Manchester United winger Antony has refused to apologise for his controversial celebrations after his team’s FA Cup win over Coventry. Antony has broken his silence on his celebrations after Manchester United escaped embarrassment in their FA Cup semi-final against Championship side Coventry at Wembley on Sunday and booked a place in the final of the competition following a 3-3 draw. The Brazilian was spotted cupping his ear at the Coventry players after United had won the shootout and has now attempted to explain his gesture. He wrote in a post on X: “Coventry proved why they reached the semi-final. We seeked this…
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The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, has visited the Lead British International School, Abuja following multiple footages of bullying that surfaced in the internet space on Tuesday. The minister who visited the school was accompanied by some officials of her ministry. Our correspondent also observed that one of the bullies (female) who was captured in the video was brought to the school by two elderly women. Multiple videos of students of the school assaulting their fellow students surfaced and went viral on social media on Monday. In one of the videos, a group of four female students were seen…
Human Rights Lawyer, Deji Adeyanju will represent the bullied students of Lead British International School, Abuja following viral footages of bullying which surfaced the internet in the early hours of Tuesday. Adeyanju who spoke to our correspondent on the phone on Tuesday noted that he alongside the parents of the victims spent three hours with the Head of School on the next steps to take. The activist lawyer also confirmed to our correspondent the decision of the school management to shut the school down temporarily for three days as investigations continue. Multiple video footage of students of the school assaulting…
The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU) of Kaduna State has raised alarm over the spate of bandits’ activities in the community. BEPU in a statement on Tuesday issued by its chairperson, Pharm Jamila Sani, called for urgent attention towards tackling the surge of insecurity in the area. It noted that the people of the area currently languish in fear, thereby, calling for urgent measures to boost security and reinstate peace and stability in the area. The union however, commended the efforts of state government and security agencies in tackling the menace, while urging them to redouble their efforts.…
Nottingham Forest will be given the opportunity to privately hear the VAR audio related to three rejected penalty claims in their 2-0 Premier League defeat at Everton on Sunday. Relegation-threatened Forest called on Monday for the audio between Stuart Attwell and on-field referee Anthony Taylor to be released publicly. Sources close to referees body the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) said it has nothing to hide and will give Forest the opportunity to hear the audio in private, as it would any other club making a similar request. The audio related to a wrongly disallowed Luis Diaz goal for…
Inter Milan sealed the Serie A title on Monday after beating AC Milan 2-1 and creating an unassailable lead at the top of the league with their sixth straight derby victory. Goals from Francesco Acerbi and Marcus Thuram gave Inter a 17-point advantage over closest challengers Milan and secured their 20th league crown with five matches of the season remaining. Inter Milan last won Serie A in 2021, followed by AC Milan in 2022 and Napoli last year. For Simone Inzaghi it was the first league title as a manager and on a cold, soaking wet evening at the San Siro he…
Jamal Murray fired the game-winner at the buzzer as the NBA champion Denver Nuggets erased a 20-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 101-99 on Monday and take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference playoff series. The drama in Denver followed a scintillating comeback by the New York Knicks, who scored eight points in the final half-minute to stun the Philadelphia 76ers 104-101 for a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference set. Nikola Jokic delivered a triple-double of 27 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists for Denver and Murray broke out of his shooting doldrums, with 14 of his 20 points…
Nottingham Forest will be offered the chance to privately hear VAR audio from three penalty claims in their match against Everton last Sunday. On Monday, the club called for the audio between video assistant referee Stuart Attwell and on-field official Anthony Taylor to be released publicly. Forest were furious after three penalty appeals were rejected in the 2-0 defeat at Goodison Park, which kept them just a point above the Premier League relegation zone. The rulings sparked an angry post on the club’s X account, where Forest said they were “considering their options” over “extremely poor” refereeing decisions. It is understood that refereeing…
In a move to bolster food security, the Bayelsa State Government has introduced a policy that allocates two farming days each week for civil servants. The directive by the Bayelsa State Civil Service Commission and endorsed by Governor Douye Diri, reduced the regular work days to three in a week for workers from Grade level 14 and below, starting April 29, 2024, for a period of six months. According to a circular signed by Biobelemoye Charles-Onyeama, the Bayelsa State Head of Service, the initiative is aimed at promoting agricultural activities among government employees. “The focus is to enhance food production…
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday, assured corps members deployed by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to the state, that their welfare and security would be accorded topmost priority. Governor AbdulRazaq said his administration has been giving adequate support and assistance to the management of NYSC in executing all its progranmmes in the state. The governor spoke during the swearing-in of 2024 Batch ‘A’, Stream II of corps members deployed to the state at Yikpata Orientation Camp in Edu Local Government Area of the state. Represented by the Senior Adviser/Counselor, Alh Saadu Salahu, the governor recalled that: “This…
Nottingham Forest will be given the opportunity to privately hear the VAR audio related to three rejected penalty claims in their 2-0 Premier League defeat at Everton on Sunday. Relegation-threatened Forest called on Monday for the audio between Stuart Attwell and on-field referee Anthony Taylor to be released publicly. Sources close to referees body the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) said it has nothing to hide and will give Forest the opportunity to hear the audio in private, as it would any other club making a similar request. The audio related to a wrongly disallowed Luis Diaz goal for…
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday, appointed Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe as the leader of the state’s contingent (Ameerul-Hajj) to 2024 Hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia. Oloriegbe represented Kwara Central senatorial district in the National Assembly between 2019 and 2023. Kwara State has at least 3,102 pilgrims for this year’s Hajj. A statement signed by the governor’s chief press secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, said, “the choice of the senator is borne out of his experience and networks as a Muslim community leader. “The government believes that the senator will deploy his knowledge and understanding of the terrain to ensure improved coordination…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, ordered the service of fresh charges in the alleged N80 billion fraud case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, through his lawyer, Abdulwahab Mohammed. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order while delivering a ruling in an application filed by EFCC for substituted service on Bello. Lead counsel to the anti-graft agency, Kemi Pinheiro, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, argued the application. At the Tuesday’s proceedings, the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Bello, was not in court but was…
Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique said Tuesday he was chasing history as the club bid for the treble of Ligue 1, Champions League and French Cup trophies this season. PSG can take the first step by wrapping up the Ligue 1 title for the 12th time on Wednesday with a win at Lorient and if second-placed Monaco fail to beat Lille. But Luis Enrique, 53, who took over the Paris giants last year, has a unique hat-trick in his sights – a feat he achieved with Barcelona in his first year as coach in 2015. “Without a doubt, it’s a…
At least five migrants, including a child, died overnight during an attempt to cross the Channel from France to Britain, a French police source said on Tuesday. In this file photo migrants travel in an inflatable boat across the English Channel bound for Dover on the south coast of England. © Ben Stansall, AFP The source, who did not wish to be named, said the circumstances of their death around the beach in the town of Wimereux, close to the resort of Boulogne-sur-Mer, were not immediately clear. It is just the latest such tragedy as migrants, many from the Middle East and Africa, attempt the…
Armenia and Azerbaijan announced on Tuesday they had started fixing their border, as part of normalisation efforts between the arch foes that had been locked in a decades-long territorial conflict. In this file photo an Armenian resident of Nagorno-Karabakh says goodbye to an Azerbaijani border guard in October Last month, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan agreed to Baku’s demand to return four frontier villages that were part of Azerbaijan when it was part of the Soviet Union. The two countries reconfirmed last week to advance on border delimitation in the area based on Soviet-era maps – a decision that sparked protests among the residents of nearby…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘s latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July. MP’s gather in the House of Commons ahead of the second reading vote on the emergency Rwanda migrants plan in London, United Kingdom on December 12, 2023. © UK Parliament, AP The parliamentary logjam that had stalled the legislation for two months was finally broken just after midnight when the unelected House of Lords “recognised the primacy” of the elected House of Commons and dropped the last of its proposed…
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Monday endured a sometimes rocky reception at a boarding school taking on children during the Easter break, part of government efforts to stem juvenile delinquency and keep teens off the streets during holidays. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal (centre) addresses youths attending a special boarding school during the Easter holidays in Nice on April 23, 2024. © Valery Hache, AFP Attal’s trip to the Lycée du Parc impérial in Nice, on the French Riviera, came days after he announced a crackdown on youth violence in and around schools following a series of incidents that have shocked the nation. An experimental programme…
The New York Islanders were leading 3-0 Monday night against the Carolina Hurricanes and had never blown that big a lead in their long, successful playoff history. Instead they’re heading home down 2-0 in the first-round Eastern Conference series after an epic collapse that included the Hurricanes scoring the tying goal and go-ahead goal nine seconds apart late in the third period for a 5-3 win. Carolina outshot the Islanders 17-1 in the third period and scored four third-period goals. “We can’t just get a lead and try to hold on,” Islanders defenseman Noah Dobson told reporters. “They’re too good of a team for that.”…
NEW YORK – As tensions over the Israel-Hamas war continue to boil on campuses across the country, Columbia University on Monday moved classes online while dozens of students were arrested in protests at Yale and New York University, and school officials closed Harvard Yard to the public. Demonstrations at Yale and Harvard were planned in part out of solidarity with protesters at Columbia who set up an encampment last week that led to the arrest of more than 100 students. The protests have raised concerns for the safety of Jewish students and fueled a national debate over student demonstrations as…