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Lionel Messi said he dreams of winning the champions league once more after joining Paris St-Germain, saying “I think we have the team to do it here” The 34-year-old Argentina captain won four Champions League titles with Barcelona. PSG are still searching for their first title in the competition, having lost to Bayern Munich in the 2020 final. “My goal and my dream is to win the Champions league once more,” Messi said as he was unveiled as a PSG…

Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty is officially a billionaire, according to Forbes. The magazine estimated that the 33 year old pop star’s net worth is 1.7 billion dollar, thanks to her music career, her makeup brand and her lingerie line. The designation makes her the wealthiest female musician and the second-richest woman in entertainment behind Oprah Winfrey.Forbes estimates Fenty Beauty alone is worth 2.8 billion dollar.

On the 7th of August DOKITA, Editorial board hosted its 10th edition of the O.O Akinkugbe Inter Medical School Quiz competition (Eastern Region battle).Schools from various Eastern parts of Nigeria were present The battle between the participating schools; the University of Nigeria Medical Student Association(UNNMSA), Ebonyi State University College(ESUC), and  Nnamdi Azikiwe University Medical Student Association(NAUMSA), kicked off at 10 am on zoom and was open to the public with up to 30 people in attendance. The quiz master Ogooluwatan…

When the announcement was made that Emma Stone would be casting for the Cruella movie, critics signed the movie’s death warrant in red ink. Many speculated that the good-girlfriend image she often portrays would certainly damn the evil maestro image of the villain from 101 Dalmatians. We recalled the merciless demeanor of this conflicted antagonist highlighted in three films and an animation feature and wondered if Emma could pull it off. These fears were put to rest on May 28th…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has halted sales of U.S dollars to Bureau De Change operators in the country, causing Naira to fall marginally further against the U.S dollars in the parallel market. According to Godwin Emefiele, the current CBN governor, the parallel market has become a haven of illegal exchanges and flows, and banks will no longer sell dollars to them. Accordingly, all applications under processing for new BDCs will be called off. This, he disclosed during a live…

FIFA has been trying out some new rules at youth level which would seriously change the game as we currently know it. The new rules are: 30-minute halves: The game is currently 90 minutes long, divided into two 45 minutes halves. This move would shorten the game to 60 minutes. Florentino Perez complained of how long football games are and he may just get his wish of shorter matches. Endless substitutions: Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the allowed number of substitutions…