, and juice powder, among others,” said Mr Chedi. Mr Chedi said…

Borno State governor, Professor Umara Babagana Zulum has called on residents of the state to embark on a one-day fast over the economic hardship and security issues plaguing the nation and the state in particular. Zulum in a state-wide broadcast on Friday made the request saying he was ”deeply troubled by the recent hardships faced by our citizens, particularly the high cost of food items.” ”Fellow citizens, as people of faith and from our previous experience, I implore on his eminence, the Shehu of Borno, the Chief Imam, Imams, and the Christian brothers and the Citizens of Borno State to…

President Bola Tinubu on Friday was appointed as the African Union (AU) Champion for Human Resources for Health and Community Health Delivery Partnership following his ambitious, innovative, and people-focused efforts in the sector. The appointment is in recognition of Tinubu’s commitment to train 120,000 frontline health workers in Nigeria within 16 months and to double the number of primary health facilities in communities across all local government areas of the country from 8,800 to over 17,000 over the next three years. Tinubu also plans to double health personnel enrollment capacity from accredited nursing and midwifery institutions to accommodate the new…

Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, collapsed and died on Friday after going for a walk at the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony, where he was serving a lengthy sentence, according to the Russian prison service. Navalny, a 47-year-old former lawyer, rose to popularity more than a decade ago with blogs about widespread corruption and opulence among Russia’s elite, which he described as “crooks and thieves”. According to a statement from the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District’s Federal Penitentiary Service, Navalny became ill after going for a stroll at the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp, which is roughly 1,900 kilometres (1,200…