Mohamed Salah, a forward who plays for Liverpool and Egypt, retains the 2018 BBC African Footballer of the year award, having won the award also in 2017. He beat 4 other contenders this year to the award which was voted for by the public via SMS and also online. The other contenders were Medhi Benatia, Kalidou Koulibaly, Sadio Mane and Thomas Partey. He becomes the first person to win the award in consecutive years since Jay-Jay Okocha won it in…
So, we’ve talked about Christmas movies and there’s no way we’re leaving the music aspect out. In no particular order, here are some Christmas jingles to light up your celebrations. Without wasting any more time, let’s get to it … All I want for Christmas is you by Mariah Carrey Christmas without you by One Republic Christmas Lights by Cold play It’s the most wonderful time of the year by Andy Williams Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms Santa Claus…
It’s almost Christmas already and just in case you haven’t realized that or you’re still yet to feel the magic of the festivities, here are a few movies to light up your Christmas mood. 10. The Family stone (2005) This comedy film which features an ensemble cast with the likes of Rachael McCadams, Diane Keaton and Sarah Jessica Parker is filled with drama, plot twists and a storyline that will keep you hooked to the end. It emphasizes just how…
Some years ago, people’s most priced desire was to have access to a large wealth of information. The believe was that this would make life easy and affect their productivity positively. However, it is that wealth of information we have access to today and we are unsure of what to make of it. Information overload takes place when we are exposed to too much irrelevant information. This leads to an unnecessary overstimulation of the brain. Information overload is something not…
It’s a public health emergency we have on our hands in the state of Nasarawa. In the last three months, thirty children have been confirmed dead, while more than 2,000 are currently receiving attention for acute malnutrition in various medical centers across Nasarawa State. It was confirmed at a two-day meeting of the state Committee on Food and Nutrition in Lafia. According to Hajiya Halima Yusuf, Nutrition Officer in the Nasarawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency, the children had…
Chelsea The blues are confident they can agree a £30m deal with Bournemouth for striker Callum Wilson in January. They seem to make most transfers with Barcelona, as Barcelona are ready to launch a January move for Álvaro Morata and Andreas Christensen, most likely on an initial loan until the end of the season. While Chelsea are eyeing a January swoop for Barcelona midfielder Denis Suárez to replace Cesc Fàbregas. Fulham want to sign former England centre-back Gary Cahill from…
The marriage between the celebrity duo has become the newest addition to the statistics of failed celebrity marriages. Cardi B took to Instagram to announce her separation from Offset saying they had grown out of love. However, leaked messages online suggest infidelity as a major factor after photos of text messages showed offset arranging a ménage á trois (threesome) with two women. Also cheating allegations surfaced involving female rapper Summer Bunni and Offset during the period of his marriage. Summer…
The draw for the Champions League last 16 stage will take place midday on December 17, 2018 at the headquarters of UEFA (in Nyon, Switzerland) with many of Europe’s elite awaiting their fate. In the round of 16 draw, 8 group winners are seeded, and the 8 group runners-up are unseeded. The seeded teams are then drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. There are only two conditions that determine the draw: no team…
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has survived a vote of no-confidence triggered by members of her own party over her handling of Brexit. The results were announced by Graham Brady, a member of parliament who chairs the 1922 Committee, which represents Conservative lawmakers in the House of Commons. The vote was 200 vs. 117. Voting by secret ballot began at 6 p.m. local time (that’s 1 p.m. ET) after May made her final pitch to lawmakers promising them she wouldn’t…
Kevin Hart has stepped down as Oscars host just two days after he was named in the role, amid anger over a series of homophobic tweets. The actor and comedian said he had refused to apologize for the tweets, which were posted from 2009-2011 and have mostly been deleted, when asked to do so by the Academy Awards organizers. Among the tweets was a now-deleted post that read: “Yo if my son comes home & try’s 2 play with my…