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The Brazilian squad arrived in Tangier, Morocco, Monday (Mar.20). The prestigiousSeleçãowill play a friendly match on Saturday (Mar. 25) against the Atlas Lions who finished 4th in the last world cup, an historic feat for an African team. It will be the third face-off for the two teams, 25 years after they last played each other. The squads will clash in a packed Ibn Batouta stadium. … Read the full article here
President William Ruto’s mission to revitalise Kenya’s economy is faced with global headwinds and a forceful political opposition. Source Read the full article here
A Colorado dentist has been charged with killing his wife and the mother of his six children by spiking her protein shakes with arsenic and cyanide, so he could start a new life with his lover, according to court documents. James Toliver Craig, 45, was arrested Sunday on one count of first-degree murder for allegedly fatally poisoning his wife, Angela Craig, who was pronounced brain-dead on March 18 and later taken off life support. As his 43-year-old spouse lay… Read the full article here
Residents of some communities in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State have cried out over the blackout currently being experienced in their communities. The situation which has been like that for weeks has grounded business activities in the affected communities which include Ibafo, Magboro, Makogi, Oke-Afa and Aseese among others. A landlord in Magboro who did not want his name in print said, “the situation started before the presidential election… Read the full article here
If you are a reader, you certainly appreciate a library: that ability to find things of value to read or to return to something you have read or previously failed to read. In that case, Nigeria may not be the place for you. Libraries, where they exist, are either empty or seriously limited. Sometimes, a newspaper “archive” does not exist beyond its edition for that day, and its editor may have no idea what his predecessor published one year ago today, let alone… Read the full article here
No fewer than 500 women from across the 13 local government areas of Nasarawa State on Tuesday stormed Lafia, the state capital to demand the cancellation of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The state Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, Stella Oboshi, led women from the PDP and other political parties to the peaceful protest as they claimed the governorship poll held on March 18 was inconclusive. Oboshi explained that the reason for the… Read the full article here
Damilola Aina, Abuja The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has voted to increase the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 18. per cent, The PUNCH reports. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this while reading the communiqué of the second MPC meeting of the year on Tuesday. Addressing journalists at the end of the two-day meeting in Abuja, Mr Emefiele, said the committee… Read the full article here
All hormonal contraceptives carry a slightly increased risk of breast cancer, including the increasingly popular progestogen-only pills, according to a study published on Tuesday. The researchers who carried out the study stressed that the increased risk of breast cancer needs to be weighed against the benefits of hormonal contraceptives, including the protection they provide against other forms of female cancer. Previous studies have established an increased risk… Read the full article here
Lionel Messi and his Argentina teammates will make a triumphant return in their homeland on Thursday when they play their first match since winning the World Cup in Qatar. More than 1.5 million fans applied for 63,000 available tickets for the match against Central American minnows Panama at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires. Football-mad Argentines were out in even larger numbers following the Albiceleste’s dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over France in… Read the full article here
An entertainer, Celestino Mahib, aka Iamshakez, is one man who believes in pursuing all his dreams. The United Kingdom-based Sierra Leonean DJ, who recently released a single titled, ‘Pain’, noted that ‘as a music lover, he started learning how to DJ while he was pursuing a university degree. Speaking on the new song, he said, “The song is actually about my life. It talks about my struggles before having a breakthrough, and finding stardom in the… Read the full article here
