Kartal and Bouzas Maneiro were made to wait several hours to get onto court after thunderstorms held up play. Even when they arrived at 18:15 local time, there was still a delay as the chair umpire and staff dried the court with towels. Kartal sees herself as a “disrupter” but she was unable to unsettle Bouzas Maneiro in the early …

Sensational hitmaker Asake has set his 2025 in motion as he previews a new single. On January 11, 2025, the Grammy-nominated star teased the song titled ‘Why Love’ on his Instagram account. The video has since garnered massive reactions from fans who are eager to get new music from the hitmaker whose chart-topping records have defined the past three years. …

Several people including vigilantes were allegedly k!lled in a military airstrike in Tungar Kara village, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State.   Garba Umar, a resident of the area, told Punch that the incident occurred on Saturday evening, January 11, 2025, as local vigilantes were heading to assist neighbours in Tungar Kara village, which had come under attack by …

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a passenger, Sherif Oyeniyi for brutally attacking a 27-year-old motorcyclist, Ahmed Owolabi, with a razor blade.    The suspect inflicted deep razor blade cuts on Oyeniyi’s neck while they were in motion in the Arepo area of the state.    The spokesperson of the command, CSP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident in …

A Nigerian national has been arrested in Libya for alleged possession of sorcery paraphernalia.    Migrant Rescue Watch disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, January 11, 2025.   “Tamsan Police Dept. arrested in Barqan Al-Shati a person ‘M.A.’ of Nigerian nationality for possession of sorcery paraphernalia. The case was referred to public prosecution for legal action,” the statement read.  …

Djimon Hounsou, a renowned Hollywood actor, has come public to talk about his financial struggles despite having a successful acting career that has spanned over two decades. The Beninese-American actor of “Blood Diamond” fame made the rather shocking revelation in a recent interview on CNN’s African Voices Changemakers. In a snippet of the unreleased episode the 60-year-old actor admitted that …

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A woman accusing a  Premier League footballer of making non-consensual s3x tapes with her has spoken out.     The player was reportedly arrested on the training pitch last week and released within hours after questioning.     A report by The Sun detailed an incident where the team-mates of the player in question were left shocked when two uniformed police officers walked …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Bauchi State Command has arrested have arrested a 20-year-old man, Ibrahim Saudiq, for allegedly r3ping a 12-year-old girl in Misau Local Government Area of the state.     The command’s spokesman Saminu J Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement on January 9, 2025, when he paraded the Saudiq alongside nine other suspects …

Terrorists belonging to Lakurawa group have k!lled three staff of a leading telecommunication firm and one other in Kebbi State.   The insurgents were said to have invaded a construction site at Gumki village in Arewa Local Government Area of the state around 8:47 pm on January 10, 2025 barely a week after k!lling two police officers.   It was …