The English star and art collector says the Benin Bronzes looted from Nigeria during the colonial era should be returned to their rightful owners. The noise inside the Signature African Art gallery in London, England, evaporated when Maro Itoje walked through its doors on a muggy June evening. The clamour that had existed only an […]
Nigeria’s fastest man, Enoch Adegoke has defeated the fastest man in the world this year and seventh fastest of all-time, USA’s Trayvon Brommel who tops the pre-Games world list with the 9.77 seconds he ran last month in Florida, USA. Adegoke who ran a historic 10.00 seconds last month to win the Nigeria 100m title […]
Mallam Abba Alhaji Kyari, the deputy commissioner of police widely celebrated as “Super Cop”, dotes on limelight like an ant on sugar. But the celebrity cop may be seeing the dying days of his super stardom with his stinging indictment in the US. The principal character in the case is the self-confessed Nigerian inter-continental scam […]
If one of the dividends of democracy is that leaders should always give account to their true employers, the people, many have wondered why the Abia State government is silent on the alleged irregularities in the recovery of the state’s share of the Paris Club Refund, Shola Oyeyipo writes If there is anything the people […]
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Malawi: What Is It That They Don’t Know?
“It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.” – Amy Poehler Truthfully speaking, If we, Malawians, aren’t careful and cautious, our children and the generations to come, we will come down with ‘affluenza,’ a disease that causes them to confuse wants and needs. Crazy as it may sound, it is time that […]
Sexuality education in our clime is erroneously viewed as promoting unhealthy sexual relationships among young people which unfortunately is not the case. Sexuality education seeks to equip young people with life skills and values needed to determine and enjoy their individuality. It views femininity/masculi The glimmer of hope that the country will have a free […]
Malawi Olympic Committee (MOC), Ministry of Sports Malawi National Council of Sports as well as the Athletics Association of Malawi to invest in Alimenye Simwaka and other young athletes, who have the same potential manifested by Asimenye at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Asimenye broke the national record on Friday when she clocked 11:68 […]
Two artists – Busayo Lawal and E. D. Adegoke – are holding two solo exhibitions at the same time – from Saturday, August 7 to Thursday, August 26 – and at the same gallery space: kó, which is located along Cameron Road in Ikoyi, Lagos. That’s right, two solo exhibitions. Not a joint exhibition. While […]
Streaming services are the new gold in the global movie industry, and in Nigeria, Kike Moronkeji, a qualified scientist and engineer in different fields, joins the race with the launch of Gidi Box Office, writes Vanessa Obioha As far back as she can remember, Kike Moronkeji has always been arts inclined. Her creative streak was […]
Malawi President Dr Lazarus Chakwera in one of his final engagements while in the United Kingdom held an an audience with Malawi Congress Party diaspora at the Intercontinental Park Lane Hotel in London. Speaking to Nyasa Times, Nic Thindwa who is the Communications Director of Malawi Congress Party Diaspora Network (MCPDN), an umbrella arm of […]
– … as analysts weigh the pros and cons of new policy By the time Nigerian foreign exchange users approach their banks for their forex needs this week, after the ban on bureau de change operators from the direct supply of FX from the CBN, a regime of transparency, ease of transaction, and stability is […]
Tunisia, a young democracy in a small North African country of 11million people has been plunged into a deep political crisis. President Kais Saied dismissed the country’s prime minister, sacked parliament and the acting minister of justice with the help of the army. This action has been adjudged by many as the latest step along […]
Khartoum / Manama — Sudan’s federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maryam El Sadig El Mahdi returned to Khartoum on Thursday, concluding a successful four-day visit to Bahrain, during which she met King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, and a number of senior Bahraini officials. […]
Upon being named in Team Kenya men’s marathon squad for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Lawrence Cherono was beside himself with joy. Because Kenya has an abundance of distance running talent, coaches normally face selection dilemma and the reigning Boston Marathon and Chicago Marathon champion was not sure whether he would find a place in […]
Nigeria men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, on Saturday morning, lose their third Group B game in the men’s basketball event of the Tokyo Olympics 71-80 to Italy. It was their third loss, and they finished bottom of their group. Details later
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Uganda: Cheptegei Expected Gold
Joshua Cheptegei is one of the biggest sports personalities in the world presently. He is expected to win every race he competes in. While finishing second in yesterday’s 10,000m final delivered Uganda’s first medal at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the long-distance runner is not satisfied. Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega upset the world champion and world […]
Riziki Cherono Ali, the widow of Herman Rouwenhorst will have to wait till September 16 for her bond ruling after she was charged with the double murder of two people. Ms Cherono on Thursday appeared before High Court Judge Anne Ong’injo, where she denied the charges. According to charge sheet presented in court, the woman […]
Three people reportedly drowned while the road linking Bauchi to Kano was cut off after a heavy downpour that flooded the Kwanar Mulka bridge in Ningi Local Government of Bauchi State. An eyewitness and resident of Kwanar Mulka, Ahmadu Abdullahi, told Daily Trust that the incident happened early in the morning of Friday following torrential […]