Liverpool and Egypt striker Mohamed Salah has capped a sparkling 2018 for club and country by winning the prestigious BBC African Footballer of the Year Award for the second time in a row. “It’s a great feeling to win again. I’m happy and I would like to win it also next year!” said Salah. The […]
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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reported that fake news circulating in the social media is fuelling the farmers/herdsmen crises in Nigeria. In the report, the giant media organisation stated that “fake pictures circulating on social media which users are falsely claiming depict inter-communal violence are inflaming already high tensions in Nigeria.” The international media […]
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Three pharmaceutical companies implicated in the BBC investigation on illegal manufacture and distribution of codeine-containing syrup have been shut down by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The three companies are Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited, Adewole Industrial Estate, Lubcon Avenue, Ilorin, Kwara State; Bioraj Pharmaceutical Limited, Kaima Road, Ilorin and […]
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Following a record number of votes, Mohamed Salah of Egypt and Liverpool has been voted BBC African Footballer of the Year for 2017. The forward won ahead of Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Guinean Naby Keita, Sadio Mane of Senegal and Nigeria’s Victor Moses. “I am very happy to win this award,” the 25-year-old told BBC Sport. […]
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The five-man shortlist for the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2017, including Nigerian Victor Moses, has been revealed. Other contenders are Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Naby Keita, Sadio Mane, and Mohamed Salah were unveiled during a special live launch broadcast in London. Cameroon’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations winner Arnaud Djoum was part of the panel […]
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The British Broadcasting Corporation has apologised to the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, over claims that he was under probe by anti-graft officials for alleged mismanagement of Kano Emirate fund. Jamie Angus, editorial director at BBC, informed Mr. Sanusi that an April 24 story that said the traditional ruler was amongst those being investigated […]
Continue ReadingAlgeria and Leicester midfielder, Riyad Mahrez has been crowned the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016, coming ahead of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew, Sadio Mane and Yaya Toure.Winger Mahrez, 25, told BBC Sport: “It means a lot, it’s something big for African players so I am very happy, I am very proud. “It’s always […]
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