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 Federal government has directed all civil servants to close by 1pm today March 29 in order for workers to return to their homes in time to cheer the Super Eagles as they play against the Black Stars of Ghana in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 playoff final battle at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium. The directive was contained in a memo signed by Dr. Ngozi Onwudiwe, the Permanent Secretary (Service Welfare Office) for Head of the Civil …
John Dumelo has taken to Instagram to mock Nigeria’s Super Eagles after their match with Ghana ended in a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their World Cup playoff in Kumasi. Ahead of the match, Dumelo had said he would trek barefoot from Accra in Ghana to Lagos, Nigeria, if the SuperEagles win. Immediately after the match ended in 0-0, he took to Instagram to write: “Dear super chickens, I was very confident you won’t win this game.”
The National Police is investigating after the house of Real Madrid striker, Karim Benzema, was broken into and robbed while the footballer was participating in the League match against Elche, at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium on Sunday January 23. According to reports, the robbery occurred between 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the player’s home located in the Madrid municipality of San Sebastián de los Reyes. The first police investigations indicate that the thieves jumped the fences from the outer …
The National Assembly has suspended the recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians for the Special Public Works programme under the National Directorate of Employment to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made on Wednesday July 1 after some lawmakers engaged in a shouting match with Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo. Spokesperson for the Senate, Ajibola Basiru who admitted that the recruitment exercise was suspended after a disagreement with Keyamo, said the the Minister in …
Round 32 of the English Premier league table started on Tuesday with Manchester United recording an impressive 3-0 win over Brighton as they continue their chase for a top four spot. West Ham, Aston Villa, Bournemouth and Norwhich city all lie at the bottom of the table as the race to avoid relegation gets tougher. Liverpool are already the EPL winners …