Popular WWE Star, the undertaker, officially announced the end of his 30-year old wrestling career. He made it known at the WWE survivor series on Sunday. A host of stars past and present continued to pour in Tributes for the wrestling icon, who had initially planned to resign earlier in June. The Undertaker, aged 55,…
President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad has been banned by FIFA for five years for financial misconduct. The ban was announced during his campaign to be re-elected for four more years as the head of African soccer. The FIFA ethics committee found ‘’Ahmad had breached his duty of loyalty, offered…
40 Million Recoveries have been recorded as of Monday morning by worldmeter.info, a coronavirus tracking platform. This shows level of success recorded in the fight against the virus. People who recover from viral infections always develop immunity against the same disease, but it still remains unclear if this situation is applicable in Covid-19 infection. The…
The German coach Joachim Low has come under increasing pressure following Germany’s poor form in their recent outings. The German national team has been under heavy criticism following some abysmal performances in recent times. Most recently, the 6-0 loss to Spain, which has further compounded the woes for Joachim Low’s men. The loss to Spain…
Spain’s Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya over the weekend visited Senegal. The visit was part of the Spanish government’s diplomatic response to the continuous migrant arrivals to Canary Islands from West African countries. During the visit, Gonzalez Laya met with the President of Senegal, Macky Sall to discuss issues on migration and border cooperation between…
Lagos The Lagos State Government on Friday declared that it would by next week commence Physical Planning enforcement on all Tank Farms illegally operating in the State. The declaration was made by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako during a meeting in his office in Alausa and communicated through a…
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to “inclusive, resilient and sustainable” industrialisation in Africa. Mr Guterres gave the assurance in his message to mark the 2020 African Industrialisation Day with the theme, “Inclusive and sustainable industrialisation in the AfCFTA era”. Commemorated annually on November 20, the event offers African governments…
Britain will proscribe the sales of petrol and diesel vehicle from 2030. This ban is part of the 10-point plan for a ‘’green industrial revolution’’ set to be unveiled by the U.K Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on Wednesday. The British premier has set aside 13.4 billion EUROS (about 15.9 billion dollars) for the wide-ranging…
In the words of Marshall McLuhan who predicted years ago that the world would soon become a ‘global village’, indeed, this has began playing out in a seemingly faster pace than ever before. With the broadcasting, the internet, the social media and other media channels breaking new frontiers , making use of the electro-magnetic…
The Realness Institute is set to partner Netflix to create an Episodic content development Lab for African writers in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. According to the Realness Institute, the new deal will facilitate a new wave of storytelling. With Netflix bringing it’s expertise on Episodic content development, insight on global trends and production to…