Author: David Great

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene and stop the intimidation, harassment, and threats directed at the organization by the Department of State Services (DSS). This comes after DSS officers allegedly stormed SERAP’s Abuja office today, demanding to see the group’s directors. In a statement issued by its Deputy Director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organization condemned the invasion, calling it “a brutal assault on the entire human rights community in the country.” According to Oluwadare, a tall, dark-skinned woman, accompanied by a slim, dark-skinned man, led the DSS officers into SERAP’s office. Two…

Croatian police arrested dozens of football fans for fighting after the UEFA Nations League match between Croatia and Poland, the country’s interior ministry said on Monday. It said dozens of Polish fans attacked their host supporters and then clashed with police, following Sunday’s game in the eastern town of Osijek, in which Croatia beat Poland 1-0. There was another fight elsewhere later on between Polish and the host fans, it added, without giving details of the location. “Dozens of people have been detained and the criminal investigation is ongoing,” the ministry said on social media. The authorities did not say…

Brazilian Rodrygo said his versatility may have cost him a Ballon d’Or nomination after the Real Madrid forward was not among the 30 names short-listed for the prestigious award. Rodrygo scored 17 goals and registered nine assists in 51 appearances for the club last season. His Madrid teammates Vinicius Jr, Jude Bellingham, Dani Carvajal, Federico Valverde, Antonio Rudiger, as well as the now-retired Toni Kroos, were all nominated. Kylian Mbappe, who arrived at Madrid from Paris Saint-Germain in the close season, was also on the shortlist. “I was upset, I think I deserved it,” Rodrygo told ESPN. “I don’t want…

The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Ibrahim Shuaibu before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna State for fraud. According to a Monday statement on EFCC X.com handle Shuaibu is facing prosecution on a seven-count charge, including criminal breach of trust, impersonation, and obtaining by false pretence, amounting to N100 million. Count one of his charges reads, “That you, Nuhu Ibrahim Shuaibu (a.k.a Ishaku Abdulrazak) (M) and lIya Garba (now deceased) sometime in 2017 in Kaduna within the judicial division of this honourable court did conspire…

Former Super Eagles and Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has revealed why Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen’s proposed switch from Napoli to Chelsea collapsed on deadline day. Speaking on his Obi One Podcast, Obi admitted that the reigning African Footballer of the Year was ‘very, very close’ to joining Chelsea this summer and revealed why the deal fell through. The Chelsea icon who had said Osimhen was the final piece of the puzzle at Stamford Bridge denied allegations suggesting that the deal failed to materialise because of his fellow countryman’s greed. Mikel said: “I hear a lot of people saying this…

Cristiano Ronaldo was the hero of the night as Portugal were made to work for it but Roberto Martinez’s men made it two wins out of two in the UEFA Nations League (UNL) after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Scotland, who have never won in Portugal. Taking to the field on his 30th birthday, Bruno Fernandes was also hitting another milestone in doing so, playing in his 600th career game and earning his 72nd international cap. The Scots started well in Lisbon with Billy Gilmour and John McGinn controlling the midfield. That positive start to the contest got even better…

Denmark cruised to a second successive victory in their fledgling UEFA Nations League (UNL) Group A4 campaign, as they dispatched Serbia 2-0 at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, making it 13 straight undefeated games on home soil in the process. Following their first winless European Championship in 24 years, Denmark turned their form around under caretaker coach Lars Knudsen with a 2-0 win over Switzerland on matchday one of the new UNL campaign, and they started tonight’s clash in a similar vein. Rounding off a terrific team effort following a one-two exchange with Yussuf Poulsen, Albert Gronbaek tucked a brilliant…

Zamfara State government has disowned some documents claiming that it had released huge funds to some bandits’ kingpins for dialogue in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Abubakar Nakwada, told journalists in Gusau, Zamfara state capital, on Sunday that the documents were fake and mischievous, misleading, malicious and false. Nakwada said the documents with his signature and those of other top government officials were forged. He added that security agencies had been properly briefed and were on trial to track down the social media source. He faulted the claims that money was paid to some media promoters under…

Joshua Zirkzee and Tijjani Reijnders both claimed a goal and an assist each, as the Netherlands began their UEFA Nations League (UNL) campaign with an emphatic 5-2 win over Bosnia & Herzegovina. Ronald Koeman’s side reached the semi-finals in the last UNL edition, and they wasted no time in launching their quest to improve on that. Impressively, Netherlands took a mere 13 minutes to break the deadlock, as Joshua Zirkzee diverted a superb backward looping header in off the post – albeit somewhat fortuitously after an initial strike from Xavi Simons took a huge deflection into his path. With the…

Germany won their opening game of a UEFA Nations League (UNL) campaign for the first time ever thanks to a 5-0 victory over Hungary in Düsseldorf. After coming out 2-0 victors at UEFA Euro 2024, Germany and Hungary locked horns again, with the Germans hoping for a similar outcome to kick-start their UNL campaign. Julian Nagelsmann’s side nearly made the perfect start too when Jonathan Tah’s towering header was looping into the far corner, but a heroic goal-line clearance from Dominik Szoboszlai kept the scores level. Hungary had their backs against the wall throughout most of the first half and…