Napoli’s players took the knee before their match on Saturday after the club criticised a decision to clear Inter Milan’s Francesco Acerbi of making alleged racist comments to Juan Jesus. A sports judge found Acerbi’s comments to Napoli defender Jesus may have been offensive. But the judge considered there was not enough evidence to deem…
Borussia Dortmund claimed their first Der Klassiker victory since 2019 with a 2-0 Bundesliga win at Bayern Munich and thus help Bayer Leverkusen to place on hand on the title. Karim Adeyemi opened the scoring for the visitors in the 10th minute and Julian Ryerson doubled their advantage late on. Harry Kane thought he had…
Spanish side Sevilla say it’s left-back Marcos Acuna and coaching staff were targeted with “racist and xenophobic abuse” during Saturday’s La Liga win at Getafe. The match was paused by the referee in the 68th minute because of racist insults from some fans in the crowd. In his official match report, referee Javier Iglesias Villanueva…
Air Peace achieved a milestone on Saturday with the commencement of its Lagos-London flight services. Te airline had earlier announced plans to begin direct flight operations to London on March 30 during a prelaunch forum organised in February. In November, Air Peace’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Allen Onyema, announced that the airline had successfully…
Fast Food Outlet KFC Nigeria has issued an apology after Nigeria’s airport authority shut one of its outlets over alleged discrimination against a disabled client. Adebola Daniel, son of a former Nigerian state governor Gbenga Daniel, said in a post on X that he was ordered to leave a KFC outlet at Lagos airport because…
Former South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has been involved in a car crash but was unhurt. A drunk driver collided with his “official armoured state vehicle” on Thursday evening, police have said. But a leading member of his uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party alleged that he had been targeted. He has been suspended by the…
The UN Peacekeeping mission says four of it’s observers have been wounded by shelling in Rmeish, southern Lebanon Lebanon’s state news agency reported that an Israeli drone strike was behind the explosion, but the Israeli military denied it was responsible. The UN mission, Unifil, said those hurt three observers and a translator were receiving treatment…
The Commissioner for Youth Development, Mr. Patrick Agha Mba has enjoined the staff of the ministry to give the newly deployed permanent secretary, Mr Martin Agbili maximum cooperation and support for enhanced service delivery of the ministry. Addressing the staff during an introductory meeting held at the ministry’s conference hall, Awka, Mr Agha Mba described…
Bayer Leverkusen produced a dramatic comeback to avoid their first defeat of the season and claim a 2-1 win over Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga. Leverkusen’s 38-game unbeaten streak looked set to end when they found themselves 1-0 down with fewer than five minutes of normal time remaining. Robert Andrich scored for the league leaders…
The Government of Anambra State under the leadership of Gov. Chukwuma Soludo has organized a 3-day capacity building workshop for public financial management and sustainability. The training, which involved staff from Ministries, Departments and Agencies was anchored in collaboration with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) of Nigeria. In his opening remarks, the Secretary…
