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Kylian Mbappé, France’s breakout star of the 2018 World Cup is donating his entire World Cup earnings to charity. Reports said the 19-year-old is planning to help hospitalized and disabled children have the chance to play by donating all of his World Cup earnings to the charity Premiers de Cordée, which provides free sports instruction […]

Zinedine Zidane has agreed to join Juventus as a director. The former Real Madrid manager will follow Cristiano Ronaldo to the Turin club. Spanish outlet Libertad Digital claim Zidane has agreed to take up a backroom role in October. The Frenchman played for Juve between 1996 and 2001, where he won two Serie A titles. […]

Ahmed Musa’s second goal against Iceland has been nominated among 17 other goals for the Goal of the 2018 World Cup by FIFA. The Leicester City forward latched on to a long clearance deep from inside the Nigeria half before he used his speed to outrun his markers before he slotted home for the Eagles […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria says it is a crime to spray, sell or mutilate naira notes. Speaking in Ibadan on Saturday, Priscilla Eleje, acting director, currency operations department at the apex bank, said the offence is punishable by six months imprisonment or N50,000 fine. Eleje was represented at the public sensitization and enlightenment campaign […]

The Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos will be closed to traffic for three days from July 27, 2018, to assess the condition of the bridge, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said. A statement on Monday said Fashola, spoke as guest on the Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, in the Federal Capital […]

FIFA will award the winners of the 2018 World Cup final France $38m in prize money while Croatia, the runners-up in Sunday’s showpiece at Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium will receive $28m. Both amounts are a $3m increase on those awarded to the finalists of the 2014 tournament in Brazil, in which Germany beat Argentina. Belgium will […]

The Presidency has written the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) demanding a thorough probe of the alleged exemption certificate scandal involving the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun. An online newspaper, Premium Times had reported that the Minister who graduated from London East Polytechnic at the age of 22 in 1989, failed to comply with NYSC […]

Eden Hazard admits he could leave Chelsea this summer, saying “it might be time to discover something different”. Ahead of this summer’s World Cup, Hazard said that Real Madrid “know what they need to do” to sign him, admitting he could be interested in a move to the Bernabeu. Real Madrid are in the market […]

Nigeria’s embattled finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, has been elected chairperson of the board of the African Export-Import Bank amid a certificate scandal she has faced in the last one week. Mrs Adeosun was elected during the annual general meeting of AFREXIMBANK in Abuja. The bank, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, has been meeting in […]

President Paul Biya of Cameroon will run for re-election in October, he said on Friday. He is aiming to extend his 36-year rule and maintain his place on a shortening roster of long-standing African leaders. Mr Biya, who came to power in 1982 when his predecessor, Ahmadou Ahidjo, retired, is seeking a seventh term in […]

North Korean officials did not show up to a planned meeting with US officials at the demilitarized zone Thursday, where they were expected to continue discussions on repatriating the remains of Americans killed during the Korean War, a senior US official tells CNN. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Thursday that the North Koreans postponed […]

We will continue to learn about our body till eternity. As the day breaks, new facts are being discovered about the workings of our body. Below are new amazing things you probably don’t know about your body: 1. Your body position affects your memory Researchers have found that sitting and looking downward will make it […]