Tag: Countries
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Ballon d’Or 2026: 20 African Nations Eligible To Vote
By Opeyemi Adelakun Twenty African countries are eligible to vote for the winner of the 2026 Ballon d’Or, with participation determined by their positions in the FIFA world rankings. The award’s regulations state that the FIFA rankings in effect when the voting lists were published on September 8 were used to determine the international jury.…
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It’s 2026 in Nigeria, But These 7 Countries Are Living in Different Years
By Gloria Drealomalicha While Nigeria and much of the world are counting 2026, millions of people in other parts of the world are using completely different numbers to describe the very same year. It sounds like something out of a time-travel movie. In Ethiopia, it is 2019. In Iran and Afghanistan, it is 1405. In…