The investigative panel set up to address Team Nigeria’s negative exposure at the Paris 2024 Olympics/Paralympic Games, has recommended the payment of N8 million ($5,000) symbolic compensation to Favour Ofili. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the committee was set up by then Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh to unravel Nigeria’s scandalous…
The International Monetary Fund has raised Ethiopia’s net international reserves target to facilitate payments of upcoming hard currency bills. The East African nation secured a 3.4 billion dollars four-year financing programme from the IMF in July after carrying out a series of reforms including floating its birr currency. It is also in the midst of…
Chinese paddlers continued to claim the top four positions in the men’s and women’s singles events of the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) world rankings released on Tuesday. China’s Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong, Fan Zhendong and Liang Jingkun ranked first to fourth in the men’s singles, followed by Felix Lebrun (France) and Hugo Calderano…
Cases of mycoplasma pneumonia, a respiratory disease caused by bacteria, have been surging in Japan, hitting a record high for four consecutive weeks as of Oct. 20. Local media reported Tuesday that the average number of cases reported by about 500 medical institutions nationwide was 2.01 per institution in the week ended on Oct. 20…
Novak Djokovic will not play at the ATP Finals in Turin because of injury. The Serbian won a record seventh title at the season-ending event in 2023 by beating Jannik Sinner in the final and will miss it for only the second time since making his debut in 2007. Djokovic’s only previous absence came in…
Amid discontent and division, with opinion polls showing nearly two-third voters believe the country is headed in the wrong direction under President Joe Biden, Americans head to the polls on Tuesday. While the United States economy is the envy of the industrialized world, emerging from COVID shutdowns with strong job growth and wage increases, many…
As the U.S. presidential election approaches, anxiety among voters is palpable. Danielle Trenney, a 39-year-old project manager from western Pennsylvania, has taken a unique approach to alleviate her family’s stress: she put up a Christmas tree early this year. This sentiment is shared by many in Bellevue, a Pittsburgh suburb that has become a focal…
In a significant electoral development, Missouri’s Republican-led government has sought to prevent the U.S. Justice Department from deploying legal representatives to St. Louis on Election Day for monitoring compliance with federal voting rights laws. This legal action comes despite the St. Louis election board’s prior agreement to allow federal oversight. The lawsuit, filed in the…
A presidential election unlike any other in U.S. history enters its last full day on Monday. This is as Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, and their campaigns scramble to get supporters to the polls in a contest each portrays as an existential moment for America. Even after the astonishing blur of events the last few months,…
The Israeli air force says it has eliminated two commanders of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia in targetted killings in Lebanon as well as a jihadist in the Gaza Strip. One attack took place in Baraachit in southern Lebanon, according to a statement from the army issued on Monday. The dead man was said to have…
