Nigeria’s Esther Nworgu has set a new Games record with a phenomenal lift of 119.0kg in the women’s para powerlifting lightweight event, DAILY POST reports. It was Nigeria’s first Gold medal at the ongoing 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Nworgu’s compatriot, Esther Onyema, claimed the silver medal with a lift of 115.5kg. England’s Olivia Broome…
A Kano State High Court has sentenced a man, Shuaibu Abdulkadir, to death by hanging for the murder of a 22-year-old pregnant woman, Rumaisa Shuaibu. Justice Farida Dan Baffa delivered the judgment on Friday, holding that the prosecution proved the charge of culpable homicide beyond reasonable doubt. Abdulkadir, a resident of Farawa in Kumbotso Local…
PRETORIA, South Africa, July 24, 2026/APO Group/ — The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has finalised a loan of up to $15 million to the Biologicals and Vaccines Institute of South Africa Ltd (Biovac) (https://apo-opa.co/3RQJKp2) to support a new multi-vaccine manufacturing facility in Cape Town that will significantly expand Africa’s domestic capacity to produce vaccines….
An attorney general running for Congress is fighting back after a Biden-appointed federal judge temporarily blocked his state’s law banning advertisements promoting abortion. South Dakota’s law, which bans selling, dispensing, distributing or advertising articles or things for the purpose of obtaining an unlawful abortion, was enacted in March and took effect in July. Pro-abortion non-profit…
Sports millionaire, Gary Lineker signs petition along with 100 other UK millionaires – TAX ME HARDER, ANDY! PETER HALLIGAN Eff off Gary! and take your handbag with you. Your band of fools is not representative of the country’s 2.6 million millionaires From Brave AI: “Gary Lineker has joined more than 100 other UK-based millionaires in…
Team Nigeria has opened its medal account at the 2026 Commonwealth Games after para powerlifter Roland Ezuruike claimed a silver medal in the men’s Lightweight Group A event. The experienced Nigerian lifter delivered an impressive performance throughout the competition, finishing second to hand Nigeria its first podium finish of the Games. Ezuruike made successful opening…
