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An unidentified student of Rufus Giwa polytechnic, Owo in Ondo was reportedly killed during the institutions student union election. Reports from the institution confirmed the victim was shot dead by a rival cult group. Details of the incident remained sketchy last night. The state police spokesperson Tee Leo lkoro said the command was yet to be briefed by the Divisional Police Officer in Owo. Read also: Man remanded for abducting wife for ritual purposes Newsmen gathered that two rival cult group interested in the election clashed when it was obvious the other had lost out in the election. The deceased…

Paris Saint-Germain face a nervous wait to find out the extent of Neymar’s injury after the Brazilian was withdrawn during Wednesday’s Coupe de France clash with Caen. The Ligue 1 champions kick off their Champions League last-16 tie against Barcelona next week, having fallen at the final stage in 2019-20. And they will be desperate to count on the abilities of their star striker, who has missed several key fixtures for his club in the competition. The ex-Santos and Barcelona forward started for his side in the Coupe de France as one of the few regular first-teamers as Mauricio Pochettino…

Kelechi Iheanacho’s header sent Leicester City into the FA quarter-finals for the second time in a row as they pipped Percy Tau’s Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 on Wednesday. After replacing Jamie Vardy in the 62nd minute, the Foxes had to wait for Iheanacho to turn Youri Tielemans’ cross into the back of the net with his header in the 94th minute of injury time. The winning goal came just a week after the Nigerian striker ended his Premier League goal drought in a 2-0 win over Fulham at the King Power Stadium. Wilfred Ndidi returned to the starting XI…

Nigerian sprinter, Blessing Okagbare, has just received her Guiness World Record. Back in 2015, she broke Usain Bolt’s record. She is the athlete with the most Diamond League appearances and she has received a Guiness World Record certificate to this effect. https://twitter.com/mountain214/status/1359411709698600961?s=20 Read also: Nigerian-born Marvin Park gets first Real Madrid start The Guiness World Record certificate indicates that Blessing has the most appearances in Diamond League meetings, having participated at 67 Diamond League events between July 3, 2010, and August 31, 2018. Sharing a photo of her certificate to Instagram, Blessing wrote: “A dream made reality through God’s grace…

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a man, Usman Abdulkareem, who allegedly conspired with a herbalist, a friend to abduct his wife, be remanded in a correctional centre. The police charged Abdulkareem, a herbalist, Babatunde Mohammed and a friend, Fatai Adisa with two counts of criminal conspiracy and abduction, to commit culpable homicide, contrary to Section 97 and 274 of Penal Code Law. Magistrate Afusat Alege ordered that the defendants be remanded in Oke-Kura Correctional Centre, Ilorin. Read also: Man gets 30 years in prison for chopping off wife’s hands Alege adjourned the case until Feb.24, for further…

A Kenyan man who chopped off his wife’s hands for failing to bear him children has been handed a 30-year jail sentence. The court in Machakos, Machakos County, jailed Stephen Ngila, 39, for attempted murder for chopping off Jackline Mwende’s hands with a machete in 2016. He has 14 days to appeal the judgement. Read also: Lil-frosh remanded in prison for assaulting girlfriend Justice Brenda Bartoo said the court had taken note that the accused was not remorseful for the offence.

Nigerian-born Real Madrid youngster Marvin Olawale Akinlabi Park was on Tuesday handed his first senior start for the club as the Los Blancos defeated Getafe 2-0 in a Spanish La Liga match. Coach Zinedine Zidane named the 20-year-old born to a Nigerian father and a South Korean mother in the lineup as the multiple European champions moved within five points of league leaders, Atletico Madrid. https://www.instagram.com/p/CLFrlyzBlfD/?utm_source=ig_embed The fleet-footed right-winger had before now impressed for the team’s youth sides and did not disappoint in his first start for the club. He made his debut for the Spanish giants in their 2020/21 league opener…

Nigerian singer, Sanni Wasiu, popularly known as Lil frosh, has been remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre till March 9, 2021 over the alleged assault on his girlfriend, Okeoghene Iyomaterie. Recall that in October 2020, the singer who was at the time signed under Davido’s record label, DMW records, was called out for subjecting his woman, Okeoghene, to physical and verbal assault while they were dating. Okeoghene in a post shared on her Instagram page, said she had been in a relationship with the musician since January 2020 and that anytime they had a disagreement, he would violently attack her,…

Some residents of Ogun State have raised alarm over the influx of Fulani herdsmen from Oyo State. The residents of Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, in a statement signed by some of their leaders, said the herdsmen are believed to be those expelled from Oyo State. Chronicle.ng reported how a farmer identified as Dele Olowoniyi, was killed on his farm in the area on Sunday. Read also:Fulani herdsmen slaughter Ogun farmer in his farm Sources said the deceased was found dead with machete cuts in his neck and other parts of his body after the invasion of…

Popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has refuted trending reports of civil war attributed to him. Igboho denied calling for any civil war in the interview he granted. He said: “This fight is not about civil war, it is about the killer herdsmen who are killing are people.” Read also: FG freezes Sunday Igboho’s accounts Igboho, in the short viral video, also introduced his spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, to speak on his behalf henceforth. He said: “I have been seeing fake news flying here and there, some said I’m not scared of civil war, any news that you see…