Nigeria’s Raymond Ekevwo won the gold medal in the men’s 100m final at the ongoing 12th African Games in Rabat Morroco on Tuesday.
The fastest Nigerian man ran 9.96s to become the 10th Nigerian male sprinter to grace the sub-10 sec barrier.
20-year-old Raymond Ekevwo from Nigeria won the men’s 100m final in a new personal best time of 9.96 seconds wind +1.6m/s. Arthur Cisse Gue of Côte d’Ivoire took silver in 9.97 seconds as Ese Itsekire of Nigeria won the bronze in 10.02 seconds.
Former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili, says she is pleased with her encounter with Senator Onyekachi Nwebonyi at a Senate Committee panel on Tuesday, saying the episode exposed what women face in a patriarchal society.
Former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, has denied reports claiming he is in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), following an ongoing investigation into the alleged misappropriation of $2.9 billion allocated for refinery rehabilitation.