Egypt to Host 2025 U-20 AFCON After Ivory Coast withdrawal

Egypt to Host 2025 U-20 AFCON After Ivory Coast withdrawal

CAF has announced Egypt as the host of the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. The development comes after Ivory Coast decided to pull out as the tournament host. CAF announced Egypt as host in an official statement that reads: “The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) today awarded the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) and the Egyptian government the rights to host the TotalEnergies CAF Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations 2025. This is subsequent to CAF having been informed by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF) and the Government of Côte d’Ivoire that, due to unforeseen circumstances, they are unable to...

Sanwo-Olu Visits The Prostate Clinic, The First Centre In Nigeria And West Africa Offering Robotic And Laparoscopic Surgery For Prostate Cancer

Sanwo-Olu Visits The Prostate Clinic, The First Centre In Nigeria And West Africa Offering Robotic And Laparoscopic Surgery For Prostate Cancer

The governor of Lagos State Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a post on Friday, disclosed his visit to The Prostate Clinic, the first centre in Nigeria and West Africa offering robotic and laparoscopic surgery for prostate cancer. Located right here in Lagos, it reflects our growing status as a destination for advanced, precision-led medical care.” The governor expressed joy in having witnessed innovation and talent that the state is attracting, assuring that his administration will create a conducive environment for healthcare to grow “Lagos is attracting the best medical innovation and talent. What I saw today is a blueprint for the future,...

U.N. Warns Of ‘Severe’ Human Rights Abuses In Haiti As Illegal Weapons Proliferate

U.N. Warns Of ‘Severe’ Human Rights Abuses In Haiti As Illegal Weapons Proliferate

A steady stream of illegal weapons smuggled into Haiti is fueling an increase in gang violence and leading to severe human rights abuses, according to a U.N. report released Thursday. More than 4,200 people were killed from July to February, and another 1,356 were injured, the report found. It was issued after William O’Neill, the U.N. human rights commissioner’s expert on Haiti, recently visited the troubled Caribbean country. While much of the violence has been unleashed by gangs who formed a coalition last year known as “ Viv Ansamn,” a growing number of people are being killed by self-defense groups and mobs, including at least 77 suspected gang...

Secretary Of State Marco Rubio List Reasons For Revoking Turkish Rumeysa Ozturk’s Visa.

Secretary Of State Marco Rubio List Reasons For Revoking Turkish Rumeysa Ozturk’s Visa.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk, the Turkish student who was detained: “We revoked her visa. It’s an F-1 visa, I believe. We revoked it, and here’s why—I’ve said it everywhere, and I’ll say it again. “Let me be abundantly clear: If you apply for a student visa to come to the United States and you say you’re coming not just to study, but to participate in movements that vandalize universities, harass students, take over buildings, and cause chaos—we’re not giving you that visa. “If you lie, get the visa, and then engage in that kind of behavior...

Judge Blocks Government From Deporting Detained Tufts Student While Court Weighs Jurisdiction

Judge Blocks Government From Deporting Detained Tufts Student While Court Weighs Jurisdiction

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday blocked the government from deporting a Tufts University graduate student who was arrested this week by immigration officers and had her visa revoked. Rumeysa Ozturk’s deportation has been blocked while U.S. District Judge Denise Casper determines whether she has jurisdiction over the case, according to the order. “This is a first step in getting Rumeysa released and back home to Boston so she can continue her studies,” Ozturk’s attorney, Mahsa Khanbabai, said in a statement Friday. “But we never should have gotten here in the first place: Rumeysa’s experience is shocking, cruel, and unconstitutional.” Khanbabai...

Myanmar’s Earthquake: 1, 000 Dead More Bodies Recovered From  Rubble

Myanmar’s Earthquake: 1, 000 Dead More Bodies Recovered From  Rubble

The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,000 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the country’s second-largest city. The country’s military-led government said in a statement that 1,002 people have now been found dead and another 2,376 injured, with 30 others missing. The statement suggested the numbers could still rise, saying “detailed figures are still being collected.” Myanmar, also known as Burma, is in the throes of a prolonged and bloody civil war, which is already responsible for a massive...

Suspended Governor Of Rivers State Fubara, Debunks Former Hos Accusation Of Attack On The State National Assets, Says He Has Been ‘Compromised.’

Suspended Governor Of Rivers State Fubara, Debunks Former Hos Accusation Of Attack On The State National Assets, Says He Has Been ‘Compromised.’

The suspended governor of Rivers state Siminalayi fubara in post debunked the accusation made against him in a briefing on Channels Television by the former Head of Service, Dr. George Nwaeke on Friday Nwaeke had stated emphatically stated that the timely interference of President Tinubu in declaration of State of Emergency in the state salvaged the day. In his words: “You will recall that when the governor was suspended, as the Head of Service, I was the next in command, so I’m not speaking as an outsider or as a novice, I am speaking as an insider and as someone...