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MURIC Director, Ishaq Akintola The Director and Founder of the Muslim Rights Concern, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Monday urged Nigerians not to jump to conclusions over the viral video of some madrasa students being brutally flogged in Kwara State. Although he noted that the punishment meted out to the students was ‘too harsh’, Akinsola said that those condemning the brutal flogging encourage their children to participate in the Big Brother Naija show.  Akintola aired his views in a statement released on MURIC‘s website where he urged the public to allow the state government to investigate the matter.  The statement read in part, “While we regard the punishment meted out to the students as too harsh, we maintain that the action of the school authorities should not be judged in isolation. The fact that the parents requested the school to discipline their children must not be ignored. “MURIC is also in possession of another video in which the students confessed that they engage...

  Select   NPFL  UEFA Nations League  Copa America  Euro 2020  Ligue 1  Europa League  UEFA Champions League  Bundesliga  La Liga Santander  Serie A  English Premier League    Select Saturday, October 16, 2021 Watford 1:30 PM Liverpool Aston Villa 4:00 PM  Wolverhampton Wanderers Southampton 4:00 PM  Leeds United Leicester City 4:00 PM  Manchester United Norwich City 4:00 PM  Brighton & Hove Albion Manchester City 4:00 PM  Burnley Brentford 6:30 PM  Chelsea Sunday, October 17, 2021 Everton 3:00 PM West Ham United Newcastle United 5:30 PM  Tottenham Hotspur Monday, October 18, 2021 Arsenal 9:00 PM Crystal Palace Friday, October 22, 2021 Arsenal 9:00 PM Aston Villa

  Mohamed Salah Mohamed Salah netted a brilliant solo goal for Liverpool in a 2-2 draw with Manchester City at the weekend and moved closer to overtaking as the leading African scorer in the English Premier League. Retired Ivory Coast great Drogba bagged 104 goals in two spells with Chelsea while Salah lifted his total to 103 with a wonderful goal against City at Anfield. While scoring is second nature to the Egyptian, Ghanaian Iddrisu Baba claimed his first for Real Mallorca in his 102nd appearance for the La Liga outfit. 

                                    Cristiano Ronaldo  Alex Ferguson has added to the growing pressure on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer by criticising the Manchester United manager’s decision to use Cristiano Ronaldo as a substitute against Everton. Solskjaer surprisingly left Ronaldo on the bench for the first 57 minutes of Saturday’s damaging 1-1 draw at Old Trafford. United were leading 1-0 when the Portugal star was introduced, but Andros Townsend equalised to leave Solskjaer’s misfiring team with only one win in their past four games in all competitions. Ronaldo has been in fine form since rejoining United, scoring five times in his first six games, including the late winner against Villarreal three days before the Everton match. The 36-year-old looked frustrated, muttering to himself and shaking his head when he walked off the pitch at full-time on Saturday. Solskjaer was already under fire after...

The 29-year-old housemate, Hazel Oyeye Onou, aka Whitemoney, has won the 2021 BBNaija ‘Shine Ya Eye’ edition. After 72 days in the Big Brother Naija lockdown house, Whitemoney, who has been a fan favourite from the beginning of the show, beat Pere, Angel, Cross, Emmanuel and Liquorose to the ultimate prize.