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Wale Agbede

Wale Agbede is a sports journalist with Peoples Gazette. Prior to joining The Gazette, he has worked with blue chips companies on sports marketing and communications.He is on Twitter @TheWaleAgbede
July 13, 2023

FIFA WWC: Sponsor to give out 20,000 tickets as New Zealand struggles with sales

A bigger issue is that football is not popular in New Zealand, making it difficult to get crowds to stadiums during the coldest months of the year.

FIFA Women's World Cup (Credit: Sky Sports)
July 13, 2023

UK government offers salary increment to British civil servants to end strike

“We will not negotiate again on this year’s settlements and no amount of strikes will change our decision,” he said.

United Kingdom Prime minister, Rishi Sunak
July 12, 2023

Hundreds of African migrants reported missing off Spain’s Canary Islands

Three missing boats were said to be carrying roughly 200 people each and had left Senegal on June 23.

Migrant boat used to illustrate the story.
July 9, 2023

Latvia swears in openly gay President Edgars Rinkevics

Although it is primarily a ceremonial office, Latvia’s president has the authority to veto legislation and convene referendums.

Edgars Renkevics (Credit: bne Ingelligencenews)
July 5, 2023

Bitcoin hits new 12-month high in first half of 2023

In the first six months of the year, the world’s largest and most costly cryptocurrency also achieved an amazing trading volume.

Bitcoin
July 4, 2023

U.S. Secret Service finds cocaine inside White House after Hunter Biden’s visit

A report from a responding fire unit said the substance tested positive for cocaine.

Hunter Biden
July 4, 2023

Lawmaker seeks extension of UTME result validity to three years

“But, however, the bill has gotten to the committee level and we are almost there. If it becomes a reality, it will take a lot of hardship away from many homes”, she said.

Students sitting for UTME
July 4, 2023

‘Thiefnubu’, ‘Obidiot’ are most mentioned demeaning words during Nigeria’s 2023 election: Report

Online virulence is more potent between supporters of Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi.

President Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi
July 4, 2023

Elon Musk Vs Zuckerberg: Facebook to launch ‘Threads’ July 6 to rival Twitter

Meta will debut Threads, a microblogging app, just days after Twitter CEO Elon Musk temporarily limits the content users may read.

ZUCKERBERG+THREADS LOGO AND ELON MUSK+TWITTER LOGO
July 3, 2023

Steven Gerrard joins exodus to Saudi Arabia after being named Al-Ettifaq boss

Gerrard quit football in 2016, and his first managerial position was with the Scottish team Rangers.