Lyon manager, Paulo Fonseca has been suspended from conducting his matchday duties for almost nine months for angrily confronting a referee. Fonseca, 52, was sent off and pushed his face towards official Benoit Millot during Lyon’s 2-1 win over Brest on 2 March. In a statement, the French Professional Football League said the…
Poster from a protest against Elon Musk by MoveOn, February 4, 2025. Geoff Livingston, Flickr, Creative Commons. I worked for 2 years on Capitol Hill and 25 years for the US Environmental Protection Agency. During those 27 years I met many bureaucrats and a few Congressmen and Senators. I even met the mother of President…
More than 70 terrorists, including key leaders of the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM), have been neutralized in western Burkina Faso during a military offensive carried out in February, the Burkinabe army announced on Wednesday. According to state broadcaster Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina (RTB), the operation followed a February 10 attack…
Zimbabwe head coach, Michael Nees, is confident his team can defeat Nigeria in their upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match on March 25. The two teams will meet at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, during Matchday 26 of the qualifiers. Both teams are desperate for a win to revive their chances of…
A dismissed officer of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has been arrested by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command for supplying sophisticated firearms to bandits operating in the Abuja-Kaduna forests. The Officer in Charge of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Command, Mustafa Mohammed who described the arrest as a critical breakthrough, while briefing newsmen…
Abuja, Nigeria – Ahead of this year’s International Women’s Day, four Cross River women, Ntunkae Offiong Ani Offiong, Mrs Caroline Asikpo-Edet, Dr Yibala Akpama Edimek, and Mrs Blessing Ayuk Ojong Tangban are among distinguished Nigerian women who made the sterling list of “Nigeria Women Annual: 100 Leading Women”, 2025 edition. This was disclosed in a…
