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Super Eagles forward, Paul Onuachu, has won the Best Player and Golden Bull (highest scorer) awards in the Belgian Jupiler Pro League, after scoring 33 goals and providing three assists for KRC Genk who finished second on the log. He won the prize on Monday night at the Belgian Pro League Awards traditional gala held at the JAM hotel in Brussels following a stunning 2020/2021 campaign in which the 26-year-old scored the goals in 38 league matches and play-offs. “Paul Onuachu can call himself the Professional Footballer of the Jupiler Pro League for a year,” the league wrote on its…

One of the co-founders of TikTok is stepping down as CEO of ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok. Zhang Yiming, 38, said Thursday, May 20, that he will leave the role because he lacks managerial skills. He added that he preferred “reading and daydreaming” to running the tech giant. According to Bloomberg, he resigns with a net worth of $44.5billion, making him 31st on a list of the world’s richest people. On Monday, May 24, Zhang announced his resignation in an official letter to his employees. he reiterated that he lacked some skills that’d make him an ideal manager.…

A video surfaced online has shown moment a man caught a Prophet sleeping with his legal wife. Narrating how he caught them in the act, the man said his wife had told him she was going for a vigil, but he traced her to her location after he got information that she had been cheating. The man who noted that he gives his wife all the “styles” she wants, insisted that they must remain in same position till people gather. The man added that he goes out every morning to hustle for the family yet she chose to repay him…

The Nigeria Football Federation has released a 24-man list that will take on the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in a friendly match that will comes up in June. The clash is to take place on June 4 in Wiener Neustadt, south of the Austrian capital. SEE FULL LIST Goalkeepers: Francis Uzoho (APOEL Nicosia, Cyprus); John Noble (Enyimba FC); Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, The Netherlands). Defenders: Chidozie Awaziem (FC Boavista, Portugal); William Ekong (Watford FC, England); Olaoluwa Aina (Fulham FC, England); Jamilu Collins (SC Paderborn 07, Germany); Tyronne Ebuehi (FC Twente, The Netherlands); Valentine Ozornwafor (Galatasaray FC, Turkey) Midfielders: Oghenekaro Etebo (Galatasaray FC, Turkey);…

French fashion tycoon, Bernard Arnault is now the world’s richest man after his net worth climbed to $186.3billion. The chief executive of Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) saw his luxury goods firm stock increase by 0.4 per cent during the first hours of trading on Monday, May 24. The rise pushed Arnault’s personal stake up by more than $600million and placed LVMH’s market cap at $320billion, according to Forbes. Arnault’s overall net worth jumped to $186.3billion, edging past Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who is worth $186billion, by ‘only’ $300million in the world’s rich list. It comes just days after Arnault pushed Elon…

The future of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is in the balance as the House of Representatives members are considering a bill to scrap the scheme. The scheme will be 50 years old in 2023, but it may not get to celebrate the 50th anniversary, if the bill becomes law. Awaji Abiante, a lawmaker from Rivers State on Wednesday sponsored a bill to repeal the act establishing the scheme and to also amend the 1999 constitution accordingly. The lawmaker seeks to use the bill to amend section 315 (1)(a) of the 1999 constitution. It would be recalled that the…

Former Bayern Munich manager, Hansi Flick has been appointed as Germany’s new manager. The German Football Association (DFB) confirmed in a statement that Flick will replace incumbent manager Joachim Low at the end of the Euro 2020 campaign, which is set to get underway next month. The 56-year-old, who guided Bayern Munich to six major honours during his brief tenure at the Allianz Arena, has signed a three-year contract that will run until the end of the 2024 European Championship campaign. “It all went surprisingly quickly for me with the signature, but I am very happy to be able to…

The sponsor, Mr Awaji-Inombek Abiante, in the explanatory memorandum of the proposal, rolled out the various reasons the scheme (NYSC) should be scrapped. The statement read partly; “This bill seeks to repeal Section 315(5)(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, (as amended) on the following grounds: “Incessant killing of innocent corps members in some parts of the country due to banditry, religious extremism and ethnic violence; incessant kidnapping of innocent corps members across the country; “Public and private agencies/departments are no longer recruiting able and qualified Nigerian youths, thus relying heavily on the availability of corps…

Stunning visuals are brought your way in a new music video from the fast-rising Nigerian singer Mikun, coming off of the success of his previous track ‘Angelina which features Icontrolla, the talented Mikun delivers his new track M.Y.D which is an acronym for Miss You Die. In the song, Mikun gives a lovesick performance about how tender a Yourba man’s heart really is when dealing with rejection. The beat was self-produced by Mikun as well which served as a testament to his versatility as an artist overall, with its mid-tempo flow that he was able to perfectly time and…

Gunmen invaded lecture halls in Delta State Polytechnic, causing students and staff to flee for dear life. In a video shared online, students of the institution are seen jumping out of the lecture halls through open windows. The gunmen, said to be cult members, stormed the school premises on Monday morning, May 24. Gunshots were heard in the Department of Science and Lab Technology and that brought lectures to an end as everyone ran off. One person allegedly died in the clash and footage of the dead with blood gushing out of his head is circulating online.…