Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide Wednesday advised President Muhammadu Buhari to grant the request of Northern groups to allow South-eastern zone exit from Nigeria. Some Northern groups had gone to an Abuja High Court to seek the exit of South-east from the country. Ohanaeze in a statement signed and made available to Blueprint by its Secretary General Okechukwu Isiguzoro alleged that Igbo Read More
Edo state deputy governor, Comrade Phillip Shuiabu, has lavished encomiums on the organisers of the 2021 Flying Officer’s Cup for a very successful hosting. Ratels Sports Development Foundation (RSDF) owned by Legal Luminary, Barrister Paul Edeh, is the main sponsor of Flying Officer’s Cup, the biggest women pre-season football championship in Africa, which its third edition climaxed on Sunday. Comrade Read More
The Flying Officers Cup 2021 Matchday 4 continued on wednesday as groups take shape ahead of their final group game. Honey Badgers FC held Ghana Police Ladies FC to a 1-1 draw in the first game of the day. The Ghanaian forward, Juanita Aguadze expertly looped the ball above Dzer Comfort to give Ghana Police Ladies a precious lead in Read More
The Senator representing Osun Central and spokesperson of the Senate, Dr. Ajibola Basiru, Wednesday disclosed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators must have increased to 84 by next week. He stated that some members of the opposition have disclosed their readiness to dump their party for the ruling APC. Speaking at the Freedom Park, Osogbo, during the endorsement of Read More
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Tuesday, received two commendation and awards from two groups in one day. While the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr Umaru Jibrilu Gwandu, received the one of Karnati Global Resource, the Special Assistant to the President on Financial Crime and Compliance, office of the AGF, Barr. Read More
Teenage sensation, Emma Raducanu, on Saturday night became 2021 US Open champion after breaking breaking Leylah Fernandez twice in first set, including in the final game. Details loading…
Cristiano Ronaldo has completed his medical ahead of rejoining Manchester United. Ronaldo passed his medical in Lisbon on Monday morning and United are expected to announce his €23million signing before Tuesday’s 11pm transfer deadline. The Old Trafford Megastore is not printing Ronaldo’s name on shirts until Tuesday, fuelling expectation his squad number could be confirmed imminently. The Manchester Evening News revealed on Read More
Team Nigeria won a gold and bronze medal on the final day to cap up a remarkable performance at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. Nigeria finished the Championships third on the medals’ table among the 200 competing countries. The 4×400m and 4×100m women relay teams accounted for the final day medals that increased Nigeria’s haul to four Read More
Nigerian quartet had few days ago won first gold medal for the country in the 4x400m mixed relay.
Reigining UEFA Champions League champions, Chelsea, a while ago on Saturday thrashed visiting Crystal Palace 3-0 in one of the opening matchday games. The victory for Chelsea is coming few days after the London club won Community Shield against Spainish side and Europa winners Villarreal. Details loading
Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has warned that the continent of Africa will lose it respect to the world if the Nigeria cease to exist as a Nation. Ganduje, however, called on seccessionits agitators to stop immediately and give dialogue a chance. Speaking Thursday in Abuja at the second public lecture series organised by the APC Press Corps Read More
After over two decades, and with a match to go in the current league campaign, Akwa United are the champions of 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season. The Uyo-based side were confirmed the League overall winners Sunday evening after they beat visiting Mountain of Fire Ministry (MFM) FC 5-2 in one of matchday 37 games. Details loading…
For the first time since 2012, two Nigerian athletes will be running in the semifinals of the women’s 100m after Blessing Okagbare and Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha qualified from their respective heats Friday in Tokyo, Japan. Nwokocha had to run a new personal best of 11.00 seconds to secure her qualification to the semifinals in her Read More
The maiden edition of KIFA National Challenge Cup came to a very exciting end Thursday, with KIFA Lagos emerging as champions, after defeating KIFA South-West 3-1 via penalties after a pulsating 3-3 draw at regulations time. The 4-day football tournament which was held at Remo Stars stadium, Ikenne, featured 8 teams representing various KIFA zones. And expectedly, it brought to Read More
World number one Ashleigh Barty will play Czech eighth seed Karolina Pliskova in Saturday’s Wimbledon final. Australian Barty beat former champion Angelique Kerber 6-3 7-6 (7-3) before Pliskova came from a set down to defeat Aryna Sabalenka 5-7 6-4 6-4. It will be a first final at the All England Club for both Barty, 25, and 29-year-old Pliskova. Barty has Read More
Italy on Friday defeated lethargic Belgium 2-1 in the quarterfinal of the ongoing 2020 European Championship. Details loading…
The leadership and members of Hunters Group of Nigeria Wednesday declared their unalloyed support for the Administration of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola in the State of Osun. The hunters also endorsed the governor for second term, saying they were ready to do everything possible to ensure his re-election in the forthcoming governorship election. This is even as the governor inaugurated the Read More
Kasper Dolberg’s brace as well as late goals by Joakim Maehle and Martin Braithwaite land Denmark, the 1992 Champions, in the quarterfinals after defeating Wales. They now await the winners of the fixture between Netherlands and Czech Republic, which will be played on Sunda. Details coming…
Defending women’s champion Simona Halep has pulled out of Wimbledon because of a calf injury. The Romanian tore a muscle at May’s Italian Open and was subsequently ruled out of the French Open. The 29-year-old, who was seeded second, has been at the All England Club this week, raising hopes she would be fit to defend the title she won Read More
Serial Champion, Blessing Okagbare, is at it again. The Delta-born Nigerian has just finished a 100 metres race at 10.63secs during the ongoing national trials holding in Lagos ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Before now in an official note, Okagbare had ran 10.79 secs.
Captain Riyad Mahrez scored as Algeria defeated Tunisia 2-0 in an international friendly this weekend to create a record 27-match unbeaten run by an African national team. An Ivory Coast side that included Yaya and Kolo Toure and Didier Drogba set a 26-match benchmark in 2013, and Algeria began their remarkable run by winning 4-1 away to Togo five years Read More
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has been awarded the Blueprint Newspaper Governor of the Year award for 2021. The event took place Thursday at the prestigious Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. Ayade clinched the award in recgonition of his giant strides in agro-industrialization. The Blueprint 10th anniversary/Impact Series and Award is one in a series of Read More
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