Serena Williams made a ruthless start in her quest for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over unseeded German Tatjana Maria in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday. The seven-time Australian Open champion was pregnant when she won the last of her 23rd Grand Slam titles at Melbourne Park. She, however, showed her brutal power and athleticism in the match between the two mothers at Rod Laver Arena. The 37-year-old Williams,…

To communicate areas of dispute to govt today, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the ongoing industrial dispute will continue except certain acceptable conditions are met. It said to end the strike, the Federal Government must urgently release additional N50 billion to the N20 billion released earlier for revitalisation fund, show evidence of mainstreaming the Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) into the 2019 budget and evidence of the payment of shortfall in salaries. President of ASUU, Prof.…

Imagine that you need a table, and this table is to be put in a street corner to display a lot of goods, some heavy and some light. Now keeping this function in mind you would probably need a sturdy, tall, dark coloured, four legged table with a rough hewn finish on top to prevent your goods from sliding off. But here you are, in the showroom looking at various tables and you probably want the glass one with the…

Last week, many viewers watched Surviving R. Kelly in horror as the documentary highlighted old and new sexual-abuse allegations against the singer. The six-part documentary series, which premiered on Lifetime on January 3, featured dozens of testimonials from survivors, activists, police officers, and legal experts, as well as Kelly’s family members and former employees. Their collective accounts paint a picture of a predator of vast proportion and shine a light on the pervasive, insidious culture of sexual violence within the…

Just a few hours after teasing fans on social media, Folarin Falana, popularly called Falz “The Bahd Guy”, dropped his very first single for the year and he’s not just shaking tables but breaking them!. Titled “Talk”, the Sweet Boys Association (SBA) President takes a cue from one of the rhymes of the past, mixed with a “game-like” visuals as he delivered a video of the very highest quality… yet again! “Talk” as the title goes, literally talks about the…

Tennis Legend Andy Murray has announced he’s retiring from tennis after Wimbledon, due to an hip injury that has plagued him since 2017. The 31-year-old made this known during an emotional press conference where he made it known that he still plans to take on the Australian Open but could walk away from tennis this month if his condition doesn’t improve. At the press conference ahead of the Grand Slam, he started crying after telling everyone he wasn’t feeling great.…

The Democracy Index reviews the state of democracy in 165 independent countries worldwide using five parameters: process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning of government; political participation; and political culture. Based on the performance of the countries in the five categories, they are then classified into four regimes namely: full democracy”, “flawed democracy”, “hybrid regime” and “authoritarian regime”. A full democracy is the best rating while authoritarian regime is rated the worst. Nigeria, which is Africa’s biggest democracy, was ranked…