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Photos: Four-year-old Nigerian branded the ‘most beautiful girl in the world’

The photograph of a four-year-old Nigerian girl is currently trending on social media, and it has received accolades from virtually everyone who has come across it. Baby Jare is one of the three siblings — all girls — that lifestyle/portrait photographer, Mofe Bamuyiwa, had taken an interest in. Jare’s cute Instagram photograph has racked up 15,500 loves and 677 comments ...

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50 Cent Accuses Mayweather Of Causing Rapper’s Death

The ongoing social media beef between 50 Cent and boxer Floyd Mayweather has now led to the New York rapper making some pretty serious claims on Instagram, XXLMAG.COM reports. After the two hurled insults at each other, 50 has now accused Mayweather of sleeping with late rapper Earl Hayes’ wife Stephanie Moseley, leading to Hayes killing himself and Moseley. In ...

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Bayern president blasts Ozil after shock retirement

Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has blasted Mesut Ozil after the midfielder’s shock decision to retire from international football. Ozil said on Sunday he was quitting the German national football team, citing “racism” in the criticism of him in the side’s World Cup debacle. “It is with a heavy heart and after much consideration that because of recent events, I ...

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UK High Court awards Premier League order to block illegal streams

On 19 July 2018, Justice Arnold granted an order that will require the UK’s major internet service providers to block servers that host illegal streams of the Premier League’s matches. All UK based ISPd are affected, including Sky, BT, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, plusnet and EE. Last year, a similar order was granted for the entirety of the 2017/18 season and ...

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China battles France for business in former African colonies

When Ivory Coast put out a tender to build a bridge over the lagoon in its commercial hub of Abidjan, 10 out of the 18 companies that expressed interest were either Chinese firms or in partnership with them. China State Construction Engineering Corp. won the contract in May. The 109 billion CFA francs ($191 million) deal highlighted China’s growing muscle ...

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Singapore Airlines named the world’s best airline for 2018

The Skytrax World Airline Awards were announced in London on Tuesday, coinciding with the Farnborough Air Show. The awards are based on surveys of more than 20 million travellers, who rated more than 335 airlines between August 2017 and May 2018. Singapore Airlines knocked off last year’s winner, Qatar Airways, for the top spot. Asian airlines dominated the list, with ...

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Shell in talks to sell $2 bn Nigeria oil assets

Royal Dutch Shell Plc is in talks to sell two Nigerian oil licenses in an area that’s at the heart of environmental and human rights controversies for $2 billion, according to people familiar with the plan. The Anglo-Dutch oil major is discussing selling oil mining licenses 11 and 17 to Heirs Holdings Ltd., a company run by Nigerian tycoon Tony ...

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Man Utd transfer news: BBC Sport journalist reveals two deals Jose Mourinho wants done

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho is trying to sign two players this summer, a BBC Sport journalist has claimed. Manchester United boss Mourinho appears to be growing frustrated at the lack of transfer business this summer. The Red Devils moved quickly to sign Fred and Diago Dalot, with Lee Grant since arriving from Stoke. Manchester United, however, appear to be ...

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