Iran’s sole female Olympic medalist Kimia Alizadeh announced that she has permanently left her country for Europe. “Let me start with a greeting, a farewell or condolences,” the 21-year–old wrote in an Instagram post explaining why she was defecting. “I am one of the millions of oppressed women in Iran who they have been playing with for years.” Alizadeh became the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal after claiming taekwondo bronze in the...
Iran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner that crashed, killing all 176 people aboard, after Canada and others said the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile, probably by mistake. Iran, which has denied the Boeing 737-800 was downed by a missile, said it could take one or two months to extract information from the voice and flight data recorders. If it needed help, it...
The Nigerian novelist Chukwuemeka Vincent Ike, who was also a monarch, has passed on at 88. He had endured health challenges, Punch reports, and was admitted to Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, where he died on Thursday, January 9. He had been, since 2008, the traditional ruler of Ndikelionwu town in Anambra State. Ike broke out internationally with the novel Toads for Supper (1965), but is as known for his subsequent novels The Naked Gods...
Nigeria’s Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has denied given approval to former boxing champion, Bash Ali to stage a world fight in Nigeria. Kola Daniel, Special Assistant (Media) to Minister of Youth and Sports Development, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the Legal Department of the ministry had written to the boxer warning him to desist from peddling false claims about a non-existent approval from the office of the...
Nigeria’s Navy has rescued three foreigners kidnapped in the oil-rich Niger Delta last week, the Navy said on Wednesday. A Nigerian Navy team rescued the two Russians and one Indian late on Tuesday in an operation in the southwestern state of Ondo, Navy spokesperson Suleman Dahun told AFP on Wednesday. In separate operations, the Nigerian Navy has also killed several pirates and is searching to apprehend others, security sources told AFP. The three foreigners were...
Cardi B’s announcement that she wants to seek Nigerian citizenship has set off a Twitter feud between her West African fans in friendly rivals Nigeria and Ghana. The Grammy-winning rapper visited both countries last month on her African tour. Her announcement in a tweet on Friday criticized the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and sent Middle East tensions soaring. “Its sad this man is putting Americans live in danger. Dumbest...
How far is the Prediction of the Experts Coming to Reality with latest Presidential Executive Order that overrides the National Assembly, and approves “Free Entry” of African migrants to Nigeria without Visas? The US Top experts on Sub-Saharan Africa that predicted Nigeria as a “Failed State” warned in 2005 that Nigeria opening its borders to migrants – “refugees” may lead to disastrous outcomes including migration of terrorists and extremists seeking new bases for their operation...
Nigerian Politician and the General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare yesterday unleashed what he tagged “The State of The Nation Broadcast” with a theme, “Unveiling the True Enemies of Nigeria.” According to Pastor Bakare, “Today’s State of the Nation Broadcast is aimed at unveiling the true enemies of Nigeria. Please lend me your ears as we separate chaff from grains, tares from wheat, villains from heroes, and perverts from patriots…” Below...
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From Enem Hall to “Umuenem Town Hall and Civic Center”. Friday the 27th of December, 2019 could be likened to a red letter day in the commercial city of Nnewi as a renowned philanthropist cum business mogul, Chief Dr. Cletus Mmadubugwu Ibeto (C.O.N) single handedly built and handed over an ultra-modern edifice, the Umuenem Town Hall and Civic Center to Umuenem Community in Otolo Nnewi, Nnewi North L.G.A of Anambra State, Nigeria. At the point...
