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Nigerian billionaire set to take over English Championship club Sheffield United

February 10, 2023 by afroadmin

Nigerian tech entrepreneur, Dozy Mmobuosi is close to acquiring Sheffield United, an English Club for around 90 million pounds amid a transfer embargo by the club. Reports say Mmobuosi is allegedly in the final stages of finalising the deal. He is said…

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LeBron James vows to keep playing after ‘surreal’ scoring record

February 10, 2023 by afroadmin

LeBron James said Tuesday that he expected to extend his NBA career by at least two more years as he basked in the “surreal” achievement of becoming the league’s all-time leading points scorer. The 38-year-old Los Angeles Laker finally passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar…

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Morocco decries ‘unjust’ EU actions over Pegasus spyware

February 10, 2023 by afroadmin

The Moroccan parliament decried Wednesday an “unjust campaign” against it at the European Parliament ahead of a hearing in Brussels over the North African country’s alleged use of Pegasus spyware. The European Parliament is set to hear from experts, human rights defenders…

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Cholera kills over 1,200 in Malawi, WHO urges strong interventions

February 10, 2023 by afroadmin

Malawi’s deadliest cholera outbreak has killed at least 1,210 people, the World Health Organization announced Thursday (Feb. 09), urging for strong interventions to prevent the situation from worsening. The Southern African nation saw a 143-percent increase in the number of cases last…

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Burkina, Guinea, Mali: A new axis on the continent?

February 10, 2023 by afroadmin

Top diplomats from three west African countries ruled by military authorities following a coup – namely Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso- met Thursday (Feb. 09) in Ouagadougou the Burkinabe government announced. The meeting comes a few weeks after Burkina Faso’s prime minister, in…

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Eritrea’s president calls Tigray rights abuse claims a ‘fantasy’

February 10, 2023 by afroadmin

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki said Thursday that allegations of rights abuses by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia’s Tigray region during the two-year war there amounted to “fantasy”. “This is a fantasy in the minds of those who are… in this factory I call…

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Russia’s Lavrov backs Sudan bid to lift UN sanctions

February 10, 2023 by afroadmin

Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov held talks in Khartoum Thursday with Sudanese officials, pledging support for their call to lift long-standing UN sanctions on the African nation. Lavrov’s two-day visit is part of Russian efforts to shore up influence on the African…

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