February 2020

Guardiola

Guardiola Supports Man City ‘100 Percent’ Over Euro Ban

February 19, 2020 4:34 pm

Pep Guardiola insisted on Wednesday that he supports Manchester City “100 percent” over their shock two-year ban from European competitions.

City were banned from the Champions League and Europa League for the next two seasons and fined 30 million euros (£24.9 million) on Friday after UEFA found them guilty of committing “serious breaches” of financial regulations.

The Premier League champions overstated sponsorship revenue in accounts submitted between 2012 and 2016, according to European football’s governing body.

The severe punishment will cost City an estimated £170 million in lost Champions League revenue and the club reacted furiously, immediately vowing to appeal …

Magu

EFCC Deletes Tweet After Falsely Debunking Magu’s Speech

February 19, 2020 4:19 pm

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency has deleted the tweet in which it claimed the agency’s boss Ibrahim Magu never said corruption caused coronavirus.

“This information is false and misleading,” the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said while reacting to The Cable report about the Magu’s remark.

Magu’s remarks stunned his audience at the public event, which included President Muhammadu Buhari.

The EFCC boss said the deadly virus, which has killed over 2000 people, was caused by corruption.

“I strongly believe, your excellency, that even coronavirus is caused by corruption. Fighting corruption is like a crusade against the evils in our society,” …

Nigeria: Lassa Fever Spreads to Lagos

February 19, 2020 3:25 pm

Lagos has recorded a case of Lassa fever currently raging in 19 other states in the country. Announcing the development on Wednesday morning, the State

Commissioner for Health Prof, Akin Abayomi confirmed that the patient is currently in isolation at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH.

Abayomi who assured that the situation is under control called for calm among the residents said there was no cause for panic as the State government in active collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, is doing everything possible to control the spread of the disease …

Pompeo

Africa: Mike Pompeo’s Anti-China Africa Trip

February 19, 2020 3:25 pm

 

The United States is sending mixed signals to Africa. It wants to fight terrorism, reduce its troops on the continent, and boost economic ties. At the same time, it has banned some Africans from traveling to America.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Senegal, Angola and Ethiopia is taking place as the US military is planning to reduce its presence in West Africa’s Sahel region, which is coming to grips with a jihadist insurgency.

Ghanaian security analyst Vladimir Antwi-Danso believes that Washington may have noticed that it needs to engage more in Africa in its own best

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Slum

Kenya: Killer Cops Are Targeting Slum Youth, Lobby Says

February 19, 2020 3:24 pm

 

Social justice groups based in informal settlements have expressed fears that there’s a killer police officer in nearly every slum in the country.

Speaking during an engagement Forum with the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) in Nairobi on Tuesday, Mr Wilfred Olal, the convener of Social Justice Centres Working Group, raised the alarm on the situation, citing Pangani area that hosts Mathare slums as an example.

He claimed that the infamous Pangani six officers have a private police station that acts as the base for their activities.

He mentioned an officer known by locals as Hessy wa Dandora as

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Mario Machungo

Mozambique: National Mourning For Mario Machungo

February 19, 2020 3:24 pm

Maputo — The Mozambican government announced on Tuesday that two days of national mourning will be held to mark the passing of former Prime Minister Mario Machungo, who died in Lisbon on Monday.

Speaking to reporters at the end of the weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers (Cabinet), the government spokesperson, Deputy Justice Minister Filimao Suaze, said the national mourning will begin at zero hours on Sunday, and last until 24.00 on Monday. During the mourning period the national flag will fly at half mast throughout the country. The official funeral of Machungo will be held on Tuesday.

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Chinese fish

Kenya: Kenyans Eating Toxic Fish From China

February 19, 2020 3:24 pm

 

The consignment of Chinese fish is transported by ship for over 8,000 kilometres, a journey that takes days. Once it lands at the port of Mombasa, it is trucked for another 1,000 kilometres before it lands in depots in Kisumu.

Despite the long distance, the fish from China arrives at a retail price of Sh230 a kilo. This is less than half of the Sh500 that local fishmongers ask for.

It is easy to know why Kenya made a quick about-turn on the ban on Chinese fish. Aside from protests by the Chinese embassy, which termed the temporary ban

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Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu

Magu Blasted For Saying Coronavirus Caused By Corruption

February 19, 2020 10:42 am

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has come under attack for saying he strongly believes coronavirus is caused by corruption.

Magu had at the passing out parade of 281 cadets of the EFCC Detective Inspector Course-5, at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, on Tuesday said that Corruption is the biggest tragedy to humankind.

He was quoted as saying, “And I strongly believe that even the coronavirus is caused by corruption,”

Coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, broke out in Wuhan China in December 2019.

The disease which has infected over 1500 medical workers in China

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Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma

Uzodinma Speaks On Looters In His Government

February 19, 2020 10:41 am

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma has denied allegations of corrupt practices in his administration.

In a statement signed by his spokesman, Oguwike Nwachukwu, Uzodinma claimed the allegations were from those who worked with the previous administration headed by Emeka Ihedioha.

According to Uzodinma, his government is made up of credible people who have zero tolerance for criminality.

“The government of Imo State under Senator Hope Uzodinma is made up of credible Imo sons and daughters who have zero tolerance for criminality.

“The rumour, therefore, making the sounds on alleged looting in Imo State Government House is nothing but

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Filling Stations Stop Operations In Port Harcourt

February 19, 2020 10:40 am

Most filling stations in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital have shut down operations following the disagreement between tanker drivers and security agencies in the state.

Our correspondent who monitored the industrial action by the filing station operators reports that queues have continued to build up in most filling stations in the state capital.

Speaking on the action, the National Treasurer of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Employees, NUPENG, Alex Agwanwa explained that the action was due to the inability of security agents to respect the understanding they reached with them last weekend.

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EFCC

EFCC Arraigns Sterling Bank Staff For Stealing ₦2.7m

February 19, 2020 10:39 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, Wednesday arraigned an ex-banker, Akinwole Oluwaseun Dosunmu, alongside his wife, Motunrayo Olanike Dosunmu for allegedly stealing ₦2.7m from Sterling bank PLC.

The duo were brought before Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan.

EFFC acting spokesman, Tony Orilade who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja further explained that the couple was accused of stealing the said sum from Sterling Bank Plc.

Akinwole reportedly was an employee of the bank, while his wife was a customer and a beneficiary in the bank’s Third Party Acquirer Scheme.

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DSS Denies Torturing Buhari’s Driver To Death

DSS Goes On Massive Arrest Of Tanker Drivers For Strike

February 19, 2020 10:21 am

There was Pandemonium in Kano on Tuesday as the operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS, went berserk against members of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers who are closing filling stations in protest.

Already, reports indicate that several members of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers have been arrested in Kano for what the DSS termed illegal actions of closing of filling stations.

An Operative of the DSS who doesn’t want his names in print said that they were able to open eight filling stations short down by the PTD member’s.

Read Als0: DSS Speaks On Terrorists Movement In Abuja, Other States

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