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In his usual enthusiastic and positive fashion, Patrice Evra has posted a video on his Instagram page vowing to "come back stronger ever" after he was banned, fined and sacked for kicking a fan ahead of Marseille's Europa League tie at Guimaraes earlier this month. The former Manchester United and Juventus left-back was issued a ban from European club competition until June 30, 2018, and a €10,000 fine as a result of the incident. Since his ban only applies to UEFA club competitions, Evra could still play in a domestic league, and...

AFRIMA AWARDS 2017: The 2017 edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) held at the EKO Hotel & Suites , Lagos on Sunday amidst much pomp and pageantry. This year's edition witnessed Nigerian musicians and entertainers winning the biggest awards at the event. Wizkid edged past Davido to clinch the Artiste of the Year and Song of the Year and Best West African Artiste awards. Other Nigerian winners at the AFRIMA awards event are; Tiwa Savage, YCee, Wande Coal, 2baba, Adasa Cookey and Orezi. See the full list of...

Former FIFA president, Jose Sepp Blatter has denied allegations leveled against him by US women’s goalkeeper Hope Solo that he had grabbed her backside, describing the claim as “absurd and ridiculous”. The US soccer star made the allegation during an interview with Portuguese newspaper, Expresso. She revealed the former FIFA boss had sexually harassed her during the 2013 Ballon d'Or award ceremony. The 36-year-old goalkeeper claimed Blatter grabbed her butt while she was about to present an award to teammate Abby Wambach at the ceremony. “Sepp Blatter grabbed my ass,...

The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has rejected the latest ranking by The International Police Association and the Institute for Economics and Peace, that rated it as the worst police formation in the world. The 2016 World Internal Security and Police Index (WISPI) credited to the two organisations, rated the Nigerian police the worst in the world. The ranking measured the ability of the Police to address Internal Security Issues in 127 Countries in four key areas of Capacity, Process, Legitimacy and Outcomes. The ranking, according to a report by Cable, ...

The University of Lagos has provided a drug test kit in its medical centre to examine students suspected to be on hard drugs. This has become necessary to check the menace of drug abuse among students of the University. Prof. Rahaman Bello, outgoing Vice-Chancellor of the institution, confirmed this at a forum with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Bello said that the initiative became necessary in order to combat the upward trend of drug abuse in the nation’s tertiary institutions. “Drug abuse is a major problem for every...

Apparrently, the last has not been heard of Taylor Swift's quarrel with Kanye West, as the singer took another shot at Yeezy in her latest album, “Reputation”, which was released on Friday. Swift already appeared to take shots at West on her album’s first single, “Look What You Made Me Do.” But Swift's new tune “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” threw some more shade at West, People reported. "It was so nice being friends again/ where I was giving you a second chance/ but you stabbed me in the back...