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Goan football’s slow death due to lure

Salu Sawant turned out for Seza FC by day, and took to the stage for Zagor — Goa’s traditional colourful, musical folk theatre — by night. ‘Feast in the morning, football in the afternoon,...

MC Mary Kom enters Asian Championships

MC Mary Kom remains on course to win a fifth gold medal in the Asian Boxing Championships as she beat Japan’s Tsubasa Komura on Tuesday. Mary Kom, who is a five-time world champion, won...

This model is increasingly having an influence

News reports of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) activities abound in most countries across the globe yet there is little consensus in the literature as to the effectiveness of the IMF's work. The purpose...

Webster’s Dictionary defines a model

Webster's Dictionary defines a model as "a simplified description of a complex entity or process" ­ such as a "computer model" of the circulatory and respiratory systems. The term comes from the Latin root...

Ghana’s Ex-President, John Mahama’s brother, Liberia’s Sirleaf listed in Paradise Papers

Former Ghanaian President, John Mahama’s brother, Ibrahim Mahama’s name pop up in the all-revealing ‘Paradise Papers’. Ibrahim Mahama’s name listed alongside the Liberian outgoing President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and other notable African political figures. The...

See Video: Bawumia to Mahama- We’ll soon expose ‘419’ people in your era

In reaction to former President John Mahama’s description of Ghana’s newly launched digital property addressing system as ‘419’ or fraudulent, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has told the latter that the real scammers under...

Zimbabwe: Mugabe sacks vice president Mnangagwa over allege disloyalty

Agency Report  President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe on Monday fired Emmerson Mnangagwa as vice president, Information Minister Simon Moyo said. Mnangagwa, a 75-year-old former intelligence chief, has been heavily-criticised by supporters of Mugabe’s wife, Grace, who...
Court orders forfeiture of ex-Senate President Saraki’s properties in Lagos/newsheadline247

Caught in the web again! Paradise Papers: Saraki linked to another firm in offshore...

Violates Nigerian law yet again   The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, is in trouble again. On Sunday his name popped up in the global list of infamy exposing some leading world politicians for...
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$3b down the drain in an unsuccessful northern Nigeria oil search

Search remains elusive Stakeholders allege hidden agenda, NNPC, others disagree Stakeholders remain divided about the wisdom in the continued search for hydrocarbon resources in the north, especially as $3 billion has already been sunk without making...

CAN President declares Buhari’s war against corruption ineffective, one-sided

The President, Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr. Samson Ayokunle, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s war against corruption as ineffective and one-sided. Ayokunle, who said this in an interview with journalists at the 12th convocation of...