March 2025
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U.S. rapper Kanye West has said that Canadian star Drake is a million times better and more relevant to hip-hop culture than American prodigy Kendrick Lamar. The Ye crooner made the claim in a recent interview with DJ Akademiks. West stated that despite Lamar appearing to have won the hip-hop beef between him and Drake…
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Good afternoon from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. Petrol marketers across the Lagos metropolis at the weekend raised the pump price of the commodity to between N925 per litre and N935 per litre. This is in response to the increase in the landing cost of petrol, the stoppage by Dangote Refinery of…
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A bill currently on the floor of the House of Representatives, seeking to stop anyone above 60 years from vying for election to the offices of the Nigerian President and State Governor has triggered controversy. MEZIESBLOG reports that the bill, sponsored by Imo lawmaker, Ikenga Ugochinyere was passed for second reading at the lower legislative…
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Jerry Omotsegunwa, the Special Assistant to the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara on Electronic Media, has said the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike and the governor need to clarify the cause of their conflict. Omotsegunwa said, “The FCT minister has not told us anything that led to the crisis,…
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Nottingham Forest secured a place in the FA Cup semifinals by beating Brighton & Hove Albion 4-3 in a penalty shootout when Ryan Yates smashed home the winner after the game finished goalless following extra time. Forest keeper Matz Sels saved Jack Hinshelwood’s low shot towards the bottom corner before keeping out Diego Gomez’s attempt into the middle of the goal either side of…
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President Donald Trump is pushing senior advisers to go bigger on tariff policy as they prepare for what the White House has called “Liberation Day,” the April 2 date he has set for a major escalation in his global trade war, four people familiar with the matter said. Although many of his allies on Wall…
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Tragedy struck on Saturday, as a former national and West African light-heavyweight boxing champion, Segun ‘Success’ Olanrewaju, collapsed and died during a fight in Ghana. Olanrewaju was fighting against Ghanaian boxer Jon Mbanugu at Fight Night 15 of the Ghana Professional Boxing League at Bukom Boxing Arena when he suddenly lost consciousness. It is understood…
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The draw for the FA Cup semi-final has been conducted on Sunday. It took place after Aston Villa thrashed Preston North End 3-0 in the third quarter-final clash. Marcus Rashford scored twice – his first goals for Villa – as they booked their spot in the last four. Unai Emery’s men will now take on…
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As Jürgen Klopp and his players took in the ovation from the Liverpool fans after the Premier League’s final day last season, one man appeared more emotional than most. Trent Alexander-Arnold was moved to tears as supporters paid tribute to their outgoing manager, and the right-back’s reaction was interpreted in some quarters as a sign…
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NBA star Stephen Curry has a deal with a Random House Publishing Group imprint that you could call a three-point play. The 11-time All Star with the Golden State Warriors has agreed to release three books through One World, beginning Sept. 9 with “Shot Ready,” which Curry is calling a “personal reflection” on his life on and off the…
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The Memphis Grizzlies fired Taylor Jenkins, their winningest coach, on Friday with the team struggling down the stretch and at risk of losing home-court advantage in the postseason. Sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania that Jenkins was called into the Grizzlies’ office Friday morning and told he was being fired. The team believed that Jenkins had lost the…
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Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry returned Friday night after a two-game absence because of a pelvic contusion and said that though he will “feel it for a while,” he avoided a break in the bone. Curry had 23 points and six assists to help the Warriors snap a two-game losing streak with a 111-95 win over the New Orleans Pelicans at…
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A close call between a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a US Air Force T-38 jet, often used by the military for training, sounded alarms in the cockpit of the passenger plane Friday. Delta 2983 was departing Reagan Airport around 3:15 p.m. and heading to Minneapolis-St.…
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A construction worker recounted on Saturday (Mar 29) how he cheated death when a Bangkok skyscraper collapsed “in the blink of an eye” after a massive earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand the day before. Tearful family members gathered at the remains of the 30-storey building, which crumbled to rubble in just seconds on Friday, clinging…
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Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met visiting European Trade and Economic Security Commissioner Maros Sefcovic for a discussion that Sefcovic said on Saturday (Mar 29) included a “level playing field” on trade. China’s commerce ministry described the Friday meeting as a frank and pragmatic exchange of views. Sefcovic posted on X that it was necessary…
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The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand passed 1,000 on Saturday afternoon (Mar 29), as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings in a desperate search for survivors. The shallow 7.7-magnitude quake struck northwest of the city of Sagaing in central Myanmar early Friday afternoon, followed minutes later by a 6.7-magnitude…
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