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A Computer sciences student Peter Odukoya, 27, has been jailed for sexually assaulting a 20-year old woman in the United Kingdom. The brave young woman trapped her sex attacker by secretly recording her ordeal on her mobile phone. Police heard the woman pleading: “I don’t want this. I’m very drunk”. Cardiff Crown Court heard Odukoya offered the 20-year-old a lift home with friends on a girls night out after she recognised him from the same university. He dropped the other friends off first – and headed back to his own flat with the drunken young woman. But her “instincts kicked…

Manchester United have admitted defeat in their pursuit of Lionel Messi, 29, and believe rivals City would be favourites to sign the forward if he was to leave Barcelona. (Sun) Gareth Southgate, 46, will be confirmed as England’s next permanent manager before the end of the month on a four-year contract. (Guardian) England forward Wayne Rooney, 31, is set to be left out of the Manchester United team to face Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday. (Daily Mirror) United manager Mourinho has targeted £25m Napoli full-back Elseid Hysaj, 22, as he prepares to allow Chris Smalling and Matteo Darmian…

Foremost industrialist and Co-Chairman, Lagos @50 Planning Committee, Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi is dead. He died at the age of 72. Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde announced the death of Gbadamosi on Wednesday night on his twitter handle @stevoree. Ayorinde said “the Lagos State Government mourned the passing of a leading industrialist, art patron, former minister and Co-Chairman of Lagos@50, Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi, 72. “Chief Gbadamosi will be remembered for being a true Lagosian, a nationalist and art aficionado. His remains will be interred at 2pm tomorrow.” Chief Press Secretary to the Lagos State Governor, Habib Aruna…

New York’s mayor says he has told US President-elect Donald Trump that he will work against his plans to deport immigrants stressing that people in the city are “fearful” of what his White House administration could bring. During a meeting at Trump Tower, Bill de Blasio said he warned the Republican he would aim to shield undocumented immigrants from deportation. He said Mr Trump’s plans would not work in “the ultimate city of immigrants”. Mr Trump has pledged to deport or jail up to three million undocumented immigrants with criminal records. Mr de Blasio is not the only city leader…

Conjoined twin girls from Nigeria have been separated after a lengthy operation at a Tennessee hospital, days ahead of their first birthday. Miracle and Testimony Ayeni were separated during 18 hours of surgery that began on November 7 and finished November 8 at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, the hospital said. The twins were joined together at the pelvis, a condition that only occurs in one of about every 5 million births, said Dr. Max Langham, who led the surgical team. “Without separation, their future wasn’t very good,” Langham said at a news conference Tuesday. “They would grow up…

Captain Wayne Rooney has “unreservedly” apologised to interim England manager Gareth Southgate after pictures emerged showing him at a wedding at the team’s hotel while on international duty. A statement issued on behalf of Rooney, 31, called the images “inappropriate”. The Sun published images it said showed Rooney drunk at a party late on Saturday night – a day after England’s World Cup qualifying win over Scotland. The FA, meanwhile, says it will review its policies around players’ free time. “Naturally Wayne is sorry that pictures taken with fans have been published,” the statement from Rooney’s management read. “Although it…

The Federal High Court Kano presided over by Justice Fatu Riman has convicted and sentenced a senior lawyer, Yakubu Mohammed Na-Allah, to four years imprisonment without the option of fine for offences of money laundering. Na-Allah was found guilty of laundering N50million. The convict was arraigned by the EFCC on 14 January, 2013 on a two count charge of money laundering. Upon arraignment, Na-Allah pleaded not guilty and subsequently trial commenced on 26 June, 2013 in which the prosecution called seven witnesses and tendered fifteen exhibits. On February 1, 2013 the properties of the convict were attached by the EFCC…

Bob Dylan will not travel to Sweden to receive his Nobel Prize for Literature in person, it has been announced. The Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel prizes, said it had received “a personal letter” saying he was unable to attend next month’s Nobel ceremony “due to pre-existing commitments”. Dylan, the organisation said, felt “very honoured” and wished he could receive the prize personally. The singer is required to give a Nobel lecture between now and next June. ‘New poetic expressions’ The 75-year-old will not be the first recipient of the prestigious award to have been a no-show at the…

Former governor of Abia State and chieftain of the Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, Orji Uzor Kalu, has stated that he joined the All Progressives congress, APC, because friends and well wishers pressured him to. Orji Uzor Kalu, 56, was received by the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Commitee of the party at the National Secretariat on Wednesday. He said he has succumbed to pressures from his friends and well wishers to contribute his quota to building the party in Nigeria especially in the South East. Orji Uzor Kalu who is the chairman of SLOK Holding, also owns the Daily Sun…

Osun State House of Assembly has begun move to facilitate the revitalisation of the abandoned federal government projects of over N20.318 billion in the state. At the plenary on Tuesday, the Deputy Speaker, Akintunde Adegboye who presided over the sitting said, while the governor should be written to pursue the abandoned roads at the federal level, a representation would be made to the National Assembly to ensure budgetary provision. The pronouncement of the parliament followed the alarm, earlier raised at the plenary by Honourable Olatunbosun Oyintiloye representing Obokun Constituency, over the abandoned federal projects of about N20.318 billion in the…