ATHLETIC BILBAO KNOCK REAL MADRID OUT, REACH COPA DEL REY SEMI-FINALS

ATHLETIC BILBAO KNOCK REAL MADRID OUT, REACH COPA DEL REY SEMI-FINALS

Wayne Lumbasi Athletic Bilbao reached their third consecutive Copa Del Reysemi-final after a last-gasp win over a lacklustre Real Madrid side at San Mames. Alex Berenguer’s scintillating strike after a Casemiro’s mistake was enough to seal a shock 1-0 victory at San Mames and send Athletic through to the semi-finals. Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Sevilla already […]

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 EGYPT TO FACE SENEGAL IN AFCON FINALS

EGYPT TO FACE SENEGAL IN AFCON FINALS

Wayne Lumbasi Egypt sealed a 3-1 win against Cameroon on penalties on Thursday. It will face Senegal in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals.  It was the first game back at the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde since eight fans died after a crush outside Cameroon’s last-16 game against Comoros last Monday. A heroic […]

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 MALI DEFAULTS ON DOMESTIC DEBT

MALI DEFAULTS ON DOMESTIC DEBT

Ekeomah Atuonwu LEDE: On the 28th and 31st of January, the bond payment deadlines passed. Mali’s finance ministry and the West African debt management agency said that the country has defaulted on more than $31 million in bond payments, as sanctions imposed over the country’s military junta’s postponement of elections took effect. The defaults add […]

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 ECOWAS HEADS OF STATE HOLDS EMERGENCY SUMMIT IN ACCRA

ECOWAS HEADS OF STATE HOLDS EMERGENCY SUMMIT IN ACCRA

Ekeomah Atuonwu LEDE: Following a military coup in Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 , the West African union will determine whether to apply more sanctions. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government has held another Extraordinary Summit to discuss the political situation in Burkina Faso. The Summit will take […]

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 CONTROLLING NIGERIA’S POPULATION

CONTROLLING NIGERIA’S POPULATION

Ekeomah Atuonwu Abuja, Nigeria 🇳🇬 launches revised population policy to address high fertility rate. President Muhammadu Buhari on February 3, 2022 in Abuja, the state capital, launched the Revised National Policy on Population for Sustainable Development, stressing the need for urgent measures to address Nigeria’s high fertility rate, through expanding access to modern contraceptive methods […]

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 ALIKO DANGOTE’S AUTO COMPANY BEGINS ASSEMBLY

ALIKO DANGOTE’S AUTO COMPANY BEGINS ASSEMBLY

Ekeomah Atuonwu NIGERIA 🇳🇬 – The automobile assembly plant is now open for business. The automobile company of the richest man in Africa, Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote – Dangote Peugeot Automobiles Nigeria Limited (DPAN) has started assembling vehicles in Nigeria, beginning with the Land Trek, 3008, 5008 and the new Peugeot 508. The journey of the […]

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 FIRST HAITIAN “RICHARDSON VIANO” TO COMPETE IN WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES

FIRST HAITIAN “RICHARDSON VIANO” TO COMPETE IN WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES

Avellon Williams  PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- “Thanks to this commitment, I was able to get closer to my country of origin.” Born in Haiti and adopted at the age of 3-years-old. The goal of Richardson Vianoat Beijing 2022 is to inspire young people to think differently about Haiti. Viano’s participation at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre will mark the first time a […]

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 AKA CLAPS BACK AT FANS

AKA CLAPS BACK AT FANS

Lisa Mugo South African rapper Kiernan Jarryd Forbes better known by his stage name AKA took to his Twitter on Thursday to post a screen shot of a WhatsApp message he received from a producer who has been trying to get an AKA stamp of approval of his beats. His fans have joined in the plea. The unknown producer […]

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