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Super Eagles striker, Victor, Osimhen was racially abused by Fiorentina fans after Napoli’s 2-1 win in the Italian Serie A on Sunday – their seventh consecutive league win of the campaign. According to reports, the Nigerian striker along with Senegal defender, Kalidou Koulibaly and Cameroon’s Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa were racially abused by fans of the host team. DAZN have reported that the midfielder and Osimhen were racially abused after Napoli won 2-1 at the Artemio Franchi and they responded to that by smiling. As for Koulibaly, the defender was abused after the post-game interview and he was even called a ‘monkey’   Koulibaly heard it and looked at the culprit to ask if he really said that. When he went back to the dressing room, some fans targetted the defender with howls. This comes some weeks after AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan had become a victim of racist abuse after Milan’s game against Juventus.   The Nigerian has however condemned the act by the ...

Former NASCAR driver John Wes Townley has died at the age of 31. Townley and an unidentified 30-year-old woman were shot in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, October 2. ACCPD spokesperson Lt. Shaun Barnett told the Athens Banner-Herald that Athens-Clarke County police responded to a shooting at Morton Avenue in the Five Points neighbourhood just before 9pm on Saturday. Townley died at the hospital as a result of his injuries, while the 30-year-old woman remains in a serious condition, according to Barnett. Barnett continued to state that police have had contact with the shooter, and, according to preliminary information, appears domestic violence-related. Townley participated in the NASCAR Truck Series and Xfinity Series from 2008 to 2016. In all he made 76 starts in the Xfinity Series starts and 110 in the Truck Series.     Townley, who won at the Bucked Up 200, a 134-lap, 200-mile long race, was one of the circuits most respected drivers during his eight-y...

A stray bullet has reportedly killed a student of College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University identified as Chioma Mbionu.    Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of this report but it was gathered that the 300 level Medical Rehabilitaion student was hit by stray bullet fired by gunmen during the attack on security facilities in Nnewi on Sunday, October 3.    According to reports, she was rushed to the University Teaching Hospital Nnewi but was allegedly not attended to as doctors are on strike. She subsequently bled to death at the gate.     

A final year student of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture (MOUAU), Umudike, Abia State, was crushed to death by a truck. Chidinma Ogbonna was hit by the truck on Sunday evening, October 3, in Umudike. A video shared from the scene shows her brain scattered all over the road. Eyewitnesses are heard blaming "bad road" for the accident.     Students of MOUAU have gone on social media to mourn Chidinma.