Christian Eriksen: Denmark midfielder suffered cardiac arrest, says team doctor

Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest when he collapsed in Denmark’s Euro 2020 match against Finland, said Danish team doctor Morten Boesen. Earlier, officials said the midfielder was stable in hospital and had sent his greetings to his national team-mates. Eriksen collapsed shortly before half-time in Denmark’s opening Euro 2020 game against Finland on Saturday. “He was gone. We did …

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Israel Adesanya beats Marvin Vettori to retain middleweight title

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya cruised to victory over Marvin Vettori as he retained his undisputed 185-pound title in the main event of UFC 263 in Glendale, Arizona. The pair had previously met, when Adesanya claimed a split-decision victory over Vettori in April 2018 in the Nigerian-born Kiwi’s second UFC bout. But in Saturday night’s rematch Adesanya, 31, showed his …

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The MKO Abiola I Knew—Femi Otedola

My first memory of Chief Abiola was around 1971, about 47 years ago, as a pupil of the Staff School at the University of Lagos where Kola, his first son, was my classmate. A dutiful father, he used to pick up his children from school regularly. His first wife, the late Alhaja Simbiat Abiola was also my mother’s close friend. …

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Fans Unfollow Gospel Singer, Tope Alabi On Instagram For Criticising A Fellow Artiste’s Song

No fewer than 300 social media users have unfollowed popular Gospel musician, Tope Alabi, over comments condemning a song by an up-and-coming gospel artiste, Yinka Alaseyori. The song which described God as ‘Oniduro’, meaning a guarantor or surety was condemned by Alabi while performing on stage in a public event. In a video that has now gone viral, Alabi was …

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#Twitterban: Hopes rise as Twitter begins talks with Nigerian government

Friday was exactly a week since the Nigerian government suspended the activities of popular microblogging platform, Twitter, in the country. As the suspension got into the second week, the federal government is yet to release conditions for the reversal of the indefinite suspension but claims to be in talks with the social media company. “Today marks one week since Twitter …

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Police recover N1.3m from kidnappers in Abuja

The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday said they recovered N1.3 million from five suspected kidnappers arrested by operatives from the command in Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, ASP Mariam Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. She said that the recovered money was paid as ransom to the suspects, …

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Who Is Your Friend?

By Dr. HELEN PAUL  Many years after Secondary School, I met this old school friend on the streets of Lagos. We embraced one another and exchanged pleasantries. We chatted passionately and reminisced on our school days amidst joy and laughter. I’m sure you all can imagine how excited we were that day. But that feeling of adrenaline would soon be …

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Again, Saudi Arabia Denies Nigerians 2021 Hajj

Saudi Arabia has placed travel restrictions on Nigeria and other countries from performing 2021 Hajj over coronavirus concerns This follows an announcement from Saudi Arabia on Saturday that it will allow 60,000 vaccinated residents of the kingdom to perform the annual hajj. According to the official Saudi Press Agency, the Hajj ministry said this year’s pilgrimage would be “open for …

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Lukaku Scores Brace, Pays Tribute to Eriksen

Romelu Lukaku paid tribute to his Inter Milan team-mate Christian Eriksen after scoring against Russia to help world number one side Belgium start Euro 2020 with a win. Denmark midfielder Eriksen collapsed on the pitch earlier on Saturday in the Group B game with Finland and received emergency treatment on the field. There was some doubt as to whether Belgium’s …

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Christian Eriksen: Denmark midfielder ‘awake’ after collapsing on pitch

Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen is “awake” in hospital after collapsing in the Euro 2020 match against Finland, said the Danish Football Association. The 29-year-old Inter Milan player’s condition has “stabilised”, according to tournament organisers Uefa. The game in Copenhagen was suspended before half-time after the former Spurs playmaker fell to the ground and was given emergency treatment on the field. …

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