Veteran comedian, Bill Cosby has been exonerated by a federal judge in a defamation lawsuit by 48-year old Renita Hill. According to reports, the case which was filed by the Pennsylvania woman was thrown out of the court with prejudice by U.S. District Judge Arthur Schwab. Hill in her suit had claimed the comedian defamed her in the media, causing her emotional distress, thus, went public with allegations in November 2014 that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her back in the 1980s. In the civil suit filed in October 2015, Hill cited three statements where the comedian, his then-lawyer Martin…
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Mos Def (real name is Yasiin Bey), was charged with using a false passport in South Africa and Afrobeat act Seun Kuti has something to stay about that. Seun Kuti called out the South African government, over the recent arrest of the American rapper, Mos Def. He boldly said the attempt was to make mockery the rapper who was nabbed for entering the country with fake documents. The afrobeat act took to his facebook page yesterday, (January 22) to express his disappointment and also condemn the act saying it was rather unafrican to discourage blacks who are trying to retrace…
Philly rapper Meek Mill is heading back to school to prove to the world that he is not a shit head and he can live a straight life. Maybach Music rapper revealed his plans while addressing students at the Overbrook High School in his hometown yesterday (January, 22) when he visited. He took the opportunity to talk to student about the importance of education and he encourage them to stay in school as he address them on stage. “I just enrolled in college myself,” said Meek. “I took it upon myself to do that because I want to be the…
Robert Lewandowski struck twice to steer champions Bayern Munich to a 2-1 win at Hamburg SV on Friday that stretched their lead at the top to 11 points as the Bundesliga resumed following a one-month winter break. The Bavarians made a slow and sluggish start before the Poland forward put them in front with a 37th-minute penalty after Thomas Mueller was brought down. Hamburg remained disciplined at the back and got their reward eight minutes into the second half when Xabi Alonso put an Aaron Hunt free kick through his own net. Lewandowski restored Bayern’s lead in the 61st minute,…
Bayern Munich face a mini defensive injury crisis after centre-back Jerome Boateng was ruled out for several weeks on Saturday with a groin injury. The 27-year-old had to be helped off in the second-half of Bayern’s 2-1 win at Hamburg on Friday, when the German league resumed following its winter break. He will definitely miss next Saturday’s game at home to bottom side Hoffenheim, then Bayer Leverkusen away in a fortnight, and faces a race against time to be fit for Bayern’s Champions League last 16 first-leg clash at Juventus in a month. “We have a problem, but we’ll find…
Lionel Messi scored a spectacular winner as Barcelona moved to the top of La Liga with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Malaga on Saturday. The European champions were handed the perfect start when Munir El Haddadi tapped home the opener after just 64 seconds, but were far from their best and Malaga deservedly levelled through Juanpi 13 minutes before the break. Messi had been struggling with a slight hamstring strain in the past week, but the five-time World Player of the Year made the difference once more as he volleyed home his 20th goal of the season to move Barca…
Leicester’s adventures in Premier League wonderland continued on Saturday as Jamie Vardy rediscovered his goalscoring touch in a deserved 3-0 victory over Stoke that thrust them to the top of the table. Vardy, unstoppable earlier in the season, had gone six league games without a goal but struck with a brilliant effort midway through the second half, latching on to Danny Drinkwater’s pass and rounding goalkeeper Jack Butland to slot the ball into an empty net. Drinkwater had earlier put Leicester ahead with a rare goal just before halftime, his deflected strike being the first Leicester have scored from outside…
Charlie Austin gave Southampton victory in the 87th minute, meeting James Ward-Prowse’s right-wing free-kick with an unerring header in his first appearance since signing from Queens Park Rangers. A beaming Austin said: “It does not get any better than that.” In a further blow to Van Gaal, right-back Matteo Darmian was forced off after a second-half collision with Shane Long, exacerbating United’s defensive injury crisis. United are now 10 points below Leicester, five points off the Champions League places and only three points above Liverpool, who saw off Norwich in a dizzying game thanks to a 95th-minute winner from Adam…
Tottenham Hotspur teenager Dele Alli scored a contender for goal of the season when he lifted the ball over his head, swivelled past a defender and volleyed home as they won 3-1 at Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday. The stunning 84th minute goal struck from 25 yards, watched by England manager Roy Hodgson, put Spurs in front for the first time after Harry Kane had equalised with a thundering header past goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey in the 63rd minute. Tottenham substitute Nacer Chadli added a third with a long-range curling strike in stoppage time. Both managers raved about…
Second half goals from Odion Ighalo and Craig Cathcart got Watford back to winning ways with a 2-1 success at home to injury-hit Newcastle on Saturday. Ighalo claimed his seventh goal in seven league games at Vicarage Road just after the break with the Nigerian striker setting up Northern Ireland defender Cathcart for the second 10 minutes later. Magpies’ defender Jamaal Lascelles reduced the deficit with his 71st-minute header following a Jonjo Shelvey cross. But the hosts held on to end their four-game losing streak and complete an unprecedented top-flight double against Newcastle. It lifted Quique Sanchez Flores’s side to…
Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal conceded that his decision to throw winger Adnan Januzaj on for defender Cameron Borthwick-Jackson played a part in Saturday’s 1-0 home Premier League defeat by Southampton. An inviting cross from the right flank presented Charlie Austin with a dream debut for the visitors and he powered home an unstoppable header three minutes from time. “I wanted to win this game and that’s why I changed Borthwick-Jackson for Januzaj,” said Van Gaal, whose side enjoyed a smash-and-grab 1-0 win at Liverpool last week despite a similarly listless display. “That is the risk you take, it…
Sunday Oliseh has spoken about his displeasure with the outcome of Friday’s 2016 African Nations Championship (Chan) between Nigeria and Tunisia. The game finished 1-1 with Ahmed Akaichi cancelling out Chisom Chikatara’s opener in the Group C game. Nigeria’s national team head coach, Oliseh however felt his players “deserved more” from the contest. “(The 1-1 draw with Tunisia) was not a fair result because looking at the physiognomy of the game, we dominated everything; had more; we managed the game and dictated the tempo of the game. “We had a feeling that we deserved more (from this game),” Oliseh told…
Sergio Aguero scored twice to answer an Enner Valencia double for West Ham United and earn Manchester City a crucial point in their push to regain the Premier League title on Saturday. Not for the first time City were thankful to their Argentine luminary who twice struck when the 2014 champions found themselves behind to the excellent home side in a vibrant contest. The Hammers’ livewire Ecuadorian Valencia had put them ahead after 53 seconds with a sharp shot but City responded within eight minutes, Aguero equalising from the penalty spot after he had been fouled by Carl Jenkinson. West…
Katsina State Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, has said that desertification would be halted in the northern part of the country with constant and available kerosene and cooking gas. The government has also donated a land for the construction of a Super Mega Stations and urged Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to make petroleum products available. Masari spoke at the Katsina Governor’s Lodge, Abuja on Friday when a delegation from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) led by the Executive Director, Commercial and Investment, Dr.Baba Tunde paid him a courtesy call. ADVERTISING The governor urged the NNPC management to…
The Secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), Ban Ki Moon, has appointed Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, a member of the United Nations Institute For Training And Research (UNITAR). According to a statement by PRNigeria, a media group for the government and military, the Minister’s appointment was effective from January 1. “The Hon. Minister of Transportation Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has been appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations Mr. Ban ki-moon to serve as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) for a Three Years Term…
Two prominent Ogun state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members are reportedly contending for the control of the party in the state. Reports have it that Senator Buruji Kashamu and former Speaker of House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole are the two major contenders for the control of the party in the state. This is coming on the heels of the announcement of the upcoming PDP congress elections, to be held in February 2016. Reports say that Bankole has issued a warning saying “I am still in PDP, if they repeat the same manipulation they did at the last congresses, we will…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state and other top officials of the Nigerian government have been summoned by the House of Representatives to clarify the details of the $470m CCTV deal. The past administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan awarded the contract for the installation of Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) in Abuja and Lagos for beef up the security of the two cities. The contract was awarded to a Chinese company, ZTE Corporation. Also invited to the probe hearing are: the National Security Adviser (NSA) General Babagana Monguno (rtd), minister of finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and Governor of the…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has denied reports that he owns property in Dubai. Fayose made the denial after a list of prominent Nigerians who allegedly own property in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was released by online platform, Sahara Reporters. “I’m ready to waive my immunity to be prosecuted if any house is linked to me in Dubai. I’m not a kind of person that will deny my assets,” the governor wrote on Twitter. The allegations were made after the Nigerian government reached an agreement with the UAE to enable the extradition of corrupt officials hiding stolen funds in…
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Chief Bisi Akande has described persons defecting into the ruling party as “parasites.” Akande made the comment during a recent interview. Excerpts below: What is your reaction to the continuous defection of politicians from the PDP to APC? The situation is like bringing together two pieces of wood to make furniture. If the wood is weak, the furniture will not be strong enough. It is true that we put the party (APC) together in a hurry and we put it together by merging political parties but before it became a political party, and glued into…
Former Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu has denied reports that he owns property in Dubai. Aliyu made the denial after a list of prominent Nigerians who allegedly own property in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was released by online platform, Sahara Reporters. The former governor’s response was contained in a statement released by his spokesman, Israel Ebije on Friday, January 22, 2016. It reads: “They should do their investigation and if I am found guilty of owning any property in UAE, the Federal Government (FG) should appropriate (it).” “I am totally committed to the President Muhammadu Buhari decisive effort towards…