It is not by providence that Nigeria is where it is today but by choice of those who have ruled her in over five decades of her existence. Many Nigerians have a warped imagination or notion that Nigeria is the giant or pride of Africa but they can’t be more wrong except in the area […]

South American football governing body CONMEBOL has received permission from FIFA to use the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system in its two most important club competitions. The technology is likely to be tested in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana in the second half of the year, CONMEBOL said in a statement on Wednesday. “We […]

Tokyo stocks opened lower Thursday as a poor showing on Wall Street overnight coupled with the yen’s appreciation against the U.S. dollar made for a dour market mood. As of 9:15 a.m. local time, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 122.76 points, or 0.65 percent, from Wednesday to 18,738.51. The broader Topix index of all […]

The 34th session of the Arab Interior Ministers Council called on its members here Wednesday to coordinate to face the disturbed climate in Arab region. The session started at the General Secretariat of the Council in Tunis with the presence of representatives of the Arab League, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Arab Tourism Organization and […]

Manchester City have stepped up their presence in South America by adding Uruguay’s Atletico Torque to their burgeoning list of international feeder teams. The Montevideo-based club becomes the fifth subsidiary of City Football Group, the holding company created to oversee a global network of linked clubs. “The acquisition marks City’s intention to invest in Uruguayan […]

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and their colleagues have identified a handful of nerve cells in the brainstem that connect breathing to states of mind. The finding, published in the journal Science, explains how slow breathing induces tranquility. Medical practitioners sometimes prescribe breathing-control exercises for people with stress disorders. Similarly, the practice […]

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Wednesday said the Ghana Infrastructure and Investment Fund (GIIF) is an important vehicle Ghana can use, with its 250 million U.S. dollars seed funding. He was speaking at the Flagstaff House in Accra after inaugurating a nine-member Board of Directors of the GIIF which has the mandate of providing financial […]

Gambian police Crime Management Coordinator Baboucarr Sarr said on Tuesday that police will continue exhuming the bodies buried in the secret graves across the country who are believed to be victims of former president Yahya Jammeh in a very near future. “Major Crime Unit is charged with investigation into the atrocities of the former President […]

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has sent 20 observers to observe Gambia’s national assembly elections scheduled for Thursday, said a senior official on Tuesday. The regional body does not monitor local government and parliamentary elections, but Gambia is an exception, said Halima Ahmed, who is in charge of ECOWAS’ political, peace and […]

Zambia’s human rights body on Tuesday called on key political players in the country to embrace dialogue in order to curb continued human rights violations. The Human Rights Commission (HRC) said the prevailing political animosity between the country’s two main political parties, the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) and the opposition United Party for National Development […]

The recent news of attacks on African students in the northern Indian city of Greater Noida near Delhi have apparently exposed the deeply rooted harsh reality of “racism” in the country. Some four Nigerian students were attacked by a mob after a young boy died reportedly of drug overdose, with his parents and relatives suspecting […]