Maduka Okoye Joins Watford From Sparta Rotterdam

Premier League club Watford have announced the signing of Nigeria goalkeeper Maduka Okoye from Dutch outfit Sparta Rotterdam. Okoye penned a five -and-a-half year deal with the Hornets that will begin on January 1, 2022.
#madukaokoye #premierleague

Tani Adewumi: 11-Year-Old Chess Master Trounces 26-Year-Old Challenger

Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi, the 11-year-old Nigerian-born US Chess Master has kept alive his hope of achieving his dream – becoming the youngest ever Grandmaster – by defeating a 26-year-old fellow Master during a casual meet in a US park. Adewumi took to Chess aged 7, when he was living in a homeless shelter.
#chess #taniadewumi

FAAN To Ban Bribe Takers From Working At Nigerian Airports

The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has warned bribe-takers at Nigeria’s airports they will be barred for life from working at FAAN airport terminals across the country, regardless of whether the violator is a government or private sector staff. This is because of the rising cases of acts of indiscipline at the nation’s airports.
#faan #nigerianairport #bribe

Roberts Buncis: 15-Year-Old UK Boy sentenced For Stabbing His Friend 70 Times

A teenage boy who killed his 12-year-old friend in a frenzied attack after luring him to a woodland has been sentenced for murder. Roberts Buncis was stabbed more than 70 times in the "brutal and prolonged" assault in Boston, Lincolnshire, just days before his 13th birthday.
#robertbuncis #murder

Newcastle United Appoint Eddie Howe As New Coach

Newcastle United are delighted to confirm the appointment of Eddie Howe as the club's new head coach on a contract until summer 2024. The 43-year-old arrives on Tyneside having left AFC Bournemouth last summer, ending a long affiliation with the Cherries as a successful player and manager.
#newcastleunited #epl

UN accuses Congo army of beating human rights defender to death

The United Nations on Monday accused Democratic Republic of Congo's army of beating to death a human rights activist protesting illegal taxes in the war-torn east of the country.
Cabral Yombo, the leader of a civil society group in Hombo town, was killed by soldiers operating on the alleged orders of local administrative officials, the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) said on Twitter.
#un #congo #unjhro #cabralyombo #hombo

Ethiopia calls on its citizens to take up arms as rebel forces advance toward nation's capital city

As Ethiopia declared a six-month state of emergency this week, the East African country called on its citizens to mobilise and take up arms against rebel forces advancing toward the capital.
#ethiopia #armedrebels

At least 69 dead in west Niger jihadist attack

At least 69 people, including a local mayor, have been killed in an attack in Niger's volatile "tri-border" zone with Burkina Faso and Mali, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
#nigerjihadistattack #burkinafaso #mali

Gunmen kill up to 15 soldiers in south west Niger

Gunmen killed up to 15 soldiers in an attack on a military outpost in a remote part of southwest Niger where Islamist militants operate, officials and security sources said. The attackers raided the post in the village of Anzourou near the border with Mali on Thursday evening, officials said.
#niger #mali #islamistmilitants

About a million go hungry in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado due to insurgency

About a million people are faced with starvation in the northern parts of Mozambique due to armed insurgency in Cabo Delgado province, aid agencies revealed.
#cabodelgado #mozambique