Monthly Archives: November 2018
AWCON 2018 Final: South Africa’s Banyana Banyana vs Nigeria’s Super Falcons
GHANA
South Africa’s women’s national football team will on Saturday challenge Nigeria’s Super Falcons for the 2018 African Women’s Nations Cup title.
Banyana Banyana, who have...
Another politician gets 41 years for money laundering in Nigeria
NIGERIA
Chairman of the Zamfara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), in Nigeria northeast, Murtala Adamu Jengebe, has been sentenced to a cumulative jail term...
Lavishness dents Lourenço’s drive to rid Angola of luxury (by Pedro Agosto)
APO GROUP
AHEAD of his just-concluded trip to former colonial master Portugal, Angola President, Joao Laurenco, vehemently shot down assertions that he was wealthy.
Since assuming...
Russian bank ‘mistakenly’ loans $12bn to Central African Republic
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
The impoverished state of Central African Republic landed a windfall on Tuesday, at least on paper, when Russian state bank VTB reported it had...
Boxing risk exclusion from Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games?
JAPAN
Senior officials of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will meet in Tokyo on Friday to decide on the future of boxing during the Olympic...
Somalia: at least 7 die n bomb explosion
SOMALIA
At least seven people were killed and five injured in a car bomb explosion at a bustling market in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, on Monday.
Police...
Croatia: Davis Cup victors return home to heroic welcome
CROATIA
Thousands of Croatians turned out in Zagreb’s central square on Monday to welcome their national tennis team back home and celebrate its Davis Cup...
Nigeria Police in Plateau closes up on kidnappers, parades suspects
NIGERIA
Police in Nigeria's northcentral of Plateau State, has paraded suspected kidnappers operating in the state following a crackdown on their activities, and tracking of...
Importance of a Sustainable Blue Economy: Statistics and facts
KENYA
The Blue Economy is an economic arena that depends on the benefits and values realized from the coastal and marine environment.
Experts define the ‘Sustainable...
Prince Harry to facilitate elephant move from Botswana to Zambia
BOTSWANA
Britain’s Prince Harry has offered to support the Zambian governments efforts to boost tourism by facilitating a deal with Botswana to move some elephants...