French top-flight football club, Paris Saint-Germain, have decided who should take free-kicks and penalties for the club between Neymar and Edinson Cavani. The decision follows the embarrassing events that took place on Sunday evening as Cavani and Neymar argued over who should handle the set pieces against Olympique Lyon. PSG coach Unai Emery had expressed thoughts that everything was under control and that the two would sort it out without any external help. “I have told them to sort it out between themselves,” he had said. But it obviously became…
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First Nigeria owned TSTV set to rival DSTV, Offers Pay as You Go, Wi-Fi Internet
TSTV, which stands for Telcom Satellites Television, plans to roll out a Pay-As-You-Consume model for customers with a WIFI internet. TSTV is expected to send DSTV out of business in Nigeria and users seem to embrace this dream. At his launch on October 1, 2017, TSTV will introduce the introduction of smart set-top boxes with Direct To Home (DTH) service into the Nigerian market. With DTH technology, a customer will receive broadcasting signals directly from the satellite onset-topt top box (STB). A major advantage is that the viewer can opt to…
Read MoreTrump says US to target firms doing business with North Korea
US President Donald Trump on Thursday paved the way for sanctions against foreign companies doing business with North Korea, a dramatic ratcheting up of pressure on the regime. Tightening an economic noose around the Pyongyang regime, Trump said he had signed an executive order allowing sanctions against “individuals and companies that finance and facilitate trade with North Korea.” The measure could force Chinese banks or Russian importers to decide between doing business with North Korea or being blacklisted by the United States. “Our new executive order will cut off sources…
Read MoreWizkid drops ‘Everytime’, new collabo with Future
Nigerian StarBoy, Wizkid has released a new single, Everytime, an afro beat collabo with American rapper, Future. It comes just two months after the 27 year-old Nigerian international act, released his major label debut Sounds from the Other Side, featuring production from Major Lazer, DJ Mustard, and more. Meanwhile, Future recently sang a duet with none other than Cher in a commercial for Gap, according to highsnobiety.com. Everytime, The single, which is already currying rave reviews as Wizkid’s best work this year, was produced by Shizzi, a Nigerian record producer, whose…
Read MoreNigeria highest contributor to global deaths
Nigeria’s rating as the second country with highest maternal death rate in the world and its contribution of 15 per cent of annual global death is causing anxiety in health sector. Experts say the worrisome situation calls for concerted efforts of all stakeholders to bail the country out. The medical experts described the situation as unacceptable as recent rating puts Nigeria’s maternal mortality at 58,000 in 2015. The rating is contained in a joint report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations…
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