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  Latifat Tijani has won the first gold medal for Nigeria at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympic Games. Latifat Tijani, gold medalist at the Brazzaville 2015 Africa Games and silver medalist at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, took part in the women’s 45kg powerlifting on Thursday, August 26, 2021, and came top place, winning gold.   Latifat Tijani representing Nigeria in Rio 2016 Paralympics    She defeated China’s Zhe Cui to lift 107kg.    

Nigerian musician, Eedris Abdulkareem has alleged that Igbos would have been killed if the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) happened in the east. Recall that assailants broke into the NDA premises in the early hours of Monday, killing two army officers and abducting two Majors. The controversial rapper in a post on his Instagram page said, “Let’s assume NDA is located in any of the Igbo States and such attack takes place. By now the Army will be burning down Igbo villages and killing them”

Two Nigerians have pleaded guilty to defrauding postal customers of $565,000 in Maryland, United States. According to a statement on Wednesday by the Federal Court in Maryland, Johnson Ogunlana, 25, of Maryland; and Samson Oguntuyi, 29, of Georgia, “pleaded guilty on the eve of trial to federal charges related to schemes to defraud financial institutions, retail establishments and other business victims, often using the stolen personal information of individual victims”. The statement was titled, ‘Two Nigerian Nationals Plead Guilty in Federal Court in Maryland for Bank and Mail Fraud Conspiracy and Related Charges Just Prior to Trial’. The statement noted that the guilty pleas were announced by Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Jonathan Lenzner; Special Agent in Charge Imari Niles of the US Postal Service, Office of Inspector General; and Postal Inspector in Charge Daniel A. Adame of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service – Washington Division. Acco...

An 18-year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly plotting to kill his Asian friend because he slept with three ‘white chicks’.  Matthew Cronjager, who is said to be a ‘racist, antisemitic and Islamaphobic’ teenager was arrested on December 29, 2020 after an undercover cop caught him allegedly spreading hateful literature and discussing terrorist plans. The teenager from Essex in UK, reportedly used the messaging platforms Telegram and Theema to exchange messages with other white nationalists. While allegedly discussing using a 3D printer to create guns last November, Cronjager supposedly told the undercover officer;    ‘I’ve found someone I want to execute.  ‘I know it’s an overall target and he’s a sand n***** that f***** a white girl. In fact I think three of them. They’re like cockroaches. ‘Do you know what’s weird. I was friends with him for ages and I can just kill him like that. I have no hang ups about doing it. He crossed the line.’...

Manchester City have reportedly offered Cristiano Ronaldo a two-year contract after missing out on signing Harry Kane this summer.  Pep Guardiola's side had wanted Tottenham talisman and England captain to replace Kun Aguero who left for Barcelona,  but the £150million-rated forward announced on Wednesday that he is staying at Spurs for the coming season. According to Gianlucadimarzio.com, City are willing to offer Ronaldo a two-year deal worth over £230,000-a-week but do not want to pay Juventus a transfer fee for the Portuguese icon. The report says the Old Lady wants around £25million for the player which would allow them to find a replacement so late in the window. Reports across Europe claim Ronaldo, 36, is looking for a new challenge and his agent Jorge Mendes offered him to City last week for £25m.  Paris Saint-Germain are also interested in Ronaldo with the French giants struggling to keep Kylian Mbappe, who was the subject of a £137million bid ...

Dynasty star Michael Nader has died at the age of 76 just ten days after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. His wife Jodi Lister made the announcement on Facebook on Wednesday, August 25. She revealed that her husband died at their home in Northern California on Monday, August 23. She wrote: "It grieves me to share the sad news that my husband, Michael Nader, passed away at home on August 23rd.   "He was diagnosed with untreatable cancer on Friday the 13th and died 10 days later with me and his best fur friend Storm by his side. "His death and diagnosis was sudden and unexpected and I have never experienced such agony as watching my soul mate die before my eyes. "He was loved by so many and treasured his fans and their letters and emails. He responded to them all."   Lister also revealed that her husband had been writing a memoir when he was diagnosed with cancer, explaining that the book was going to detail his lengthy struggle with addiction.  Sh...

A woman has testified that R&B hitmaker R. Kelly’s forced her and his other girlfriends to write fake blackmail letters denying allegations of abuse in order to protect himself from possible legal troubles.  The witness, testifying as a “Jane Doe” in federal court in Brooklyn, made the claims on Wednesday, August 25, at his New York City trial. 'As insurance and a way to make sure these women wouldn't talk, [Kelly] created and collected collateral. He made them create embarrassing videos and false letters,' Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Cruz Melendez said during her opening remarks at Kelly's ongoing sex abuse trial in federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday, the Daily News reported.  'The defendant would tell us exactly what to say,' the accuser, known on the witness stand as Jane Doe 5, testified. Jane read excerpts from the letters aloud in court, one letter stated: 'I decided I would spank myself really hard until I had bruises....