The Confederation of African Football—CAF—has ruled that yellow cards from World Cup qualifiers do not carry over to the playoff stage, confirming Leicester City’s Wilfred Ndidi’s eligibility for Nigeria’s Super Eagles in their single-match showdown against DR Congo in Rabat, Morocco, on Sunday. The Super Eagles released the information on its official handle on Saturday...
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College Football Coach John Beam From ‘Last Chance U’ Has Died After Being Shot
Oakland’s celebrated former football coach John Beam, who was featured in the Netflix series “Last Chance U” that showcased his success with players others wouldn’t gamble on, died Friday, a day after being shot on the college campus where he worked. Police arrested the 27-year-old suspect Friday. Authorities said he knew the 66-year-old coach, and...
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At 16, I Was Experimented On By The CIA And Now I’m Suing
The first thing Lana Ponting remembers about the Allan Memorial Institute, a former psychiatric hospital in Montreal, Canada, is the smell – almost medicinal. “I didn’t like the look of the place. It didn’t look like a hospital to me,” she told the BBC from her home in Manitoba. That hospital – once the home...
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Trump spent the whole of last week talking tough on Nigeria, waiting for a reaction that never came. Many f00lish and irresponsible Nigerians celebrated that the Americans were coming. Some believed Americans invasion would accompany Tinubu’s dethronement.
But our President handled the situation the way great leaders do. No angry words. Just calm diplomacy and quiet confidence. Look at how quickly things have turned around. The same America is reaching out, asking for cooperation and friendship. Tinubu is a LEADER! The kind that knows when silence says more than words ever could....
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Ethiopia Confirms First Marburg Outbreak As WHO Lauds Country’s Fast Action
Ethiopia on Friday confirmed its first Marburg outbreak after nine cases were identified in a southern region of the country that borders South Sudan. The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the Ethiopian government’s fast action, saying it showed a “commitment to bringing the outbreak under control quickly.” Ethiopia’s government had reported on...
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Ex-Congolese Rebel Leader On Trial For War Crimes In Paris Begins Hunger Strike
Ex-Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala began a hunger strike on Friday to protest his trial, which began this week over atrocities committed two decades ago during the Second Congo War. Lumbala, who dismissed his lawyers and refused to appear in court after the first day of the trial on Wednesday claiming the French court has no legitimacy...
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PRESS RELEASE – IGP ORDERS POSTING OF NEW DEPUTY INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE TO OVERSEE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, has approved the posting of DIG Mohammed Adamu Dankwara as the new Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Department of Finance and Administration . DIG Dankwara replaces DIG Sahabo Abubakar Yahaya who recently retired from the Force after over three decades of distinguished...