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  Spanish footballer,  Jenni Hermoso has filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office over an "unsolicited kiss" by Spanish FA chief Luis Rubiales following the Women's World Cup final.   The Spanish footballer is accusing the football boss of sexual assault after she was kissed on the lips following Spain's 1-0 victory over England on 20 August. Hermoso has repeatedly said it was not consensual, but a defiant Rubiales has refused to resign and the ensuing controversy has overshadowed Spain's historic win. Prosecutors said last week that they were going to meet with Hermoso to give her the opportunity to present an accusation against Rubiales and now say accusation was made by Hermoso on Tuesday, September 5 Rubiales has been suspended from his position at the top of Spanish football. He was handed a provisional suspension from FIFA for 90 days last week, after refusing to step down. In the wake of calls for his resignation, the 46-year-old issued a fresh de

  The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has struck out the evidence of 10 out of the 13 witnesses called by Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) in support of their petition against the election of President Bola Tinubu.   In a judgment delivered today September 6, the court held that the witnesses, who were subpoenaed at the instance of the petitioners, had their written statements, which contained their evidence, were not filed along or frontloaded with the petition within the 21 days allowed by the Electoral Act 2022.   The court, in the lead judgment currently being read by Justice Haruna Tsammani, also rejected the documents, including the report of analysis, tendered by the petitioners through the affected 10 witnesses.   The court also held that some of the witnesses are not only persons with interest in the outcome of the case, the reports they tendered were made during the pendency of the case.   The court also dismissed the Labour Party's 25% FCT votes claim stat

  Galatasaray and Argentina striker,  Mauro Icardi has splashed a whopping £22.3MILLION on a rare Rolls Royce model.   Icardi made a permanent switch to Galatasaray earlier this summer after spending last season on loan at the club from PSG. He has since hit the ground running, netting four goals in three league games.   To celebrate his quick start in the league, the 30-year-old has spent a staggering €26m (£22.3m) on a new Rolls Royce named the Boat Tail. The Boat Tail is the most expensive new car in the world, and just three copies of the model have been produced to date.   Icardi now owns one of them. Billionaire rapper Jay-Z and his pop star wife Beyonce have one of the others. The third Boat Tail was sold to an industrialist who has earned his fortune in the pearl industry.   The Boat Tail reportedly took four years for one to be built by hand. The four-seater convertible has a parasol and a telescopic table attached which open automatically, making it perfect for a picnic for t

  In its bid to fortify security architecture and forestall any breakdown of law and order across the country as a result of the forthcoming Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Judgment scheduled to be passed on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, the Nigeria Police Force says it has strengthened its deployment across the length and breadth of Nigeria.    In a statement released by its spokesperson, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the police reassured Nigerians of its commitment to ensure the safety of lives and property before, during, and after the judgement.  The NPF has diligently emplaced all necessary deployments and security measures during this critical period as officers and men are fully prepared to maintain order and enforce laws while respecting the rights and freedoms of all citizens.'' the statement read   The statement further adds that the police  ’strongly cautions all individuals, including mischief makers and political gladiators, to be cautious in their actions and sta

  An eight-man committee has been inaugurated by the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, to set up a roadmap for the education sector in line with the ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda of President Bola Tinubu. The committee, headed by Dr. Nuhu Yakubu, has as one of its members a former Deputy Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Ernest Ojukwu, and Professor Sa’ad Umar. While inaugurating the committee on Tuesday, the minister said, “Mr. President has clearly laid out his vision for his administration and it is anchored on improving the lives of Nigerians in a manner that not just reflects our humanity but encourages compassion towards one another, and duly rewards our collective efforts to resolve the social ills that seek to divide us. “On education specifically, our president has declared his commitment and as a priority, among other missions, to see that about 10.5 million Nigeria’s out-of-school children are retrained with skills that will make them stand on their own

  A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has appealed to Anambra state pupil, Mmesoma Ejikeme, whose JAMB result was withdrawn, to ‘’come clean" with the source of her result so he can beg the board to show some leniecy towards her.   In a statement released on Wednesday July 5, Chidoka, who is also the owner of the Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Centre where Mmesoma sat for her examination, said he will beg the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for leniency, if she explains how she got the result she was parading. He pointed out that the result Mmesoma was parading had the initial name on his center which has since been changed. His statement reads;     “Miss Nmesoma Ejikeme took her 2023 JAMB at my foundation’s Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Center at Obosi. I got some calls from worried friends about Nmesoma’s result, which had Thomas Chidoka Center as her examination center. I allayed their worries that the result issue had nothing to do with the examination c

  Arsenal striker, Folarin Balogun is attracting interest from five overseas clubs following his breakout season in France.   The young striker is expected to leave Arsenal this summer to continue playing regular football after he starred at Ligue 1 side Reims. During his loan spell, Balogun scored 21 league goals to finish as the joint fourth-highest scorer in France’s top division.   Arsenal have now placed a £50m price tag on the rising star, as they look to recoup some funds following their own transfer outlay this summer, while his form has attracted a number of clubs. Italian giants AC Milan and Inter Milan, French sides Marseille and Monaco plus German’s RB Leipzig have all expressed their interest in the 22 year-old.   Born in New York, Balogun also ended the season by resolving his international future by becoming a senior international for USA and scoring his first goal against Canada last month.