GUNMEN ATTACK MESSI FAMILY STORE, THREATEN PLAYER

GUNMEN ATTACK MESSI FAMILY STORE, THREATEN PLAYER

Avellon Williams  ARGENTINA – In Argentina, gunmen threatened Lionel Messi in a written message left at a supermarket owned by his in-laws, police said. There were no injuries in Thursday’s attack, and it is unclear why assailants targeted Messi or Unico supermarket, owned by Antonella Roccuzzo’s family in Rosario, Argentina’s third-largest city. In Rosario, 190 miles northwest of […]

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 RACIAL ATTACKS RISE IN TUNISIA, AFRICAN MIGRANTS APPEAL FOR HELP

RACIAL ATTACKS RISE IN TUNISIA, AFRICAN MIGRANTS APPEAL FOR HELP

Avellon Williams  TUNISIA – In Tunisia, hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans have reported being forcibly evicted from their homes and subjected to racially motivated violence after President Ben Ali’s recent comments angered migrants. According to Tunisian President Kais Saied last week, “urgent measures” were needed to tackle irregular migration, and claimed, without evidence, that there was “a criminal […]

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 KENYAN LENDERS FACE DOLLAR SHORTAGES

KENYAN LENDERS FACE DOLLAR SHORTAGES

Faith Nyasuguta Kenyan banks are running out of dollars on some days following a shortage of the US currency, making it difficult for manufacturers and general goods importers to meet their obligations. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has directed commercial banks to ration dollars following a shortage of the currency and the race to […]

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 MESSI GIFTS GOLD IPHONES TO ARGENTINA TEAMMATES

MESSI GIFTS GOLD IPHONES TO ARGENTINA TEAMMATES

Wayne Lumbasi Argentina captain Lionel Messi has gifted his FIFA World Cup 2022-winning teammates and staff-member gold-plated winning iPhone 14s, which he had specially ordered for every member of the contingent that brought home the trophy for the first time in 36 years, since Diego Maradona helped the Albicelestes win the tournament in 1986. The special gold […]

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 THE OONI URGES TINUBU NOT TO DISAPPOINT NIGERIANS AND AFRICANS

THE OONI URGES TINUBU NOT TO DISAPPOINT NIGERIANS AND AFRICANS

Avellon Williams  NIGERIA- In his appeal to Bola Tinubu, the newly elected Nigerian president, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi urges him not to disappoint Nigerians and the people of Africa following the just concluded election. In a congratulatory message released by Otunba Moses Olafare, the Palace Director of Media and Public Affairs, the foremost Yoruba monarch made the appeal. Tinubu, according to […]

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 CHRIS ROCK TO DISCUSS OSCARS SLAP ON NETFLIX SPECIAL

CHRIS ROCK TO DISCUSS OSCARS SLAP ON NETFLIX SPECIAL

Lisa Mugo American comedian and actor Chris Rock, is set to address the famous Oscars slap when Will Smith smacked him across the face last year, in a new Netflix special termed ‘Chris Rock: Selective Outrage.’ Rock has previously addressed the incident in short statements during his stand-up comedy shows, but will fully address it coming […]

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 TURBULENCE MENACE AS PASSENGERS INJURED ON FLIGHT TO MAURITIUS

TURBULENCE MENACE AS PASSENGERS INJURED ON FLIGHT TO MAURITIUS

Renson Mwakandana A Condor Airlines flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Mauritius made an emergency landing at Mauritius International Airport around 6:40 a.m. Thursday, March 2, after being caught in severe turbulence near Madagascar. 17 passengers were injured, two of them in serious condition. Images of the interior of the aircraft revealed damage while the Mauritius police said that there […]

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