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SPORT One hundred-meter world record holder, Usain Bolt, says he has agreed to sign for an unnamed football club. Thirty one year old Bolt retired from athletics last summer after an impressive career, winning eight Olympic gold medals. The Sprinter who announced his sporting diversification on Tweeter, promised to give more details of the deal […]
CHINA In China, the Communist Party’s move to enable President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely has been greeted with backlash from the people. Chinese censors are now acting quickly to remove satirical comments about the proposed indefinite power allocation. This is as Chinese internet users today found themselves unable to signal approval or […]
#BreakingNews It is reported that a Saratov Airlines plane carrying 71 people aboard ‘crashes shortly after taking off from Moscow’s Domodedov Airport’. This plane was reported missing from the radar shortly after it took off from Domodedovo airport in Moscow. It is still unknown what has happened to all on board.
French athlete, Abraham Kiprotich has emerged winner of the 2018 Lagos City Marathon #RunLagos #RunYourRace #LagosCityMarathon
UNITED STATES U.S. Government has condemned the attitude of Nigerian and Cameroonian authorities towards the forty seven Anglophone detainees who were repatriated to Cameroon from Nigeria. A statement by the U.S. Department of State, signed by Department Spokesperson, Heather Nauert, noted that Nigeria and Cameroon have violated the rights of the detainees by forcibly repatriating […]
ISRAEL Israel has started handing out notices to twenty thousand male African migrants giving them two months to leave the country or risk being thrown in jail. Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is offering the migrants, three thousand five hundred dollars and a plane ticket to what it says is a safe destination in another […]
SOUTH AFRICA South Africa’s parliament has scheduled a motion of no-confidence against President Jacob Zuma for February 22. The parliament’s speaker made the announcement today, following a request from the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters party. Zuma has survived several no-confidence votes during his scandal-plagued presidency, but the calls for him to step down have reportedly […]
WHO The World Health Organisation has launched a new Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System , a global effort to address drug resistance. The GLASS will involve the development of tools and standards and improved collaboration around the world to track drug resistance, measure its health and economic impacts, and design targeted solutions. WHO reported new surveillance […]
LIBERIA Liberia’s President George Weah has made his first appointments less than twenty four hours after his swearing in yesterday. Seven names made the first batch of appointees, including former Senate Pro-Tempore Gbezohngar Findley, who has been named Minister of Foreign Affairs. Major-General Daniel Ziankahn was immediately retired as the Chief of Staff of the […]
SOUTH AFRICA Nigerian Community in South Africa has urged its members to adopt safety measures ahead of a planned protest against foreigners by South Africans. President of Nigerian Union, South Africa, Adetola Olubajo, told newsmen that criminal elements could take advantage of the protest to cause trouble. Olubajo asked Nigerians to stay away from areas […]
