Nigeria news today headlines update Wednesday 16th January 2019
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target=_blank>US Open champion Osaka eases into 2nd round in Australia
The only bug in the system was of the genuine flying variety when Naomi Osaka secured her first win at a major as a Grand Slam champion. The U.S. Open champion beat Magda Linette 6-4, 6-2 to end play at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday at the Australian Open. The only delay in the 58-minute
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target=_blank>London Irish confirm Scotland international for 2019/20
London Irish are currently nine points clear at the top of the Greene King IPA Championship, leading local rivals Ealing Trailfinders. The Exiles recently bolstered their squad this season with the additions of Fijian pair Alivereti Veitokani and Albert Tuisue, both of whom made their debuts for the club in the win over Richmond at
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target=_blank>Kenyan Premier League Coach Resigns
Sofapaka coach Medo Melis has resigned, Nation Sport understands. The Egyptian-born American did not attend the team’s training session on Tuesday at Ruiru stadium with his assistant John Baraza taking the boys through their paces. Melis took charge of the 2009 champions in November last year after a stint with Mount Kenya United, formerly Nakumatt
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target=_blank>Serena Williams Cruises To Victory At Australian Open
In her first time back at the Grand Slam she won in 2017 while pregnant, Williams took out Germany’s Tatjana Maria in just 49 minutes in the first round.
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target=_blank>Kohli Hits Dazzling Century To Draw India level In ODI Series Against Australia
Veteran wicket-keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni steered India to a six-wicket victory over Australia in the second one-day international to level the series in Adelaide on Tuesday. Former skipper Dhoni, playing in his 334th ODI, coolly guided India across the line with four balls to spare to back up a dazzling century from captain Virat Kohli.
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target=_blank>Oghara Agog As Oki Eboigbe Marries In Grand Style
OGHARA – Ethiope West was agog at the weekend as the family of Pa. David Amoku of Oghareki gave the hands of their daughter, Miss Rita Amoku in marriage to Hon. Oki Ogheneruemu Eboigbe JP, of the Eboigbegbe family of Mosogar Kingdom, in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State. The traditional marriage ceremony that
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target=_blank>WAPI Old Students Give Back To Society In Calabar
AFIS KAREEM LAGOS – For Master Divine Etetim Willie, an SS1 student of West African Peoples Institute, (WAPI), Calabar, Cross River State, though in his teens, his future like many others had been rather bleak. Curiously, it was due to no other reason than the fact that the wherewithal to actualize his dream of using the
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target=_blank>Isoko Traditional Rulers Adopt Okowa As Governorship Candidate
ASABA – In a rare show of love and solidarity, all the traditional rulers of Isoko ethnic nationalities and their President-Generals have endorsed Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as their candidate for the 2019 governorship elections. At an emergency national conference of Isoko nation convened by the Isoko Development Union (IDU) held at Oleh, Isoko South Local Government
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target=_blank>A’Ibom Monarch Celebrates Revamped 60-Year- Old Ikot Okoro General Hospital
UYO – Chief Ukana Peter Umana, the village head of Ikot Okoro, Oruk Anam local government area of Akwa Ibom State, has rolled out drums to celebrate the revamping of an hitherto dilapidated general hospital in the area. The 60-year old secondary healthcare facility had been under the state of dilapidation for over two decades, and
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Aberdeen looking at Huddersfield left-back Brown
Aberdeen could be chasing a loan move for Huddersfield left-back Jaden Brown, according to reports. Derek McInnes has prioritised a roving left-back this window after loanee Max Lowe’s return to Derby County. Premiership Huddersfield have only recently signed Brown, 19, from Tottenham Hotspur and he is tied to the John Smith’s Stadium until 2021.
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