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Age is not just a number for these 15 ‘young’ Nigerian footballers sacked for age cheating
Nigeria’s U-17 national team is going through an overhaul after 15 players were sent packing for failing a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) age test ahead of the U17 Africa Cup of Nations zonal qualifiers...
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Israel deals another blow to African migrants as they seize their wages until they agree to leave
Israel has introduced a new law which allows the withholding of 20 percent of salaries of African asylum seekers which can only be reclaimed after they leave the country. The so-called “deposit...
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Are you black and going to Cambridge? UK rapper Stormzy is covering tuition for two
British-Ghanaian rapper Stormzy, real name Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. has launched a scholarship scheme to fund tuition fees for two black students to go to the University of Cambridge this...
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‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin dies at age 76 after long illness
Soul music legend Aretha Franklin has died on Thursday at her home in Detroit after a lengthy illness. Her publicist told The Associated Press in a statement that she succumbed to her battle with pancreatic...
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Mali maintains its 73-year-old president after a marred election
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won the country’s election runoff by a landslide 67 percent of votes against opposition rival Soumaila Cisse. The election run-off, which was marred by...
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This Nigerian man fought against his deportation from Canada and lost his life on the plane
49-year-old Bolanle Alo has worked in Canada for 12 years without any criminal record until he was detained two weeks before his death on August 7 by officials of Canada’s Immigration and Refugee...
