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Nigeria will witness the birth of a new generation of players as the country's U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, arrive Dar es Salaam ahead of the 2019 AFCON U17 kickoff against hosts Tanzania on Sunday. In their second game, the Eaglets will face the young Palancas Negras of Angola on April 17 and round up... Continue Reading →
Manchester City edged Brighton 1-0 in Saturday's FA Cup semifinal courtesy of Gabriel Jesus' early goal to keep the Citizen's quest for an unprecedented quadruple on course but manager Pep Guardiola has quashed talks of winning four titles. City already harvested the League Cup after a penalty shootout victory over Chelsea in February and are... Continue Reading →
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the compulsory retirement of the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen, based on “incontrovertible” findings on him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC). It asked President Muhammadu Buhari to give effect to the recommendation immediately. But the NJC urged the President to allow Justice Onnoghen... Continue Reading →
African pop singer Victoria Kimani accepted Kiss Daniel's #Fvckuchallenge and dropped her cover but her effort has been met by a barrage of criticism from Twitter users who felt she disrespected Tiwa Savage on the track. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvye3MUogen/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Even though the Kenyan music star also accused YCEE of lifting her chorus without permission and called him... Continue Reading →
Hip hop superstar Davido, real names David Adeleke, has scoffed at the pronouncement of an Abuja High Court which nullified his uncle Senator Ademola Adeleke's participation from the last Osun State governorship election. The court found that Adeleke was not qualified to contest the election because he did not possess the minimum educational requirement of... Continue Reading →
Following widespread outrage of the fatal shooting of Kolade Johnson on Saturday by men suspected to be attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), the Lagos State Commisioner of Police has announced the arrest of the two officers who carried out the extra-judicial killing. In a tweet by the official Nigerian Police Twitter handle @PoliceNG,... Continue Reading →
While Nigeria is just in the process of legislating an increment in minimum wage, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has raised the country’s minimum wage to 2,000 Egyptian pounds ($116 or N41,700) a month from 1,200 pounds. Speaking at an event on celebrating women on Saturday, Sisi said the raise would apply to all Egyptian... Continue Reading →
Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah was scolded by his mother this week, after the married Liverpool legend was caught on camera hugging a fan. Salah shared a screenshot on Instagram showing his mother's response to a photo he sent her showing him hugging a woman at an event in Dubai. "If I saw your dad doing this I'd... Continue Reading →
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