Brazil’s Supreme Court has sentenced former president, Fernando Collor de Mello to eight years and 10 months in prison for corruption on Wednesday, part of the fallout from the country’s sweeping Car Wash graft investigation. The high court had convicted Collor of taking 20 million reais ($4 million) in bribes as a senator from 2010 to 2014 in exchange for …

The General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Dr. Mohammed Sanusi on Friday evening presented $1,000 to the Flying Eagles for their performance against Gli Azzurrini of Italy in the ongoing FIFA U20 World Cup in Argentina. Sanusi had made the presentation on Friday evening in Buenos Aires after the Flying Eagles last training session ahead of the team’s encounter against Brazil on …

Supporters of former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro have invaded the country’s congress and supreme court. Bolsonaro lost the presidential election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in October, but his supporters are protesting the outcome of the election asking for Lula’s resignation and that the military should step in. The protesters, who stormed the presidential palace, destroyed properties and …

Agbasi Prosper was detained by agents from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, with 105 packets of cocaine allegedly smuggled in as candy on Christmas Day. Prosper was returning from Brazil. The suspect was nabbed at the ‘D’ Arrival Hall of the airport during inward clearance of passengers from Sao …