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NIGERIAN-born world heavyweight boxer Anthony Olufemi Joshua has added the World boxing Organisation (WBO) title to his portfolio after winning a unanimous points decision over New Zealander Joseph Parker last night in Cardiff.

BOURNEMOUTH winger Jordon Ibe claims he has received an offer from Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr to come and join the squad ahead of the 2018 World Cup taking place in Russia this summer.

Ibe, 22, who started his career at Liverpool, rejected the chance to switch allegiance to Nigeria in 2015, while Sunday Oliseh was still in charge of the Eagles. Ibe has since moved to Bournemouth, where he has seven assists in all competitions with a goal to his name this season.

NEGOTIATIONS to free Leah Sharibu the sole remaining Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) pupil still being held by Boko Haram are ongoing according to Senator Bukar Ibrahim representing Yobe East where the abduction took place.

FORMER Edo State governor Adams Oshiomole has emerged as the frontrunner to become the next national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after it emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari wants incumbent Chief John Odigie-Oyegun to go.

SUPER Eagles skipper Mikel Obi has promised Nigerian football fans that he will be back for the national team when it faces England in a high profile pre-World Cup friendly at Wembley on June 2.

LAGOSIANS are up in arms over the paralysing of commercial activity in the metropolis today after a public holiday was declared and several major roads were shut to accommodate a visit by President Muhammadu Buhari.

LATE Dr Martin Luther King's family have denied being the ones behind the recent award given to President Muhammadu Buhari in the name of the civil rights leader's foundation pointing out that the honour did not come from them.

BRITISH authorities have revealed that Abraham Badru the 26-year old young man who was shot in east London last weekend was the son of Dolapo Badru the member of the Federal House of Representatives representing Lagos Island Constituency.

MULTINATIONAL trading companies Vitol and Glencore are in talks to financially back Nigerian firms seeking to buy crude oil assets owned by Brazil’s Petrobras in the Niger Delta valued at up to $2bn.

EDO State commercial motorcycle operator Paul Edobor has abandoned his wife of 12 years and fled after she gave birth to a set of triplets because he dreaded the thought of looking after them when he is still struggling to maintain the two they already have.