Barcelona accused of tax fraud in Neymar signing

Spanish public prosecutors have asked for Barcelona and their former president Sandro Rosell to be tried for two charges of tax fraud committed in the signing of Brazilian star Neymar.

Meanwhile, prosecutors have also asked for the investigation

West Ham, Sakho face FIFA proceedings

FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against West Ham and Diafra Sakho after the Senegal striker missed the Africa Cup of Nations, but still turned out for his club.

Sakho withdrew from the tournament in Equatorial Guinea due to a back problem, but came on as a substitute to score the winner in West Ham’s FA Cup fourth round tie at Bristol City before his country were knocked out of the AFCON.

The Senegal Football Federation lodged a complaint with FIFA after hearing of Sakho’s involvement in that match and coach Alain Giresse claimed West Ham had set a “dangerous precedent” by opting to select the 25-year-old.

Siasia salutes Flying Eagles

...says qualify talents abound in Nigeria

Dream Team coach Samson Siasia has saluted the Flying Eagles after they emerged champions of the 2015 Super 6 tournament in Abuja.

Siasia’s U23 team could only secure a 3-3 draw against the Flying Eagles in the final game of the mini-tournament on Sunday, coming second to their junior counterparts.

“They are good. They are a very good team and I congratulate them. I see that Manu Garba and Nduka Ugbade have both done some tremendous work to have produced this team. “They gave us a very good fight and they were always attacking us and we almost paid the price, and I will say I am happy with what I have seen.

“When you look at our team and this Flying Eagles team, it tells you a lot about the quality of players we have in this country and it is something we should be proud of,” Siasia added.

2015 AYC: We’re going to Senegal to win – Ugbade

Apparently basking in the euphoria of the superlative performance of the national U-20 team, the Flying Eagles at the just ended Super 6 invitational tournament in Abuja, assistant coach of the team, Nduka Ugbade has boasted that the team will not be going to the forthcoming African Youth Championship (AYC) in Senegal just to complete the number, but to fight for the trophy.

Whitney Houston’s daughter ‘fighting for life’

Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of late singing legend Whitney Houston, was fighting for her life Monday after she was pulled unconscious from a bathtub over the weekend,

Certificate: Court grants ex-parte application to serve Buhari through newspapers

An Abuja Federal High Court on Monday granted an ex-parte application in an eligibility suit seeking to serve court processes on APC presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), through three newspapers. The presiding judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, also fixed Feb. 9 for mention and possible hearing in the suit challenging Buhari’s eligibility to contest the elections over his Secondary School Certificate.

The plaintiff, Mr Max Ozoaka, a lawyer, who filed the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/14/2015 through an originating summons filed by his counsel, Mr Ade Okeaya-Inneh (SAN), joined Buhari and INEC as co-defendants. The court also granted the plaintiff’s prayers for Buhari and INEC to abridge time within which to enter appearance in the suit and ordered that service be made on them before Feb. 9.

 Ozoaka’s counsel, Okeaya-Inneh, in the originating summons, is seeking an order to disqualify Buhari from contesting and/or participating in the Feb. 14 presidential elections or any other date INEC may fix. He is also seeking an order restraining INEC from permitting Buhari to participate in the Feb. 14 presidential elections or any other date that it may fix for the said 

elections.

 The plaintiff is also seeking a declaration that by the combined provisions of Sections 31(1)(2) and (3) of the 2010 Electoral Act and INEC Form CF 001, Buhari is mandatorily obliged to strictly comply with their provisions.

 This, he argued, had to do with Buhari’s filing and submission of INEC Form CF 001, without attaching evidence of educational qualifications as required, which was an offence under Section 31 of the Act. The plaintiff, therefore, prayed the court to declare that Buhari is not eligible to participate in the 2015 presidential election for failure to comply with the terms for submission of list of candidates.

Any attempt to postpone Feb 14 poll is an invitation to anarchy – Baraje

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ,Alh Abubakar Kawu Baraje has said that the party will support the Nigerian masses in

Protesters storm INEC office, demand election postponement

A group of Nigerian youths not favorably disposed to going ahead with this month’s general elections,due to the inability of many registered voters to collect their Permanent Voter Cards,PVCs, protested to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday,to demand postponement.