Hillary Clinton, Andrew Yakubu, Tiwa Savage | Here are last week’s winners and losers

News of President Muhammadu Buhari’s health status, vacation extension and late night phone calls to his ‘boys’ back home dominated the news last week. A few other new names forcefully emerged too; one of them being Andrew Yakubu, the former NNPC boss in whose home the EFCC made one of its largest cash discoveries. As we... Read More

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February 12, 2017

Protests, Marathon and the best of Rihanna | See our top 10 photos from the past week

From the protest that held across Nigeria (and even the UK) on Monday to the Lagos City Access Marathon that held yesterday, see our top 10 photos from the past week The Lagos City Marathon held yesterday and while Nigeria failed to win at her own show once again, Damilola Oluwaseun, the 7-year old who... Read More

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February 11, 2017

#LagosMarathon: Check out the top 15 photos from the Lagos City Marathon

The 2017 Lagos City Marathon has just ended and Kenyan athlete, Abraham Kiptum has emerged winner out of the over 80,000 runners who showed at the race. Abraham Kiptum’s win today was especially significant as he won the race in the maiden edition held last year. Breaking his 2016 record with a 6 minute difference, Kiptum... Read More

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February 11, 2017

Kenya’s Abraham Kiptum wins Lagos City Marathon for the second time

Kenya’s Abraham Kiptum has won the 42.1km Lagos Marathon for the second time in a row. Kiptum who won in 2016, crossed the line a time of 2:15:20. Rodah Tanuyi was the first woman to cross the finish line. The event had about 100,000 athletes from 27 countries, including Nigeria. Nigeria’s Hannah Babalola also became... Read More

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February 11, 2017

#LagosMarathon: Abraham Kiptum wins Lagos City Marathon the second year in a row

For the second year in a row, the Lagos City Marathon has been won by Abraham Kiptum, with a run time of 2 hours and 10 minutes. Kiptum, a Kenyan, won the first edition of the marathon last year, with a winning time of 2 hours, 16 minutes and 21 seconds. Kiptum has previously made known his intentions... Read More

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