The Confederation of African Football has revealed why Nigerian referees are not selected to officiate at the Africa Cup of Nations and other football tournaments on the continent. Head of Refereeing at the CAF, Noumandiez Doue, while speaking on Thursday during a CAF referees training session at Sol Beni (ASEC Mimosas Training Centre) in Abidjan,…
The rebels shelled the town of Mweso, where they “indiscriminately dropped mortar bombs,” which also injured 27 other civilians, army spokesman Lt. Col. Guillaume N’djike Kaïko said in a statement read on state television. The town’s streets were empty Thursday evening, after most of its residents took refuge in the Mweso General Hospital, Kaïko added….
Figures from the Office for National Statistics, published on Thursday, estimate that in 2022 only 49.4 percent of the adult population were in a legal union. The figure for 2021, also just published, was 49.7 percent. Despite the downward trend, however, rising numbers are opting for civil partnerships or same-sex marriages. The number of same-sex…
Moscow and Kyiv traded fresh accusations over the crash of the transporter that Russia says was shot down near the rivals’ border, killing 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war. While Kyiv has not outright denied the claims, officials have appeared to question whether its POWs were on board. The latest repatriation of bodies appeared unrelated to…
Far from hiding his multiple legal problems, Trump has turned courtroom sessions into quasi-campaign events, claiming each trial is part of a Democratic establishment attempt to prevent his return to the White House for a second term. Writer E. Jean Carroll is seeking more than $10 million in damages for defamation by Trump in a…
An impeccable source said the incident happened on Friday around 11 am at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport. The jet with registration number, N580KR, missed the runway and skidded into the nearby bush.Firefighters and rescue officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) were immediately deployed to the scene. But there was no death…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano state on Friday, January 26, said he has no plans to dump the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) on whose platform he won the governorship polls.Yusuf was responding to an invite by the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to join the APC. Governor…
An Ikeja sexual offences and domestic violence court has sentenced Feyi Daniels, founder of “I Reign Christian Ministry”, to life imprisonment for “raping a church member.”The trial judge, Rahman Oshodi, on Friday, January 26, found the cleric guilty of rape and sexual assault of a female worshipper. Daniels was arraigned by the Lagos state government…
The accident occurred around 2 a.m. On Wednesday, from Yamoussoukro to Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s largest city and commercial centre, where most media are staying to cover the soccer tournament. The bus driver and his assistant were the most seriously injured from the impact to the front of the bus. They were taken to a hospital…
