The least populated country in Africa Seychelles is currently ranked third in the world in terms of the percentage of the population vaccinated against COVID-19, data published by Our World in Data show. The East African country has vaccinated 31.4% of its population coming 3rd after United Arab Emirates (34.8%) as Isreal tops the chart…

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.3 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area. With 1.3 billion people as of 2018, it accounts for about 16% of the world's human population. All of the five smallest African…

India’s telecommunications firm Bharti Airtel, is considering a stock market flotation in London, for its subsidiary, Airtel Africa Limited, and subsequent listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).    The announcement of the planned listing in Nigeria comes barely two weeks after MTN Nigeria listed by introduction its 20.4 billion units on the NSE at…

Torino and Super Eagles’ defender Ola Aina is now doubtful for Nigeria’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying fixture against Seychelles later this month due to injury. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aina, who was initially named in Torino’s starting line-up for Sunday’s game against Chievo, was replaced by Cristain Ansaldi.…

The African arm of Bharti Airtel, Airtel Africa added 13.8 million new subscribers to the network at the end of last year, increasing from 84.1 million in 2017 to 97.9 million in 2018. This is even as the Indian telecommunications firm, which operates in 14 countries across the region, has secured more external funding as…

The Super Eagles, who won the African Cup of Nations in 2013, will know their opponents in this year’s edition of the competition on April 12, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has revealed. April 12 is the date approved by the Confederation of African Football for the draws of the 32nd edition of the competition,…

It is the yuletide and while some people are saving and planning on travelling to their hometowns (Igbo Kwenu!!), some who can afford are travelling to western countries to oppress others on social media with their beautiful pictures and videos. But some of these western places are in winter and it may not be as…

South Africa beat Seychelles 6-0 five days ago, but they could not find their scoring boots in the reverse fixture in Victoria...

The Republic of Seychelles boasts of a population of about 94,228, making it the “smallest population of any sovereign African country”. Although inhabited for centuries, Seychelles has become known as a tourist nation and was in the 1970s referred to as the place to be seen, a playground for film stars and the international jet…

Nigeria, yesterday, brightened her chances of qualifying for next year’s CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), after subduing Seychelles 3-0, at the Stade Linite in Victoria. Goals from Ahmed Musa, Chidozie Awaziem, and Odion Ighalo ensured that the Eagles defeated The Pirates in front of their home crowd, thereby plummeting Seychelles’ hopes of featuring in…

It will be the biggest upset in African football if Seychelles beat Nigeria on Saturday in their African Nations Cup qualifier. It will be a game of 11 players in each side no doubt, but Coach Gernot Rohr would do his conscience a world of good by resigning from the Super Eagles’ job if he…

Former Super Eagles’ Midfielder, Mutiu Adepoju has advised the senior national team against underrating Seychelles in their second game of the Cameroon 2019 African Nations Cup qualifying series this weekend.