Liverpool captain, Virgil van Dijk has been banned for one further match and fined £100,000 for using abusive and insulting words to match officials after he was sent off against Newcastle. The Dutch defender was shown a straight red card for denial of a goal-scoring opportunity when fouling Newcastle’s Alexander Isak, but was seen visibly remonstrating with referee John Brookes and fourth official Craig Pawson. Van Dijk appeared to label the decision a ‘f***ing joke’ and took his …
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The Special Assistant to President Buhari on Digital and New Media has advised members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop insulting presidential aspirants of the party. “Let the aspirants troll one another if they wish, LOL. My message is for you, not them. They’ve known one another for years. Have worked together, played politics together. Have earned the right to troll one another, if they so wish. Na you suppose give yourself,” he said. “APC people, …
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters has reacted to the viral video of soldiers who were seen insulting the Chief of Army Staff Tukur Buratai, after an ambush which led to the death of two soldiers and also left three others injured. It was further learnt that a recovery truck, one troops carrying vehicle and a water tanker that ran into the IED were destroyed by fire in the ambush in which 3 Boko Haram terrorists were also neutralized. The Defence Headquarters said the …