Paul Pogba could be banned from football for four years after his backup B sample came back positive on Friday, with Juventus now deciding his future Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is facing the risk of a four-year football ban after counter-analysis on a B sample tested positive. The France international has not featured for Juventus since he was suspended from playing after it was confirmed …
Read More »Man jailed for two-and-a-half years for Premier League streaming after netting £1m
The mastermind behind a huge illegal Premier League streaming service has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Steven Mills, 58, from Shrewsbury, ran an operation called Firesticks which claimed to have 30,000 subscribers and netted more than £1m over a five-year period. Investigators from the Premier League, West Mercia Police, and anti-piracy organisation FACT also identified over 1,000 users. Many of those users …
Read More »I was inspired by Gani Fawehinmi to go after Tinubu’s certificates – Atiku
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said the late Human Rights activist, Gani Fawehinmi, inspired him to make inquiries about the certificate of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Atiku had filed a suit against President Bola Tinubu over his academic record at the Chicago State University. He requested the documents to back his …
Read More »Gunmen Abduct Katsina University Students
Some armed men suspected to be bandits have invaded the student dormitories of the Federal University in Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina State, abducting five female students. The incident, according to Daily Trust, happened in the early hours of Wednesday, at the students’ off-campus dormitories behind Mariamoh Ajiri school, close to Wednesday Market in Dutsinma. “Five of them (the students) were kidnapped, …
Read More »Akpabio Orders Journalists Out As Ministerial Nominee Collapses During Screening
A ministerial nominee from Kaduna State, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, on Wednesday slumped during his confirmation at the Senate. Balarabe was the second nominee to be screened after Dr Jamila Bio Ibrahim. The incident happened more than 15 minutes into Balarabe’s screening exercise at the Senate plenary. The nominee, who was standing on the podium, collapsed when Kaduna South Senator, Sunday …
Read More »Attendance of Govt. College before establishment, Birthday Mismatch, Gender Error, As Chicago State University Releases Tinubu’s Certificate
After back and forth, the Chicago State University (CSU) released the academic records of President Bola Tinubu to his political opponent, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 election, had requested the documents to back his allegation of forgery of CSU certificate against Tinubu. The allegation of forgery …
Read More »Liverpool issue statement blasting “unacceptable” VAR failures as Reds “explore options”
Liverpool were denied a goal by a VAR decision during their Premier League defeat at Tottenham on Saturday, with a later PGMOL statement referring to “significant” error Liverpool have vowed to “explore the range of options available” after claiming sporting integrity was undermined after Luis Diaz’s goal was ruled out against Tottenham for what the PGMOL described as “significant human …
Read More »Nigeria at 63: Time to renew our faith in our country
By Samson R. Osagie Ph.d Evidently, our nation is not doing well at all. No one should pretend about it. We have lost a lot of ground. We have missed so many opportunities and we have caused all these calamities for ourselves either by our choices, actions, or inaction. We have reached a point in our nation’s history when we …
Read More »Man charged with murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996
A man who has long acknowledged he was in the car that pulled alongside Tupac Shakur on the night the rapper was gunned down in Las Vegas was charged Friday with murder in the 1996 slaying, prosecutors said. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, was taken into custody early Friday, authorities said. He was indicted on a charge of murder with the use …
Read More »Premier EPL Prediction: Arsenal to lose at underrated Bournemouth
Arsenal could be in for a massive shock at Bournemouth, writes tipster Jones Knows, who takes aim at the weekend’s Premier League card. Arsenal’s last 12 games away from home against teams that finished in the bottom half have seen an average of just 1.9 total goals per game. And if you take the 2-2 against West Ham out of …
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