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Osimhen Urges Fight Against Racism As He Faces Racial Slur In Italy

4Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports, Youths

Osimhen Urges Fight Against Racism As He Faces Racial Slur In Italy

Victor Osimhen released a statement urging people to ‘make them understand how disgusting’ racism is after Napoli teammates were subjected to abuse, while Fiorentina apologised for the incident. Racist chants were aimed at Napoli's Victor Osimhen, Kalidou Koulibaly and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa after half-time at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence. Koulibaly heard a few of them shouting ‘monkey’ and after the post-match interview he gave to DAZN, he reportedly faced Fiorentina fans telling them: ‘Come here and tell me.’ See Also: Iwobi’s Goal Nominated For Everton Goal Of The Month Award Fiorentina were horrified by the incident, so Director-General Joe Barone went to personally apologise to Koulibaly and his teammates. Nigeria International, Osi...

Edo Police Parade Three Suspected Cultists Arrested For Assaulting A Lady

2Oct

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Crime, News, Nigeria, Youths

Edo Police Parade Three Suspected Cultists Arrested For Assaulting A Lady

The Edo State Police Command has paraded three suspected cultists who allegedly dehumanised a female TikToker identified simply as Olivia. The suspects, who were paraded at the police headquarters in Benin City on Friday, October 1, brutalized and stripped Olivia naked over a TikTok video where she was allegedly miming to an Aiye cult audio. Spokesperson of the command, Bello Kontongs, in a statement, said the suspects have all confessed to the crime and also admitted to being members of Aye secret cult. “Following the viral video clip where some young men were seen assaulting and dehumanizing a young lady, the Commissioner of Police CP Philip Aliyu Ogbadu Psc(+) directed a discreet investigation and intelligence base approach to unravel those behind the dastardly act," he state...

Osimhen Scores As Napoli Beat Cagliari To Top Serie A

27Sep

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News, Nigeria, Sports, Youths

Osimhen Scores As Napoli Beat Cagliari To Top Serie A

Victor Osimhen scored again as Napoli climbed to the top of Serie A table, he was a torn to the Cagliari defence, as he also won a penalty for his side. After his brace against Sampdoria on Thursday, Osimhen got Luciano Spalletti’s side off to a flying start at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona with his 11th-minute opener courtesy of Piotr Zielinski’s assist. See Also: Victor Osimhen Scores As Napoli Defeat Udinese 4 – 0 Osimhen was involved again when a low-key match was settled in the 57th minute, the in-form Nigeria attacker being cleaned out by Diego Godin and Insigne lashing home the subsequent penalty to ensure a simple win. The Nigeria international has now scored at least a goal in his last four matches for Napoli across all competitions. Source: Kikiotolunews

Anthony Joshua Taken To Hospital With a Suspected Broken Eye Socket

26Sep

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Nigeria, Sports, Youths

Anthony Joshua Taken To Hospital With a Suspected Broken Eye Socket

Anthony Joshua was taken to hospital with a suspected broken eye socket after his battering by Oleksandr Usyk. And promoter Eddie Hearn revealed the deposed heavyweight champ could not see out of it after the ninth round of his heavy points defeat. Joahua failed to make use of his 18lb weight advantage over former cruiserweight king Usyk, who landed a barrage of heavy southpaw shots throughout the bout at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. By the 10th round of a thrilling contest, AJ had a visible black and swollen eye as Usyk took control of the bout. The Ukrainian finished with a flourish in the final rounds to put the result beyond doubt and seal a unanimous 117-112, 116-112 and 115-113 verdict was announced at White Hart Lane. Joshua was promptly escorted from the ring and t...

FBI Arrests 35 Nigerians In Scams Worth $117 Million

25Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Youths

FBI Arrests 35 Nigerians In Scams Worth $117 Million

Federal investigators with the Department of Justice say 35 people in North Texas are accused of conducting romance schemes to defraud and steal money from older adult Americans. Officials with the U.S. Attorney's Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas and the FBI announced a multi-year investigation into a wide-ranging criminal enterprise operating out of North Texas. Investigators announced indictments for criminal charges against 35 people accused of wire fraud and money laundering as part of a very sophisticated scheme that stole more than $17 million from more than 100 people nationwide. According to court documents, these defendants allegedly preyed on older victims, many of whom were widowed or divorced. They assumed fake names and trolled dating sites like Match.com, Chis...

N-Power Extends Batch C Physical Verification Till 30th September

25Sep

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News, Nigeria, Youths

N-Power Extends Batch C Physical Verification Till 30th September

The N-Power scheme has just released a new update on the physical verification exercise for Batch C applicants. The exercise has now been extended till the 30th of September, 2021. See Also: Training Of Exited N Power Volunteers Begins October – FG The scheme was designed by the federal government to reduce unemployment among youths in the country. Source: Npower Facebook

Insigne Rubbishes Talks Of Him Angry At Osimhen For “Stealing” His Goal

22Sep

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Insigne Rubbishes Talks Of Him Angry At Osimhen For “Stealing” His Goal

The Nigerian forward followed up his brilliant brace against Leicester City in midweek with a simple finish against Udinese on Monday night Napoli captain Lorenzo Insigne has rubbished talks that he is furious with Victor Osimhen for ‘stealing’ in to poke home a goal-bound effort from the Belgian attacker. Insigne had managed just one strike while Osimhen was without a Serie A goal this term heading into the Monday night clash. And the Blues’ skipper thought he had claimed his second league goal when he executed a delicious lob over the Udinese goalkeeper in the 23rd minute. But Osimhen raced to poke the ball in just before it crossed the line to grab his first goal of the season and Napoli’s first of the night. Three more efforts from Rrahmani, Koulibaly, and Lozano powered...

Victor Osimhen Scores As Napoli Defeat Udinese 4 – 0

21Sep

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News, Nigeria, Sports, Youths

Victor Osimhen Scores As Napoli Defeat Udinese 4 – 0

The in-form Nigeria striker scored his first league goal of the season as the Blues overpowered Luca Gotti's White and Blacks Victor Osimhen scored his first Serie A goal of the 2021-22 campaign as Napoli silenced Udinese 4-0 on Monday night. Still fresh from his splendid performance in Thursday’s Europa League performance against Leicester City, where he scored a brace at the King Power Stadium, the Nigeria international was named in the Parthenopeans’ starting XI. In a 4-3-3 formation adopted by manager Luciano Spalletti, Osimhen led the charge for goals alongside Lorenzo Insigne and Matteo Politano. Udinese - who are unbeaten in their last seven games in all competitions – began the fixture on a bright note, but they leaked the first goal in the 24th minute. Insigne latch...

UNIBEN Students Told To Resume As University Cancels ₦20,000 Registration Fee

18Sep

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Education, News, Nigeria, Youths

UNIBEN Students Told To Resume As University Cancels ₦20,000 Registration Fee

The Senate of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, has approved the removal of N20,000 late registration fee. Recall that the registration fee led to a two-day mass protest by the students which resulted in the shutting down of the institution. The Registrar of the university, Ademola Bobola, confirming the removal in a statement said the Senate, at a virtual meeting, ratified the earlier verbal pronouncement by the Vice-Chancellor, Lilian Salami. The Senate also approved that money already paid by defaulting students be refunded as they ordered all students to resume lectures on Monday, September 20th. Part of the statement reads: “Consequently, lectures are to resume on Monday, September 20, to enable students who obeyed the directive on school closure and traveled to return. ...

Rising Unemployment Can Wipe Out Nigeria, Elite Unsafe – Ngige

15Sep

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Employment, News, Nigeria, Youths

Rising Unemployment Can Wipe Out Nigeria, Elite Unsafe – Ngige

The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, has said the rising rate of unemployment portends danger for the country. He attributed this on Tuesday and lack of education to the problems bedevilling the country, warning that if not tackled the country might be “completely wiped out.” The minister said this at the inaugural partnership economy summit organised by the Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs in Abuja. The summit was tagged, ‘Translating Sustainable Development Goals to local businesses in Nigeria.’ Ngige said, “We are in trouble as a country. We are in trouble and anybody who tells you he doesn’t know we are in trouble is lying to himself and once you lie to yourself. “We are facing a problem that is cyclic, one begat the other. It is ...