Monthly Archives: August 2018
FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup: Ghana out
In spite of a 1-0 win in their final Group A match over New Zealand, Ghana has bowed out of the FIFA U-20 Women’s...
FG grants ‘trader moni’ to traders
Lagos, Kano and Abia states have been selected as pilots states for the Federal Government’s TraderMoni scheme.
Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President...
UN warns over tension in Nigeria, other nations
Global body in charge of security, United Nations Security Council, says it is worried over what it described as continued tensions linked to disputed...
Bwalya fights FIFA over ban, fine
Former Zambian international and African football great Kalusha Bwalya has vowed to fight a two-year football ban imposed on him on Friday by the...
Air Ethiopia’s bid shoots up number
Passenger numbers have exceeded ten million at Ethiopian Airlines for the first time in its history during a year when the carrier added eight...
The Korea meet in Pyongyang
North and South Korea are stepping up their rapprochement with a summit planned to hold in Pyongyang in September.
The summit was announced following high-level...
Kenya tops African Athletics meet, as instant cash rewards winners
The 21st Africa (Senior) Athletics Championship came to an end after five days of athletes competing for top honours. While Kenya topped the medals...
Ebola medics need armed security – WHO
Armed escorts will be required to protect vaccination teams as they battle to contain Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World Health...
Kenyan world champ dies in car crash
Nicholas Bett won the 400m hurdles race in Beijing in 2015 and became a unique champion.
The 28-year-old made history in 2015 by becoming the...
Zambia deports wanted Zimbabwean minister
By Peter Olorunnisomo - The elections in Zimbabwe have had its uneasy spell. This is very understandable giving the undercurrent of a ‘change of...
