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The African football governing body boss has been found guilty of some unethical procedures. Consequently, FIFA’s Independent Ethics Committee has handed the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad, a five-year ban from all football-related activities. In addition to the sanction, the Madagascan administrator was punished with a fine of 200,000 Swiss Franc. The adjudicatory chamber of the Independent Ethics Committee found Ahmad guilty of abuse of office, misappropriation of funds and, offering gifts and other benefits as CAF president and FIFA vice-president.

A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered Senator Ali Ndume to be remanded at Kuje Correctional Centre for failing to produce the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. Ndume, who is , as surety for Maina’s bail, is standing trial on alleged in N2 billion money laundering charges. Ndume representing Borno south is standing as a surety for Maina now on the run, and would remain in custody until he produces the defendant or disposes the N500 million worth of property located in Asokoro, Abuja, used as bail bond. However, Maina has repeatedly failed to appear…

More than 800 bags of smuggled rice were seized by the Joint Task Force, Border Drill Operations in Unyenghe, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The task force comprising the Nigeria Customs Service, Nigerian Army, Air Force, DSS and the Nigeria Police, made the big gain when they raided smugglers’ warehouses in the area. Speaking with newsmen on Sunday,  Shehu Abubakar, the Comptroller of Customs and Sector Coordinator for South South and South East Zone, described the area as smugglers haven, comfort zone and city of rice, which was discovered through intelligence information. Abubakar threatened to burn down…

The published 2019 annual audited financial report of Akwa Ibom State Government has sparked more controversies. The Office of the State Accountant-General had published and circulated copies of the document to Ministries, Departments and Agencies but copies of the document termed ‘authentic’ were made available to journalists for scrutiny on November 18. This development came after an extensive investigation which lasted for two months was published on Tuesday, November 17, revealing that offices of the Governor and Secretary to State Government, SSG, incurred unbudgeted expenses in excess of N10 billion on the maintenance of the State aircraft, purchase of cars,…

As Nigeria, Sunday, recorded 155 new COVID-19 cases, the caseloads in the country have notched 66,383. This is as the country has recorded one death with spike at 1,167 cases. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control via its Twitter said “On the 22nd of November 2020, 155 new confirmed cases and 1 death was recorded in Nigeria.” According to NCDC, “The 155 new cases are reported from 12 states- Lagos (60), Katsina (37), Kaduna (35), FCT (6), Ogun (4), Edo (3), Kwara (3), Rivers(2), Kano (2), Jigawa (1), Oyo (1) and Taraba (1). “Till date, 66,383 cases have been confirmed, 62,076…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined leaders from the world’s 20 richest nations on Sunday in a promise to work together to keep trade flowing, fight climate change and provide COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries. The promises are contained in a final communique issued by G20 leaders at the end of two days of largely closed-door virtual discussions ostensibly focused on coordinating an international response to the pandemic. Despite the pledges, however, experts say the summit represented a missed opportunity for addressing the biggest issues facing the world today — in part because most of the commitments are not new. The…

The gruesome killing of Chief Philip Shekwo, the Nasarawa State Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, has elicited a torrent of condemnations. It was gathered that the gunmen armed with sophisticated weapons invaded the chairman’s residence around 11 p.m. on Saturday, November 21. They opened fire at the gate, forcing a policeman guarding the house to take cover and then went straight into Shekwolo’s bedroom and whisked him away to an unknown destination. The spokesman of the Nasarawa State Police Command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, who confirmed the abduction to newsmen, said policemen were immediately deployed to the scene, adding that the police engaged the gunmen in a…

Senior Pastor of the Kingsway International Christian Centre, KICC, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, says he was one of those who signed the #EndSARS petition, but urged Nigerian youths not to wait for the government to get things done. Ashimolowo explained that it is time for the youths, 35 and below to ensure they get things done regardless. His words: “Many of the people saying I have no man, are wearing mask of laziness, incapacity…”Stop saying I have no man, throw yourself to it, there is greatness in you.” Speaking on the protest, the Pastor stated that “if they want to get…

Following return of normalcy to Akwa Ibom, the state government has lifted the curfew imposed as a result of security concerns by the #EndSARS protest. The curfew that started from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m and from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. was imposed by the government following wanton destruction and looting of public and private properties worth millions of naira by some suspected hoodlums. A press statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong on Sunday said the decision to discontinue the curfew was taken after wide consultation with the security agencies in the…

Two suspects allegedly linked with the roasting and eating of the flesh of police officers burnt in Ibadan during #EndSARS protest have been nabbed by the police in Oyo State confirmed. Police Spokesman at the Oyo State Command, SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the arrest of the suspects on Saturday in Ibadan in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The suspects, a 34-year-old expectant mother and a 43-year-old man have been transferred to the Force Intelligence Bureau at the Force Headquarters in Abuja for further investigation, he said. The 34-year-old woman was alleged to have eaten some body…