Africans in the winter Olympics

Following the approval of the hike in electricity tariff by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, customers in the band, a category who receive 20 hours and above supply of electricity, will now have to pay 225 Naira per kilowatt hour against the 66 Naira payable before the hike. This directive, which came in the middle of fuel subsidy removal, foreign exchange crisis, and high inflation rates, has been heavily criticized by the citizens.

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France has asked its foreign allies to send several thousand members of their security forces to help guard the Paris Olympics, officials said Thursday, underlining the strains caused by the sporting extravaganza which begins in July.

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It is time we separated the boys from the men in the UEFA Champions League games coming up in the week. The return leg of the quarterfinals takes centre stage this midweek and this is a preview of the games on GuardianTV with Ayomide Sotunbo and Hogan Niyi.

As the Olympic flame begins its journey to Paris and the French capital prepares to host some 15 million tourists in less than four months' time, more than 80 NGOs are denouncing a form of "social cleansing". Authorities in the French capital has been relocating people from the streets in the city centre and around the Olympic sites. These vulnerable populations include homeless people, migrants and drug addicts.