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    Zambian defender, Frankie Musonda believes that the Chipolopolo have what it takes to do well in a very difficult TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d’Ivoire 2023 Group F consisting of Morocco, DR Congo and Tanzania. Champions of the 2012 edition in Gabon after defeating this year’s hosts, Cote d’Ivoire in a dramatic penalty final, Chipolopolo find themselves in a dicey group that requires nerves of steel to advance further. Musonda, who recently recovered from an ankle injury sustained on duty at his Scottish club, Ayr United said he was excited to be back in the squad and believed in the team’s potential of doing well at Africa’s greatest football showpiece set to take place between 13 January – 11 February. “I am really excited. I was unfortunate to get injured just before October and it carried on into November so I missed out but I’ve been back for six, seven weeks now and I feel good and excited to be part of the team and to be in camp”, said the 26...

  President Bola Ahmed Tinuubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointments of six new executive directors for two agencies under the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy; the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Those appointed as NPA executive directors are Ms. Vivian Edet (Finance and Administration), Olalekan Badmus (Marine & Operations) and Ibrahim Umar (Engineering and Technical Services). For NIMASA are Jibril Abba (Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services), Chudi Offodile (Finance and Administration) and Fatai Adeyemi (Operations). Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale announced their appointments yesterday via a statement. Ngelale explained that  Tinubu  believes that the appointees would use their “collective mandate to create the conditions required to significantly raise the contribution of the Marine and Blue Economy secto...

  The  Lagos  government has issued a travel advisory on how road users can navigate their way between the Mainland and Island parts of the state ahead of the January 9, 2024 closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for repairs. In a statement on Thursday, January 4, the state Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun   Osiyemi, said the repairs of the Third Mainland Bridge by the Federal Ministry of Works will continue with the closure of Iyana Oworonshoki-Adeniji Adele bound for the effective repairs of the entire section of the bridge. The nation reports that the Commissioner also said the timings were selected to match the peak period flow of traffic and reduce travel stress. The statement read: “The closure is part of the ongoing work that started in November 2023 focusing on fixing the ramps, and now, the remaining parts of the bridge will also be repaired.  “However, to ease the burden of commuting, the following arrangements have been made....

  The net worth of the 10 wealthiest individuals on earth has increased by $30 billion in just one month, reaching a total of almost $1.47 trillion as of January 1, Forbes reports. Mark Zuckerberg made a significant jump in the rankings, moving up to the No. 5 spot from his previous position on December 1 as the 7th richest person in the world. He has surpassed Bill Gates who held the title of the world’s wealthiest individual for a significant period. Elon Musk continues to hold the title of the wealthiest individual globally, with a net worth of $251 billion. The CEO of Tesla also holds stakes in SpaceX, a privately held rocket firm, and social media company X, formerly known as Twitter. In December, the software tycoon behind Oracle, Larry Ellison, experienced a significant decline in his fortune. With Oracle’s stock dropping by 10%, Ellison’s wealth plummeted by $11.2 billion, making him the biggest loser among the top ten. Ellison maintains his position as the fo...

Five people on a coast guard plane died after it was hit by a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 coming in to land, but all 379 people on the airliner were evacuated. Here follows a rundown of what is known after the collision on January 2 at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, which ended with both planes engulfed in flames. – Sequence of events – According to a communications transcript released by the Japanese government, Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 arriving from Hokkaido was cleared at 5:44:56 pm by air traffic control to land on runway 34R. On the tarmac, coast guard flight JA722A was instructed 15 seconds later to “taxi to holding point C5”, located at least 50 metres (164 feet) from the edge of the runway. The pilot of JA722A acknowledged the order immediately afterwards. Roughly two minutes later, the Japan Airlines flight landed and hit the coast guard’s DHC-8 aircraft, suggesting that the latter had proceeded onto the actual runway. JA722A captain Genki Miyamoto, its only survivo...

    Arsenal vs Liverpool - Sunday, 4.30pm Liverpool's FA Cup third-round tie at Arsenal on Sunday will be the first time manager Jurgen Klopp is unable to select Mohamed Salah in his starting lineup this season now that the forward has joined up with Egypt for the Africa Cup of Nations. Salah's absence for the rest of January "damages" the Reds, according to  Sky Sports  pundit Gary Neville, and while the player is irreplaceable, Klopp can use the clash at the Emirates to try out who he believes is best suited to fill in for the Premier League's joint top scorer on the righthand side of their attack. Do not be surprised then to see Harvey Elliott handed the job, a role he has already taken on when coming off the bench to replace Salah at times this season, while the versatile forward is also comfortable operating on that side of the pitch - unlike fellow forwards Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo, who all either prefer to play on the lef...