Wenger backs Barcelona transfer ban
LONDON (AFP) – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday that he supports FIFA’s decision to hand Barcelona a year-long transfer ban for breaching rules on signing under-age players. The...
UK police asked to investigate minister’s expenses
LONDON (CodeWit) – The British minister in charge of a new press regulation system faced the possibility of a police fraud investigation Friday in the latest expenses scandal to hit...
DSS to appeal N50m Sanusi compensation
Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it will appeal against Thursday’s ruling of the Federal High Court Lagos, directing it to release the international passport of Sanusi...
Judge orders FG to return Sanusi’s passport, pay him N50m damages
LAGOS (AFP) – A Nigerian court on Thursday said intelligence agents broke the law when they seized the passport of ousted central bank governor Lamido Sanusi and ordered the government...
Jim Iyke’s mum passes away after suffering stroke
The mother of Nollywood's 'bad boy' actor, Jim Iyke, has died, according to reports. Jim's mother passed away on Monday, April 1 in Abija, Nigeria. Nigerian entertainment news website, Nigeriafilms.com...
Abia State: Gov Orji Signs 2014 budget into law
Abia Governor, chief Theodore Orji has signed the 2014 budget of 115.3 billion naira into law. The Abia state chief executive had on the 30th of December 2013 presented a...
I moved to Ghana to get closer to God after drugs ordeal—Hanks Anuku
A few years back in Nigeria, the stern-face of popular actor, Hanks Anuku adorned many film jackets. But that is no more the case as no one knows if the...
US warns Russia against gas hikes to hurt Ukraine
Washington (AFP) - The United States warned Russia Thursday not to use energy costs as an instrument of political coercion, after Moscow scrapped its last gas price discounts for Ukraine....
China demands Malaysia ensure safety of Chinese after kidnap
KUALA LUMPUR/BEIJING (Reuters) - China demanded that Malaysia ensures the safety of its nationals on Thursday, after armed men abducted two women, a Chinese tourist and a Philippine hotel worker,...
Tensions Between African Immigrants and Black Americans after a Ghanian-American student accepted by all eight Ivy league schools
The story of the first-generation Ghanian-American student accepted by all eight Ivy league schools is wonderful, but it also stirs up the tension between black Americans and recent African immigrants...