Nigeria’s Spartan Eagles will face Ghana in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Mini football Africa Cup of Nations on Thursday.Nigeria qualified for the quarterfinals with four points. The Spartan Eagles drew 0-0 with Libya in the competition opener, lost 2-3 to Senegal before their hard-fought 3-2 win over Zambia in the last group match.Ghana on…
Rivers United defender Ifeanyi Anaemena has described the current Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season as ‘fantastic’, ‘competitive,’ and ‘one of the best seasons so far’.Speaking exclusively to www.busybuddiesng.com, the Super Eagles defender also hailed the League Management Company (LMC) for improved officiating in the NPFL this season, which has contributed to teams picking points easily…
Agency Report A Public Health Physician, Dr Bosede Rotimi, said on Thursday that for Kwara Government to achieve Universal Health Coverage for its masses, the current 900 doctors to 3.5 million people must be addressed. Rotimi recommended this at the 2021 Annual General Meeting of the Nigeria Medical Association, Kwara branch. Her paper presentation was…
Agency Report Coronavirus-linked deaths in Africa surged by 43 percent in the space of a week, driven by a lack of intensive-care beds and oxygen, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. Fatalities associated with Covid in the WHO’s Africa region, which includes North Africa, rose to 6,273 in the week of July 5-11, compared…
By Kareem Chehayeb Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanon Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri stepped down on Thursday after failing to form a government for over the past eight months. Hariri resigned following a brief meeting with President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace. “I withdrew from forming the government,” he told reporters. “Aoun demanded some amendments, which he considered essential, and…
There were 600 floods from high tides in the US in 2019, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That number is expected to increase by several times into the 2030s, according to the study, which was published in the Nature Climate magazine. The flooding is projected to occur in clusters that could last…
A foreign athlete and five Olympic workers in Japan have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Tokyo 2020 organizers. The cases, announced on Thursday, marked the latest infections to emerge among people involved with the Summer Games, which are due to begin next week, and have raised new concerns about the spread of coronavirus…
The number of people who died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea nearly doubled in the first half of 2021, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday. At least 1,146 people died attempting to reach Europe by sea in the first six months of 2021, the IOM said in a statement. It said…
By Burhan Yuksekkas and Cagan KocBloomberg Turkey’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a fourth month on Wednesday, as rising prices and a weakening lira blight the economy’s recovery from pandemic lockdowns. The Monetary Policy Committee held its one-week repo rate at 19% as forecast by all 21 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Turkish…
