Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Barcelona have apologised to Vinícius Júnior after a club director dismissed the racist abuse the Real Madrid forward has received and said that he deserves a “slap.” Miquel Camps, who is on Barça’s board, made the comment on X, formerly known as Twitter, following Vinícius’ showboating during Real Madrid’s Champions League win against Braga on Tuesday. Camps quickly deleted his post on Tuesday, but it had made headlines across Spain. “It’s not racism, he deserves a slap for being a clown and a joker, what do those unnecessary and pointless stepovers in the middle of the pitch mean?” Camps wrote. Barça vice president Rafa…

The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Thursday morning has dismissed Atiku Abubakar’s fresh evidence of Bola Tinubu’s alleged Chicago State University forgery. The apex court said that it lacks the jurisdiction to rule on an application not already determined by the election petition tribunal. “The application for fresh evidence cannot be granted. We do not have jurisdiction and there is no pleading or issue for determination in this appeal on allegation or forgery”. – Supreme Court The Supreme Court is delivering judgement on the appeals filed by the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and that of Labour Party…

The embattled deputy governor of Ondo state, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has tendered an apology to the State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, over the political crisis in the State which arose from his absence from the State. Aiyedatiwa, at a press briefing in Akure, lamented the embarrassment and discomfort the Governor has faced due to the barrage of negative news in the State in the last few months. He pledged his loyalty to the governor and commitment to the development of the State, the Deputy Governor said there was the need to calm all nerves in order to restore peace and tranquility…

Mark Zuckerberg’s social media company, Meta, has revealed that Facebook’s daily average users (DAUs) increased by 5% year on year to 2.09 billion in September this year.  Meta disclosed this in its earnings report for Q3 2023. According to the report, all the family of apps owned by the company, which include WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and most recently, Threads, had total daily average users of 3.14 billion as of September, which was 7% growth year on year. This shows that Facebook is the most used of the Meta apps family. With 2.09 billion DAUs, Facebook alone accounted for 66.5% of daily users across all Meta…

The Supreme Court will do a live transmission of Thursday’s final judgement on the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, approved the live transmission of the Supreme Court Judgment. Recall that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) are challenging the declaration of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. In September, the Presidential Election Petitions Court dismissed their petitions against Tinubu and affirmed the President’s victory at the polls. Dissatisfied with the ruling, the two major opposition parties and their candidates,…

A 300 level Biological Chemistry student at the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, Rivers State, Otuene Justina Nkang, who was declared missing four days ago has been found dead in Port Harcourt. Nkang, who was said to be doing her industrial training at a private hospital in Port Harcourt, was declared missing after leaving her place of work. Sources close to the victim said she left her place of primary responsibility to visit her boyfriend at a highbrow area in Port Harcourt. The source said that the student was murdered by the suspected boyfriend and had her breast, eyes and…

The former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has reportedly sued the Department of State Services (DSS) for his detention. The former EFCC boss was on Wednesday night released by the DSS since his incarceration without trial since June 14, 2023. But before his release, Bawa had filed a suit at the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court for the enforcement of fundamental rights by a lawyer, Chinedu Oburu of Edu Oburu & Co., on his behalf. The former EFCC chairman sought an order from the court to declare his detention without trial illegal and…

Manchester City came through a tricky match against Young Boys in Switzerland to maintain a winning start to their Champions League defence. Of all the firepower they possess in attack, it was defender Manuel Akanji who gave Pep Guardiola’s side the advantage in the opening minutes of the second half. Fellow centre-back Ruben Dias smashed the bar with a header, and with Anthony Racioppi scrambling on his line to keep the ball out, Akanji pounced to poke the ball over the line. Erling Haaland fired a shot into the palms of Racioppi as City pushed to double their lead, and within…

Newcastle failed to back up their memorable 4-1 victory when they welcomed Borussia Dortmund to a soaking-wet St. James’ Park. Almost frustrated they hadn’t taken an early lead like they had against PSG, Newcastle fell behind on the stroke of half-time when Felix Nmecha guided a pinpoint effort beyond Nick Pope. Dortmund drove forward in numbers when Nico Schlotterbeck of all players found himself with the ball on the left wing. He noticed Nmecha time his run on the edge of the box and pulled a pass back for Nmecha to finish neatly. Newcastle threw everything at Dortmund in the…

Paris Saint-Germain, PSG, returned to winning ways against AC Milan after the thumping they received against Newcastle. Kylian Mbappe netted in the first half following a determined Warren Zaire-Emery solo run. The 17-year-old fought off plenty of pressure in midfield before finding Mbappe on the edge of the box with a forward pass. The Frenchman chopped inside on his favoured right foot before fizzing a low shot beyond the motionless Mike Maignan. PSG doubled their lead early in the first half through Randal Kolo Muani, and Mbappe was involved again. His clever short corner to Ousmane Dembele in the box…

The House of Representatives has rejected a motion seeking to compel examination bodies such as JAMB, WAEC and NECO to register students free of charge for the 2023-2024 examination. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Anamero Dekeri (APC-Edo) during plenary in Abuja on Wednesday. Presenting the motion, Dekeri said that the removal of the fuel subsidiary by the government had negatively impacted on most Nigerians, particularly low-income earners. He also said that profiteers were taking undue advantage of the situation by increasing the cost of essential commodities thereby further proposing the people. He said one of the major challenges…

A fine goal from academy product Fermin Lopez saw Barcelona beat Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 to stay perfect with three wins from three in the UEFA Champions League. A youthful Barca team dealt with their Ukrainian opponents well, with Ferran Torres opening the scoring in the first half after a lengthy VAR check. Lopez’s stunner doubled the lead as Barca cemented top spot In Group H on nine points despite a fine goal for Shakhtar in the second-half from Georgiy Sudakov and a late push from the away team. As Barcelona applied pressure in the first half, Ilkay Gundogan lifted a…