The mugshots of all the officers involved in the death of an African American, George Floyd, have been released. Their mugshots were released after Senator Amy Klobuchar disclosed that Minnesota Attorney General, Keith Ellison is increasing charges against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to second-degree murder. The Star Tribune, citing multiple unnamed law enforcement sources, […]
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has said that only five airports will be allowed to open for domestic flights effective from June 21, 2020. A circular signed by the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu stated that the airports to reopen for operations include; Omagwa International Airport Port Harcourt, Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja, […]
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has been released from Kuje prison bluebloodz.com has learned. Yesterday Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos ordered his release. Recall that in December 2019, the former Abia state governor was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he was convicted of N7.1bn fraud alongside his firm, Slok Nigeria […]
Turkish Super Ligue leaders, Trabzonspor has been handed a one year ban by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for breaching its Financial Fair Play regulations. The European football governing body said this on Wednesday June 3 in a statement which revealed that the Turkish club “failed to be break-even compliant as required by a settlement agreement, which […]
A lot has been going on on social media platform Twitter since last night with influencers exposing themselves and releasing receipts to back their claims. One of the receipts released is a voice note that shows a Twitter influencer, Dehkunle of Africa, seemingly admitting that another influencer, Tife, is guilty of rape. Recall that Tife’s story […]
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has warned its citizens against visiting its consulate office at Walter Carrington Crescent over a planned protest on the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. It was earlier reported that some Nigerians had earlier announced plans to protest the killing of Floyd, a black man, at the […]
An independent autopsy ordered by George Floyd’s family and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner have concluded his death was a homicide — but they disagree as to what caused his death. The independent autopsy says Floyd died of “asphyxiation from sustained pressure.” This allegedly occurred when his neck and back were compressed — cutting off […]
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights has filed a complaint against the Minneapolis PD in the wake of George Floyd‘s killing. Governor Tim Walz announced the launch of the civil rights investigation, which will look into last week’s incident involving the 4 officers who arrested Floyd … in which one of them, Derek Chauvin, pressed his knee on George’s […]
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has stated that he will never beg any player to play for the national team, after Bournemouth midfielder Philip Billing said in a recent interview that he doesn’t want to play for Nigeria. 23-year-old Billing was born to a Nigerian father and Danish mother and has represented the Denmark’s youth […]
Recently, one of the victims of COVID-19 became a nurse from Sweden, Marielle DeBruhl. The 39-year-old woman, who had been taking care of COVID-19 patients, tested positive for the virus after the whole staff at her hospital was tested on April 17. Four days later, tragic news emerged that the woman was found dead at […]