Beijing 2015 Fallout: Okagbare succumbed to pressure not injury, coach claims

Nigeria’s failure to win a medal at the just concluded IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China remains the talk of the moment for athletics enthusiasts. Yesterday renowned athletics coach, Toni Urhobo declared that Athletics Federation of Nigeria’s claim of injury to Blessing Okagbare was diversionary.

Urhobo said Okagbare bowed to pressure of competing at the big stage with the big girls of world athletics.

Okagbare despite running one of the fastest times in the season, failed to measure up in the women 100m. She placed 8th in the race won by Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce of Jamaica.  Okagbare who vowed to bounce back in the 200m, made a no show and that caused a furore.

Defamation: Blogger gets N3m bail

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of N3m to a blogger, Seun Oloketuyi.He was arraigned by the police for allegedly publishing a defamatory story against the Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo.

Crash: Akpabio flown abroad for treatment

A former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, was on Tuesday afternoon flown out of Nigeria to receive medical attention abroad.

It was learnt that the senator, in company with about five of his aides, left the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja aboard a regular private jet that he usually travels with.

Sources at the airport told our correspondent that Akpabio and his team arrived at the General Aviation Terminal, local wing, of the airport around 12.40pm.

Nigerian Woman Let Off £145,000 Bill after Birth of Quints in UK

A Nigerian woman identified as 37-year-old Bimbo Ayelabola has been let off by a National Health Service (NHS) Hospital after delivering quintuplets in Britain.

37 Year Old Man Gets 5 Years in Jail for Setting his Pregnant Girlfriend on Fire

An Egor Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, on Monday sentenced 37-year-oldLucky Esonahae to five years imprisonment for setting his pregnant partner on fire.

Happy New Month

As the new month starts, Here are my wishes for you, May this month keeps you healthy, May you be achieving target every day,

National News Headlines - 1/9/2015

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Jubilation as Nigeria achieves 5,000 Mega Watts of Electricity for the first time Ever

The management of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), said in Abuja on Wednesday that it had attained new peak of 4,810.7 megawatts of generated electricity.

Motivational Monday

Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life.

Huawei launches Flagship Phone – P8 into the Nigerian Market!

When is a phone more than just a phone? When it is the new Huawei Flagship mobile phone tagged the P8. The P8 simply put, is many more things than a phone to many people.