In Basketball, the NBA will stage its first in-season tournament during 2023-24.
Its commissioner Adam Silver says Teams will play four group games inNovember to decide who goes through to the quarter-finals.The format will then replicate the NCAA’s hugely popular Final Four, with thesemi-finals and final being played at the same venue in December.Silver said the new tournament was based on European football club cupcompetitions, such as […]
Morocco crowned U23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) champions.
Morocco was crowned U23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title winners afterbeating defending champions Egypt 2-1 in extra time at home in Rabat onSaturday (8 July).The North Africans became only the fourth nation to lift the trophy since thefootball tournament was launched in 2011.The quadrennial football showpiece also served as the Olympic qualifier, with thetop […]
Pope Francis said on Sunday he would create 21 new cardinals from across the world at the end of September.
This will be the 9 th creation of cardinals under Pope Francis, who is in the tenth yearof his papacy.Since becoming pope, Francis has sought to promote clergy from developing nationsfar from Rome to the highest ranks of the Church, as part of his general philosophyof diversity and inclusion.The names the Pope announced Sunday include […]
US-based organization ‘busted’ in staged child trafficking operations in Ghana
A new BBC Africa Eye investigation for the BBC World Service found that several rescue raids involving one of the world’s biggest anti-slavery charities, International Justice Mission (IJM), resulted in children being wrongfully taken from their families in Ghana. The BBC’s investigative reporter Kyenkyehene Boateng said: “I’ve spent a year investigating a big charity that […]
Gabon President Ali Bongo announces he will run for a third term.
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been in power for almost 14years, announced on Sunday that he will stand for a third term in the presidentialelections scheduled for August 26.For the time being, Mr. Bongo is the clear favorite for the presidential election, asvarious opposition parties have failed to form a single coalition, with […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has dismissed false reports by sections ofthe online media particularly Sahara Reporters.
Peoples Gazette and Jackson Udewho fed the public with misleading narratives and accusations against the Service.In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer Peter Afunaya, the servicerevealed that SaharaReporters wrote that the Service stormed the IndependentCorrupt Pratices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Code ofConduct Bureau (CCB) and carted away certain files from […]
Court orders Nigeria’s Federal Governments torelease $5b Abacha loot details.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the governments of former PresidentsOlusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and MuhammaduBuhari to provide details on the spending details of about USD$5 billion allegedlyrecovered from funds looted by the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha.In a judgment, Justice James Omotosho also ordered the current government […]
President Tinubu emerges as new ECOWAS Chairman, harps on Regional Security.
President Bola Tinubu has emerged the new Chairman of the EconomicCommunity of West African States (ECOWAS) at the 63rd Ordinary Session of theAuthority of Heads of State and Government on Sunday in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.President Tinubu, who is the latest entrant into the exclusive club of Heads of Statein West Africa, accepted the honour, on behalf […]
Nigeria flares gas worth $485m as oil production rises
Oil and gas companies in Nigeria have flared gas worth $485.3 million in the first six months of 2023, a development hinged largely on improved crude oil production. Data gleaned from the Nigeria Gas Flare Tracker (GFT), a satellite-based technology, shows that Nigeria’s gas flares rose by 9.97 percent from $441.3 million in the same […]
Rwanda’s President aims to tackle witchcraft in football
Rwanda’s national football team have only qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations once, in 2004, and are currently bottom of their qualifying group having yet to win a match. President Kagame is a well-known football fan, and follows English club Arsenal. Despite substantial investment in the sports sector, the country’s teams have struggled to […]
