SPORTS: FOOTBALL WORLD CUP 2014

 Budapest's best places to watch the World Cup

The time-zone difference between Europe and South America means that the games are played between 6pm and 5am in Hungarian time, but there is always a Budapest venue open to show live broadcasts. So don’t miss anything – no matter which team you’re rooting for, this roundup reveals where you can join loads of other cheering fans, often at locations offering drink specials and other soccer-related promotions. 

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 Brazil: World cup protests continue

As the world cup reaches its exciting and intriguing moments, masked protesters carry shields and sticks while marching in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 19, 2014. 

NEWS

  S'African president scared of whites -Malema

Jacob Zuma, S/Africa president

Radical South African lawmaker Julius Malema delivered a blistering attack on President Jacob Zuma in his maiden address to parliament on Wednesday, accusing him of being “extremely scared of white people”, AFP reports. 

BUSINESS/IMPORT

Nigeria: New tariff; auto dealers cut imports by 50%
By Comfort Oseghale

PHOTO: PUNCH

Less than two weeks to the July 1 deadline for the enforcement of a new duty on imported vehicles, auto dealers have cut their orders by 50 per cent, COMFORT OSEGHALE reports.

TRAVEL/IMMIGRATION

Italy to repatriate 700 Nigerian prisoners serving in various prisons across the country

Nigeria and Italy would soon conclude negotiations on a Prisoners Transfer Agreement to facilitate the return of over 700 Nigerian prisoners serving in various prisons across Italy. Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Fulvius Rusticu, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja. 

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 Double shame for Cameroun as Assou-Ekotto head-butts team-mate, out of W/Cup

Cameroon went down fighting as they exited the World Cup with Benoit Assou-Ekotto head-butting team-mate Benjamin Moukandjo. The pair clashed in the closing stages as frustration boiled over during the ill-disciplined African nation's 4-0 hammering by Croatia.

TRAVEL

 Allegation of luggage pilfering resurfaces at Lagos airport

IKEJA-Pilfering of belongings of air travellers has returned in full force at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The development has left many victims with sour tales of how they lost valuables after arriving at the airport from various overseas countries.

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Africa representatives: Ivory Coast wins, Nigeria draws, others loseBy Hakeem Babalola

Out of the five African representatives in the ongoing world cup in Brazil, only Ivory Coast won its first group match against Japan.

IMPORT & BUSINESS

Nigeria: Cost of clearing goods at ports up by 200%
By Godfrey Bivbere

Clearing agents operating in the nation's seaports have cried out over alleged re-introduction of the controversial benchmark for all imported consignments, saying that the introduction has hiked cost of clearing goods by 200 per cent. Customs has however claimed that the new scheme was brought back to enable the Service meet its revenue target.