Nov 19, 2015 The head coach of Chile’s national team, Jorge Sampaoli said during a news conference in Santiago that he hopes to continue in his position despite an investigation into Chile’s national Football Association (ANFP) salary allocation. Sampaoli, an Argentine native, expressed his desire to continue working as head coach for the Chilean despite ... Read More
Nov 19, 2015 Yelena Isinbayeva, a former Russian Olympic pole-vaulting champion, recently called on the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) not to punish honest athletes in response to doping allegations against Russia. Speaking at a news conference, Isinbayeva said: “What was today decided by the IAAF council, I find totally unfair and unjust towards ... Read More
Nov 18, 2015 The annual International White Cane Day for the Blind went down last week in Lagos with ace music producer Cobhams Asuquo and Nikki Laoye turning up for the event in association with Nikki Laoye’s Angel 4 Life Foundation and the Nigeria Association of the Blind (Lagos State Chapter) as well as the ... Read More
Nov 18, 2015 Over to Nollywood, ace Nigerian musicians and actors such as Nonso diobi, Rachel Oniga, Dr Sid, Abiola Atanda aka Madam Kofo, MI Agaba and many others feature in the forthcoming moving titled “Last 3 Digits”. The movie is about a young man who strives to guess the missing last three digits of ... Read More
Nov 18, 2015 Over now to new videos, East Africa meets Southern Africa as Tanzanian rapper Jon Makini collabos with South African rapper AKA in the video titled “Don’t Bother”. The video sees both rappers dropping their lines on the streets, with AKA dropping a few lines in Swahili. The video was directed by Justin ... Read More
Nov 18, 2015 And veteran rapper Eldee teams up with Phatbase Entertainment signee Sheyman and US-based rapper Scott King in Sheyman’s new track and video titled “King of My Area”. Here, the three stars talk about the everyday lifestyle typical of hoods all over the world.
Nov 18, 2015 And OBO Davido teams up with upcoming Hausa singer Hafeez in the video of Hafeez’s track titled “Taka Rawa”, which translates to “Dance step” in Hausa. The 2014-released track produced by Studio Magic now has this new video directed by acclaimed video director Adasa Cookey. With the hope of pushing Hausa music ... Read More
Nov 18, 2015 Egyptian tourism minister, Hesham Zaazou, recently hinted on a potential slow-down in the country’s tourism sector following the recent crisis in Sharm al-Sheikh. According to him, the losses could amount to 6.6 billion Egyptian pounds. The Egyptian Tourism industry recently took a hit after Russia, the UK and other European countries decided ... Read More
Nov 18, 2015 Ethiopia’s Dashen Brewery recently launched a new plant in Debre Birhan as part of its plans to expand beer production in the country. While officially opening the new plant, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn said: “DUET, VASARI AND TIRET have shown that companies from the United Kingdom and Ethiopia can jointly venture ... Read More
Nov 18, 2015 During his weekly broadcast, U.S. President Barack Obama recently reassured veterans that his administration will do everything it can to fulfill its promise to them. “In recent years, we’ve made historic investments to boost the VA budget, expand veterans’ benefits, and improve care for our wounded warriors. We’ve now slashed the disability ... Read More
