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A Danish court has sentenced former Golden Eaglets star and FC Copenhagen of Denmark forward Akinkunmi Amoo to one year in prison for sexual assault The news of his sentencing was confirmed in a Tweet by former BBC World Football reporter, Osasu Obayiuwana. Amoo was sentenced on Friday, June 23, 2023. “Breaking: Akinkunmi Amoo, the @FCKobenhavn striker, was given a one-year jail sentence by a Copenhagen for sexual assault on Friday. Amoo is appealing the… Read the full article here

Receive free Chinese economy updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Chinese economy news every morning. China’s premier Li Qiang has criticised a western push to limit trade and business ties with the country and promoted international economic co-operation in a speech that described de-risking as a “false proposition”.“Governments should not over-reach themselves, still less stretch the concept of risk or turn it into an ideological tool,”… Read the full article here

Riot Platforms — one of the world’s largest Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies — has bought 33,280 “next-generation” Bitcoin miners for its Texas facility, costing $162.9 million.The rigs, which were sourced from mining manufacturer MicroBT, will boost the firm’s self-mining capacity by 7.6 exahashes per second (EH/s) and comes “in advance” of Bitcoin’s next halving cycle, which is set to take place in mid-2024.Riot Purchases 7.6 EH/s of Next Generation Miners from MicroBT,… Read the full article here

Cardi B put husband Offset on blast after he claimed she was cheating on him with another man. The “Bodak Yellow” rapper, 30, took to Twitter Spaces on Monday, June 26, to deny the rumors that she was unfaithful. “First of all, let me say. You can’t accuse me of all the things you know that you are guilty of. Sing it with me, y’all! And I see that it is easy for you to blame everything on me. Yes, honey!” she said on the social media platform. Cardi, who shares… Read the full article here

A wave of excitement filled the atmosphere when the Nigerian National Petroleum Commission Limited (NNPCL), last October,  announced the acquisition of OVH Energy Marketing Limited, the company behind the Oando Retail brand in West African countries. The then board chairperson of NNPC Limited, Margret Okadigbo, said the acquisition would strengthen NNPC’s downstream business portfolio and enhance national energy security and profitability. NNPCL had the intention to have 1,500… Read the full article here

While the pains of fuel subsidy removal still linger, the confusion surrounding a planned electricity tariff increment starting from July 1 has compounded the worries. In the last three years, several upward electricity Tariff adjustments have been made under the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s Multi-Year Tariff Order, MYTO, in line with current economic realities, in this case, the inflation rate and the exchange rate of Naira at foreign exchange window. Consequently, In… Read the full article here

An attempt by a former lawmaker in the Kwara State House of Assembly, Saheed Popoola who defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, to return to the APC has been rejected by his ward in Offa Local Government Area. At the end of a stakeholders’ meeting of the party at Ile Ola-Oke Hall, Offa, the stakeholders said “Saheed Popoola is not welcome in Ojomu Central ‘B’ ward of the All Progressives Congress, Offa.” DAILY POST reports… Read the full article here

Bauchi State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Monday revealed that it seized a total of 1,289.153 kilograms of different banned drugs from August, 2022 till date. The revelation was made by the State Commander of the Agency, Ali Aminu, while holding his inaugural press briefing in his office at the command headquarters in Bauchi, which coincided with the annual International Day against Drug/Substance Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking, which is held every… Read the full article here

Former Big Brother Naija Season 7 housemate, Doyinsola Anuoluwapo David has described her colleague, Adekunle as “a trifling human being and a very sorry excuse of a man.” She lambasted Adekunle for attempting to pitch the other housemates against her while they were in the Big Brother House. The reality star poured out her heart during the ‘Level Up’ reunion show Day 5, aired on Monday night. She said Adekunle owes his mother an apology for throwing away the home training she gave… Read the full article here

Former Liverpool man, Stan Collymore has pleaded with Erik ten Hag not to sell Jadon Sancho now. He believes the England forward deserves at least one more chance at the club. Collymore believes that if given another opportunity, the England international will impress the manager and the fans next season. Sancho joined the Red Devils from Borussia Dortmund for a fee of £73 million in 2021 and has received a lot of backlashes due to his lacklustre performances. The Englishman has blown hot… Read the full article here