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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.  

  Atletico Madrid striker, Luis Suarez, pressed his hands together in a gesture asking for forgiveness after scoring against Barcelona in a LaLiga fixture on Saturday. It was Suarez’s first goal against his former employers since he left in the summer of 2020. The Uruguayan found the back of the net in the first half to put Atletico 2-0 up.   But Suarez remained respectful, refusing to celebrate even as his new teammates mobbed him in jubilation. Saturday’s match was the second time Suarez played against Barcelona since he was forced out by manager Ronald Koeman. A positive Covid-19 test robbed him of the chance to play against the Catalans in the first league fixture of last season, while he drew a blank in May’s 0-0 draw.  This time, though, he was on target, picking up on a sumptuous pass from Thomas Lemar  who had opened the scoring at the Wanda Metropolitano and firing home to double Atleti’s lead.  

Manchester United fans have called for the sack of Ole Gunnar Solksjaer after the coach didn't play Cristiano Ronaldo for the visit of Everton at Old Trafford in a match that ended 1-1. Despite Ronaldo's return of five goals in five games since his emotional homecoming to United, Ole decided to bench his star player on Saturday, October 2, stating that he was trying to protect him from getting injured.   After hearing Solskjaer's team selection, former footballer, Rio Ferdinand said in the BT Sport studio: 'You rest Ronaldo at times, he’d expect it at 36. National team games after this… he’s bringing in [Edinson] Cavani, someone’s who got goals last season and who’s a leader. More surprising is that [Jesse] Lingard deserves a start.' Pundit and former Tottenham footballer, Jermaine Jenas did not quite agree however. He said: 'It doesn’t feel like the type of game that you should be taking characters out.    'Always concerned about the messag...

Men of the Delta State Police Command have arrested an armed robbery suspect with 340 rounds of AK47 live ammunition hidden in a bag of garri. Disclosing this to newsmen, the spokesman of the State Police command, Bright Edafe, said the suspect, Solomon Ebe, was arrested by policemen attached to Bomadi Divisional patrol team during a stop and search along Bomadi/Tuomo road.   “On the 01/10/2021 at about 07:30 hrs Policemen attached to Bomadi Divisional patrol team while on stop and search duty along Bomadi/Tuomo road intercepted a cyclist carrying one Solomon Ebe ‘m’ age 37yrs of Tuomo Community Burutu LGA Delta State carrying bag containing Garri. The Operative who were discreet in their responsibilities on reasonable suspicion decided to search the suspect and the bag. Upon search, three hundred and forty (340) rounds of AK47 live ammunition hidden inside the Garri were recovered. Suspect was arrested and investigation is ongoing,” the sta...