Author: Rashaad Harris

The 2022 Finalissima (Grand Final in Spanish) was the third edition of the CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions, a football match between the winners of the previous South American and European championships. Yesterday’s match featured Italy, winners of UEFA Euro 2020 (held in 2021), and Argentina, winners of the 2021 Copa América and was played at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on 1 June 2022. The match which was a revival of the Artemio Franchi Cup last played 29 years prior, was organised by UEFA and CONMEBOL as part of a renewed partnership between the two confederations. Lionel Messi won man…

The All Progressives Congress, APC has released the list of Chairmen of sub-committees for the party’s Special Convention for presidential primary. In the list contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State is the Chairman of the Budget sub-committee. The Minister of Finance, Hajiya Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed is his Co-Chair. According to the list, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is the spearheading Finance and Logistics sub-committee. Accreditation and Decoration sub-committee has Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun in charge of that. Below is the full list of the…

Jeddah SuperDome in Saudi Arabia is set to be the venue of the rematch between British-Nigerian Boxer, Anthony Joshua and Ukrainian Boxer, Oleksandr Usyk. The 32-year-old got his wish for a rematch after he lost all his four titles in one night and also ended up in the hospital last year. 34-year-old Usyk defeated Joshua last September in every round of the match. While the date for the rematch has not yet been confirmed, the authorities at Jeddah Super Dome, which is the largest geodesic dome in the world to ever stand without pillars with an attendance of up to…

A man by the name Owajulu Tobi has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Ekiti State Court for rape.The convict, who is reported to be a 29-year-old farmer, was convicted without option of fine by an Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday. Justice Adeniyi Familoni who presided over the case sentenced Tobi after he ascertained that the prosecutor had proven beyond reasonable doubt that the convict needed to be punished for his offence. The charge read, “That you, Owajulu Tobi, on 12th of June, 2021, at Ibeji-Eluja in Emure Ekiti, in the Ado Ekiti Judicial…

Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has convicted and sentenced an ex-convict, Ekemini Akininyene Effiong to eight months imprisonment for criminal impersonation and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of $75 (Seventy Five United States Dollars). The convict was arraigned on Monday, May 30, 2022, alongside two others: Henry Izuchukwu Nze and Nze Francis Chike by the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. While Effiong and Chike were arraigned on two-count charges bordering on criminal impersonation and possession of fraudulent documents, Nze was arraigned on five-count charges bordering on criminal impersonation…

The Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Elisha Ishaku Abbo, has revealed that he did not sleep nor ate a proper meal in three days during the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the zone held in the state. Abbo won the senatorial primary under the platform of the APC to represent the district for a second term in the 2023 general election. In a post on his official verified facebook page on Wednesday, the elated Adamawa senator, said he was back to Abuja after having a good time with the “DELEGATES.” Abbo’s post on facebook on…

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday, May 31, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Li Lei Lei, a Chinese national, to 24 months imprisonment for mutilating the Nigerian currency before Justice I. Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The convict was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on tampering of the Nigerian note, an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Establishment) Act. One of the count reads: “That you, Li Lei Lei, on or about the 17th day…

An INTERPOL-led operation targeting malware cyber fraud across Southeast Asia has led to the arrest of three suspected global scammers in Nigeria. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested the suspects in a sting operation conducted simultaneously in a Lagos suburb called Ajegunle and in Benin City, 300 km to the East of the commercial capital. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Spokesman of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren. According to the statement, the Nigerian sting operation comes as part of a global operation codenamed “Killer Bee” involving INTERPOL National Central Bureaus (NCBs) and law…

Renown skit maker, Emma’s Chukwuemeka, popularly known as Oga Sabinus, has threatened to sue Friesland Foods, for what he termed unlawful use of his intellectual property. The popular comedian also requested UAC Foods to pay him N500 million for using an animated picture of him on one of their Instagram advertisements. Friesland Foods are the manufacturers of Peak Milk, while UAC are the makers of Gala. Sabinus who always does his skits in blue shirt and black trousers, demanded N500 million from Friesland through a pre-trial notice served by Stanley Alieke, his legal adviser, for using the phrase he popularised,…