Boxing fans in Zanzibar are set to enjoy the first fight in almost six decades on Sunday after a long-standing ban was lifted.The 1960s ban followed the revolution by the island’s first President Abedi Amani Karume, citing cultural reasons.The event al…
Day: August 26, 2023
The Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) expects that by 2027, one million homes will have access to high-speed internet through the Fibre Connecter Bundle service as it pushes to ensure the country’s digital economy goal is realised.The…
Some victims of the building that collapsed on Wednesday in Abuja, have commended the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, for settling their medical bills.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that a two-storey building…
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State says the state government has so far spent N7.6 billion on constructing and equipping the ultra-modern motor park in the state.Yahaya stated this while inspecting facilities at the park on Saturday.He queried the contr…
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has announced the donation of N36 million to be shared at N30,000 each to the 1,215 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members deployed to the state.A statement on Saturday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media …
A coalition of pro-democracy groups, on Saturday advised President Bola Tinubu to appoint Mr Dauda Adamu as Minister of Youth for the optimum realisation of his Renewed Hope agenda via the Nigerian youth.The groups gave the advice in an open letter to…
Abubakar Lawal, the Group Managing Director (GMD), GTI Asset Management and Trust Ltd., has charged Sen. John Enoh, the minister of sports development, to collaborate with corporate bodies to develop sports.Lawal gave the charge in a statement by Andr…
Tunisia’s national volleyball team defeated Libya’s 3-0 in a friendly played in Tunis, as part of their warm-up for the CAVB Men’s African Nations Championship (September 3-12) in Egypt. A second friendly against Libya is set for Saturday. Source: Ag…
Club Africain and EGS Gafsa made a goalless draw at a Tunisia’s soccer League 1 Group A day-2 game played on Saturday afternoon in Rades. Result and fixtures: Played Saturday, August 26 Group A Rades : Club Africain 0 EGS Gafsa 0 Playing Tuesday, Augu…
Etoile Sportive du Sahel qualified for the second preliminary round of the CAF Champions League, after defeating Algeria’s CS Constantine 1-0 in a first preliminary round second-leg game played on Saturday afternoon in Sousse. Youssef Abdelli scored t…
Full results of Tunisia’s Handball Elite Championship day-1 games, played on Saturday afternoon: Beni Khiar: ESB Khiar – CS Sakiet Ezzit 23-23 Mahdia: EM Mahdia – CS Hilalien 33-24 Jammel: CSH Jammel – AS Taboulba 28-29 Menzel Temime: US Temimienne – …
Tunisia’s U21 women’s volleyball team finished in the 16th place in the U21 Women’s Volleyball Championship in Mexico (August 14-26), after losing in a placement match (15-16th) against Thailand in three sets 0-3 (24-26, 13-25, 20-25). Source: Agence…
The latest decision by the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) to reduce the surrender requirement from 70/30 to 50/50 percent for local exporters is an encouraging move to boost the sector, leaders of exporters associations said.Recall that NBE issued re…
Firefighters extinguished late on Friday night a fire that broke out in a Ghardiamou forest on the border with Algeria, head of the forest department in Jendouba Lotfi Hmedi told TAP. The blazes erupted on Friday afternoon ; they destroyed three hecta…
A meeting on “Irregular immigration: problems and solutions” was held on Saturday at the Ceballa youth centre in Sidi Bouzid. The event, organised by the German association “TuniBless”, the association “Smart Solutions for planning of development and …