Getting hit by a bad case of the flu can have a very frustrating effect on your life. Lost work hours are one thing but being unable to do anything comfortably is just the worst. The flu isn’t like a simple cold. While a cold can slow your activities down, it won’t knock you for […]
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Charismatic Liverpool centre-back, Virgil van Dijk won the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award on Thursday, edging out Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, while Lucy Bronze took the women’s prize. Dutchman Van Dijk starred as Liverpool won their sixth European Cup last season with a 2-0 Champions League final victory over Tottenham in Madrid. […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday detained two top officials of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), the company which supervised execution of the $16 billion failed power projects. The officials are Head of Finance Marvel Emefiele and Head of Compensation Eze M. C. Odigbo. They are expected to account for […]
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Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree Wednesday to ban burning throughout the country for two months, government sources cited in local media said, as the authorities scramble to defuse the Amazon fires which have triggered a global outcry. The blazes that have engulfed parts of the world’s largest rainforest — which is crucial for […]
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Feet ‘N’ Tricks International Limited, organisers of the Nigerian and African Freestyle Football Championships, has named its ambassadors for the 2019 African Freestyle Football Championship to hold in Lagos between September 14th and 15th, 2019 Former professional English footballer, John Fashanu; former Nigerian footballer, Victor Ikpeba; Nollywood actors, Tonto Dikeh and Williams Uchemba are some […]
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Nominations have opened for the 2020 Commonwealth Youth Awards which will see winners awarded a cash grant to scale-up development work benefiting their communities. The Commonwealth Youth Awards recognise the exemplary work undertaken by young people across the 53 member countries. Regional winners will be invited to an awards ceremony in London on […]
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The draw for the third round of this season’s Carabao Cup was conducted on Wednesday night, with holders Manchester City starting away at Preston, while League One outfit MK Dons host Liverpool. Manchester United will welcome Rochdale to Old Trafford. Chelsea will take on the winner of the Grimsby/Macclesfield Town tie, while Arsenal play Nottingham […]
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Gunmen burst into a Mexican strip club in a hail of bullets and killed at least 28 people as they trapped revelers inside and started a raging fire, officials said Wednesday. Many of the dead were dancers who worked there, according to managers. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador condemned the “shameful” attack in the city […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday stated it was monitoring more suspected Nigerian fraudsters apart from the 80 names released by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The Ibadan zonal head of the EFCC, Friday Ebelo, said, “Bigger suspects have been put on the commission’s watch list and will be tracked […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have apologised to aggrieved members over the unfair treatment meted to them when they indicated interest to contest in the 2019 primary elections in the state. Mr. Obaseki revealed that “almost 20 court cases arose from those who were deprived of […]
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