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African Nations Cup Qualifying Group A GP W D L F A GD P 1Senegal 4 3 1 0 9 2 +7 10 2Madagascar 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4 10 3Equatorial Guinea 4 1 0 2 1 4 -3 3 4Sudan 4 0 0 4 1 8 -7 0 Group B GP W D L F A GD P 1Morocco 5 3 1 1 8 3 +5 10 2Cameroon 5 2 2 1 3 3 0 8 3Comoros Islands 5 1 2 2 5 6 -1 5 4Malawi 5 1 1 3 2 6 -4 4 Group C…

Nigeria has booked a place in the next year’s African Cup of Nations Cup competition in Cameroon after playing a one-all draw with South Africa on Saturday in Johannersburg to garner 10 points in Group E. South Africa has nine points, Libya, four while Seychelles got one point in the group. From this standing, South Africa will join Nigeria from the group. Samuel Kalu put Nigeria ahead in the eight minutes as his shot took a wicked deflection off a South African defender past the Bafana Bafana goalkeeper. Bafana Bafana Percy Tau dribbled Omeruo to run clear of Super Eagles…

Two prominent sons of Akwa Ibom State have made the list of persons appointed into key federal agencies and boards and ratified by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. They are Dr. Emem Abasi Bassey as the Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Uyo, Akwa Ibom State and Clement Isong appointed a board member of the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). Bassey, a former commissioner for health in Akwa Ibom State from 2013 to 2015, whose appointment for a four-year term took effect from Septemeber 22 has now been confirmed by President Buhari as the as the…

Chelsea rank tops mong EPL clubs that pays their players heavy salaries and bonuses to keep them comfortable FA Cup defending champions Chelsea became an elite club after Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003. The Premier League giants Chelsea won the Champions League and the Europa League titles among other domestic Cups in the process. Abramovich’s take-over of the club has helped to make his mark not just in the Premier League but also in Europe after winning the UCL title in 2012. And one season down the line, they became one of the teams to have won the…

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, November 20 as Public Holiday to mark the Eid-el Maulud. Sunni Muslims observe the Prophet Muhammed’s (also known as Mohammed or Muhammad) birthday on the 12th day of the Islamic month of Rabi’ al-awwal, while Shi’a Muslims mark it on the 17th of this month. Muhammed is believed to be the last prophet. The Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd), made the declaration on Friday in Abuja in a statement by Dr. Mohammed Umar, Permanent Secretary of the ministry. Dambazau called on Muslim faithful to align themselves with the prophet’s teachings which border…

The Courier Regulatory Department of the Nigerian Postal Service has revoked licences of 30 courier companies in the country. By this, 78 financially healthy ones are remaining. The General Manager, CRD, Dr. Ishaya Diwa, stated this at a media briefing in Lagos on Thursday. Diwa said that the licences of the companies were revoked because the operators were not complying with the rules and regulations governing courier services. “For the past two years, the CRD of NIPOST has consistently been trying to sanitise the courier industry with its continuous events, such as clamping down on companies. “We need our courier…

At least, 42 people are confirmed to have died in a fire aboard a bus in Zimbabwe late on Thursday, after a suspected gas tank exploded on a bus. The bus was near travelling near Beitbridge, close to the border with South Africa, when the blaze began. The company that owned the vehicle, Brooklyn Buses, said it believed that a gas canister brought on board by a passenger may have caused the incident. Many of the bodies were burnt beyond recognition and more than 20 survivors have been taken to hospital. “At the moment we know that more than 42…

The Appeal Court in Abuja has reduced the 14-year jail term, earlier given to the former Taraba State Governor, Jolly Nyame by a High Court in Abuja to 12 years. The court on Thursday, however, ordered Nyame to pay a fine of N495 million for alleged misappropriation of funds while he was governor of Taraba State from 1999 to 2007. The appeal court, however, said the law compels the court to add a fine for each of the various convictions. During an initial judgment of the lower court in April, the court jailed Mr Nyame 14 years for various crimes…

Federal judge Timothy J. Kelly sided with CNN on Friday morning, ordering the White House to reinstate chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s press pass immediately. The ruling was an initial victory for CNN in its lawsuit against President Trump and several top aides. The suit alleges that CNN and Acosta’s First and Fifth Amendment rights are being violated by the suspension of his press pass. Kelly did not rule on the underlying case on Friday. But he granted CNN’s request for a temporary restraining order. And he said he believes that CNN and Acosta are likely to prevail in…

Without the remains of the slain Jamal Khashoggi, family and friends offered symbolic funeral prayers in Saudi Arabia and Turkey on Friday for the repose of the soul of the late Saudi journalist. Also, thousands of worshippers at Mecca’s Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, Khashoggi’s hometown, joined in prayers for the deceased, though the imams did not mention his name. For weeks, Khashoggi’s family urged Saudi and Turkish authorities to find his remains and hand them over for burial, but the Saudi prosecutor said the whereabouts of the journalist, killed by agents of his own government, were…