•Zimbabwe’s two-dollar notes Zimbabwe’s new gold-backed currency got off to a chaotic start with shops accepting only US dollars today and vexed Zimbabweans queuing up outside banks for hours to access their savings. The ZiG — short for Zimbabwe Gold — officially started trading yesterday, just days after it was announced it would replac...
•Hakan Calhanoglu (L) fights for the ball with Antoine Griezmann (R) Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann is out injured after sustaining a “moderate” ankle sprain, the Spanish club said today. The French forward was hurt during Atletico’s 1-0 defeat by Inter Milan in the Champions League last 16 first leg clash yesterday and Diego Simeon...
•President Joe Biden US President Joe Biden has confused a European leader with a dead predecessor for the second time in a week, telling a campaign event he met Helmut Kohl four years after the German chancellor passed away. The 81-year-old’s gaffe late yesterday came days after he said he had spoken to long-dead French […]
•Gov Aiyedatiwa Stakeholders across Ondo State have expressed concern over the resurgence of kidnappings and sundry criminalities in the state. A couple travelling along the Akure/Ikere highway were abducted while another traveller in another vehicle escaped into the bush along Akure/Ikere highway last week Thursday, reports Vanguard. They wer...
There was mild drama today in Monrovia, Liberia as the newly elected president of the country, Joseph Boakai failed to complete his inauguration speech, as he suffered heart stroke. Joseph Boakai, 79, was surrounded by aides and escorted from the ceremony which ended prematurely, reports BBC. He was however earlier sworn in as president of [&h...
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