Football tactics experience boom as long throw-ins become common in English Premier League
The composition of a club’s squad, their aerial ability and suitability to defend on the transition – in case the arriving ball is lost to the opposition – are crucial factors that determine a team’s tactical decisions. Most importantly, you need to have a player who can launch throws into the penalty area from that zone.
Beauty and the Beast: Kenya battles poisonous cosmetics as women constitute burgeoning market
According to the KEBS website, some of the skin lightening products include Jaribu Skin Lightening Lotion, Amira Skin Lightening Lotion, A3 Cleartouch Complexion Lotion, Fair White Body Clearing Milk and Precieux Treatment Beauty Lotion, Movate, Jaribu, Rico, Miki, Mekako, Tura, Fair lady, and Jambo.
‘A scientist walked outside to have lunch with a girlfriend’ and leaked Covid from lab,’ Trump jokes as he pauses gain-of-function research funding
Critics argue that it has a “dual-use” potential, as the pathogens can be used for bioweapons research and development. The question of Covid-19 origins has largely become a partisan debate that sees it as either a natural spill-over or a lab leak – although other researchers argue it could have been an intentional leak, or that there was no pandemic virus.
Think about us too: Over 500,00 people in Daadab Refugee Camp in Kenya petition US President Trump to rethink aid freeze
Siyad Tawane, another refugee at the same camp, regretted that several health facilities are on the verge of closure as a result of the USAID funding freeze.
Poachers on the loose in South African wildlife parks as 100 rhinos are killed in three months
South African authorities have focused in recent years on criminal syndicates they believe are behind much of the country’s rhino poaching.
Dazzling Lamine Yamal: At 17 years he has already played 100 times for Barcelona, a feat Messi and Ronaldo never came close to
The draw with Inter was his 100th appearance and brought his 22nd goal (along with 33 assists). At the same age, Cristiano Ronaldo had made 19 appearances (featuring five goals and four assists) and Lionel Messi had made nine, scoring once.
As African militaries stockpile drones militants are switching to hit-and-run tactics to stretch armies
As African militaries embrace drones as weapons of choice, the sobering reality is that they are not an answer to proliferation of conflicts on the continent. A report published by the African Centre for Strategic Studies on May 2, says African governments need to develop a more complex understanding of...
Autistic Nigerian teenager sets world painting record with canvas bigger than a soccer field
The artwork, created in November 2024, was unveiled and officially recognised by the Guinness World Record organisers in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja during the World Autism Acceptance Day in April. Nigeria’s art and culture minister Hannatu Musawa said Tagbo-Okeke’s artwork is “a beacon of hope and inspiration” for people with autism.
Hawking prosperity gospel: From Finger of God to Helicopter of Jesus, how rogue pastors in Kenya exploit lacuna in law to fly faithful into turbulence
‘Shakahola Massacre’ phenomenon at the Kenyan coast in which the Good News International Ministries – an apocalyptic Christian group – leadership reportedly hoodwinked the faithful into starving to death in the hope of meeting Jesus Christ in heaven shocked the world.
Organised crime: Gangs of robbers on the prowl in central Kenya’s Murang’a town; they pounce in broad daylight
Murang’a County Police Commander Benjamin Kimwele cautioned the public against withdrawing huge amounts of money without security back up as this exposes them to such attacks. The police commander also said cases of business people being defrauded of their money have been rampant in the area and stated that four suspects have been arrested and arraigned in court.
