$7.35bn spent on players transfer in 2019, 80% of spending from 100 clubs – FIFA
Football clubs worldwide splashed out a record $7.35 billion (6.63 million euros) on transfers in the men’s game in 2019, FIFA revealed in a report released on Wednesday. The amount represents a…
World risks ‘disaster’ as annual consumption of natural resources rose to 100bn tonnes for the first time
The proportion of raw materials the world is reusing has fallen, researchers said on Tuesday, warning of a “global disaster” as annual consumption of natural resources rose to 100 billion…
The full Kanye West testimony: How Jesus saved me from devil
Kanye West shared how Jesus radically changed his life and saved him from the devil while performing along with his Sunday Service choir at a youth conference where hundreds of…
New study shows that women, girls add more to the global economy than tech industry
Unpaid or underpaid work by women and girls adds three times more to the global economy each year than the technology industry, Oxfam said on Monday. The Nairobi-headquartered charity said…
Petrocam Filling Stations scam public of N50 POS charges, dares CBN
Against the directive of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that individuals are not supposed to pay N50 service charge when making payments with a point of sale (POS) machine, Petrocam…
Bayelsa community overrun by oil spill accuses Shell of negligence
Martha Alfred used to harvest 20 bags of cassava each year before an oil spill forced her to abandon her field and hawk roasted fish to survive. Her smallholding at…
Buhari’s New Year letter to Nigerians: Expression of hope, love
My Dear Compatriots, NIGERIA’S DECADE Today marks a new decade. It is a time of hope, optimism and fresh possibilities. We look forward as a nation to the 2020s as…
Israeli doctors find cure for heart failure
Israeli doctors have developed an innovative medicine for heart failure, Kaplan Medical Centre in Central Israel reported on Tuesday. Heart failure is a state in which the heart activity fails…
UN confirms over 170,000 grave violation against children in war over the last decade
There has been a nearly three-fold rise in attacks on children in conflict over the last decade, UNICEF said on Monday. The UN has verified more than 170,000 grave…
Key points to end electoral violence in Nigeria — Stakeholders
The orgy of violence witnessed before, during and after last month’s gubernatorial elections in Kogi and Bayelsa brings to fore once again the need to curb the death toll and…