Weightlifter, Adijat Adenike Olarinonye, has won the first gold medal for Nigeria at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Olarinoye recorded a total of 203kg in the women’s 55kg weightlifting event, which is the new Commonwealth Games record.
Naija News reports that Nigeria currently sits ninth on the medals table with Australia leading the charts with 13 gold, eight silver and 11 bronze.
Team Nigeria will hope to add to the one medal haul when actions resume tomorrow on Day 3 of the Commonwealth Games. Read More...
The Yoruba language in Nigeria is one of the biggest language groups in the country and in two neighbor countries: Benin and Togo. The Yoruba tribe is one of the biggest populations within the Nigeria.
The origin of Yoruba languageJudging by the localization of the existing Yoruba speakers in Nigeria, it’s natural to suppose that the language originated from the local Yoruba population. There are several versions of the origin of the Yoruba language. Read More...
Gunmen on Wednesday at Kiagbodo in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State kidnapped Ebikeme Clark, son of Ijaw national leader and former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark.
Delta State Police Commissioner, Ikechukwu Aduba, confirmed the incident and said that one of the suspects was arrested.
Ebikeme was abducted in the evening by seven gunmen at the site of the proposed Edwin Clark University of Technology.
He was whisked away from the scene in his Toyota Hiace Bus to a jetty, from where he was taken away in a speedboat to an unknown riverside location. Read More...