Monthly Archives: April 2018
Africa plays 6 refs, 10 assistants @WC
The FIFA Referees Committee has selected 36 referees and 63 assistant referees, representing 46 different countries, for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Out...
A & E doctor jailed 12 yrs
A former A&E consultant has been jailed for 12 years for possessing firearms with intent to endanger life.
Dr Martin Watt, who worked at Monklands...
Police arrest 2 as Ogunsola dies, stabbed
Two boys have been arrested after an 18-year-old man was stabbed to death in an east London street.
Police officers found Israel Ogunsola wounded in...
The martyrdom of Lady Mandela
By Peter Olorunnisomo - The demise of Nelson Mandela’s partner in marriage and political struggle lives indelibly in the minds of the world and...
Maada Bio wins S/Leone presidency
Opposition candidate and former military junta leader Julius Maada Bio was sworn in as Sierra Leone’s new president late on Wednesday, just hours after...
Vince Cable reiterates serious lack of diversity in Parliament
Speaking in Westminster, Liberal Democrat Leader Vince Cable confronted a range of issues from “Punish a Muslim Day”, the increase in gun and knife...
Winnie – the Mandela is dead
The matriarch of South Africa’s liberation and vice-captain to South Africa’s national icon, Nelson Mandela, is dead!
News of her departure was broken by her...
Okagbare beats 1996 African 200m record
Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteghonor announced her return to top form at the weekend with a blistering 22.04seconds run at the 2018 Wes Kittley Invitational in Texas,...
Ethiopia, Kenya sweep half marathon races
Ethiopa’s Netsanet Gudeta broke Kenya’s dominance in the World Half Marathon Championships by smashing the women’s only race world record in Valencia, Spain on...
MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU
By Michael Adekoya - “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the...