SPORTS: Mohamed Salah Injury Update.

Mohamed Salah could feature at the World Cup, with the Egyptian FA hopeful the Liverpool star’s lay-off will not exceed three weeks.

The forward sustained a suspected shoulder injury during the Champions League final against Real Madrid in Kiev last weekend.

But initial fears that Salah would not recover in time to represent his country in Russia were allayed by the EFA on Wednesday evening.

“[The] Football Federation reaffirms Salah [will play] in the World Cup hopefully and his absence will not exceed three weeks,” it said.

Egypt’s first Group A match at the World Cup is against Uruguay on June 15 before meetings with Russia and Saudi Arabia on June 19 and June 25 respectively.

Salah scored 44 goals in 52 games for Liverpool during his debut season after joining the club from AS Roma last summer.

Pregnant Illegal Immigrant Cow To Be Executed After Wandering Over EU Border.

A pregnant runaway cow from Bulgaria which roamed into neighbouring Serbia, has been condemned to death because she crossed the EU border.

Red cow Penka, due in around three months’ time, wandered westwards away from its herd near the Bulgarian village of Kopilovtsi on May 12, straying over a border checkpoint into non-EU Serbia.

But after it was returned to its owner, Ivan Haralampiev, by a farmer over the frontier, Penka will now be executed because she didn’t have the proper paperwork – despite being given a clean bill of health by Serbian vets.

The motives are that she had left the borders of the EU” and cannot be imported back into the European Union, Haralampiev told public BNT television Thursday as he pleaded for his cow to be saved.

Officials told AFP Thursday that it was not in their powers to save Penka from the EU regulations. “It is not for us to decide. We are only implementing rules that come from Brussels,” vet expert Lyubomir Lyubomirov told AFP.

Zidane Resigns As Real Madrid Boss Days After Winning Historic Treble.

Zinedine Zidane has quit as Real Madrid manager days after he won his third consecutive Champions League title.

Despite being the first and only manager to win the Champions League three times in a row after a 3-1 victory over Liverpool, the club have stuttered domestically.

Zidane oversaw Real’s 2016-17 success in La Liga, but failed to win the league either side of that triumph.

Barcelona, historically Real’s greatest rivals, ran away with La Liga this season and finished 17 points clear of Zidane’s side.

Real Madrid could only finish third on 76 points, and were out of the running for the title early in the season. Pressure had been building on the French manager despite the success in Europe, in a competition that Real are undefeated in over their last 18 games.

His unparalleled success in the Champions League has been unable to shield him from criticism, and there has long been speculation that Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has been lined up to replace him.

Antonio Conte has been mentioned as he is expected to leave Chelsea this summer.

Zidane may not be the only big-name exit at the Bernabeu. He was non-committal after Gareth Bale said he was considering his future in the Spanish capital.

Cristiano Ronaldo also confirmed he was unsure over his future immediately after the Champions League final.

Real Madrid have been linked with moves for Neymar Jr at Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski as part of the rebuilding process due in the summer under president Florentino Perez.

Via: Yahoo Sports.

Ex-Soldier Attacks His Girlfriend For Serving Him Undercooked Chicken.

A man beat up his girlfriend so badly that she needed hospital treatment and the reason he gave was that she had undercooked his “chicken Kiev”.

Scott Howell, 32, an ex-Army reserve soldier, attacked Michelle Mundt, also 32, in anger over his dinner at the home they shared with their baby son in Glasgow, a family friend said.

Michell was left with horrendous facial injuries and had to be taken to hospital after the violent assault.

A source close to the family said Michelle had been the victim of abuse for a year before Howell was finally arrested and he was only caught out because Michelle was taken to the hospital.

“If it wasn’t for Michelle’s dad and step mum turning up that day, she may not have left the house alive,” they told the Daily Record. “The fact they saw her in this state was her only escape. His next girlfriend may not be so lucky.”

Howell admitted carrying out the attack on the day he was set to face trial at Glasgow Crown Court. He also pleaded guilty to charges of spitting on a female police officer who turned up to their house in the aftermath of the attack, and of being in possession of a knuckle duster.

Michelle, whose one-year-old son with Howell and daughter from a previous relationship were in the house at the time of the attack. Michelle tried to flee during the attack and she ran into her dad and her step mum outside the family home.

They called the police on the abusive man and he attacked the officer who turned up at their house.
He will be sentenced next month.

Internet Fraudster Bags Jail Term Over ₦125K Scam.

EFCC, on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, secured the conviction and sentencing of an Internet fraudster, Oluwatobiloba Badejo, before Justice O.A. Williams of the State High court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.

The convict was arraigned on May 25, 2018 on a two- count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents to the tune of ₦124,937.53.

Count one reads: “That you, Oluwatobiloba Badejo (aka Lynda Andrew) on or about the 20th of March, 2016, by false pretence and with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of ₦52,937.53 from one Manuel Alberto Rama Carracedo by falsely representing to him that you are a woman with the name Lynda Andre.”

Count two reads: “That you, Oluwatobiloba Badejo ( aka Lynda Andrew) on or about the 13thof June, 2016 at Lagos, by false pretence and with intent to defraud , obtained the sum of ₦72,000 from one Manuel Alberto Rama Carracedo by falsely representing to him that you are a woman with the name Lynda Andrew.”

He pleaded guilty to charge preferred against him after initially entering a plea bargain with the Commission to refund the money and also forfeit to the FG, a Dell laptop computer, which he used “as the instrumentality of fraud.”

Delivering his judgment, Justice Williams found the defendant guilty on both counts and sentenced him to one-year imprisonment.

Father Confesses To Defiling His Four Daughters.

A 41-year-old man, Michael Akpan-Isaiah, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly defiling his four daughters.

The minors are aged between two and 17 years. Isaiah, from Akwa Ibom State, allegedly committed the offence between April and May at Borokiri Sand Field, Port Harcourt.

The charge reads: “That you, Michael Akpan Isaiah, sometime in April, 2018, did have unlawful carnal knowledge of (name withheld) without her consent.

That you, Michael Akpan Isaiah, sometime in May, 2018, did have unlawful carnal knowledge of (name withheld) aged 7 years old.” The accused admitted committing the crime, but claimed he was manipulated.

But a Federation of International Women Lawyers (FIDA) representative, Fortune Ada Ndah, dismissed the claims and told the court that he carried out the act in his right senses.

She alleged that the incest had been going on even before the two-year-old he also defiled was born. “The accused has been forcefully sleeping with his daughters for the past three years,” Ndah added.

Chief Magistrate Zinnah Alikor described the act as an abomination, saying it was wicked and devilish. She blamed the mother for encouraging incest by not having a close relationship with her children.

Alikor declined jurisdiction on the charge and ordered that the original case file be sent to the state Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice. She ordered the remand of the accused in prison custody and adjourned the matter sine dine.

Addressing reporters after the sitting, Ndah said: “Medical diagnosis conducted on the children showed they have been defiled. FIDA is not happy about this irresponsible act of a man to his daughters. We will ensure the matter is prosecuted to act as a deterrent to others.”

The victims’ mother said she reported to her in-laws when she first noticed the amorous relationship between her husband and their daughters, but lamented that no action was taken. She alleged that her husband threatened and beat her and the children up anytime they complained.

Murder-Suicide: Boxer Murders Woman He Met Online Over Virginity Claim, Kills Himself.

A boxer who committed suicide is accused of killing his girlfriend for allegedly lying about her virginity. Police investigating the deaths believe Gary Chu, 28, killed 27-year-old Yee-min Huang after the pair met on Tinder. Detectives reportedly also suspected the woman had been cheating on him with other men.

CCTV footage captured Yee-min’s final movements as she followed the suspect up the stairwell to his flat. She was never seen alive again after that. Her body was found butchered and distributed into seven bags.

Chu, an amateur MMA fighter and boxing trainer living Taiwan, was found hanged a few days later.

A suicide note that reads, “She wronged me” was found by police.The search for Yee-min began on May 26 when her brother, Francis Huang, appealed to members of the public for help searching for his missing sister, who he said had been out of contact since May 19.

He suspected she was being held against her will by her Tinder boyfriend Chu. Later the same day, Chu claimed in a Facebook post that he had “never once hurt her or restricted her freedom“, suggesting it was Yee-min who kept coming back to him when he tried to break up with her.In the post, Chu also revealed possible motives for the killing, writing: “After we met on Tinder, she lied to me saying she was a virgin.

“I felt deceived and betrayed when I found out she had been lying and also cheating on me with other men.”

Yee-min’s brother contacted the police, who searched Chu’s home in Banqiao District and found it empty. They then inspected surveillance cameras in the residential complex, which revealed the last images of Yee-min on May 20. They also showed Chu carrying seven bin bags from his flat at 1am on May 22, tossing each bag into the flower garden of his complex.

On May 27 the authorities announced they had unearthed the victim’s scattered remains from the flower bed, while Chu’s body was found hanged at 5am the next day. After the news spread in Taiwan, Chu’s ex-wife shared photos of injuries allegedly inflicted on her by the suspect.

Unbothered: Suspects Smile For The Camera After Getting Arrested For ₦7M Fraud.

The suspected fraudsters pictured above looked unperturbed as they smiled for the camera moments after they were arrested by officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, for offences bordering on obtaining money under false pretences to the tune of over ₦7,000,000.00 (Seven Million Naira).

The suspects were arrested at Elomaz Hotel, Maryland, Lagos, following a petition received by the Commission from a complainant.

The complainant alleged that he was approached by one Dr. Lawal Ibrahim, who claimed to be the representative of an American company, Avis Beverages, in Africa for a purported agro-allied business.

He also alleged that he was subsequently introduced to one Dr. Ryan Wood, the purported company’s President, and Alhaji Akeem Olagbaju Jamiu, who also posed as the producer of the commodity.

The complainant further alleged that he was asked to register with the commodity producer with N150, 000.00 and also make a refundable deposit of ₦350,000.00.

As part of the grand plan to validate their claim, the complainant alleged that he was asked to register a company and acquire necessary documentations, including certificate of ownership, tax certificate, BNI, NAFDAC, Narcotics Control Board and money laundering clearance certificates in furtherance of the business.

The fraudsters were alleged to have also instructed the complainant to register with Avis Beverages with $65,000.00 once it was clear that he could obtain all the necessary documents.

However, the complainant, through a petition, sought the intervention of the Commission when he became suspicious of the transaction, a development that eventually led to the arrest of the suspected fraudsters.

The suspects will soon be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

Football Financier Arrested For Shaving Teenagers’ Pubic Hair.

The Lagos state police command has arrested the financier of Magico Football Academy Agege, Victor Achidume, 43, for allegedly shaving the pubic hair of five teenage boys.

Achideume was arrested after one of the students fell ill and informed his parents that their financier had shaved his armpit and private part on May 9th after warning him and others not to tell anyone.

“We do not belong to his team. We met him during a football match and he invited us to his house. He used to talk about football to us and he used to dash us ₦100 or ₦200. He told us to be coming to his house every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I went with my friends the first time.

He asked me if I had shaved my armpit and private part before and I said no. And then, he shaved it. He was talking about football as he was doing it. Then, he said I should not tell anyone and that I should be coming to his place to collect ₦100.” Oluwaseun said.

Another child, Oluwadare Ifeoluwa, 15, affirmed Oluwaseun statement “The man used to give us money every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. When we come, he will tell some people to come Tuesday and Thursday. The first day he saw me, he asked my name and about three weeks later, he asked me if I was at puberty stage. I said no.

He said he wanted to check it and when he checked it, he asked if I have shaved it before. I said yes I have. So, he said I should not worry. But my friends said they have not shaved before. The man shaved Oluwaseun Salaudeen’s hair six times and he shaved Damilare’s armpit twice. He told us that no one should know he usually asked such questions. We are not in his academy. His house is at Alagba Estate.” he said.

Offa Bank Robbery: Why I Personally Killed Over 20 People – Suspect.

Michael Adikwu, the dismissed Corporal turned leader of the armed robbery gang that attacked commercial banks in Offa, Kwara State, has told detectives why he wasted many lives including those of policemen that day.

Adiku, who said he was on a killing spree, told operatives of the Inspector-General of Police (IG) Intelligence Response Team (IRT) that he personally killed over 20 people, mostly policemen during the operation.

The suspect said he deliberately killed those policemen that day because he has scores to settle with the system, adding that they took Tramadol and other hard drugs before embarking on the mission.

Adikwu, a Corporal attached to the Kwara State unit of SARS, was dismissed after he was accused of freeing suspected armed robbers. He was later charged to court and sent to prison, where he spent three years.

A police source who gave update on the case, revealed that from findings, Adikwu had vowed to deal with the police for dismissing and jailing him.

He said:

“Adikwu, while in prison, had been threatening to the hearing of other inmates, that he would kill as many policemen as possible once he had the opportunity.

Adikwu led three others into the police station, while others stayed outside. They walked into the station as if they wanted to lodge a complaint with their pistols concealed under their clothes.

Immediately they entered, Adikwu said he shot the station guard, he killed 9 policemen at the station and carried their rifles. The suspects confessed that they took Tramadol and other hard drugs before embarking on the operation.

Over 30 people were killed that day and Adikwu said he personally killed over 20. One of those he went into the police station with was Arrow (Kunle Ogunleye).

After the operation, he went to each of the banks which were being robbed to issue orders. He was captured on CCTV shouting at his members, telling them what to do and what not to do.”

📷: TheNation