Brentford have appointed former set-piece coach Keith Andrews as their new manager to replace Thomas Frank, according to reports on Friday. Frank was appointed as Tottenham boss earlier this month after guiding Brentford to a 10th-place finish in the Premier League last season. Andrews, a former Irish international, had joined Brentford’s backroom staff in 2024…
Burglars broke into Brad Pitt’s Los Angeles home on Thursday, ransacking the property and fleeing with stolen items while the Oscar-winning actor was traveling to promote his new racing thriller F1, US media reported. A Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson told NBC News that a break-in took place at a residence in the Los Feliz neighbourhood…
Music Week can reveal that one of the UK’s biggest stars has a new label home. J Hus has today (June 26) announced he has partnered with leading independent record label Empire, and to mark the occasion he has shared a brand new single. Released today, Gold features Nigerian star Asake and was produced by P2J. As a…
Nigerian singer, Euphemia Ekumah, popularly known as GoodGirl LA, has opened up about her struggle with depression and how the isolation that followed it transformed her life. The singer, who has been quiet for some time now, shared that she was dealing with depression in isolation, but she turned it into power by focusing on…
Actress Kate Henshaw has expressed concerns about surrogacy, highlighting the potential exploitation of financially vulnerable individuals. In an interview on News Central, Henshaw emphasised the need for robust laws and regulations to protect surrogates’ rights and well-being. Henshaw noted that surrogacy should be approached with caution, considering the emotional and physical risks involved. She called…
A High Court of Kenya, sitting in Nairobi, has declared the abduction and detention of Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021 unlawful and illegal. The court also awarded compensatory damages of 10 million Kenyan shillings against the Kenyan Government for gross violations of Kanu’s fundamental human rights. The presiding judge, Justice E.C….
America’s Corporate Council on Africa has honoured the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, with the “Distinguished Economic Leader Award” for what it described as his decade of transformative action in the bank. Deputy Chairman of the Council, Jean Raymond Boulle, who presented the award, said it was in recognition of…
Renowned UK architect Norman Foster has won a competition to design Britain’s national memorial to the late Queen Elizabeth II. Famed for designs that have fused technology and nature and transformed modern cityscapes, Foster, 90, said the opportunity was an “honour and a privilege”. The memorial will include a statue of the queen, a keen…
Mastercard and enza – a payment solutions company – have collaborated to connect fintech companies across Africa to the Mastercard network. This collaboration will enable fintech players to build propositions on the enza platform that serve both consumers and businesses with embedded Mastercard payment solutions capabilities. According to a report by the European Investment Bank,…
A Chinese firm, Tenda Technology, has invested over $1 million in Nigeria in the last year with the hope of increasing it by 50 per cent every year This was disclosed by Tenda Sell-Through Manager, Nigeria, Joseph Agema, on the sideline of the product unveiling in partnership with Cosharis Technologies in Lagos. Agema said the…
