Connor McGregor is charged after carrying out attack on rival fighters in their tour bus, leaving two injured

 
MMA fighter Conor McGregor has been charged with three counts of assault and one count of criminal mischief after he launched an attack on a bus full of rival fighters.
The attack took place at a UFC press event in Brooklyn on Thursday, the New York Police Department has said.

The 29-year-old, who became the first UFC fighter to hold two world titles simultaneously, can be seen in a video footage as he entered with his entourage, then picked up a pushcart and hurled it at his rivals' bus after UFC 223 media day at Barclays Center in New York City.

The attack left two fighters injured. UFC lightweight Michael Chiesa suffered a laceration to his face and, as a result, was forced to pull from Saturday's UFC 223. Flyweight Ray Borg suffered "multiple cornea abrasions" and will also not be taking part in his fight against Brandon Moreno.

Connor McGregor was scheduled to lose his UFC lightweight belt on Saturday to the winner of the title bout between Max Holloway and Khabib Nurmagomedov, the latter of whom appeared to be the target of McGregor's attack.

The Irishman turned himself in to police on Thursday evening shortly after the attack.
"He's been charged with assault, three counts of assault, and one count of criminal mischief," Thomas Antonetti of the NYPD said today.
"He's still in custody, still at the police precinct until he's removed to court this morning."

He added that 25-year-old Cian Cowley, also a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, from Hyde Park, Dalkey, has been charged with assault.
Watch the video of the assault below.

Eight Members of Iran Football Team are Men

It has been discovered that Iranian soccer officials filled the women’s soccer team with eight big, strong, fast men.

Iranian soccer officials are accused of taking advantage of a sports policy which allows biological men to play on women’s teams if they believe they are women trapped in men’s bodies. This policy was announced by the International Olympic Committee and allows men to participate in Olympic events without undergoing sex change procedures.

When the policy was announced, people worried that some countries would take advantage of the policies and replace their female athletes with men and just as feared, it happened, starting with Iran.

Iranian official, Mojtabi Sharifi, admitted that the men were waiting for sex change operations.

Reacting to this, soccer authorities have ordered that all 8 men undergo gender testing to determine their levels of testosterone. This isn’t the first time the Iranian women’s team has fielded men. There were rumors that the players were men in 2011 and random gender checks in 2014 revealed some of the supposed women were men.

The problem is complicated by the Iranian culture which prohibits women from traveling unless they are given permission by their husbands or fathers. For example, Niloufar Ardalan who was recently prevented from accompanying the soccer team to a game in Malaysia because her husband would not allow her to travel.

Trevor Noah explains in the most hilarious way why a White South African woman was sent to prison for 3 years for being racist

A White South African woman got sentenced to three years in prison for being extremely racist, but some people feel it was not necessary to lock her up. And Trevor Noah has explained in his uniquely funny way, why the woman was locked up.

Vicki Momberg's car was broken into in South Africa and when two policemen arrived to attend to the matter, she flipped on the Black policemen and insisted they leave. She said she wanted a policeman of any other colour to attend to her as long as he wasn't Black. But she didn't stop there. She went on to call the men a derogatory word - Kaffir, 48 times
She said: "I'm happy for a white person to assist me or a coloured person or an Indian person. I do not want a black person to assist me.
"If I see a Kaffir, I will drive him over. If I have a gun, I will shoot everybody."

Kaffir is a very racist word in South Africa. It's the equivalent of "Nigger" in America, but Kaffir is even worse and more demeaning. It is the most offensive racial slur in South Africa.

Vicki reportedly called the policemen "Kaffir" 48 good times and that led to her being imprisoned for racist speech.

On Wednesday, she was sentenced to three years in prison, with one year suspended. She is the first person in South Africa to be sent to prison for using racist language against someone, according to prosecutors and legal experts.

Some people condemned the sentence and said it was wrong to imprison anyone for free speech. But others said she crossed the line and went beyond what can be accepted as free speech.

Trevor Noah explained the situation on his show and made sure to add a good dose of humour to it as is his usual way.
Watch Trevor Noah's opinion on the matter in the video below.

Bollywood actor, Salma Khan, sentenced to 5 years in prison for illegal poaching that happened 20 years ago

Superstar Bollywood actor, Salma Khan has been sentenced to five years in prison for illegal poaching.
Khan was found guilty of killing two blackbucks, a type of antelope found in the country, while working on a film in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan in 1998.

Prosecutors allege that Khan shot the animals while out driving with some of his co-stars. In addition to his prison sentence, he was also fined 10,000 Indian rupees.
The decades-old case came to a close today as the 52-year-old popular actor was sentenced. For years, Khan has maintained his innocence in the case and pleaded not guilty. His lawyers said he was carrying an air gun, which couldn't have been used for hunting.

After he was sentenced, Bhawani Singh, a public prosecutor working on the case, told reporters outside the court that Khan can appeal the decision to a higher court. If Khan's appeal is accepted, he could be granted bail or have his sentence suspended.
The other actors involved in the case, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam Kothari, were charged with abetting a crime but were acquitted Thursday, Singh said.

Khan has had several brushes with the law, including in 2015 when he was found guilty in a deadly hit and run accident and received a five-year prison sentence. A higher court later tossed the conviction, claiming the evidence presented was not sufficient.

Drug Abuse: Bayero University lecturer, Dr. Bala Muhammad accuses Igbo people of supplying codeine syrups into northern region

 

A lecturer at the Faculty of Communication,  Bayero University Kano, Dr. Bala Muhammad, has accused Igbo drug merchants of allegedly supplying codeine syrups into the north, Daily Nigerian reports.

Muhammad made the accusation while presenting a paper at the Kano Youth Summit on Peace Advocacy and Development, organised by Hamisu Magaji Foundation, at Mambayya House, on Monday.

In the paper titled: “Nexus Between Youth, Drugs, Crime and Insecurity”, Mr Muhammad blamed the Igbos, with the connivance of local people, for the prevalence of drug abuse in the northern region, especially Kano state.

The lecturer wondered why drug abuse was not prevalent in the Southeastern region, but the Igbo people supply cough syrup that contains codeine for the consumption of the Northern youth.

“Our investigation revealed that drug abuse is beyond normal marijuana, cocaine, alcohol, etc. It has moved to the extent that the medicines we take in order to cure our diseases are now being converted into hard drugs.

“We then discovered that it is the handiwork of the Igbo people, who connive with our local people here, to supply the codeine into our region, especially into Kano state.

“There are many instances where Igbo guys were arrested for supplying codeine into Kano and some parts of the North. The cases have been reported in national dailies.

“So, why shouldn’t they take it to their region? Why don’t their youth engage in drug abuse? This is really sad, and we have to rise up to fight this menace,” he lamented.

Dr. Mohammed also blamed court judges for compromise to secure the release of the suspects without trial, noting that it was the reason the problem was deteriorating.

He, therefore, called on the general public to fight the menace themselves within their respective communities, advising people not to disown the youth engaged in drug abuse.

Microsoft donates laptops, mathematical sets, projector, printer and others to the Ghanaian school where a teacher drew Ms Word software on the board

Microsoft has donated 27 laptops, 130 mathematical sets, one projector, 130 school uniforms and one printer to the Ghanaian school where an ICT teacher, Owura Kwadwo had to draw MS Word software on the blackboard due to lack of computers in the school. More photos below 

Alan Pardew leaves West Brom with 6 games to go

Alan Pardew has been sacked as head coach of West Bromwich Albion after just one win in 18 Premier League games since he took charge last November.

The club’s hierarchy held talks following the latest defeat by Burnley on Saturday and parted company with the former Crystal Palace, Newcastle United and West Ham United manager.

Pardew’s contract included a break clause at the end of the season minimising the club’s potential pay-off. The first-team coach Darren Moore has been placed in caretaker charge for the game against Swansea City next Saturday.