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Yemen and Syria talks "still on schedule", UN says

Jan 07, 2016 The United Nations recently asserted that the mid-January peace talks between Yemen and Syria were still on schedule, despite growing regional tensions on ground. While addressing reporters, UN spokesman Michele Zaccheo said: “The Special Envoy for Yemen is travelling to the region tomorrow, and apart from that I can only say that ... Read More
 

Real Madrid sack coach Rafa Benitez and appoint Zinedine Zidane

Jan 07, 2016 Real Madrid recently parted ways with Coach Rafa Benitez after less than half a season in charge. The board immediately promoted former France great Zinedine Zidane to replace him. This was announced by the club’s president, Florentino Perez. Speaking at a news conference, Perez, who had publicly backed Benitez in recent weeks, ... Read More
 

Bayern Munich train before Qatar trip

Jan 07, 2016 Bayern Munich players recently reported back for the first official training session of the year. The Bundesliga leaders trained ahead of the team’s scheduled trip to Qatar. Bayern Munich and coach Guardiola will part ways at the end of the current campaign, while Carlo Ancelotti is set to replace him. Commenting on ... Read More
 

China, Russia to continue pushing comprehensive strategic partnership

Jan 07, 2016 According to Chinese foreign ministry, China and Russia will continue to push forward their comprehensive strategic partnership to a higher level in the New Year. While making the remark, Hua Chunying, spokesperson for the ministry said: “We noticed that Putin signed a new edition of Russia’s National Security Strategy to 2020 and ... Read More
 

FIFTY breaks Nigerian Box Office

Jan 06, 2016 EbonyLife Films’ debut movie “Fifty” broke Nigerian Box Office  record as it makes N20 million during the Christmas holiday weekend, competing with many acclaimed films such as Star Wars, Point Break, Alvin and the Chip Munks 4 and others. Selling out in major cinemas such as in Abuja, Ibadan, Akure as well ... Read More
 

Beast Of No Nation wins big at Ghana Movie Awards 2015

Jan 06, 2016 Yet in the movie world, The Ghana Movie Awards 2015 went down at the Accra International Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana on Wednesday December 30. Winning big at the event was Netflix’s debut movie “Beast of No Nation”, which swept away 12 awards out of a whopping 15 nominations, with Idris Elba winning ... Read More
 

New video alert! Pasuma – “Quality”

Jan 06, 2016 In the music world, Fuji cum pop singer Pasuma has dropped a New Year gift for his fans in the form of a new video to his track titled “Quality” off his hip hop album titled “My Story”. Going all hi-tech Pasuma attempts to give a few dance moves on a hoover ... Read More
 

New video alert! Yung6ix – “This Year”

Jan 06, 2016 And self-acclaimed king of the South, rapper Yung6ix kicks off the New Year by dropping a video for his track “This Year” which he had released back in February 2015. The track was produced by BallerBeatz featuring violinist Femi Fiddler. The video was directed by ace video director Unlimited L.A
 

A review of Africa’s health gains and challenges in 2015

Jan 06, 2016 Healthcare delivery in Africa made giant strides in 2015. However there were a few challenges that sprung up in the course of the year. The Groote Schuur Hospital in South Africa made history, after it became the first African hospital to implant the world’s smallest pacemaker known as the Medtronic Micra Transcatheter ... Read More