3 months ago
Ademola Lookman 🇳🇬 has been nominated for the 2024 Ballon d'Or. He is the only African nominee in this edition.
He is the first Player to score a hat-trick in a UEFA Europa League Final. He was named as the Man of the Match.
He was included in the AFCON Team of the Tournament and UEFA Europa League Team of the Season.
He also helped Nigeria and Atalanta reach the Finals of the AFCON and Coppa Atalia.
He is the first African Player to score a hat trick in a major European final.
He was named as Atalanta Player of the Season
He is the first Player to score a hat-trick in a UEFA Europa League Final. He was named as the Man of the Match.
He was included in the AFCON Team of the Tournament and UEFA Europa League Team of the Season.
He also helped Nigeria and Atalanta reach the Finals of the AFCON and Coppa Atalia.
He is the first African Player to score a hat trick in a major European final.
He was named as Atalanta Player of the Season
3 months ago
Rebecca Cheptegei won the Up and Downhill race at the 2022 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Thailand and 2022 Padova Marathon in Italy.
the 1500m race in Munchen Pfingstmeeting, Germany and Kampala 10,000m race in 2010.
She won the 10,000m race in Crevillente San Silvestre, Spain in 2013 and Santa Pola 10km race in 2014
the 1500m race in Munchen Pfingstmeeting, Germany and Kampala 10,000m race in 2010.
She won the 10,000m race in Crevillente San Silvestre, Spain in 2013 and Santa Pola 10km race in 2014
7 months ago
The medical charity MSF says two children were killed when a bomb fell near a paediatric hospital in western Sudan. Fighting between the army and paramilitaries has recently intensified for control of El Fasher.
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7 months ago
16-year-old Congolese Player, Elia Balamwabo won the Player of the Tournament Award at the U-16 African Schools Champions Cup in 2022.
He was the Captain of DR Congo's team. He won the trophy with the team.
He was the Captain of DR Congo's team. He won the trophy with the team.
7 months ago
South Africa is moving people from slums to these beautiful houses in Gauteng as part of the RDP project.
7 months ago
Burna Boy has performed in France, Sweden, Switzerland, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, South Africa, Cameroon, Botswana, USA, England, Ghana, Portugal, Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Cyprus, Nigeria, Canada, Belgium, Kenya, Barbados, UAE, Italy, Malaysia, Haiti, Tanzania, Norway, Jamaica, Zambia, Namibia, Senegal, Uganda, Suriname, Antigua and Barbuda, Turkiye, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Finland, Denmark, Greece, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, The Gambia, Trinidad and Tobago, Austria, The Bahamas and Guyana.
8 months ago
Nigerian private airline, Air Peace carried 55.8 million passengers in 8 years.
The airline had 52,859 passengers in its first year of operations in 2014.
It carried 14.1 million passengers in 2022, 11.446 million passengers in 2021, 9.634 million in 2020, 8.491 million in 2019, 6.060 million in 2018, 3.538 million in 2017, 1.832 million in 2016 and 661,875 in 2015.
The airline had 52,859 passengers in its first year of operations in 2014.
It carried 14.1 million passengers in 2022, 11.446 million passengers in 2021, 9.634 million in 2020, 8.491 million in 2019, 6.060 million in 2018, 3.538 million in 2017, 1.832 million in 2016 and 661,875 in 2015.
8 months ago
Nigeria's inflation has reached its highest rate in nearly 30 years.
But how has this happened? The BBC's nkechinna breaks it down.
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But how has this happened? The BBC's nkechinna breaks it down.
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8 months ago
One of Nigeria's most popular celebrities, a transgender woman known as Bobrisky, has been sentenced to six months in jail for "spraying" naira banknotes at various social events.
It is rare for people to be prosecuted for this crime. Read more ⏩ bbc.in/4auWt4Z
It is rare for people to be prosecuted for this crime. Read more ⏩ bbc.in/4auWt4Z
8 months ago
It's illegal for civilians to wear camouflage clothes in Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Uganda.
