Alex Sandro’s goal and an own goal from German Pezzella were enough to seal the title with five games to spare for the reigning champions Juventus confirmed their domestic supremacy in Italy by sealing a record eighth consecutive Scudetto win after Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Fiorentina. The Turin giants suffered disappointment in Europe in midweek, losing to Ajax to crash out of the Champions League at the quarter-final stage. But in Italy at least Massimiliano Allegri’s men remain on top of the pile. Alex Sandro hit in the first half…
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Bearded Men Carry ‘More Germs Than Dogs’ ― Study
Men’s beards carry more germs than dogs do in their fur, a study has found. Scientists looked at the levels of bacteria lurking in 18 men’s facial hair and 30 dogs from different breeds. “The researchers found a significantly higher bacterial load in specimens taken from the men’s beards compared with the dogs’ fur,” Professor Andreas Gutzeit, of Switzerland’s Hirslanden Clinic, said. The study was designed to find out if there was a risk of humans picking up a disease from dogs if they used the same MRI scanner as…
Read MoreAkeredolu suspended byAPC NWC for anti-party activities
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has been suspended by the National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress, for anti-party activities. The party’s NWC had on March 1 resolved to issue a query to the governor over what it described as glaring anti-party activities. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Isa-Onilu, after a meeting presided over by the national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, the party had said the governor’s anti-party activities “greatly affected the fortunes of its candidates in the recently conducted presidential and National Assembly elections…
Read More19-year-old burnt to death in Bangladesh for reporting sexual assault
Less than two weeks after reporting a sexual harassment complaint against her headmaster, Nusrat Jahan Rafi was doused with kerosene and set on fire at her school in Bangladesh. Her courage in speaking out against sexual assault, her death five days after being set alight and everything that happened in-between has gripped Bangladesh and brought attention to the vulnerability of sexual harassment victims in this conservative South Asian country. Nusrat, who was 19, was from Feni, a small town 100 miles (160km) south of Dhaka. She was studying at a…
Read MoreLiberian President chased from his office by snakes
The Liberian President, George Weah, has been forced out of his office by two black snakes. This has made the former world and African best footballer to work from his private residence since Wednesday. Weah’s Press secretary, Mr Smith Toby, said that two black snakes were found in the foreign affairs ministry building, Weah’s official place of work. In view of this, therefore, all staff have been told to stay away until 22 April. “It’s just to make sure that crawling and creeping things get fumigated from the building. “The…
Read MoreRobbery: Eight Nigerians sentenced to death in UAE
Eight Nigerians have been sentenced to death by the Criminal Court of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, for carrying out what it termed as “a string of armed robberies” at money exchanges and cash machines across the emirate in December 2016. Khaleej Times, a UAE medium, reported on Thursday that the ninth suspect was however sentenced to six months imprisonment for possession of stolen money. He would be deported after serving the jail term. The report noted that the ninth suspect denied the charge against him and claimed that one…
Read MoreMan Nailed To The Cross In Philippines in extreme Easter celebration
In a blood-soaked display of religious fervour in the Philippines, a man was nailed to a cross with up to 10 more to follow while barefoot men beat themselves with flails on Good Friday. Frowned upon by the Church, the ritual crucifixions and self-flagellation in the north of the country are extreme affirmations of faith performed every Easter in Asia’s Catholic outpost. Wilfredo Salvador stared at the sky and appeared to mumble a prayer after the slight 62-year-old with wild grey hair and a long beard became the first local…
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