Thank you all for participating today. Winners are to be picked each day until Friday. The participants with the highest points will be announced on Friday. Today’s winners are: Adeola Adedeji –3points Njoku Stephen …
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Domestic Violence and the Menace it Poses to the Society
Hello Tobi. I’m Bolanle from Abeokuta. I have been following your articles and I have to confess something to you. My husband has turned me to a punching bag as he beats me at will. I once threatened him with a knife but he took it and threatened to stab …
Read More »KFC to trial plant-based nuggets and wings in US
Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES KFC is to trial meatless “chicken” nuggets made from plants as it tries to further take advantage of the growing popularity of meat substitutes. It has teamed up with vegan food maker Beyond Meat to offer meatless nuggets and wings for the limited US trial run. KFC …
Read More »Opioid crisis: Johnson & Johnson hit by landmark ruling
Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson must pay $572m (£468m) for its part in fuelling Oklahoma’s opioid addiction crisis, a judge in the US state has ruled. The company said immediately after the judgement that it would appeal. The case was the first to go to trial out of thousands of lawsuits …
Read More »Facial recognition specialist Megvii plans share sale
Image copyrightMEGVIIThe Face++ system creates turns people’s faces into pattern maps that can be cross-referenced with those already stored in a database A leading Chinese facial recognition provider has filed papers for a listing on Hong Kong’s stock exchange. Megvii – the maker of the Face++ system – is one …
Read More »The robo racing cars accelerating driverless tech
I mage copyrightROBORACEImage captionThis racing car has no driver but still manages not to crash Johannes Betz is not your typical racing car driver. For a start, he doesn’t get in the vehicle – it’s driverless. As a post-doctoral researcher, he is in charge of the Technical University of Munich’s …
Read More »Relationship dilemma: 17 reasons why people jump into wrong relationships- part 2
We started a discussion yesterday on 17 reasons people jump onto wrong relationships. To have a glimpse of yesterday’s article, click here. So generally, most people delve into relationships due to their ignorance or malice. A survey research was conducted by Stephblog on 200 respondents who gave in-depth views on …
Read More »HS2: Ministers and bosses knew railway was over budget years ago
Image copyrightSIEMENS/ PAA proposed design for a HS2 train The government and HS2 knew that the new high speed railway was over budget and was probably behind schedule years ago, documents seen by the BBC show. Crucially, the documents were written in 2016, before MPs had signed off the first …
Read More »Huawei: UK to make 5G decision ‘by the autumn’
Image copyrightVCG / GETTY IMAGES The UK will decide whether Huawei should be excluded from the rollout of its 5G mobile networks by the end of the year, a cabinet minister has said. Digital Secretary Nicky Morgan told the BBC she hoped the government “could do something by the autumn”. …
Read More »Ex-Manchester United forward Eric Cantona wins Uefa President’s Award
Eric Cantona scored 64 goals in 143 appearances for Manchester United Former Manchester United forward Eric Cantona will be awarded the Uefa President’s Award for his commitment to helping improve the lives of others. The 53-year-old, who won 45 caps for France, will be presented with the award in Monaco …
Read More »Jordi Cruyff on Johan, Man Utd, Barcelona and managing in China
Cruyff spent four years at Old Trafford and made 58 appearances As the son of one of football’s icons, a member of Manchester United’s Treble-winning squad, a sporting director in Israel and now a manager in China, life has rarely been dull for Jordi Cruyff. This week, the 45-year-old son …
Read More »US Open 2019: Kyle Edmund hoping to join fellow Britons in round two
Kyle Edmund was one of five British players to qualify for the main draw in the singles competition US Open 2019 Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 26 Aug – 8 Sep Coverage: Live text and radio commentary on selected matches on the BBC Sport website and app British number one Kyle Edmund hopes …
Read More »Campbell v Lomachenko: Ukrainian fighter unsure of future beyond lightweight target
Vasyl Lomachenko v Luke Campbell Date: 31 August Venue: O2 Arena, London Coverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live and text commentary on BBC Sport website Unified world champion Vasyl Lomachenko says his future in boxing is unclear if he goes on to win all four titles at lightweight in the coming months. …
Read More »US Open 2019: Angelique Kerber knocked out but Ashleigh Barty and Karolina Pliskova through
Barty reached the fourth round at Wimbledon in July US Open 2019 Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 26 Aug – 8 Sep Coverage: Live text and radio commentary on selected matches on the BBC Sport website and app Former world number one Angelique Kerber suffered an early exit at the US Open but …
Read More »Ashes 2019: Ben Stokes performs the impossible to give cricket another golden chance
Much changes for all of us in the aftermath of great sporting deeds. They have a long, lovely tail. You float along happily in their wake, wanting to stare from all angles all over again. You don’t really want to move on because it was all so good that everything …
Read More »US Open 2019: Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-1 to reach second round
Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova have won 28 Grand Slams between them US Open 2019 Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 26 Aug – 8 Sep Coverage: Live text and radio commentary on selected matches on the BBC Sport website and app Serena Williams made the perfect return to the US Open after last …
Read More »Inter milan 4-0 lecce
Romelu Lukaku scored in the 60th minute of Inter’s opening Serie A match of the season Romelu Lukaku scored on his Serie A debut for Inter Milan as they convincingly beat 10-man Lecce. The Belgian striker, signed by Inter for a club record 80m euros (£74m) from Manchester United on …
Read More »US Open 2019: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic through at Flushing Meadows
Federer has won all 19 of his first-round matches at Flushing Meadows US Open 2019 Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 26 Aug – 8 Sep Coverage: Live text and radio commentary on selected matches on the BBC Sport website and app Roger Federer overcame a brief scare to beat Indian qualifier Sumit Nagal …
Read More »how old?
Welcome to Stephblog giveaway SEASON 3, DAY 3 Fury fights Wallin on 14 September in Las Vegas How old is the swede fighter?
Read More »Advent of cigarette
Before smoking came into fore, there was the advent of what to smoke and here, we will look at the advent of cigarettes and its uses for the body before it became victim to abuse and consequently, ban in many countries.
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