Day: October 29, 2023

1,2,3 -0; How Man City Humiliated Man U At Old Trafford

Ganiyu Amodu

+ The brace Haaland bagged and effect on the red devil’s catastrophe   City had the better of the fierce Manchester derby on Sunday after defeating Manchester United by 3-0 at Old Trafford. Norwegian target man, Erling Haaland, struck two goals – one in each half of the full-time. Haaland got his first in the 26th minute after converting a penalty kick. He fired the ball into the bottom-right corner, sending Onana the wrong way. READ ALSO Table Tennis Champion, Ngannou Taunts Fury After Controversial Win Justice Dantijjo, Public Opinion…

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Table Tennis Champion, Ngannou Taunts Fury After Controversial Win

ADEOLA YUSUF

Ngannou fight probably one of the toughest fights I have had in a decade – Fury   Mixed martial arts fighter, Francis Ngannou, has stirred a major controversy on the global stage as he shared the pictures where he knocked down world heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury, with a caption; “Table tennis champion of the world.” Platforms Africa, which sighted this on Ngannou’s verified Facebook page, earlier reported that Fury was announced winner of a bout with Ngannou through a split decision on Sunday. Ngannou knocked Fury down in round three…

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Justice Dantijjo, Public Opinion And The Rumble In Supreme Court’s Jungle

Festus Adedayo

Is there any connect between law and public opinion or judgments and public opinion? Before Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad’s (rtd) valedictory speech at the Supreme Court last Friday, the connect or disconnect between those two had begun to assume a life of its own. The presidential election judgment delivered by the Supreme Court the day before heightened concerted quests for the nexus or disjuncture between them. In the Dattijo valedictory, it would appear that the Learned Justice had deliberately set out to take the sail off the wind of views…

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Painful Loss, Tinubu Extols Ohinoyi Of Ebiraland’s Virtues

Ganiyu Amodu

President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the government and people of Kogi State on the passing of the revered traditional ruler, His Majesty, Dr. Ado Ibrahim, the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. The President said the death of the Ohinoyi is a painful loss, describing the late monarch as peace-loving, affable, and cerebral. “The Ohinoyi of Ebiraland was in a class of his own. He was highly respected and admired for his deep insights, wisdom, and sophistication. He had a masterful way of handling issues. He was very knowledgeable and wise. READ…

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Ohinoyi Of Ebiraland Dies At 95

Ganiyu Amodu

The paramount ruler of Ebiraland and vice chairman of Kogi State Traditional Council, His Royal Majesty Alhaji (Dr) Ado Ibrahim, has died on Sunday morning after a brief illness. The royal father, who celebrated his 94th birthday recently, according to a reliable source, died in a private hospital in Abuja. READ ALSO Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury Defeats Francis Ngannou By Split Decision + PHOTOS ‘He’s Owing Me N4,500,’ Man Beats Neighbour To Death BREAKING: Iyalode of Yorubaland, Alaba Lawson, Is Dead This is coming barely one week after the death…

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Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury Defeats Francis Ngannou By Split Decision + PHOTOS

Ganiyu Amodu

World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury beat mixed martial arts fighter Francis Ngannou in a split decision after their boxing bout went the distance in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Ngannou knocked Fury down in round three but the 35-year-old British fighter, though shaken, was able to continue. The undefeated Fury earlier this week laughed off his opponent as a “big fat sausage” but afterwards acknowledged that the 37-year-old Cameroonian had effectively kept him off-balance. READ ALSO ‘He’s Owing Me N4,500,’ Man Beats Neighbour To Death How, Where She Died, Family Speaks…

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