January 2024
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Goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali was back in training on Tuesday night after making a remarkable recovery from injury, MEZIESBLOG reports. Nwabali sustained a mild ligament injury in Super Eagles’ 2-0 victory against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon last Saturday. The Chippa United goalie trained separately on Monday as the Super Eagles started preparations for their quarter-final…
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Stakeholders have described as disturbing the recent withdrawal of Mali, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, saying it raises serious concerns about Nigeria’s security. The development comes amid alleged infiltration and inferences from Western powers, especially the United States of America, USA, and Russia, with a huge…
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles are the highest-ranked team left at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. This follows South Africa’s shock 2-0 win over Morocco on Tuesday night. Before the game, four of the top five teams on the continent had been sent packing. Senegal, Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia all fell by the wayside. Morocco, the…
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Moses Simon has warned his Super Eagles teammates to keep their feet on the ground as they look ahead to the clash with Angola. The three-time winners will be up against the Palancas Negras in a quarter-final fixture at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations on Friday. The Super Eagles have impressed with their…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Kidnappers have demanded N100m ransom for the release of four staff members of Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti and nine other victims who were taken away on Monday. The principal of the secondary section of the school, Boje Olanireti, confirmed the ransom demand…
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Most people need some way of seeing where their money is going each month. A budget can help you feel more in control of your finances and make it easier to save money for your goals. The trick is to figure out a way to track your finances that works for you. The following steps…
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Key Takeaway #1: A clear vision drives perseverance and innovation The Walt Disney Company’s international and intergenerational success didn’t occur by accident. Its founder’s clarity of vision and unrestful spirit drove him to take multiple risks in his career and achieve some of the greatest innovations of his industry. His failures and setbacks, though many,…
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There is no definitive answer to this question as it depends on the individual’s personal definition of the word “doctor.” Some people might say that you can call yourself a doctor with an honorary PhD if you have earned a doctorate degree from an accredited institution, regardless of whether or not the degree is honorary. Others might…
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Ukraine would win the war faster if it had permission to fire British and other Western weapons against targets deep inside Russia, the head of the Ukrainian navy has signalled. Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa told Sky News the course of the entire conflict would have been very different had Ukrainian forces been allowed to use…
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England and Manchester City star Kyle Walker has apologised to his wife after fathering a second child with another woman. The 33-year-old defender said he had made “idiot choices” and needed to “own up to my mistakes”. “What I’ve done is horrible and I take full responsibility,” he told The Sun newspaper. “The only person…
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As we’ve been reporting, three American troops were killed and 34 were injured in a drone attack in Jordan yesterday. Those killed in the attack were sleeping in a tent at a place called Tower 22 in northeast Jordan, near the Syria border, and some of those injured are being evacuated from the country. US…
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Over the weekend, the government suspended funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNWRA) after “several” staff members were terminated for alleged involved in the 7 October attack on Israel. The agency provides many essential services in Gaza, and has been one of the key distributors of aid since the Israel-Hamas…
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After successfully fighting to get it unamended through the House of Commons, Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda bill is returning to parliament today and will be debated in the House of Lords. The bill, designed to rescue the embattled deportation scheme, declares Rwanda a safe country and severely limits the human rights laws applicable to deportations in…
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The weekend saw another devastating incident of violence make headlines, as two teenage boys were killed in a stabbing attack in Bristol. The pair, named locally as Max Dixon, 16, and Mason Rist, 15, were attacked on Saturday night. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has described the stabbings as “devastating”, adding he “cannot even imagine…
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Marcus Rashford’s absence from Manchester United is an “internal matter”, Erik ten Hag has said as speculation mounts about the striker. The 26-year-old forward was left out of Ten Hag’s squad against Newport County on Sunday, three days after he was reportedly seen at a nightclub in Belfast. The Man United manager said after the FA Cup…
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US arms sales reached a record $238bn (£188bn) last year, new figures show, fuelled in part by demand over the war in Ukraine. Washington directly negotiated $80.9bn (£63.8bn) in sales with foreign governments in 2023 – a 56% increase from the previous year. The rest were direct sales by US firms to foreign nations, according…
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