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Why I celebrated like Adesanya after UFC win — David Onama
Mixed Martial Arts fighter, David Onama has explained why he recreated Israel Adesanya’s bow-and-arrow celebration after a brutal knockout win at UFC on ABC 5. Onama, with a professional MMA record of 11 wins and 2 losses, had carefully devised his homage to Adesanya long before his fight against Gabriel Santos, who held a record
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Adegoke’s murder: Adeleke denies alleged plans to pardon Adedoyin
The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has dispelled the rumours making the round on social media that he is plotting to subvert the death sentence on Dr Rahmon Adedoyin, the killer of Obafemi Awolowo University master student, Timothy Adegoke. Adegoke was found dead in November 2021 at Adedoyin’s Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife, where he
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Markets, ruble drop as traders eye Russia after aborted uprising
The ruble and most equity markets sank Monday as traders kept watch on Russia following an aborted mutiny at the weekend that stoked concerns about stability in the nuclear-armed country. While the advance by the Wagner mercenary force led by Yevgeny Prigozhin was called off before it reached Moscow, analysts said the rebellion showed President
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European stock markets begin new week with losses
European stock markets fell at the start of trading on Monday following a drop in Tokyo, as traders tracked the latest inflation developments and fallout from the Wagner revolt. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index slipped 0.2 per cent to 7,447.85 points. In the eurozone, Frankfurt’s DAX index lost 0.3 per cent to 15,783.40 points and
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Wagner crisis shows Ukraine war ‘cracking Russian power’ — EU
Wagner’s aborted mutiny shows Moscow’s war in Ukraine is splintering Russian power, the European Union’s top diplomat said Monday, warning instability in the nuclear-armed power is “not a good thing”. “What has happened during this weekend shows that the war against Ukraine is cracking Russian power and affecting its political system,” EU foreign policy chief
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*-offences/ Man City’s Mendy faces retrial for s** offences
French footballer Benjamin Mendy will return to a UK courtroom Monday for the start of his retrial for two alleged sexual offences, five months after a jury cleared him of multiple other counts. Manchester City player Mendy, 28, will be back in the dock at Chester Crown Court in northwest England to face one count
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BET Awards 2023: Burna Boy wins Best International Act
Nigerian Musician, Damini Ogulu, a.k.a Burnaboy has won the award for Best International Act at the 2023 edition of Black Entertainment Awards, BET. The ‘African Giant’ crooner beat the likes of Ayra Starr, Central Cee and Stormzy, among others to clinch the most coveted category of BET awards. Though Burna Boy was absent at the
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Gang armourer killed in Delta, weapons recovered
Policemen of the Delta State Police Command have killed the armourer of a notorious gang during a raid on criminal hideouts in the state. During the operation, the police recovered one AK-47 rifle and three magazines from the deceased suspect on June 23, 2023, in the Warri metropolis. On the day of the incident, it
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Rampaging cultists kill three in Ogun, Rivers communities
Landlords, residents and business owners have been living in fear after suspected cultists allegedly shot a yet-to-be-identified person dead and raided several shops during supremacy clashes in Ijoko town, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the clashes which started in the community on Tuesday, resurfaced on Friday, throwing
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Boat crash: Three students missing, Cross River orders investigation
Efforts have continued to locate the whereabouts of three medical students who went missing when the boat conveying them to a destination crashed in the Calabar area of Cross River on Saturday. PUNCH Metro gathered that officials of the Nigerian Navy and other security agencies in the state alongside local divers were involved in the
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