Anthony Joshua has said he would be ready to fight world champion, Tyson Fury in December 2022. The British boxer noted this while reacting to a public challenge on Monday for a ‘Battle of Britain.’ Joshua had lost his title rematch in August, in Saudi Arabia to Ukraine’s champion, Oleksandr Usyk. However, it looks like the 32-year-old is eager to return to the ring before the end of 2022. Fury had said, “Anthony Joshua, I know you’ve just lost a fight to Usyk and you’re bout-less at the moment, and I’d like to give you an opportunity to fight me…
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The Peter Obi Support Network and the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation have refuted claims that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, will step down from the race for the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Abubakar Atiku. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN), had, in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle, @fkeyamo, quoted an online medium that claimed that Obi and Atiku had a pact, alleging that the former would step down at the heat of the campaign and urge his supporters to vote for Atiku in 2023. Keyamo, posting the link…
Serena Williams saw her hopes of ending her sterling career with a Grand Slam win dashed Saturday morning as she lost in the third round of the U.S. Open to Australian Ajla Tomljanovic. Following her first two victory against Danka Kovinic and Anett Kontaveit, millions of fans around the world began to hope for a fairytale end to what has been a successful career. Still, it wasn’t to be, as she lost 5-7, 7-6, 1-6 to the gritty Australian. Speaking to the crowd at the end, Serena said, “Thank you so much. You guys were amazing. I tried. Thank you,…
A Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State, capital has ordered the remand of five persons for allegedly involving in the kidnapping of four persons on the Owo-Ikare Akoko Expressway. The victims were said to be travelling to Ikare Akoko in the Akoko North-East Local Government Area of the state. The defendants included llyasu Lawal, 27; Mohammadu Siddi, 26; Garba Bature, 36; Abubakar Dengy, 20; and Mohammed Moshere, 25. The defendants were alleged to have kidnapped the victims last month and also shot the driver of the vehicle that conveyed the victims. Also, they were said to have…
Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 81 Division have intercepted 792 parcels of illicit drugs suspected to be Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana). The illicit drugs were seized at checkpoint along the Ilaro-Benin Republic Border following an intelligence-driven operation on August 26. A statement on Friday by spokesman for the Division, Maj. Olaniyi Osoba, said the drugs were concealed in a truck coming from the Volta Region of Ghana. He said the drugs were estimated to cost N10 million and were to be delivered to a syndicate in Lagos now at large. According to Osoba, the suspect truck was designed to specifically convey illicit drugs,…
It has come to light that the Nigeria Immigration Service charges more for the issuance of passports in the southern region of the country compared to the North, further highlighting accusations of regional favouritism under President Muhammadu Buhari. A review of the offerings on the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) website by Peoples Gazette on Thursday showed that there is generally a price differential of at least N10, 000 on all categories of passports issued in northern states as against the South. Specifically, a 32-page passport for persons between zero to 17 years costs N10,750 in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna,…
The Osun Election Tribunal in Osogbo on Friday, granted the request of Sen. Ademola Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor-elect, to inspect the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) materials. The tribunal also agreed to his request to conduct a forensic audit of the BVAS machine. Justice Tertsea Kume, the Chairman of the Tribunal, granted the requests. Mr. Hashim Abioye, one of Adeleke’s Counsel, who spoke to newsmen after the proceeding, said there was a need to conduct a thorough forensic audit of the BVAS machine used for the election. The Tribunal had on Aug. 22, granted permission to Gov.…
Chelsea broke the English Premier League record after spending the sum of £271.1million in a single transfer window over the summer, DailyMail reports. The Thomas Tuchel’s side signed 11 players before the window ended at 11pm on Thursday night. The newly signed players include Wesley Fofana (£69.5m), Denis Zakaria (loan), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£10m), Marc Cucurella (£62m), Raheem Sterling (£50m), Kalidou Koulibaly (£34m), and Gabriel Slonina (£13m). Others are Carney Chukwuemeka (£20m), Cesare Casadei (£12.6m), Eddie Beach (undisclosed) and Omari Hutchinson (undisclosed). According to the report, the new co-owner, Todd Boehly, ensured that Chelsea’s summer spending broke Manchester City’s record for…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has proposed a Debt-For-Climate Swap deal to achieve a just and equitable energy transition for Africa. He said the swap deal, if approved, would significantly advance the course of global net-zero emissions targets and facilitate energy access and the development of African countries. Osinbajo made the call on Thursday during a lecture on a just and equitable energy transition for Africa at the Center for Global Development in Washington D.C, USA, according to a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, on Friday. The statement was titled, ‘In US Forum lecture, Osinbajo advocates Debt-for-Climate swaps, greater participation…
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, has said that the ‘Troops of Operation Forest Sanity’ continued the onslaught on bandits, neutralising two in the dreaded Birnin-Gwari area, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of the state. The commissioner, who made this known in a statement on Thursday, said the troops encountered the bandits while on clearance patrol along the Birnin Gwari-Doka-Sabon Layi-Kuriga-Maganda-Farin Ruwa road. He said, “troops of Operation Forest Sanity made further gains as they continued fighting patrols and clearance operations in the Birnin Gwari area. “In operational feedback to the Kaduna State Government, it…