EMBATTLED communications minister Sheikh Isa Pantami has defied critics calling on him to resign after he was listed on the Federal Bureau of Intelligence's (FBI) terrorist watchlist and turned up at today's Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja.
Sheikh Pantami, who is also the deputy secretary-general of the Supreme...
WORLD heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have signed a deal for two all-British world heavyweight title unification fights involving a 50:50 split of the purses between the two fighters.
Joshua, who currently holds the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF), World...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) This week, we have been celebrating Holocaust Memorial Day. I chose not to write about it on the day but sit back and take stock of what has gone on. We now have this regional power in the Middle East. Alas, we need a similar one in sub-Saharan Africa. I find it perplexing that Nigerians are not embarrassed...
WORLD heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Olufemi Oluwaseni Joshua is now planning to take on World Boxing Council (WBC) holder Tyson Fury next year in a staggering £200m clash after his successful defence of his four belts last night.
Last night at the SSE Arena at Wembley Stadium, Joshua knocked out Bulgarian challenger...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) If you look at all the major modern economies worldwide, it was some big discovery that sparked their sudden rise as everyone went there in search of a pot of gold. Nigeria simply needs to follow this well-trodden route
(2) America went from being an agrarian backwater to becoming a major industrial power when...
