By Julius Bizimungu According to Patricia Garuka, the Bralirwa Senior Brand Manager, the artistes have confirmed their participation and that people should get ready for great entertainment. Getting to the venue will be easy as…
After a post-mortem of her outing here at the 31st Olympic Games ending friday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nigeria’s female weightlifting star, Maryam Usman, is thinking of calling it a day in the sport…
Even before she left the shores of Nigeria for Brazil, Maryam Usman knew that winning a medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics would be a tough call. She would not pretend to be a magician…
Minister for Sports, Mr Solomon Dalung, created panic among football buffs in Nigeria when the Rio Olympic-bound U-23 soccer team on a training tour in Atlanta, USA, could not be airlifted to Rio until a…
By Tunji Olaopa I Paragon News Some years ago, I got an article titled ‘Blacks Don’t Read’ that had been circulating on the Internet. The most provocative part of that article reads: ‘If you want…
My mind raced back to one of my many conversations with my dear friend Bella as I listened to this guy’s argument on why his five year old daughter must be circumcised. His poor wife,…
In the second men’s soccer semifinal, Nigeria and Germany meet on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 3:00 p.m. ET. Nigeria has had a wild ride at the 2016 Olympics, arriving for its first match against Japan…
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare secured a spot in the women’s 200m semifinals after being the frontrunner in heat five earlier Monday morning at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The sprinter clocked in a time…
Nigeria’s top scorer at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Oghenekaro Etebo, has expressed his sadness over his unavailability for Wednesday’s semi-final clash against Germany. Etebo also missed the 2-0 win over Denmark, because of an…
The Lagos State government has reassured the general public that the lives and property of well-meaning and peace-loving residents in the state remain its priority. In a statement released on Sunday by the State’s Commissioner…