First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that Taidob College Abeokuta, the 2019 winners of the National Company of the Year competition organised by Junior Achievement Nigeria would compete against student teams from 10 other Junior Achievement member countries across…
Zimbabwe ‘settles row’ over Mugabe burial site (BBC)
Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe will be buried in the National Heroes Acre monument in Harare, his family says, following a row with the government over his final resting site. Family spokesman and nephew Leo Mugabe says the date is…
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe ex-president, dies aged 95 (BBC)
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader, has died aged 95. His family confirmed his death to the BBC. Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April. He was ousted in a military coup in 2017…
Zimbabwe’s women boycott Olympic football qualifier against Zambia over unpaid fees (BBC)
The troubles in women’s football in Zimbabwe continued as the national team refused to play the second leg of their second-round Olympic qualifier against Zambia in Harare on Sunday. The players refused to fulfil the fixture as they are owed…
Zimbabwe protests: Opposition MDC backs down after police ban (BBC)
Zimbabwe’s main opposition group has called off anti-government protests in the capital Harare at the last minute, after failing to overturn a police ban. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) took the decision after a judge upheld the ban on…
Zimbabwe: A third of population faces food crisis, says UN (BBC)
More than five million people in Zimbabwe – about a third of the population – need food aid, with many coming close to starving, the UN says. The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a $331m (£270m) appeal as the…
Eagles to play Zimbabwe, Senegal in pre-Egypt 2019 AFCON friendlies (Guardian)
As part of efforts to get the Super Eagles in top shape for the Egypt 2019 African Nations Cup, which holds in June, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has lined up two quality international friendlies for the team. The matches…
Zimbabwe plans friendly with Super Eagles (Guardian)
The Warriors are keen to reach the Nations Cup knockout stage, and are in the process of scheduling warm-up matches against some continental heavyweights Zimbabwe FA president, Felton Kamambo says plans for a warm-up game against Bafana Bafana are at…
Botswana offers Zimbabwe $600 million of loans (Guardian)
Botswana has offered to lend Zimbabwe $600 million to support its diamond industry and local private firms, a state-owned newspaper reported on Tuesday, amid a severe dollar crunch in the southern African nation. There are few signs the flow of…
Woman demands payment as lover dumps her after nine years (Punch)
A Zimbabwean woman, Auxillia Mutikinye, has declared that she deserves payment for staying with her lover for nine years and performing all the duties of a wife. Mutikinye told the court that her policeman lover, Reason Mabena, had tried to dump…