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  Super Eagles Striker, Victor Osimhen, yesterday, pulled out of the Cameroun 2022 African Cup of Nations to “allow the injury he copped during a Serie A game heal properly.” Osimhen, who was in Nigeria for the Christmas holidays, was reported to have tested positive to COVID-19, yesterday, the second time the former Wolfsburg striker would be afflicted by the ailment. He was listed by Coach Augustine Eguavoen in Nigeria’s 28-man squad for the African Cup of Nations, but the U-17 World Cup winner has now informed the coach that he will not be available for the competition. Earlier yesterday, Osimhen’s club, Napoli, said they ‘will not rule out’ a legal battle with the NFF after the player tested positive for COVID-19, potentially excluding him from Africa Cup of Nations duty. According to football-italia.net, Osimhen returned home for the Christmas break and was meant to undergo a specialist check-up with doctor Gianpaolo Tartaro today in Naples, the surgeon who operated on his mul...

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 32-year-old female fashion designer, Omowumi Oyapitan, for allegedly killing a bartender, Muhammed Ahmed, 30. Ahmed reportedly stole N600,000 from his boss and went into hiding in a hotel with his friends. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Thursday, said the police discovered that the deceased used part of the stolen money to lodge some of his friends in the hotel, one of whom he later accused of stealing part of the money. The police spokesperson said the accusation led to a hot exchange of words between them. “Preliminary investigation revealed that the victim, who had been in the hotel since Monday, December 27, 2021, was hiding tre after stealing the sum of N600,000 from his boss at Hayorlak Hotel, where he was working as a bartender. “It was further gathered that he used part of the stolen money to lodge some of his friends. He had an altercation with one of those he lodged...

A Nigerian health worker, Godbless Uwadiegwu, who pleaded guilty to sex crimes involving memory care patients in the United States has been sentenced to three years in prison. Uwadiegwu, 59, of Middletown, pleaded guilty to two counts of gross sexual imposition last month. He sexually assaulted two women at two different facilities in Warren County. On Tuesday, Judge Don Oda sentenced Uwadiegwu to the maximum prison sentence, 18 months on each conviction for a total of three years,  wlwt  reports. Victims and their families didn’t attend the sentencing hearing due to airline and COVID-19 issues, but a livestream was available for them to watch it remotely. In addition, victim advocate, Erika Bourelle, read letters on behalf of the victims and their families. One letter was written by one of the victims herself. “Some people may not remember, but I do. This happened on his first day in my building. I needed assistance after using the restroom and he came in to help me wipe,” sh...

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), yesterday, ended the speculations on who becomes Super Eagles head coach when it named Portugal’s Jose Peseiro as the senior national team’s new manager. But the Federation announced that its technical director, Austin Eguavoen, who is currently Super Eagles interim coach, will lead the team to the Cameroun 2022 African Cup of Nations, with Peseiro joining the team to Cameroun as an observer. In a communiqué issued after its executive committee meeting, yesterday, the NFF also announced that Austin Eguavoen, who was previously appointed as interim coach of the Super Eagles, will now revert to his role as the Federation’s technical director. The NFF communiqué reads: “After careful consideration of a memo presented by chairman of the technical and development sub-committee, the executive committee endorsed a proposal for the appointment of Mr. Jose Peseiro as the new head coach of the Super Eagles, following the end to the relationship with Mr Gernot R...

The family of Alexander Uzoma, a 20-year-old student killed by four suspected Internet fraudsters (Yahoo boys), has demanded justice for him. The elder brothers of the Business Administration student, who spoke to journalists in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Wednesday, faulted a report by the police that the victim was killed after he went out to see a friend. They stated that Alexander, a fan of Manchester United, left home to watch a football match at a viewing centre around Adigbe, Abeokuta, when he went missing. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, had last week disclosed that the command arrested four suspects in connection with the death. Oyeyemi also said the suspects confirmed that they dumped Alexander’s corpse on Kuto Bridge in Abeokuta on November 20. He noted that the suspects told the police that the 300-level student of the Imo State University visited them to learn Internet fraud, after which he took a drug called Colorado and died. But reac...

  Fireboy’s  Peru  Remix featuring Ed Sheeran has topped the UK Apple Chart ahead of Mariah Carey’s  All I Want For Christmas.  Apple Music 25 London places the recently released remixed at the top of the chart, moving the Queen of Christmas to second place.  Responding with excitement at the milestone, Fireboy tweeted: “Thank you, London.” Peru  remix was released on Dec 24. Hinting on the collaboration during an interview on Apple Music 1 with Elton John, Ed Sheeran said that he was keen on working with Fireboy to remix ‘Peru.’ The Grammy award-winning singer said he received a request from Fireboy to hop on the remix. “I got sent this a week ago from a friend of mine, Jamal. He said, ‘Fireboy DML would love you on the remix of this song,'” Ed Sheeran said. “I just found it really intriguing. So I recorded a verse for it… and it’s a song that’s blowing up in Nigeria and Ghana at the moment, and their club scene runs over Christmas,” he said. He also ...

French striker, Kylian Mbappe said Tuesday he would finish the current season with Paris Saint-Germain, at which time he becomes a free agent. The brilliant 23-year-old striker was asked if he would be joining Real Madrid any time soon in an interview with CNN, and he had a sharp response. “Not in January,” said Mbappe, who Madrid tried to buy in July with an audacious bid of 180 million euros ($209 million). PSG had just signed Lionel Messi from Barcelona, but turned down Madrid’s hefty offer. But with the transfer market about to reopen, Madrid are expected to make another move. Mbappe poured cold water on that a day after picking up “Best Men’s Player of the Year” from Globe Soccer at a ceremony at the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. “I’m with PSG and I’m happy. I’ll finish the season here 100 percent,” he said. “I’ll be giving everything to win the Champions League, the championship and the French Cup,” he added before refocusing on Madrid, who his club meet in the next round of the Champio...

Governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the 2019 Imo election, Uche Nwosu, has said the police never invited him for any questioning before he was whisked away from a church service in Eziama-Obaire, Nkwerre Council of Imo State by masked police operatives. In a statement issued by his media aide, Chikezie Nwadike, disclosed that he was released less than 24 hours after and that he didn’t spend the night in police custody. The statement also refuted speculation that Nwosu was arrested because he refused to honour several police invitations extended to him. It, therefore, challenged the police to produce a documented proof wherein the police invited Nwosu, adding that the son-in-law of former Governor Rochas Okorocha, confirmed that he was “fine” and thanked Nigerians, who stood by him during the ordeal. “This is to inform the general public, friends and well-wishers, supporters and sympathisers that Uche Nwosu, who was arrested by security agencies at St Peter’s Anglican ...

Veteran US Rapper,  P Diddy has sold the California home where his late ex-girlfriend and mother of three of his children, Kim Porter, died for $7million. Kim Porter had maintained an on-off relationship with the rapper until 2007. She died of labour pneumonia in 2018, and her body was discovered on the property. Real name Sean Combs, Diddy listed the property for sale three years after her death at a whopping $7million, $2million more than he paid for it in 2009. P Diddy never lived in the home, which served as home to Kim and the three children they shared together, twin daughters Jessie James and D’Lila Star, and a son Christian. However, reports state that the rapper never returned to the property after Porter’s death. The New England-style property includes a series of A-list features, including a huge swimming pool, basketball court and a cinema room. The sprawling luxury pad home comes with A-list neighbours as Viola Davis, Steve Carrell and Sia are all thought to live nearb...

A sex worker living in Ofatedo, Osun State has reportedly developed strange illness by vomiting blood, after an encounter with some suspected ritualists in a hotel around West bypass, Osogbo. Some residents of Adetunji Estate, Osogbo, who spoke to reporters on Sunday explained that the victim, whose identity could not be immediately ascertained, was dumped by some unknown men at the entrance to the street late on Friday, almost unconscious. A resident, who simply identified herself as Tope, during an interview with newsmen on Sunday, explained that immediately the lady was seen struggling to move after she was dropped by a motorcycle in the area, men of Amotekun Corps were contacted. Speaking further on the incident, the Field Commander, Osun Amotekun Corps, Mr.  Amitolu Shittu, said after receiving distress call, he led the team that visited the scene. Shittu, who said the victim was able to explain what transpired between her and three suspected ritualists, who had taken her...

A sports enthusiast from Akwa Ibom, Odudu Otu, has won the 2021 Gulder Ultimate Search, Season 12. He beat three other contestants to emerge as the ultimate man in a 2021 edition of the contest yesterday evening. Odudu has gone home with N50 million worth of prizes, including an SUV, as well as a return ticket to Dubai. Some viewers who have been following Gulder Ultimate Search Season 12, tagged the Age of Craftsmanship, had been rooting for Odudu. They said that he was an unassuming figure who always did enough to remain in the race as the nerve-wracking tasks unfolded. He was also one of the last four out of the 16 contestants to be confirmed for the Gulder Ultimate Search, Season 12. He began to reach the limelight when he beat Damilola, a buoyant favourite, and won the 14th task of the ultimate search. Odudu was a member of the Iroko clan comprising of members like Damola, Yankari, Esitima, Tobechukwu, and Gerald, who were considered by viewers as a formidable clan in Amorokin cam...

Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, on Sunday said the police operatives who arrested his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, during a service at St Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama Obieri in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state, pushed his wife, Nkechi, to the ground and tore the clothes of his first daughter, Uloma. Okorocha, who briefed journalists at his Spilbat mansion in Owerri, the state capital, said Governor Hope Uzodinma deceived the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, into desecrating the church of worship by arresting Nwosu. There was panic after Nwosu was whisked away from a church service at his home town, Eziama Obieri. Nwosu and his family were at St Peter’s Anglican Church for a thanksgiving service when the gunmen who operated in an Armoured Personnel Carrier and Toyota Hilux vans stormed the area. They shot indiscriminately before taking their target away, as his security aides watched helplessly.  But Okorocha, who represents Imo West at th...

There was panic in Imo State on Sunday after Uche Nwosu, the son-in-law to a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, was whisked away from a church service at his hometown, Eziama Obieri in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state. Nwosu and his family were at St Peter’s Anglican church for a thanksgiving service when the gunmen, who operated in an Armoured Personnel Carrier and Hilux vans, stormed the area. They shot indiscriminately before taking their target away, as his security operatives watched without resisting the gun-wielding persons. While some of Nwosu’s associates alleged that he was kidnapped, others alleged that his arrest was masterminded by the state governor, Hope Uzodinma. But in a swift reaction, the state commissioner for Information and strategy, Declan Emelumba, said that the governor had no hand in what happened. While Emelumba could not confirm if it was an arrest or a kidnap incident, he said that it was ridiculous to allege that the governor had ...

South African anti-apartheid icon, Desmond Tutu, died on Sunday aged 90. South Africa’s president, President Cyril Ramaphosa, announced the Archbishop’s death on Sunday. Ramaphosa said, “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa. “Desmond Tutu was a patriot without equal; a leader of principle and pragmatism who gave meaning to the biblical insight that faith without works is dead.   “A man  of extraordinary intellect, integrity and invincibility against the forces of apartheid, he was also tender and vulnerable in his compassion for those who had suffered oppression, injustice and violence under apartheid, and oppressed and downtrodden people around the world. “As Chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission he articulated the universal outrage at the ravages of apartheid and touchingly and profoundly dem...