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NDLEA arrests drug kingpin, intercepts 722,875 opioid pills, cocaine in Lagos
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a notorious drug kingpin and recorded several major drug seizures across the country, including the destruction of over 28,000 kilogrammes of skunk on farms in Edo State. The agency...

Monday 7th July 2025 Football Match Fixtures
International Friendlies Senegal vs Guinea Club Friendlies TSV Hartberg vs Dynamo Kyiv Sion vs Stade Nyonnais Napredak Krusevac vs Oleksandriya Slovan Liberec vs TSV Hartberg Qarabağ vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Struga vs Ballkani Radnički Kragujevac...

Nourish To Recharge: A Gentle Path Back To Energy
Some mornings begin with exhaustion. You wake up already weary ,not the kind of tiredness that a splash of cold water or a strong cup of tea can chase away. This tiredness is deeper, harder to name. Your mind feels foggy, tasks that should be...

Milan Eye Ambitious Move For Dortmund Striker Guirassy
1 Milan are considering a move for Borussia Dortmund forward Serhou Guirassy, despite reports the Bundesliga side want €70 million for the Guinea international. Reports from the Corriere dello Sport, via TMW, suggest that Milan sporting director...

Marie Kore International Tournament set to ignite Rugby fever in Abidjan
The 1st Edition of the Marie Kore International Tournament is set to kick off on July 5th and 6th, 2025, at the Technical High School in Abidjan. This highly anticipated event will feature young rugby talents from around Africa, with national...

The King and I, a tiger skin rug and a bottle of Bell's
I have travelled a lot and as global tourist infrastructure has improved, so has the ‘Airbnbfication’ of even the furthest flung places, hitting the road feels an ever more homogeneous experience. Côte d'Ivoire? This felt like an opportunity for...

Happy Camper for Saturday, July 12, 2025
Watch out for all the road closures and traffic modifications so that the 40th Koloa Plantation Days can start with clean roads. Maluhia Road (is it the Tree Tunnel, or the Tunnel of Trees, Ron Wiley?) is closed all day today so people planning on...

VP Shettima to Represent President Tinubu at Sao Tome and Principe’s Independence Day Celebration
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, will Saturday, July 12, depart Abuja for the city of Sao Tome, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at that country’s 50th National...
Wet season affecting capesize demand from West Africa?
In our recent report on how bauxite exports from Guinea are driving capesize demand, we explored how surging demand for bauxite from China has led to the aluminium ore overtaking coal as the second-largest capesize-shipped product. This report...

55 Nigerian firms push NGX to N403bn gains
Fifty-five Nigerian firms propelled the Nigerian Exchange Market to a second straight gain on Thursday. The firms that led to the uptrend are Academy, Berger Paints, Deap Capital, Guinea Insurance, Unilever, and 50 others. This comes as NGX...

Former Kotoko star Justice Blay makes explosive revelation after exit
Former Asante Kotoko midfielder Justice Blay has broken his silence following his departure from the club, making a series of controversial claims about his time in the team’s camp. In an interview on Pure FM, Blay disclosed that he anticipated...

Justice Blay fingers ex-Kotoko teammates Joseph Ablor and Camara Mohammed in sensational tirade
Former Asante Kotoko midfielder Justice Blay has launched a scathing attack on his former teammates and the club’s internal environment following his exit at the end of the 2024/25 season. In a fiery interview on Pure FM, Blay responded to...

How Kwame Poku, Camara Mohammed snatched my girlfriend and 'sugar mummy' - Justice Blay shares
Former Asante Kotoko midfielder Justice Blay has dropped a bombshell on what really tore apart his final days at the club, claiming two teammates betrayed him off the pitch in ways that cut deeper than any tackle on it. In an interview with Pure...

I was not the only drunkard at Asante Kotoko – Justice Blay in explosive clapback
Former Asante Kotoko midfielder Justice Blay has hit back at claims surrounding his lifestyle during his time at the club, insisting he was unfairly singled out over allegations of drinking. In a candid interview with Kumasi-based Pure FM, Blay...

EU, UNICEF, UNHCR launch project for forcibly displaced persons in Northern Ghana
The European Union (EU), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, have launched a €2.7 million multi-donor initiative in Northern Ghana to significantly strengthen...

Gambian Association Reggio Emilia Presents Coppa D’Africa 2025
By:Kemo Kanyi The Gambian Association in Reggio Emilia, Italy, under the chairmanship of Modou Faal and the coordination of Buba Sanyang (Coach Oliver), will present the Coppa D’Africa 2025. The highly anticipated West African football...
Moscow University Appoints African Students as Russia-Africa Ambassadors
Lomonosov Moscow State University has named 11 African students as goodwill ambassadors for its Russia-Africa Club following a congress on June 29, 2025. The appointees from Nigeria, Togo, Zambia, DR Congo, Guinea, Chad, and Gabon were selected...

Kagame’s Rwanda: The Discomforting Student No Class Can Ignore
52 What makes Kagame, and Rwanda itself, so discomforting. They are the student who aces the test, but whose performance makes everyone else in the classroom feel exposed — underprepared, slow, or uninterested. In the heart of Nairobi, a group of...

Drinking, Smoking, and Betrayal: Justice Blay spills shocking secrets from Kotoko camp
Former Asante Kotoko midfielder Justice Blay has made explosive claims about a hidden drinking and smoking culture within the team. He lifted the curtain from the off-field drama that, he says, overshadowed his career at the club. Speaking...

United States: List of African migrants to be deported, Senegalese affected
While Washington is increasing pressure to conclude repatriation agreements with several African countries, Dakar is faced with a delicate choice: diplomatically cooperate with the United States or manage the massive return of compatriots...