17-YEAR-OLD INDIAN PRODIGY, MAKES CHESS HISTORY
After emerging victorious in a significant Canadian event, a 17-year-old Indian player will make history as the youngest contender for the World Chess Championship title....
WORLD NEWS: 11 MISSING, THOUSANDS EVACUATED AS FLOOD RAVAGE SOUTH CHINA
Agency Report Following storms that pounded southern China, state media reported on Monday that eleven people were missing. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated...
CHESS MARATHON: SANWO-OLU CONGRATULATES TUNDE ONAKOYA ON NEW 60-HOUR WORLD RECORD
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has hailed renowned chess master, Tunde Onakoya, for setting a new 60-hour chess marathon record. In a statement posted on...
TINUBU CELEBRATES ONAKOYA’S NEW WORLD CHESS RECORD
President Bola Tinubu has commended Chess maestro, Tunde Onakoya, on setting a new world chess record. Tinubu thanked Onakoya for “sounding the gong of Nigeria’s...
CHESS MARATHON: EZEKWEZILI HAILS TUNDE ONAKOYA ON NEW 60-HOUR WORLD RECORD
A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has hailed renowned chess master, Tunde Onakoya, for setting a new 60-hour chess marathon world record. She expressed...
WORLD NEWS: MACRON DENOUNCES ‘THREATENING’ RUSSIA REMARKS AFTER RARE PHONE TALKS
Following infrequent phone conversations between the French and Russian defence ministers that only served to highlight the yawning divide between Moscow and Europe two years...
SOUTH AFRICA TO PHASE OUT CAPTIVE LION BREEDING FOR HUNTING
As the nation tries to outlaw the contentious practice, South Africa on Wednesday outlined plans to gradually phase out the raising of lions in captivity...
NINE KILLED, 900 INJURED IN MOST POWERFUL TAIWAN QUAKE IN 25 YEARS
Agency Report A strong earthquake in Taiwan on Wednesday caused damage to dozens of structures, triggered tsunami warnings that reached Japan and the Philippines before...
ISRAEL’S PM TO BE DISCHARGED TUESDAY AFTER HERNIA OPERATION
Tuesday marks Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's second day out of the hospital following a hernia operation, according to his office. As his six-month battle...
POLITICS: TWO FIRST LADIES AT PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN A SENEGAL FIRST
Agency Report Senegal's president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, entered the platform while clutching the hands of his wives, Marie and Absa, in the last moments of...