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The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) has unveiled a Sri Lankan, Asanka Gurusinha as the New Head Coach and High Performance Manager of cricket in the country. The essence is to grow the sport to meet global standard. Gurusinha was picked ahead of 32 other top coaches who applied for the Nigeria’s top job. Speaking shortly after he was unveiled at the Media Centre of the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja Tuesday by Maria Whophil, a Deputy Director with the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Gurusinha admitted that the interview session was the most thorough and rigorous since his coaching…

Google has released its list of top online searches of 2020 by Nigerians and Coronavirus, ASUU strike, Rema, Naira Marley, and Hushpuppi topped the list. Coronavirus topped online searches by Nigerians in 2020, followed by US election, US president-elect, Joe Biden, Google Classroom, ASUU, Zoom Live, Rema, Naira Marley, Rahama Sadua, and Hushpuppi. For most searched people, US president-elect, Joe Biden topped the list followed by Rema, Naira Marley, Rahama Sadau, Hushpuppi, and others. Rahama Sadau was the most searched actor ahead of Eniola Badmus, Erica Nlewedim, Funke Akindele, Olu Jacobs, and Nengi Hampson . See the full list below:…

More than 20,000 people have entered soup for crossing the red line of the International Criminal Police Organization. The suspected were arrested  in an Interpol-coordinated blow against online and telephone fraudsters since September 2019. The international organization said 35 countries participated in the operation dubbed “First Light” and this led to 21,549 arrests in more than 10,000 raids, as well as the seizure of almost $154 million of “illicit funds”. Following an “enforcement phase” in September-November last year, the investigation saw Interpol issue three so-called “Purple Notices” detailing techniques and equipment used in “telephone scams, investment fraud and fraud schemes taking advantage…

A total of 43 naval personnel have entered wanted list for desertion, the Nigerian Navy has stated in a circular. The circular, which contains the names and photographs of the deserters, has appealed to members of the public with useful information that could lead to their arrest to report to the nearest Naval facility or Police station. While no reason was given for the disappearance of the officers, the circular also mandated all Navy Personnel with information on the whereabouts of the 43 personnel to arrest them or be dealt with as an accomplice. It was learnt that some of the…

Canada has become the second country after the UK to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine and may start immunizing residents from next week. On Wednesday, the country’s health regulator, Health Canada, posted on its website that it had authorized the jab after a two-month independent review on safety and efficacy.” “Canadians can feel confident that the review process was rigorous and that we have strong monitoring systems in place,’ a government department statement read. “Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada will closely monitor the safety of the vaccine once it is on the market and will not…

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo won re-election with 51.59 percent of the vote, results from the election commission showed on Wednesday, as deadly violence gripped the West African country. Akufo-Addo, who ran under the platform of New Patriotic Party (NPP), was declared winner of the election by Jean Mensah, the chairperson of the electoral commission of Ghana on Wednesday evening, December 9. According to Mensah, Akufo-Addo polled a total of 6,730,430 votes to defeat his main rival and former President John Mahama who polled 6,214,889 votes Mensah said the total valid votes cast during the election were 30,434,574, representing 79 percent…

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has queried the constitutional power of National Assembly to summon President Muhammadu Buhari over insecurity in the country. Last week, the House of Representatives passed a resolution summoning the president over the deteriorating state of security in the country. A tweet posted by President’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, on Monday evening December 7, stated that the President would meet with the lawmakers on Thursday, December 10. However, in a statement released Wednesday, December 9, Malami said it was outside the constitutional powers of the National Assembly to…

A list of the world’s 100 most powerful women of 2020 from 30 countries in politics, entertainment, business, and more.was made public by Forbes on Tuesday, December 8.. German Chancellor Angela Merkel claimed the No. 1 spot for the tenth year in a row, with European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde occupying second slot for the second consecutive year. US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris made the list for the first time, debuting in the No. 3 slot. Forbes said her “rapid ascension in U.S. politics” has “catapulted” her onto the list. Ursula von der Leyen, the first female president of the…

South African parliament is mooting a new bill to regulate how users share nudes and other intimate contents on the Facebook-owned instant messaging app, WhatsApp. Sponsored in 2017, the bill has undergone many changes, and criminalizes revenge porn and cracks down on some cyber crimes associated with the instant messaging application. The bill which made it clear that sending of intimate content which can be seen as harmful without the subject’s consent has been criminalised, also allows the personal data of WhatsApp users to be subjected to scrutiny by both the law enforcement agencies and the electronic communications service providers and financial institutions which…

Cristiano Ronaldo scored two penalties to take his Champions League goal tally to 134 as Juventus beat a “scared” Barcelona to seal top spot in Group G. Ronaldo sent Marc-Andre ter Stegen the wrong way after being fouled by Uruguay defender Ronald Araujo. Juve doubled their lead through Weston McKennie’s bicycle kick before Ronaldo added his second from the spot after Clement Lenglet handled. “We weren’t aggressive,” said Barca boss Ronald Koeman. “It looked as if we’d come out looking not to lose, as opposed to trying to control the game. We weren’t good, not even positionally. “We looked scared.”…