Top boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn has confirmed that Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk have agreed on personal terms ahead of their heavyweight title rematch to take place on August 20 in Saudi Arabia. The Ukrainian defeated Joshua by unanimous decision back in September, and the two have been in talks over a rematch ever since...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday flagged off the maiden flight of the 2022 Hajj exercise, were a total of 43,000 intending Nigerian pilgrims would be airlifted to the Holy Land (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia to perform this year’s Hajj. Recalled the Hajj operation was...
Anthony Joshua’s world heavyweight championship rematch with Ukrainian war hero Oleksandr Usyk is set to take place in Saudi Arabia at the end of June. According to Mail Online, a mega-million-dollars deal to move Joshua’s bid to regain his WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO titles away from London was...
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Zubairu Dada has engaged with Amb. Faisal Al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, calling for the removal of travel restrictions placed on Nigerians intending to visit Saudi Arabia. Mr Ibrahim Aliyu, the Special Assistant Media to Dada, made this known in a statement...
By IBRAHIM MUHAMMED – The news of suspension of flight from Nigeria by Saudi Arabia General authority of civil aviation came as a shock and an unexpected development at this particular period of time. There are many factors being ascribed to the reason for the suspension of flight by...