Deontay Wilder’s head trainer Malik Scott believes Anthony Joshua’s chances in the potential title clash with Tyson Fury should not be overlooked. Fury, who is the current WBC heavyweight champion, fought the former champion, Wilder three times. In their third encounter, which took place last October, Fury overcame two knockdowns to eventually stop Wilder in the 11th round. Fury and Joshua are now in advanced talks to meet in the ring on December 3 for the WBC title. Public opinion views Joshua as a huge underdog in the fight – coming off back-to-back losses to unified…
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Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has criticised the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on his comments regarding how Nigerians should respond to assault by police officers. Adejobi irked many citizens on Saturday when he said Nigerians have no right to retaliate if assaulted by policemen. He said policemen are always protected against attacks by law. “If a policeman in uniform slaps a civilian, the civilian has no right to retaliate. More so, if he’s on the uniform, it’s an act of disrespect to Nigeria to beat an officer on a uniform,”…
The management of Imo State University, IMSU, yesterday, pulled out from the almost seven months strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and announced that it has opened the university for academic activities. The management made this known to newsmen in Owerri, through the IMSU Public Relations Officer, Ralph Njoku. According to him, it was the decision taken by the management that should they continue to delay, the school would lose so many students who are desirous of education, especially applicants who were yet to be matriculated. However, he said that the school has no issue with…
Kinsmen of Labour Party standard-bearer in Ondo State Mr. Peter Obi have said the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the 2023 presidential election. The Igbo and other non-indigenes in the state said they opted to vote for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu because they believed he would bring good things to the country. They spoke at the inauguration of the state executives of the Emilokan Strikers, a grassroots support group for Tinubu presidency. The Coordinator, Non-Indigenes, Ondo South Senatorial Zone, Nwamara Euchay, said Obi would step down for Tinubu. She said they would take the APC campaigns to…
The former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has said despite his misgivings about the current state of affairs within the Peoples Democratic Party, he will not defect to the All Progressives Congress. Mr Fayose also restated his support for the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, in his contention with the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar. The former governor was addressing key members of the party in Ado Ekiti on Monday. The leadership of the PDP had been making efforts to ensure the support of the Rivers State Governor for the presidential candidate of the…
The National Association of Nigeria Students Kwara Chapter has threatened to embark on a peaceful protest at the Kwara airport if the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities is not suspended. The NANS Kwara Chairman, Mr Salman Issa, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Ilorin that members were just waiting for directives from its national secretariat. Issa said once the national body of the students gives the order to the remaining 36 states, they would comply with the protest. NAN reports that the Kwara NANS chairman was reacting to the blockage of…
Flights at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport have been rescheduled as a result of the protest by the National Association of Nigerian Students, Monday. It was gathered that the inability of the travellers to enter the airport caused the development. The domestic terminal one also known as the General Aviation Terminal and terminal two operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Service Limited of the Airport and the MMA were shut down by the students, which prevented passengers from entering the airport. For this reason, some local and international flights were re-scheduled. NANS stormed the MMA area Monday morning in…
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has been appointed as the Zonal Coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council in the Southwest. The appointment of Akeredolu who is also the Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum was approved by the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Richard Olatunde, revealed this in a statement issued on Monday. According to the statement, the letter dated August 8, 2022, noted that Governor Akeredolu deserved the appointment owing “to his impressive political achievements and the exemplary leadership he had demonstrated…
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias Evans to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping a businessman Slyvanus Ahamonou and collecting $420,000 ransom from his family. Evans accomplice, Victor Aduba, an ex-soldier, was also sentenced to 21-year imprisonment. The duo was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms by the state. Delivering judgment, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, held that the prosecution had successfully proved the case of kidnap and possession of firearms against the convicts. “It has been established by the prosecution witness and main complainant, Ahamonou was kidnapped.…
Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissed a suit instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to disqualify All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and Labour Party’s Mr Peter Obi over alleged unlawful substitution of their running mates. The judge held that PDP lacked merit and was aimed at irritating opponents in the 2023 presidential election. Justice Okorowo specifically held that the suit filed by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Gordy Uche on behalf of PDP was incompetent and unjustifiable as it disclosed no reasonable cause of action. …