Following the appointment of new service chiefs on Monday 19th June, 2023 by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, about 100 senior officers may proceed on compulsory retirement. Report has it that, top officers in the Nigerian Army, Air Force and Nigeria Navy who are set to retire and exit the service include Generals, Brigadiers-General, Air Vice…
President of the Wheelchair Basketball Federation, Mr. Seyi Johnson, has said the forth-coming Abeokuta Championship is expected to be ‘one of the most important tournaments for players’. The National Championship, which will be staged from Thursday 22nd to Sunday 25th June, 2023 at the Abeokuta Sports Stadium, the Ogun State Capital, will also serve as…
Cristiano Ronaldo has already made history. He joined the Guinness World Records Hall of Fame 2023 after smashing plenty of records both on and off the pitch, forever shaping the world of football. In 2022, after his 196th match for Portugal, Ronaldo equalled the record for the most international football caps by an individual (male),…
Cool FM Nigeria is a Nigerian languages and English-speaking radio station with frequencies across 4 of the 6 Geo-Political zones in Nigeria: South West Zone (Lagos State): South South Zone (Rivers State): North Central Zone (Abuja): and North West Zone (Kano State). It also operates Cool TV and online radio. The CEO, Serge Noujaim, was…
Veteran Yoruba Nollywood Actor, Afeez Oyetoro better known as Saka, has revealed how he balances his career as an actor and lecturer. Afeez Oyetoro, who lectures in the Department of Theatre Arts at Adeniran Ogunsanya Collge of Education, Lagos State, Nigeria, said though he teaches and he is also involved in acting, he has been…
Guinness World Records on Thursday said that the video announcing Nigerian chef, Hilda Bassey aka Hilda Baci, as the new record holder for the longest cooking by an individual, is the top performing tweet ever on their handle, with 25 million views. The video was reposted on Thursday with the caption, “Yeah, so this is…
This is not a story of revenge, but it was a promise kept which turned out to be a sweet revenge, ironically, for legendary Mohamed Ali. When Ali faced Holmes in 1980 for the WBC, the heavyweight champion was no longer the dashing phenomenon he was. It was as if the symptoms of the Parkinson…
Nigerian forward, Samuel Chukwueze has been named the winner of the 2022-23 LaLiga Santander African MVP (Most Valuable Player) Award, with the Villarreal CF star coming out tops after thousands of fans and some of Africa’s top football journalists voted for LaLiga’s standout African star this season. More than 30,000 fans from all across the…
Victor Osimhen has made history as the first African to be crowned the highest goal scorer in Serie A. Osimhen is also the first player to combine that with the Scudetto, Serie A trophy, since 2009. Osimhen is the fourth Napoli player to win the award, following in the footsteps of Diego Maradona, Edison Cavani,…
Ngozi Ezeonu is one of the most creative and talented Nollywood actresses. She started acting in 1993 but actually started her professional life as a journalist. She worked at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Radio Lagos, and Eko radio before venturing into acting. Ngozi is notable for mostly playing maternal roles in Nollywood movies, although…
