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  • EPL: Benjamin Mendy sues Man City over unpaid wages

    EPL: Benjamin Mendy sues Man City over unpaid wages

    Former Manchester City defender, Benjamin Mindy has sued the English defending Champions over unpaid wages, according to Daily Mail.

    Recall that In October 2020, Mendy was accused of raping a 24-year-old woman in a bedroom at his home in Cheshire.

    Mendy also got sued for attempting to rape a 29-year-old woman at his home two years earlier.

    These charges saw City stop paying his £100,000-a-week wages in September 2021.

    Mendy has now launched a “multi-million-pound claim” against City for wages owed.

    The claim is reported to have been lodged with the Employment Tribunal in recent days, with Mendy claiming ‘unauthorized deductions from wages’ while his trial was ongoing.

  • House of Reps summons NFF over Super Falcons’ unpaid wages

    House of Reps summons NFF over Super Falcons’ unpaid wages

    Ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup beginning next week in Australia and New Zealand, the House of Representatives summoned the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) to its chamber on Thursday over issues bothering on Super Falcons’ unpaid wages and allowances.

    The House also asked the NFF to immediately pay outstanding match bonuses and allowances to the Super Falcons.

    At the floor of the Green Chamber, Hon. Olumide Osoba,  said the House will set up an Ad-hoc Committee to investigate the dispute between the Super Falcons and the NFF and propose necessary reforms to prevent the planned protest and boycott of the Nigeria Female Football team at the Women’s World Cup also to prevent future occurrences.

    Continuing, Osoba said the national female football team is facing significant challenges and unrest threatening to disrupt participation in the upcoming Women’s World Cup.

    He expressed concerns over the potential embarrassment and negative impact on the nation’s reputation if the planned protest and boycott are allowed to go ahead without intervention as witnessed in previous incidents involving the Nigerian women’s basketball team.

    He said: “The Super Falcons have threatened to boycott their opening game on July 21, resulting in potential embarrassment for the government and jeopardizing Nigeria’s participation in the tournament.”

    Although, captain of the side, Onome Ebi has denied any planned move to boycott the first match of the competition against Canada, the NFF and the Super Falcons have been at loggerheads over allowances and welfare of the team.

  • Hungry worker kills boss over unpaid wages in Ondo

    Hungry worker kills boss over unpaid wages in Ondo

    The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a worker, Adewale Adegoroye, for allegedly killing his boss, Akinwumi Akinmulero, the manager of a cooperative society owned by cocoa farmers in Ondo State.

    The 42-year-old suspect was said to have been hired by Akinmulero on commission basis since September 2017, but had a disagreement with the manager on Wednesday over his wage.

    The argument was said to have become heated and the suspect reportedly stabbed Akinmulero and fled with N700,000 belonging to the cooperative society.

    It was gathered that the cooperative society money was meant to be given to agents to buy cocoa produce from farmers in the rural areas.

    Parading the suspect at the Ondo State Police Command headquarters in Akure on Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Femi Joseph, said the suspect allegedly killed his boss and stole the N700,000 which the deceased withdrew from a bank.

    Joseph said, “Akinwumi (Akinmulero) withdrew N700,000 from a bank. He was the manager of a multi-purpose cooperative society belonging to farmers in Ondo.

    “On seeing him with the money,, the suspect followed his boss, stabbed him and stole the money. Luck, however, ran out on him as he was chased by the people around.

    “He jumped into one compound where he was arrested by people. He would have been lynched if not for the intervention of the police.”

    The suspect said he did not intentionally kill his boss, adding that he stabbed him during an argument over his wage.

    He said, “He has not paid me since I started working for him in September last year. On Tuesday when he brought the money to the office, I asked him to give me my wage from the money he brought because I was hungry.

    “He ignored me and refused to give me the money; so, I forcefully took N200,000 from the money. But he grabbed it and slapped me. He also brought out a knife to stab me, but I managed to collect the knife from him. I stabbed him and ran out of the office with the N200,000. I acted that way because I was frustrated; I did not know that he would die.”