Author: Vincent Osuwo

Burnley, Leeds United, and Leicester City have announced their intention to sue Everton for a total of £300 million after the club was found guilty of breaking financial fair play laws. Senior figures from the three clubs met this afternoon to reinforce their intention to sue after the Premier League confirmed Everton’s guilty judgement and 10-point sanction, the largest in the competition’s history. The angry three are said to have agreed to follow through on their prior threats to sue Everton, which they made over the summer after Sean Dyche’s team narrowly avoided relegation by two points on the final…

Everton has been docked ten points immediately after being judged to have violated the Premier League’s profit and sustainability regulations. The punishment is the most severe in the competition’s history, and it drops Everton to 19th on the table with a new total of four points. The club was “both shocked and disappointed” by the “wholly disproportionate and unjust” decision. Everton has stated that it will appeal the ruling. The Premier League sent Everton to an independent panel in March but did not specify the nature of the alleged violation. Everton reported financial losses for the fifth consecutive year in…

No fewer than eleven people, including eight children, have been killed in Myanmar’s Chin State after a military jet bombed a school, villagers say. According to locals, the strike occurred on Wednesday in the secluded mountain community of Vuilu. Myanmar is currently at war, with several armed groups battling the military junta that toppled an elected government in 2021. Chin State is a bastion of opposition to the junta. This week, its grassroots insurgency saw ethnic Chin militants retake the border town of Rikhawdar. Locals say there are no insurgents in Vuilu, which has less than 80 families and is…

The Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered that former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele be held in the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the outcome of his bail application. Chronicle NG reports that Emefiele is on trial for alleged procurement fraud. The trial, which had been postponed three times, was eventually convened on Friday. The Federal Government had initially proposed N6.5 billion in procurement fraud charges against the former CBN governor. However, the FG reduced the counts to six for a total of over N1 billion, and he was arraigned on Friday. During the Friday sessions, Emefiele’s attorney,…

The Federal Government has filed six charges against former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele, accusing him of alleged unlawful procurement. The original accusation of 20 counts for N6.5 billion has been lowered to six charges for N1.6 billion. The new charge simply names Emefiele as a defendant. On Friday, the former CBN governor appeared in court for a bail application, pleading not guilty to the six-count indictment after it was read to him. So far, the trial has been halted three times. The trial was halted on Wednesday due to a statewide strike called by organized labour. the…

American singer Cassandra Elizabeth Ventura, better known as Cassie, has filed a petition against her ex-boyfriend, Sean Combs, popularly called Diddy, for ‘a decade’ of sexual abuse. According to The New York Times, Cassie accused him of rape and persistent physical abuse over a decade in a suit filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan. She claimed that the pattern of abuse and control began when she met Diddy in 2005, at the age of 19, and that the mogul subjected her to a disturbing cycle of abuse, including beatings and forced sexual encounters with male prostitutes while being filmed,…

Chelsea is reportedly no longer interested in signing Napoli attacker Victor Osimhen in January. Chelsea’s first priority right now is to sign a new attacker, considering the lack of protection behind Nicolas Jackson, with Armando Broja and Christopher Nkunku both suffering major injuries in the last year. Jackson has also had a difficult start to life at Stamford Bridge, having been dropped recently, but he has now reclaimed his spot, scoring a hat-trick away to Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea’s third in a 4-4 draw with Manchester City. However, according to Football London, a deal for Osimhen is unlikely to happen…

A pastor with the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Pastor David Musa, has been killed by his kidnappers after collecting N1 million in ransom in Kogi State. According to reports, the late Pastor Musa, who was abducted on Saturday, November 11, 2023, in Obajana, under the Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State, was later killed on Tuesday. Narrating how the pastor was killed, a member of the church identified as Mary said, “The pastor went to his farm that ugly day. “So, his wife was waiting for him to return home, but she didn’t see her husband. “When night…

No fewer than five policemen and ten football fans were injured in clashes outside the stadium during Bulgaria’s Euro 2024 qualifier against Hungary, which ended in a 2-2 draw on Thursday, police said. UEFA ordered the game to be played behind closed doors in response to a request by the national federation, which was concerned about potential disruption following the fans’ call for a big protest against the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU). Over 2,000 supporters gathered outside the national stadium, yelling “Resign!” and brandishing banners reading “18 years is enough” in support of long-time BFU president Borislav Mihaylov’s resignation. After…

Sonia Adesuwa, Odion Jude Ighalo’s estranged wife, has explained why she divorced the former Super Eagles and Manchester United forward. The mother of three revealed this in an Instagram post on Thursday, claiming that she left because she was weary of arguing and needed to prioritize her children over her marriage. Sonia also encouraged married women to become better self-advocates, emphasizing that marriage should be enjoyed rather than endured. Sonia wrote, “I also want to use this opportunity to encourage every woman out there. I read a few of your messages. Sis, let no one intimidate you; let no evil…