Mayweather hints at another fight with McGregor

A rematch between undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather and Irish Mixed Martial Arts(MMA) fighter Conor McGregor may be on the cards. Mayweather, who hasn’t fought since knocking out McGregor in that boxing match last year, teased fans Friday night by posting a picture on his Twitter page of himself wearing mixed martial arts gloves and standing in an UFC cage. “Billion Dollar Man,” Mayweather said in the tweet. Mayweather and McGregor’s cross-combat fight in August failed to live up to the hype in the ring as veteran Mayweather easily outpunched…

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Is Obasanjo an opportunist, patriot or mystic?

Nigerians who have been waiting with baited expectation for who blinks first between ex president Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ and incumbent president, Muhamadu Buhari, PMB appear to have a long waiting time. This is because, although the gregarious OBJ has fired salvos of public condemnation against PMB’s governance style and policies, which some have alleged is aimed at heating up the polity, but being Mr Taciturn, PMB has cleverly denied the ex president the opportunity to raise the political temperature by restraining himself from responding to OBJ in kind. Not even…

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2019: We working to have someone younger than President Buhari – Arewa youth leader

Amid ongoing debate on President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspected re-election bid, President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, Alhaji Shettima Yerima, has cautioned against voting for anyone between the age of 70 and 80 years, lamenting that Buhari’s perceived failure is being considered as the failure of the north. Specifically, Yerima said northern youths would consult with their southern counterparts to come up with a candidate, who is younger than Buhari. In a chat, he said the North is disappointed at the President’s performance, adding that the leader Nigeria deserves in…

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Ahmed Musa off to firing start at CSKA Moscow

Ahmed Musa has got off to a flying start at former club CSKA Moscow after he scored in a friendly against FC Nordsjaelland of Demark. Nigeria star Ahmed Musa has returned to the Russian army club CSKA on loan from Premier League side Leicester City, where he has failed to settle down after a big-money transfer two years ago. And he could not have dreamt of a better start when he put the Russian club in front after 33 minutes against Nordsjaelland. It’s a start that will lift his confidence…

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Bitcoin value drops below $8,500

Bitcoin has had a disastrous week, falling below $8,500 today as investors remain spooked about the future of cryptocurrencies. According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin opened at $9,052 today and hit a low of $7,695. At the time of writing, it had recovered slightly and was trading at $8,403, its lowest price since late November. Bitcoin is extremely volatile and has been declining for the past month. Other cryptocurrencies including Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin have all plunged between 20 to 30 percent each, according to CoinMarketCap. It’s been a jarring turnaround for…

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Buhari not a murderer, Presidency replies Sun

The presidency is irked by the frequent hate messages by some newspapers and particularly told The Sun that President Muhammadu Buhari is not a murderer. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, condemned an opinion published by The Sun newspaper associating Buhari with the killings in Benue and calling him a murderer. Shehu also frowned at the frequent expressions of hate speech published by some newspapers in form of news stories and especially in columns. “We want to state emphatically that a segment…

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Rihanna in Senegal vows to help kids back to school

Megastar Rihanna vowed on Friday in Dakar, Senegal, she would “never stop fighting” to get millions of children back in school. She spoke on Friday at a conference co-hosted by President Emmanuel Macron of France and Senegalese President Macky Sall. The conference was organised by the Global Partnership for Education. Rihanna attended as the organisation’s global ambassador. “We have made tremendous progress today but of course our work is never done, we have a long way to go, and this is a fight we are never going to stop fighting,…

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28 African countries lack cancer machine

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has bemoaned  the lack of a single radiotherapy machine for cancer treatment in 28 African countries. Yukiya Amano, Director-General of IAEA, said millions of people continued to suffer from cancer in developing countries, due to lack of access to effective prevention, screening, early diagnosis and treatment. Amano, at an event commemorating World Cancer Day, called for continued efforts to ensure greater access to vital cancer services to prevent millions of people from cancer deaths annually. “Twenty-eight African countries do not have a single radiotherapy…

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