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Hosts Egypt made the ideal start to the Africa Cup of Nations by beating Zimbabwe in the opening game of the tournament in Cairo. Mahmoud Trezeguet scored the only goal of the game with a curled finished just before half time. Liverpool forward Mo Salah came close to doubling his side's lead in the second half but his low drive was kept out by Zimbabwe keeper Edmore Sibanda.Ovidy Karuru had Zimbabwe's best chance with a 30-yard strike late on. This year's tournament is the biggest Africa Cup of Nations ever with 24 teams, and the first to be played in Europe's summer. It got off to a spectacular start, with the fans inside the 75,000 capacity Cairo International Stadium treated to an eye-catching opening ceremony that featured giant pyramids on the pitch, elegant dancers forming the shape of a pharaoh's face and culminating in a huge fireworks display. But the game itself failed to match that level of sparkle, with Egypt dominating for large period...

A soldier, Sergeant Musa Hassan, weeping over his loses in the ongoing war against Boko Haram insurgents, has replied the Chief of Army Staff [COAS], Lt. General Tukur Buratai who said that that some officers and men ENGAGED IN THE Boko Haram war lack sufficient commitment. ElombahNews had, on June 19, reported that Lt. General Buratai lamented that some officers and men’s insufficient commitment is affecting the success of the counter-insurgency operations in the country. Buratai had spoken on Tuesday at the opening of a five-day leadership workshop for mid-level officers and soldiers in Abuja. He said the rising terrorist attacks were due to “insufficient commitment to a common national and military cause by those at the frontlines.” Source: scannews

Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck, a 46-year-old woman from Wisconsin, was teased for much of her life for having an uncommon name, however, she never changed it. This past week, she silenced those trolls when she earned her PhD in higher education leadership from Cardinal Stritch University, after completing her dissertation, “Black names in white classrooms: Teacher behaviors and student. During an interview with the   Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel , Vandyck detailed the backlash she received on account of her moniker, and how she's stronger because of it. "People make such a big deal out of it, I couldn't get away from it," she explains. Despite the blame many placed on her mother for giving her that name, Vandyck credits her for turning her into the powerful, ambitious woman she is today.  Some people refused to call Marijuana by her full name and attempted to opt for "Mary" instead, but Vandyck   rejected   such nicknames. The only time ...