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Each time China coughs, America gets the flu and her allies fall into a state of frenzy. Why is Chinaphobia becoming a dominant public malady in the West today? **** The United States of America (USA) takes pleasure in parading itself as number one on the list of world super powers; self-positioning as the unofficial…
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change declared a “code red for humanity” in a recent report, giving a peek of the world’s future. Global warming is dangerously close to spiraling out of control, a U.N. climate panel said in a landmark report Monday, warning the world is already certain to face further climate…
A day after the Taliban installed themselves in the presidential palace in Kabul, seizing control over Afghanistan two decades after being toppled from power by the U.S. military, fears intensified about a return to the Taliban’s brutal rule and the threat of reprisal killings. Kabul’s international airport was under the protection of foreign forces, including…
The decision by the United States Supreme Court to reverse Bill Cosby ’s conviction has generated heated debate in the global community. Critics opine that justice has overstepped its bound in reversing the facts excavated by the trial court. Many have questioned the infallibility of the United States judicial system as a result of that reversal,…
The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), which had hitherto banned for life Nigeria’s former Super Eagles gaffer, Samson Siasia, from the game for match-fixing allegations, recently announced that the sanction has been reduced to five years. The sanction was reduced by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). FIFA had said in 2019 that…
The dust raised by Christiano Ronaldo, Paul Pogba and Manuel Locatelli at 2020 European Football Championships may have begun to settle, but that shouldn’t mean an overlook of the matters arising from the tarnishing impact of the actions of the three high-earning international football stars on the relationship between big sports and marketing, particularly as…
Uncomfortable signals are brewing from the sponsors of the Tokyo Olympics taking place next month. A few weeks ago, it was reported that the major sponsors had privately called for the Games to be postponed for several months (at least to September or October this year) so that more spectators can attend the mega event…
With the group stage completed, the much-awaited Euro 2020 has lived up to its billing so far; offering undiluted excitement and rambunctious entertainment for spectators within Europe and beyond. Even operators of soccer viewing centres in developing countries like Nigeria are smiling to the bank as each match draws a full house. The soccer…
On the 4th of June 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari instructed the Sports Ministry to team up with Nigerian Football Federation and come up with a 10-year National Football Master Plan for Nigeria. President Buhari gave the order when he received the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, and NFF President, Amaju Pinnick…
The Lake Chad region has been bedevilled with many challenges over the years. This location has been the site of severe violent encounters perpetrated, especially by the Boko Haram sect. In recent times, the front burner issue is the intense fight between farmers and herders in the area. The basin’s economic potentials attracted herders from…
