Saturday’s Australian Open Women’s Final brings together a pairing few would have predicted a fortnight ago. It’s set to be a fascinating final that you’ll be able to watch as it happens from anywhere in the world with our Kenin v Muguruza live stream guide. Spanish star Garbine Muguruza may be a former Roland-Garros and Wimbledon champion, but the 26-year-old came into the tournament unseeded with little expectation of a decent run in Melbourne. While Sofia Kenin was at least ranked as a 14th seed, Saturday’s match will be her maiden Grand Slam final, an achievement that few would have ex ..read more

A former senator, Shehu Sani, is back on the social media after a month away in the detention center of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Sani also thanked Nigerians for supporting him during his detention and trial. The former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district at the National Assembly was arrested by the anti-graft agency for allegedly collecting $24,000 from the Chairman of ASD Motors, Alhaji Sani Dauda to bribe Acting Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu. He was released on Thursday evening after meeting the bail conditions of N10m and one s ..read more

The Governing Council of the University of Calabar, Cross River State has allegedly terminated the appointment of 5 Staff and demoted 3 others over what it described as “gross misconduct”. The termination was conveyed in separate letters signed by the Registrar of the institution, Mr. Gabriel Egbe and dated January 23, 2020. “Those affected staff are: Mr. Valentine Eworo and Ms Theodora Agama both of the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry. “They were relieved of their appointments for allegedly altering Examination grades and Results of Organic Chemistry II, General Chemistry I and G ..read more

West Ham boosted their fight against relegation after completing the £22m signing of the highly rated Hull City forward Jarrod Bowen late last night. Uncertainty had hung over the deal as the 11pm deadline approached and West Ham, who had to work hard to agree personal terms with Bowen, were forced to request an extension after a day of delays and intrigue. Complications initially arose when the 23-year-old refused to accept a contract containing a clause triggering a 50% pay cut in the event of David Moyes’s struggling side dropping into the Championship. A compromise was reached when he ..read more

Take a smartphone, shrink it and strap it to your wrist and you’ll get a sense of what the TicWris Max smartwatch is trying to do. The idea, as ludicrous as it may sound, is gaining popularity in Asia. Sold for $160 at Gearbest, this device has some interesting uses for those working in challenging outdoor environments thanks to its 4G connectivity and IP67 waterproof rating – meaning that you won’t be able to swim with it, but it should withstand a shower. There’s nothing shabby about the rest of the configuration either. It has a quad-core processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB onboard storage, a 2 ..read more

A Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Hon. Justice A. O. Faji has ruled that President Muhammadu Buhari was right not to have handed over power to Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, during his visit to the United Kingdom in 2019. Justice Faji held that President Muhammadu Buhari did not violate the provisions of the constitution when he proceeded on vacation to London from April 25, 2019 to the 5th May, 2019. A Lagos-based lawyer and activist, Mr Inibehe Effiong, had sued Buhari and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami SAN, in Suit No: FHC/L/CS/763/2019 when Pr ..read more

ADVERTISEMENT The Abuja Enterprise Agency (AEA) is set to host the National Business Plan Competition (NBPC) in collaboration with the Small & Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) and the Dubai Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) in Abuja. A statement by the agency says the competition will build the capacity of start-ups to better utilise a wide array of investment opportunities both domestic and international through building their capacities in writing business plans, presentation and pitching their business ideas to investors. The competition is targeted at ..read more

The management of Kaduna Polytechnic has terminated the appointment of a former Head of Department, Civil Engineering, Engr. Danjuma Alhassan over allegation of sexual harassment of a female student of the institution. The Governing Council of the institution had at its 91st regular meeting held on 30th January, 2020, approved the termination of the lecturer’s appointment. A letter to that effect was issued on 31st January, 2020 by the deputy registrar, information & protocol for the of the institution, Samuel Y. Obochi. Source link ..read more

It is not available to viewers of ITV4 but the Irish Champion Hurdle is undoubtedly the big race of the day, with the betting market evidently expecting Honeysuckle to reveal herself as a star. Henry de Bromhead’s mare remains unbeaten but new questions are asked by this step back in trip on drying ground at a track she has never visited. At 2-1 or thereabouts, Sharjah (3.10) is surely the way to go. But for a fall as a novice, he would have won Grade Ones at Leopardstown for the last three Christmases and he should be hard to beat in these conditions. Aramon ran Klassical Dream to a head ..read more

Microsoft has observed that the hacking group known as Evil Corp or TA505 has switched up the tactics in its ongoing phishing campaign to deliver malware by using malicious Excel documents. The company provided more details on the new campaign in a series of tweets in which its researchers said that the final payload is now being delivered by using an Excel document containing a malicious macro. Evil Corp has been active since 2014 and the cybercrime group is financially motivated. It is known for targeting retail companies as well as financial institutions by using large malicious spam c ..read more