Archive For: The Crunch
June 4, 2015 This seems to be the season of findings as a Kenyan man named Mr. Lokorodi, has led a team of experts to the discovery of the oldest stone tools in the world at a site called Lomekwi 3, on the northern shores of Lake Turkana. The announcement came on the 29th of ... Read More
June 4, 2015 Following the devastating earthquake on April 25th which claimed over eight thousand lives, thousands of children in Nepal have bravely returned to school. Schools across the country formally reopened on the 1st of June. Many schools were either destroyed or badly damaged in the quake and so lessons took place mostly in ... Read More
June 4, 2015 And in Japan, a surprise apology came from Prime minister, Shinzo Abe before parliament resumed their session, for his bullying of an opposing lawmaker in a previous sitting. A day before his outburst, Abe was reported to have slammed heckling from opposition lawmakers who accused him of having long and redundant responses. ... Read More
June 4, 2015 Joseph Agbeko, talented Ghanaian boxer, and former three-time world bantamweight champion, before he lost his title, is back with a bang. In a four round bout at the El Paso County Coliseum in Texas, USA, Joseph gave his Filipino opponent, Juanito Rubillar a good workout in the match which marked his return ... Read More
June 4, 2015 Meanwhile Nigerian referees have been rated highly by Lim Kee-Chong, a former FIFA referee from Mauritius. He shared the information with the News Agency of Nigeria after a week-long FIFA Member Association Elite Referees Course in the country. Kee-Chong noted that the appointment of Nigerian referees for CAF matches and other FIFA ... Read More
June 2, 2015 The recent tragedy in the Mediterranean that claimed the lives of over eight hundred would be African migrants into Europe have sparked reactions from across the world. They have also highlighted the challenges faced by those who seek to travel through the right channels and the need to review travel requirements. The ... Read More
June 2, 2015 Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development is the new President of the African Development Bank, after an election held at AfDB’s base in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Dr Adesina defeated seven others with 58 percent of the votes to clinch the position. The bank was founded in ... Read More
June 2, 2015 International development agency WaterAid has called on African leaders to prioritize sanitation from the highest decision making levels and support the proposed UN Sustainable Development Goal to ensure water and sanitation for all by 2030. Water Aid recently unveiled its redesigned WASH Watch reporting system to track Africa’s commitment to bring water ... Read More
June 2, 2015 America has officially removed Cuba from a U.S. terrorism blacklist as part of the government’s processes of normalizing relations between enemies in the Cold War. Both countries have begun restoring full diplomatic relations, with two embassies recently opening in Washington and Havana for the first time since 1961, when the U.S. severed ... Read More
June 2, 2015 Neverland, home of deceased international superstar and music legend Michael Jackson is now on the market and for a meager one hundred million dollars, you can have it. Reports have it that the listing agents are Suzanne Perkins and Harry Kolb of Sotheby’s International Realty and Jeffrey Hyland of Hilton & Hyland. ... Read More
