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Nick Krygios is a name that is popular in the tennis hemisphere for a lot of wrong reasons. When talent meets petulance, you have a union called Nick Krygios. His tennis ability has never been in doubt. He is only the third player, after Dominik Hrbaty and fellow Australian Lleyton Hewitt, to have beaten Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic the first time he played each of them. But his attitude problems continue to overshadow his conquests in tournaments.…

Yellow Fever, in its recent outbreak, has claimed 16 lives out of 20 confirmed cases in Bauchi state. This was disclosed by Dr.Rilwanu Mohammed, the Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, who gave the updates in an interview with newsmen in his office, at the wekeend. He said, the death toll increased because some adamant citizens rejected vaccination during the statewide vaccination. According to him, about 119 suspected cases were recorded, 20 presons were said…

Former Barcelona captain Carles Puyol says he has rejected the chance to rejoin the club as a sporting director. Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu said this month he was hopeful of convincing Puyol to return to the Nou Camp to fill the role left vacant by Pep Segura, who departed by mutual consent in July. “After thinking about it a lot I decided not to accept the club’s offer,” Puyol, who spent his entire playing career at Barcelona between 1999…

While the US banned Huawei for alleged espionage and asked its allies to do the same, Moscow has rolled out the red carpet for the Chinese tech company, letting it develop 5G networks in Russia. Analysts say the move is as much as a show of solidarity with Beijing against the US as it is a drive to bring ultra high speed internet to Russian tech users. This month, Huawei opened its first 5G test zone in Moscow in partnership…

Like a raging fire Destroying all in its path So it comes and goes Within the twinkle of an eye You say things you don’t mean Hurt people’s feelings Just to prove a point When you actually meant nothing Homes got destroyed Friendship got marred All because you forgot That words, like an egg When dropped, loses its shell When angry, speak up But do so with sense Keeping in mind that Utterances are compact dense. Written by: Kayode Folakemi

One of the BBNaija 2019 show couples, Gedoni and Khafi, stirred social media with their supposed romps under the sheets. A number of fans accused Gedoni of distracting Khafi from the game and even jeopardising her job with the police in the UK. Gedoni recently got evicted from the show and he has denied ever having sex with Khafi while in the BBNaija house. Each year, popular reality TV show, BBNaija, always seems to capture viewers’ attentions as they make…

The suspects were said to have concealed the narcotic substance in their rectum, an act the Saudi Government says contravenes its narcotic and psychotropic substances rules. At least 23 Nigerians are on death roll in Saudi Arabia over drug-related offenses. This was revealed in a statement released by the Saudi Arabian Government on Saturday. According to the statement, the suspects were arrested between 2016 and 2017 at King Abdul-Aziz International Airport, Jeddah, and Prince Muhammad Bin Abdu-Aziz International Airport, Madinah.…

Hamisu Bala, suspected kidnap kingpin better known as Wadume, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) gave him N13 million for the February 23 presidential election. A Wadume said this while confessing to the detectives interrogating him. The suspect was arrested by the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Inspector-General of Police but escaped when soldiers opened fire on the team and killed three policemen and a civilian. He was later rearrested by the police in Kano. Wadume, however, did not give…