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Antisemitic Attacks In Amsterdam, Musk And Trump, Federal Judiciary Future

Dutch authorities ban demonstrations for 3 days after attacks on Israeli soccer fans following a game in Amsterdam. President-elect Donald Trump benefited from his relationship with billionaire Elon Musk during his campaign – how could Musk benefit once Trump returns to office? And with Republicans controlling the Senate next congress, what could this mean for the federal judiciary?

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Nigeria: Tear gas fired as soccer fans storm pitch over World Cup fiasco

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Angry Nigerian soccer fans on Tuesday night clashed with police after they invaded the Abuja National Stadium pitch over the country’s World -Cup fiasco.

The police fired tear gas after the fans invaded the pitch, tearing down dugouts after the Super Eagles failed to qualify for the World-Cup.

The World cup qualifier game between Nigeria and Ghana ended 1:1 with the Black Stars edging their rivals on the away-goal advantage to qualify for the Qatar World cup later this year.

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Since 2006 this is the first time Nigeria has failed to qualify for the World Cup tournament.

Clips uploaded onto social media showed fans rushing out of the stands and pushing over dugouts and advertising boards, before being corralled away by police.

The Ghanaian players were forced to run for cover haven begun to celebrate their qualification for the Qatar World Cup.

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Source: Africafeeds.com

Source: Africa Feeds

Bullets football fan lands K1.5 Million Zampira New Year jackpot

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Blantyre, Jan 2, 2019There could not have been any better way to kick-start the New Year for Blantyre-based Emma Tepani, a Nyasa Big Bullets supporter who has emerged lucky winner of the ultimate K1.5 million grand prize in TNM Super League’s Zampira Promotion.

Tepani won the K1.5 million jack pot during the grand draw of the promotion held in Blantyre on Wednesday.

Speaking during the grand draw, TNM’s Public Relations and Sponsorship Manager, Limbani Nsapato said Zampira promotion created a platform through which TNM as long-term sponsor of the league used as an opportunity to engage and excite soccer fans throughout the 2018 TNM Super League season.

“As a brand, we introduced Zampira promotion as a continuation of our fan base engagement. For many years, TNM as Super League sponsors has been rewarding the 12th player of the game, or the fan with cash and other prizes to appreciate fans contribution to the beautiful game. Our impeccable track record dates back to the Sapota Mapeto days, and which transitioned to Zampira,” Nsapato said.

Nsapato said Zampira promotion acts as a forum through which TNM get feedback from fans in terms of appreciating their knowledge and passion for local and international football.

“We are proud that through the promotion, local soccer fans continue to demonstrate great passion and knowledge of the domestic league,” he said,

He noted that the response to this year’s promotion exceeded TNM’s expectations with over 607,157 predictions registered during the season. Of these, 52,815 were correct predictions representing an 8.6 per cent prediction rate. An additional 309,076 entries were registered in the daily question challenge.

During the grand draw, another fan whose number (0883786338) was not available during the draw won the eighth and last motor bike. TNM has been giving out the motorbikes valued at K1.5 million as a monthly prize.

“We look forward to another exciting Zampira promotion in 2019. Soccer fans should look forward to many surprises and exciting moments with Zampira,” said the Public Relations and Sponsorship Manager.

With the 2018 promotion occurring in a World Cup year, TNM incorporated a World Cup component which saw a soccer fan going to watch the games live in Russia. The fan, Zondwayo Mgomezulu watched France grab the cup after beating Croatia at the giant Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

Launched on April 26, 2018, Zampira aims to engage soccer fans directly through sending predictions of selected weekly TNM Super League games results.