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Tekashi 6ix9ine was rushed to a hospital via ambulance Tuesday evening in Florida after he was jumped by a group of men in the sauna of an LA Fitness. The Stoopid artist was beaten ‘to a pulp’ in the ambush, his attorney Lance Lazzaro told TMZ. The 26-year-old rap artist, who did not […]
Smooth-voiced South African jazz musician Gloria Bosman has been lauded for her contribution to the country’s music industry in a career spanning more than two decades. Bosman died on Tuesday following a short illness, her family announced. “After a short illness, she transcended peacefully at her home, surrounded by family,” the family said […]
Inter Milan held off Porto in a gritty 0-0 draw on Tuesday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals, with a 1-0 aggregate triumph. The Italian side, three-time winners of this competition, progressed to the last eight for the first time since 2011. For the first time since 2006, both Inter and AC Milan […]
Real Madrid will go on the attack against Liverpool this week instead of trying to protect their Champions League last 16 first leg advantage, coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Tuesday. Holders Madrid thrashed Liverpool 5-2 at Anfield in February, with Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior scoring twice, along with an Eder Militao header, after […]
Former president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has deleted a tweet in which she congratulated Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The former president had taken to her Twitter page to congratulate the APC presidential candidate on emerging the president. She also extended her congratulations to the Nigerian people for exercising their democratic right […]
Suspected Allied Democratic Forces’ militants have killed over 40 people in twin attacks in eastern DR Congo, local officials said Thursday, in the latest bloodshed across the turbulent region. The ADF, which the Islamic State group claims as its central African affiliate, is one of the deadliest armed militias in eastern Congo, accused of slaughtering […]
Powerful tropical Cyclone Freddy tore through parts of Madagascar on Wednesday, killing four people on the Indian Ocean island, disaster management authorities said. A 27-year-old man drowned in rising sea waters on Tuesday just before the storm, which packed winds of around 130 kilometres per hour (80 miles per hour), made landfall. But on […]
A fresh earthquake has hit the region of the Turkey-Syria border. The quake comes days after earthquakes were recorded in both countries, which resulted in over 40,000 deaths. According to Syria’s state news agency (SANA), the 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey’s Hatay province, which was devastated by a massive tremor two weeks ago. It also […]
The Commonwealth observer mission to Nigeria has met with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to ascertain how prepared they are for the forthcoming elections. The leader of the Mission and former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki said the meeting was aimed at getting reports from INEC on […]
The body of the former Premier League player Christian Atsu, who was killed in the devastating earthquake in Turkey, has arrived in Ghana, on Sunday. Atsu’s death was announced on Saturday by his agent Nana Sechere, who said the footballer’s body was found 12 days after the disaster hit Turkey and Syria, claiming more […]
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