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The first African coach to take a team to the European Champions League, Ndubisi Egbo of Albanian side KF Tirana, has spoken of the racial abuse he received this season on his way to making history. KF Tirana was last weekend confirmed as winners of the Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian men's football His achievement was even more remarkable...

Somalia will resume its domestic football season tomorrow after a three-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The return was announced by the president of Somali Football Federation, Abdiqani Said Arab who said that the federal government had permeated the resumption of all sport in the country. As such the Somali Premier League will be the first sport in the...

15th March 2021 was a day to remember for the Nigerian Music industry as Nigeria music stars, Wizkd and Burna Boy finally brought the much-coveted Grammy Award home. Burna Boy won the Best Global Music Album category Burna Boy, real name Damini Ogulu, a nominee for a second consecutive year, won with his Twice as Tall album. The 29-year-old beat four others...

Apart from deploying drones, vans mounted with loudspeakers and arresting violators, the African country Rwanda has turned to artists to create awareness about health protocols to stem the spread of COVID-19. A group of 14 artists has launched a project called "Kurema Kureba Kwiga" ("To Create, To See, To Learn"), for designing creative themes to inspire positive behavioural changes...

By Ruth Okwumbu Sony Music Entertainment Africa (SMEA) recently announced its partnership with Celebrity Services Africa (CSA) to develop new talents and facilitate existing artiste-brand opportunities on the continent.  The partnership will see both companies utilising their strengths to develop an all-round solution for artiste support & brand integration, and afford artistes greater opportunities in the creative industry. CSA has an excellent track record of working with...

Nigerian afrobeats artiste Damini Ogulu, otherwise known as Burna Boy, has been nominated for the Grammy awards for the second time running, consecutively. This makes him the first indigenous artist to be nominated for the awards in two consecutive years. The songster was earlier nominated in the Best Global Music category of the 62nd Grammys ceremony with his African Giant...

Nigeria has now shifted its full attention and focus on the Tokyo Olympics following the recent conclusion of the Edo 2020 National Sports Festival in Benin City which saw impressive performances from some of the athletes who participated in the competition. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare, noted the country is ready to show it means...

Watford Football Club, an English professional football club in Watford, Hertfordshire, now has three confirmed cases of one player and two staff that tested positive to the coronavirus test making a total of six positive confirmed cases across the Premier League.  Premier League players and staff recently underwent coronavirus testing at their bases before returning to training, and six positive...

Freestyle UNLOCKED Africa 2020 is the virtual version of the African Freestyle Championships organized by the sports promoter Feet 'N' Tricks International (www.FeetAndTricks.com), the organizers of the Freestyle UNLOCKED Africa 2020 has announced MTN as the headline sponsor for the fourth annual games kicking off on Monday, July 1, 2020. Valentine Ozigbo, the Chairman of Feet 'N' Tricks International, in a...

The organisers of Big Brother Naija (BBN) reality TV show have retained ace TV presenter, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu as host for the fourth season which will be on screen in less than fifteen days This was made known on Twitter by Ebuka who took to the social media platform to share the news with his teeming fans. Ebuka who started hosting the show...