Author: Michael Right

The Football Association of Cameroon ( Fecafoot) has released an official statement as it concerns the situation with  goalkeeper Andre Onana and head coach Rigobert Song. The Inter Milan shot-stopper was suspended from the team by the head coach on disciplinary grounds before the game against Serbia. According to reports from the Cameroonian camp, the goalkeeper refused to play the traditional style of goalkeeping going against the orders of the head coach. The country’s FA confirmed that they are in support of the decision that was taken by Song. Fecafoot confirms that it is committed to having a disciplined and…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday sworn in 62 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) in Abuja. Some of the lawyers conferred with the SAN rank were, Mr Mustapha Ibrahim, Mr Ikani Kanu-Agabi and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) lawyers Mr Sylvanus Tahir and Mr Rotimi Oyedepo. The CJN urged the new SANs to take on their new status with all sense of responsibility as it required high standards of merit. “I will like to say that the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria comes with immense prestige, dignity and greater responsibilities as well.…

Juventus’ entire board of directors have shockingly resigned from their positions, including president Andrea Agnelli and vice president Pavel Nedved. A unanimous decision has been made by the board of directors at the Italian giants to resign en masse, leaving them in a state of flux amid the mid-season World Cup break. Managing director Maurizio Arrivabene is set to remain in charge of his administrative duties despite also resigning, with the club set to fall into a significant period of transition. The 2021-22 season saw a year of record-breaking losses published by the Turin club, with a £220million (€254.3m) loss…

According to the state news agency, a court in Algeria has condemned 49 people to death for killing a man who was wrongly accused of setting forest fires last year. Given the ban on executions, the sentences will probably be lowered to life in prison. In 2021, Algeria experienced the worst fires in the country’s history, with multiple blazes killing 90 people. Djamel Ben Ismail, the lynching victim, had gone to assist in putting out the fires. Algeria jails two former prime ministers ahead of elections The 38-year-old tweeted that he will go more than 320 kilometers (200 miles) from…

The State Security Services (SSS), on Thursday, withdrew a suit filed at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days after his arrest. Counsel to the SSS, A.M. Danlami, told Justice Nkeonye Maha shortly after the matter was called for hearing. The suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1619/2022 between SSS and Tukur Mamu, was listed for further proceedings on the day’s cause list. Upon resumed hearing, Mr Danlami, who sought to withdraw the case, said that the matter had been overtaken by events. “My lord, this matter is slated for hearing…

A section of a popular motor park in Jos, better known as NTA park was on Wednesday night gutted by fire. The fire which started around 7:30 pm was said to have lasted for several hours before it was eventually put off by men of the fire service. The chairman of the Motor Park, Maikwudi Ibrahim, told newsmen in Jos, that although no life was lost during the fire incident, the outbreak destroyed several properties including shops. Ibrahim said, “We were there around 7 pm. The fire started in the office of our Financial Secretary and spread to shops around…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja affirmed the conviction of Faisal, the son of Abdulrasheed Maina, the incarcerated ex-Chairman of the disbanded Pension Reform Taskforce Team (PRTT), for conspiracy and money laundering. Maina, the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, is serving an eight-year jail term at Kuje Prison in Abuja for pension fraud to the tune of N2 billion and his son has been named an accomplice. Meanwhile, in a judgment on Thursday, November 24, 2022, a three-member panel of the appeal court reduced the term of imprisonment from 14 years to seven years on the…

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised Nigerian Muslim parents and students to stay away from Christian-owned private universities in Nigeria. According to the group, such schools should be avoided until the National Universities Commission (NUC) has had a chance to “sanitise” them. Professor Ishaq Akintola, the director, claimed that Christian business owners “have not yet purified themselves of tramadolised religiousness.” The Islamic human rights organisation accused them of “deep-seated hatred for Muslims and their faith”. Stop using money to divide Christians, northern group warns Tinubu Akintola alleged “forceful conversion of Muslim students”, compelling them to attend church service and disallowing…

American rapper Kanye West – who has been embroiled in an antisemitism scandal over the past two months – announced over Twitter Wednesday that he asked former US president Donald Trump to be his running mate in the 2024 presidential elections. “First time at Mar-a-Lago… What you guys think his response was when I asked him to be my running mate in 2024?” said West in a tweet with a poll attached. Viewers could select “That’s very Ye” – a play on words regarding his nickname, “Ye” – or “That’s very Nay” as options. Kanye West, who was banned from…

A gun (Pump Action Rifle) has been found inside an unregistered vehicle (Honda) impounded for driving against traffic in Lagos, the state Traffic Management Authority has said. The agency made this known on Wednesday in a statement by its director of public affairs, Adebayo Taofiq. The General Manager of LASTMA, Bolaji Oreagba, disclosed that the impounded vehicle (Black Honda) was apprehended by the patrol team of the agency while driving against traffic (one-way) around Sango-Tedo inward Abijo G.R.A along Lagos-Epe Expressway. Oreagba disclosed further that policemen attached to LASTMA officials on routine patrol around Lagos-Epe Expressway were immediately alerted about…