•Nigeria’s forward Victor Osimhen Many of the biggest stars at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations have already been eliminated before the quarter-finals, but the continent’s reigning player of the year Victor Osimhen is still standing as he aims to lead Nigeria to the title. The 25-year-old Napoli striker may have been the obvious bet [&h...
•Africa Cup of Nations trophy Matches have been concluded in the Africa Cup of Nations group stage with 16 teams emerging for the knockout stage. There were so many shocking exits in the group stage which saw underdogs making into the knockout stage and some heavyweights being kicked out of the competition. See the full […]
As the days to the kickoff match for the 2023 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations draw closer, there are quite some fascinating facts to know about the continent’s highly revered football tournament. The tournament which will start on January 13, 2024, with the opening match between the host country, Cote d’Ivoire, and Group A […]...
•Dangote Aliko Dangote has regained his position as the richest person in Africa, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires. It was earlier reported on Thursday, January 4, that South African business mogul Johann Ruper dethroned Nigerian Aliko Dangote to emerge as Africa’s wealthiest man. The Forbes Daily billionaires ranking platform, which...
South African business mogul, Johann Rupert, has dethroned Nigerian Aliko Dangote to emerge as Africa’s wealthiest man, according to a list released by Forbes Magazine. Here is a list of Africa’s richest men (Rank, Name and Net worth) 1. Johann Rupert & family $10.3 billion 2. Aliko Dangote $9.5 billion 3. Nicky Oppenheimer & Family [&...
•Ivory Coast players Africa Cup of Nations hosts Ivory Coast included a smattering of overseas stars in their 27-man squad for the January 11- February 11 competition released yesterday. The Ivory Coast’s French manager Jean-Louis Gasset has called up Borussia Dortmund striker Sebastien Haller, Monaco defender Wilfried Singo, and midfielders I...
•Coupists The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has expressed fear over the increasing coups in west Africa, saying “it could snowball into engulfing the entire African continent”. It was contained in a statement sent by Alkasim Abdulkadir, SA Media and Communications Strategy to the minister, today in Abuja. Tuggar expressed con...
•Late Zahara Tributes were paid today to award-winning South African singer Zahara, whose debut album made her an overnight pop sensation, after her death at the age of 36. South Africa’s arts minister and Zahara’s record company announced her death late yesterday in a Johannesburg hospital where she was first admitted last month, reports AFP....
With voting just starting in the November 11, 2023 governorship poll in Kogi State, civil society organisation, YIAGA Africa, has raised the alarm about reports of pre-filled results sheets in Ogori/Magongo, Eika/Ohizenyi and some other areas of the North Central state. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), YIAGA Africa urged the Indepen...
•Scholz (left) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is lamenting the incessant coups in Africa but hopes it does not become a trend. He made the comment yesterday after a closed session with the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Omar Touray at the bloc’s headquarters in Abuja, reports Channels TV. In recent […...
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