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World number one Aryna Sabalenka progressed to the quarter-final of the China Open with a straight-set victory over Italy’s Jasmine Paolini. Belarusian Sabalenka, US Open runner-up last month, beat the world number 36 6-4 7-6 (7-4). The Australian Open winner will face 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in the last eight. Meanwhile, US Open champion Coco Gauff saved four set points to …

Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, on Thursday, sentenced a security guard, Happiness Sunday, to triple life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his employer’s children. The Lagos State government arraigned the convict for defiling the victims aged 10 and eight years in the Magodo area of the state in 2020. He was arraigned on …

Fidelity Bank Plc has recorded a 204.4% growth in Profit Before Tax for the first half of 2023 to N76.3bn according to the bank’s recently issued financial result. A review of the results published on the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) on Friday, 1 September 2023, showed a positive performance across all financial indices, Gross earnings for the period grew by …

Premier League club Manchester United have completed the signing of Denmark striker Rasmus Hojlund from Atalanta for a reported £72m. The 20-year-old, who joined Atalanta in 2022 and scored 10 goals in 34 appearances last season, moves to Old Trafford on a five-year deal. “It is no secret I have been a fan of this great club since I was …

The House of Representatives on Thursday turned back representatives sent by the service chiefs to a meeting with the lawmakers. The Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, confirmed the development after he received the representatives sent by the chiefs at the plenary in Abuja. He commended the representatives for appearing in the chamber and urged them to convey the message …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has insisted that the certificate from the Chicago State University (CSU) presented by President Bola Tinubu for the 2023 elections was fake. He therefore called on his fellow major presidential contestants in that election, Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), to join him in …

Troops of 1 Division, Nigerian Army, on Thursday killed six suspected bandits in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State. The Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations in the Division, Lt-Col. Musa Yahaya, confirmed said the development in a statement in Kaduna. He said over 40 pairs of police and military uniforms as well as nine motorcycles were recovered …

The construction of the redline light rail system from Ebute Metta to Agbado, which is 95% complete, will be ready by the end of 2023, according to Lagos State Governor Bababjide Sanwo-Olu. Sanwo-Olu revealed this to the media on Monday after officially launching the blue light rail passenger service with his deputy, Dr Femi Hamzat, who had already taken the …

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Federal Capital Territory has arrested 135 suspects during raids of criminal hideouts, uncompleted buildings, and shanties in the city. The Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Haruna Garba, disclosed this at a media briefing on Thursday in Abuja. He said the JTF was inaugurated by the Minister of FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike to …

A former Deputy Minority Whip in the Federal House of Representatives, Fatima Binta Bello, has resigned her membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State. In a letter dated 5th October, 2023 and addressed to the Chairman of the party in the Shongom ward, Shongom LGA of Gombe State, Hon. Binta conveyed her decision to quit the party. …