Oliver Meth Social media giant Facebook is in hot water with South African authorities. The South African Competition Commission wants the country’s Competition Tribunal to prosecute Meta Platforms Inc, previously known as Facebook Inc for abuse of dominance. The Commission made the findings after GovChat and, #LetsTalk filed a complaint against Facebook, WhatsApp, and Facebook […]
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Lisa Mugo South African rapper Cassper Nyovest is pumped and ready to get in the ring with his fellow musician Naak Musiq on April 14th at Sun City. Cassper shared a picture of him and the men who have been helping him train and get on track in preparation for the boxing match and he is ready to go. Cassper revealed that it has […]
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Wayne Lumbasi The second season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) started last weekend in Dakar, Senegal. Twelve teams will compete this season for the BAL title. Last year, Egypt’s Zamalek won the championship. The Basketball Africa League (BAL) has announced the “BAL Elevate,” a new program that will see one NBA Academy Africa prospect join each […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Nigeria’s airline operators, represented by Mr. Allen Onyema, Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Air Peace, have claimed they can no longer afford the cost of aviation fuel. This came after aviation fuel marketers failed to persuade the House of Representatives as to why the product’s prices were skyrocketing on a daily basis. The airlines are […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu On Monday, Nigeria’s national grid collapsed for the second time in 2022, resulting in nationwide blackouts. After the national grid collapsed, the blackout in Nigeria worsened at about 10:40 a.m. Monday. With a text message delivered to its subscribers, the EkoElectricity Distribution Company and the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) backed up the Eko DisCo. “Dear esteemed […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Algeria has restricted the export of foods that the country primarily imports, citing a growing food crisis caused by Russia’s military activity in Ukraine. At a meeting of the Council of Ministers, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune issued the prohibition. “On the joint proposal of the Ministers of Agriculture and Trade, the President of the Republic ordered to prevent the […]
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Lisa Mugo Nollywood actor Gideon Okeke has called out the Nollywood entertainment industry for being unfair towards actors and for giving harsh working conditions. Okeke shared in a recent interview with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu on Rubbin Minds revealing that he loves his career, but producers exploit actors. He also revealed that actors have been going through financial constraints for decades due to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Cameroon is the latest African nation after Kenya, the Gambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Ghana to ban the smoking of Shisha. The health ministry notes that about 46 per cent of young Cameroonians smoke the substance yet it has detrimental effects on their health. Despite a “misconception” that shisha is not as harmful as […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Chelsea winger Hakim Ziyech has rejected the chance to play for Morocco in their 2022 World Cup play-off against DR Congo later this month. The 28-year-old, who has not played for the Atlas Lions since June 2021, announced his decision to quit international football after a falling-out with Morocco coach Vahid Halilhodzic. “I love my country […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Nigeria arrested Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem, the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, with 54 sticks of drugs wrapped around his body while on his way to a three-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya. The preacher, who […]
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