Former Barcelona defender, Dani Alves, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a lady in a nightclub in 2022. Catalonia’s top court on Thursday sentenced him to four and a half years in prison. The court also ordered that Alves pay €150,000 to the victim. “The sentence considers that it has been proven that the victim did not consent and that there is evidence, in addition to the testimony of the plaintiff, to consider the rape proven,” the court said in a statement. Alves insisted the sex was consensual. After the verdict, his lawyers told reporters that he intends to…
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Falconets striker, Chinaza Agoh has signed with Saudi Arabia Women’s League club, Al-Shabab, NEWSMEN reports. Agoh joined Al Shabab from Nigeria Women’s Football League side, Delta Queens. The player has resumed training with the club. She was unveiled by Al-Shabab on Wednesday. Agoh joined the likes of Ashleigh Plumptre and veteran midfielder Rita Chikwelu in the Saudi League. The talented forward won the NWFL title with Delta Queens last season. She scored five goals for the club in the last campaign.
Super Falcons forward Ifeoma Onumonu is optimistic the team will secure qualification to the 2024 Olympic Games. The nine-time African champions last played at the Olympics in 2008. Randy Waldrum’s side will face fierce rival Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon in the first leg of their third qualifying round tie at the Stade de la Reunification, Douala, on Friday. Onumonu believes the Super Falcons have the quality to earn a berth in Paris 2024. “I am really confident of our qualification because I think we have a good team, we are together and we are prepared, and I think we are…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested at least 10 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys, in the Keffi Local Government Area of the state. A statement by the spokesman of the command, Ramhan Nansel, said the arrest was carried out on Wednesday after a credible information about the influx of the suspects into the area. According to the PPRO, two laptops, 10 sophisticated mobile phones of different brands, three WIFI routers, criminal charms, black soap, hard drugs (Loud weed and dried leaves suspected to be marijuana) were recovered from the suspects. “The suspects have confessed to being…
Former Arsenal forward Theo Walcott has reckoned the Gunners need to sign Ivan Toney from Brentford following their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first leg 1-0 defeat against FC Porto on Wednesday. Arsenal lost against Porto at the Estadio do Dragao after a late goal from Galeno. Mikel Arteta’s side will face the Portuguese side in the return leg next month. Speaking on BBC, Walcott said: “I am a big fan of a certain Brentford striker [Toney ] who I won’t name. It’s really quite obvious to see there with all the set pieces, Arsenal are a really big…
The management of the University of Ilorin has expelled 14 students of the institution, including 500 level students, for different examination offenses. In a statement in Ilorin, the university’s spokesperson, Kunle Akogun, disclosed that the students were expelled for various established cases of examination malpractice. According to him, the management of the institution approved their expulsion following the recommendations of the Students’ Disciplinary Committee at its 219th meeting held between January 10 and 11, 2024. Akogun said the affected students include 400, 500, 300 level and 100 level students. “The affected students were from Faculties/Departments of Agriculture/Aquaculture and Fisheries; Agriculture/Agricultural…
The Senate has resolved to investigate the sudden hike in the price of cement by its producers in Nigeria. This followed the adoption of a point of order by the Deputy Senate Leader, Sen. Lola Ashiru on the “Need to Urgently Address the Increase in Cement Price and other Building Materials in Nigeria,” at plenary on Wednesday. Presenting the order, Ashiru urged the Senate to mandate its Committee on Industries to conduct an investigation into the activities of cement manufacturing industries operating in Nigeria. This, he said, was with a view to ascertain the reasons behind the price hike. He…
The Zonal Coordinator Zone B of the Nigeria Customs Service(NCS), ACG Ify Queen Ogbudu fsi, says the service is dedicated to the prevention of illegal exportation of grains amidst the current food crisis in the country. This is contained in a statement issued to journalists by SC Saidu Nuruddeen, the Public Relations Officer (PRO),Kano/Jigawa Area Command of the Service. Nuruddeen said ACG Ogbudu stated this on Tuesday when she led Comprollers from various Commands within Zone B of the Service on a visit to the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, at his place. He quoted ACG Ogbudu as…
The current socio-economic reality in the country has called for the attention of all and sundry particularly the commoners who have practically become the victims of circumstance in the face of maladministration and malfeasance being meted out to them by the key actors in the states and local government areas in the country. The situation, has no doubt, become a clarion call for all to continuously hold the governments accountable not only on their statutory obligations, but also on the need to be more responsible and responsive to the general welfare, wellbeing, yearnings, plights and aspirations of the citizens. In…
Benue State Security Council has called on herders/invaders to immediately leave the state and return to where they came from. The Security Council also warned their collaborators who are bent on inviting them to immediately desist from the act . The Security Council also gave a two-week ultimatum to those engaged in Open Grazing within the state to comply with the State’s Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Law (2017), saying that the law is still in force in the state. These were part of the resolutions reached at the end of the State Security Meeting, held at the Benue State…