Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare wins 200m Commonwealth Gold, Ese Brume also wins Gold in Long Jump..
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare becomes a double Commonwealth Gold medalist winning 100m and 200m sprint. 21-year-old Ese Brume wins Gold in Long jump.
Nigerians spend N1.8bn on sports betting daily…
About 60 million Nigerians between 18 and 40 years of age may be spending up to N1.8 billion on sports betting daily, investigation by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reveals. The investigation showed that they commit on the average N3,000 on sports betting daily, Dotun Ajekigbe, a sport betting analyst, said that sport betting…
VIDEOS: Wizkid Performs Live in New York City with Akon & Wale.
Wizkid is in America and attracting attention. There are rumours that he might be going to the studio with superstars Chris Brown and Rihanna. Last week he guest appeared with Wale and Akon with The Undecideds on the Live Set in New York City. The clips have been posted below.
US’s Oldest Private Black University Is in Trouble..
Ohio’s Wilberforce University, the nation’s oldest black private university, founded in 1856, is in dire straits amid plummeting student enrolment, a financial deficit of $9.7 million and its accreditation hanging perilously in the balance, the Associated Press reports. Alumni have rallied together in an effort to raise $2 million in cash donations that includes $400,000 promised during a…
Ebola crisis: WHO to announce $100m emergency response.
The head of the World Health Organization and leaders of West African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak are to announce a joint $100m (£59m; 75m euro) response plan. BBC has reported. They will meet in Guinea on Friday to launch the initiative aimed at tackling a virus which has claimed 729 lives. Sierra Leone’s…
Spread of Ebola in Liberia is ‘escalating by the hour’…
The spread of Ebola in Liberia is “escalating by the hour”, Liberia’s ambassador to the US said. ITV reports that Jeremiah Sulunteh said all Liberians were “really nervous” about the disease, which he said has caused 170 deaths in the country with 362 cases reported. “It is alarming – our hearts are broken. Even as…
Kim Kardashian game makes $1.6m in 5 days.
A NEW Kim Kardashian game has generated more than $US1.6 million ($A1.73 million) in revenue in its first five days on the market. FOR those people in the world who really do want to keep up with the Kardashians, they can now do so thanks to a ridiculous but ingenious new mobile app game. Kim…