A 19-year-old Black Lives Matter activist from Florida has been found dead one week after she went missing. Tallahassee police found the bodies of Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau, along with 75-year-old Victoria Sims, on Saturday. Their deaths are being investigated as…
Black Lives Matter: Premier League wants to be on right side of history, says Ian Wright
Premier League players wearing ‘Black Lives Matter’ on their shirts shows the league wants to be on the right side of history, says Ian Wright. Players’ names will be replaced on the back of their shirts with ‘Black Lives Matter’…
FIFA issues plea for ‘tolerance’ after Trump’s threat to snub football over anthem row
FIFA has responded to a threat to boycott US football matches by President Donald Trump, urging the world to “say no to racism and violence” after the latest row over athletes who take a knee during the American national anthem.…
Premier League players to wear ‘Black Lives Matter’ on back of shirts
Premier League players’ names will be replaced on the back of their shirts with ‘Black Lives Matter’ for the first 12 matches of the restarted season. The Premier League will also support any player who chooses to ‘take a knee’…
NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace races in Black Lives Matter car after Confederate flag ban
On the same day NASCAR banned the confederate flag, Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only black driver, raced his No. 43 car with a Black Lives Matter paint scheme. The hood featured a black hand and white hand gripping in solidarity with…
*Rapist get 21 years imprisonment as court sentences robbers to death (Guardian) *Lagos mechanic burnt in gas explosion, NOHIL detains corpse (Punch)
Rapist get 21 years imprisonment as court sentences robbers to death (Guardian) Lagos State High Court, Igbosere on Wednesday sentenced two men, Williams Umoh Udoh and Ubong Lazarus Isaiah, to death for armed robbery in Lagos. The court sentenced Ubong…
Venus Williams ‘brought to tears’ by Black Lives Matter protests
Venus Williams revealed she was ‘brought to tears’ by the ‘solidarity that has erupted across the USA’ during the Black Lives Matter protests. Williams, the American seven-time Grand Slam champion, believes the protests have merely ‘scratched the surface of the…
*Virtual courts: Lagos takes FG, NASS to Supreme Court (Nation) *UNILAG scholars attract N115.5m research grants from UK, Germany (Tribune)
Virtual courts: Lagos takes FG, NASS to Supreme Court (Nation) The Lagos State Government has asked the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of virtual court hearings. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and the…
Anthony Joshua on crutches as he marches in Black Lives Matter protest
Anthony Joshua joined a Black Lives Matter protest in his hometown of Watford on Saturday afternoon, despite wearing a brace on his left leg and using crutches. The WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion, wearing a black hoodie bearing the…
Coco Gauff demands change in powerful Black Lives Matter speech
Sixteen-year-old American tennis player Coco Gauff has given an emotional speech at a Black Lives Matter protest saying she “demands change now”. Gauff, one of the sport’s rising stars, urged people to vote and speak out against racism, adding: “If…