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In a landmark moment for Afrobeats and Nigerian music, Rema headlined a sold-out concert at Madison Square Garden (MSG) in New York City on 2 May 2025, becoming one of the few Nigerian artistes to achieve this feat. The event, which…

Nigerian chess master and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya, has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records for completing the longest chess marathon in history. Onakoya achieved the remarkable feat alongside…

American Coco Gauff beat Karolina Muchova of Czech Republic 6-4 7-5 to reach her first US Open final on Thursday after the match was halted for nearly an hour when an environmental activist glued his feet to the floor of the Arthur Ashe…

At the US Open on Tuesday, Serbian star Novak Djokovic claimed his spot in a record 47th Grand Slam semi-final after beating Taylor Fritz 6-1 6-4 6-4 to stay on course for a fourth US Open title, on the Arthur Ashe stadium court in Yew…

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will address the 78th Session of the high-level General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, 19th of September . The UN disclosed that the…

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic returned to the US Open on Monday night and reclaimed the men's world number one spot over Carlos Alcaraz after his first-round win, on Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, USA. Three-time US Open champion,…

Some Public health experts, including scholars and researchers, have decried the high rate of death resulting from unsafe abortion, especially among adolescents, in Nigeria and urged government to increase investment in Sexual and…

A new Manhattan museum dedicated to China's 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square opens in New York ahead of the 34th anniversary of the crackdown. Zhou Fengsuo, 55, an exiled former Tiananmen student…

Snowfall of more than 6 feet in western New York state disrupted road travel and forced airlines to cancel flights in the Buffalo area on Saturday. 

Brazilian fighter Alex Pereira claimed the UFC middleweight title after pulling off a stunning comeback to knock out Nigerian Israel Adesanya in the fifth round, at UFC 281 at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Behind on the judges'…