Day: August 25, 2023

Kiss Scandal: Rubiales Refuses To Resign As Spanish FA President

Ganiyu Amodu

“The kiss was the same I could give one of my daughters”.       Luis Rubiales has refused to resign as Spanish FA president for kissing Jenni Hermoso after Spain’s Women’s World Cup final victory on Sunday and says he has been subjected to a ‘social assassination’. Luis Rubiales claimed he is the victim of a witch hunt by “false feminists” as he refused to resign as Spanish FA president for kissing Jenni Hermoso after Spain’s Women’s World Cup final victory on Sunday. Rubiales, the president of the Royal…

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Tears As Nigerian Military Buries 20 Soldiers Killed In Niger + PHOTOS

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian Army has commenced the burial of not fewer than 20 officers and soldiers, who were killed in action by terrorists in Niger State. The military had, last week, revealed that 36 personnel were slain during an ambush by terrorists at Zungeru-Tegina Road and the subsequent jet crash that happened in Chukuba area of Shiroro, all in Niger State. Reports from the burial have it that the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru, and his counterpart for State, Bello Matawalle, as well as the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher…

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Putin Didn’t Order Plane Crash To Kill Prigozhin – Russia

Ganiyu Amodu

“Of course, in the West, this speculation is being presented from a certain angle. All of this is an absolute lie.” The Kremlin on Friday dismissed rumours it orchestrated the death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, presumed dead in a plane crash two months after leading a mutiny in Russia. It also announced by decree that Russian paramilitary fighters will be obliged to swear an oath to the Russian flag, part of measures to rein in groups like Wagner in the wake of the uprising. Speculation the Kremlin may have…

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Trump Surrenders At Georgia Jail

Damilola Olonade

Records posted on the jail’s website described Mr Trump as a white male, 6ft 3in, and weighing 215lbs (97kg), with blond or strawberry hair and blue eyes. His inmate number was P01135809.     Mr Donald Trump, former President of the United States of America (USA), has finally surrendered at Georgia Jail. He surrendered on Thursday in Georgia on charges of plotting to overturn the state’s 2020 election results Records posted on the jail’s website described Mr Trump as a white male, 6ft 3in, and weighing 215lbs (97kg), with blond…

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Spanish Woman’s W’Cup Kiss Scandal Degenerates, FA Chief To Quit

Ganiyu Amodu

Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales will quit his post after being roundly condemned by the football world for forcibly kissing a Spain player on the mouth following the Women’s World Cup final, several media outlets reported Thursday. Rubiales, 46, will submit his resignation as president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Friday at an extraordinary general assembly, according to the reports. After Spain’s 1-0 win over England in the final in Sydney on Sunday Rubiales gave midfielder Jennifer Hermoso an unsolicited kiss on the lips. He also celebrated the…

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‘I’ll Be Back Stronger,’ Says Tobi Amusan After World Title Loss

Ganiyu Amodu

“Yeah, it’s a tough one; nobody likes to lose but considering what I have gone through in the past couple of months, I’m so grateful that I came out.”   Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan says she will be back “stronger” next year after she lost her world women’s 100m hurdles crown to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams on Thursday in Budapest. In an interview with journalists after the game, Amusan, Platforms Africa reports, said that it was quite “a journey getting into the final” despite all she had gone through in the last…

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Lightning Hits Makkah Clock Tower As Heavy Rain Floods Holy City

Ganiyu Amodu

Authorities in Makkah ordered schools to remain closed on Wednesday after heavy rain battered parts of Saudi Arabia, with videos shared on social media showing pilgrims taking refuge from a heavy thunderstorm overnight. “Heavy rain fell on Tuesday evening, accompanied by thunderstorms, in separate parts of the neighbourhoods of Makkah Al Mukarramah,” the Saudi Press Agency reported. Education officials said schools would be closed on Wednesday owing to the unstable weather. READ ALSO:‘He Made Serious mistakes in Life’, Putin Breaks Silence On Prigozhin Death JUST IN: How Tobi Amusan Lost…

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‘He Made Serious mistakes in Life’, Putin Breaks Silence On Prigozhin Death

Ganiyu Amodu

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday paid tribute to his one-time ally and Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin who was killed in a plane crash Wednesday, calling the mercenary group chief “a person with a complicated fate,” multiple outlets reported. In a televised address, Putin revealed he had known Prigozhin since the 1990s. While seemingly referencing his failed mutiny, the Russian Leader added that Prigozhin “made serious mistakes in life” He said, “This was a person with a complicated fate, and he made serious mistakes in life but also sought…

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