June 16, 2020

Lyon Surprise Means New Champions League Format

Key UEFA Meeting To Decide On Suspended Champions League

June 16, 2020 5:16 pm

As football around Europe returns after a long suspension, UEFA is set to announce the format for the latter stages of the Champions League at a key meeting on Wednesday which will also raise the thorny issue of the postponed, pan-continental Euro 2020.

The Champions League was frozen in mid-March before the last-16 stage had been completed, as the sport ground to a halt when the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold.

Initially, European football’s governing body had hoped to finish its flagship competition — along with the Europa League and women’s Champions League — by the end of …

North Korea blows up inter-Korean liaison office near border with South

North Korea Blows Up Inter-Korean Liaison Office Near Border With South

June 16, 2020 5:15 pm

North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border on Tuesday, triggering broad international condemnation after days of virulent rhetoric from Pyongyang.

The demolition came after Kim Yo Jong — the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — said at the weekend the “useless north-south joint liaison office” would soon be seen “completely collapsed”.

Footage of the explosion released by Seoul’s presidential Blue House showed a blast rolling across several buildings just across the border in Kaesong, with a nearby tower partially collapsing as clouds of smoke rose into the sky.

Analysts …

US to resume federal executions after 17 years

US To Resume Federal Executions After 17 Years

June 16, 2020 3:35 pm

The United States will resume federal executions on July 13, after a 17-year stay, the Justice Department said Monday.

There have been just three federal execution since the death penalty was reinstated by the US government in 1988.

Attorney General Bill Barr announced a year ago he intended to resume the use of the death penalty for federal crimes. Five convicted murderers were scheduled to undergo lethal injections in December 2019 and January of this year at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.

But at the last minute, the US Supreme Court refused to lift a stay on federal …

American Fans Boo Players Who Took A Knee During Anthem

US Open To Go Ahead Without Fans

June 16, 2020 3:34 pm

The US Open tennis championships will go ahead as scheduled in August but without spectators, officials confirmed on Tuesday.

After weeks of uncertainty surrounding the tournament — which is being staged in the epicentre of the US coronavirus crisis — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo formally gave the event the green light.

“The @usopen will be held in Queens, NY, without fans from August 31 to September 13,” Cuomo announced on Twitter.

The New York leader said the US Tennis Association would take “extraordinary precautions” to protect players and staff during the event.

Those safety protocols included robust testing, additional …

Don’t Politicise Insecurity – Cleric Warns Nigerian Leaders

Indigenes Kick As Insecurity Worsens In The North

June 16, 2020 2:14 pm

Reacting to the growing cases of insecurity in Northern Nigeria, a lot of groups, leaders, and Northern stakeholders have cried out to the Government demanding immediate action on the terrible state of security in Northern Nigeria.

This outcry follows the recent massacre of some villagers in Katsina state by members of the Boko Haram sect.

A coalition of northern youth groups has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the service chiefs over the rising insecurity in the region.

In a statement on Monday, the coalition under the auspices of Coalition Against Killings in Northern Nigeria (CAKIN) and the Northern …

Atiku Shocked By Nigeria’s Debt Profile, Says Nation In Financial Crisis

Atiku Shocked By Nigeria’s Debt Profile, Says Nation In Financial Crisis

June 16, 2020 12:40 pm

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed shock that the Buhari administration in the first quarter of 2020, spent 99 percent of revenue to service debt.

“No one should be deceived. This is a crisis!”, Atiku said in a statement today.

“Debt servicing does not equate to debt repayment”.

“The reality is that Nigeria is paying only the minimum payment to cover our interest charges”.

“The principal remains untouched and is possibly growing”.

The statement entitled “Nigeria In Financial Crisis: Robbing Our Children to Pay for Our Greed”, was signed by Atiku himself to underscore its significance.

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Naira Marley Explodes As Executive Jets Chairman Calls Him 'Useless'

Naira Marley Explodes As Executive Jets Chairman Calls Him ‘Useless’

June 16, 2020 12:39 pm
Music star, Naira Marley, has reacted to his description as “useless” by Executive Jets Chairman, Sam Iwuajoku.

The airline owns the private jet that conveyed Naira Marley to Abuja for an event.

The federal government on Monday suspended its operations.

Iwuajoku, in a letter sent to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika claimed that the airline airlifted the artist after mixing up his identity.

Read Also: Naira Marley In Fresh Trouble, Accused Of Impersonating Minister Fashola

Iwuajoku said when he went through the manifest “and I saw Fashola Babatunde, I thought it was the Hon. Minister of Works going to

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African Countries Lobby For UN Probe Of American Systemic Racism

African Countries Lobby For UN Probe Of American Systemic Racism

June 16, 2020 12:35 pm

African countries are lobbying to set up a U.N. inquiry into “systemic racism” and “police brutality” in the United States and elsewhere, aiming to defend the rights of people of African descent.

Reuters reported on a draft resolution circulating among diplomats in Geneva, which voices alarm at “recent incidents of police brutality against peaceful demonstrators defending the rights of Africans and of people of African descent”.

The resolution is due to be considered at an urgent debate of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Wednesday.

The 47-member Council agreed on Tuesday to convene at the request of Burkina Faso on …

Kankara Abduction: Masari Orders Closure Of All Schools

I Have Failed The People Of Katsina – Gov Masari Laments

June 16, 2020 11:37 am

Governor Aminu Masari has lamented his failure to protect the people of Katsina from bandits who continuously ravage and kill residents.

He described the bandits as “animals who kill indiscriminately,” and expressed sadness as residents of the state have never had rest since he was elected as Governor.

Read Also: Katsina Protesters Burn Buhari’s Billboard Over Insecurity

In a state of melancholy, Masari said; “I don’t know what to tell them. I cannot look at them in the face because we have failed to protect them, contrary to our pledge to ensure the security of lives and property throughout the

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COVID-19 Scare In Imo Assembly As Lawmakers Embark On Compulsory Test

COVID-19 Scare In Imo Assembly As Lawmakers Embark On Compulsory Test

June 16, 2020 11:35 am
Fear and tension have enveloped the in Imo State House of Assembly following the news that more members of the Assembly have tested positive for coronavirus.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Governor Hope Uzodinma has instructed members to go for compulsory test at Everight Diagnostic Centre Owerri to ascertain their COVID-19 status to avoid its likely spread.

Read Also: PDP Is Dead And Buried In Imo State – Lawmakers

Meanwhile, the news may scuttle plenary on Wednesday as members who eventually test positive will go for isolation.

Several efforts made to reach the Assembly Committee chairman on

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Naira Marley In Fresh Trouble, Accused Of Impersonating Minister Fashola

Naira Marley In Fresh Trouble, Accused Of Impersonating Minister Fashola

June 16, 2020 9:55 am

Nigerian singer Naira Marley may face a charge of impersonating Works minister, Babatunde Fashola.

Marley’s real name is Azeez Fashola.

In a new dimension to his COVID-19 rule breaking concert in Abuja on Saturday, the owners of Executive Jets, the charter flight that took him and crew to Abuja from Lagos, are claiming that Marley and crew deceived them by putting
Babatunde Fashola on the manifest.

In a letter of apology to Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, the chairman and CEO of Executive Jets Services claimed that he approved the flight when he saw ‘Babatunde Fashola’ on the manifest sent …

Breaking: Obaseki, Deputy, Entire APC Structure Join PDP

Breaking: Obaseki, Deputy, Entire APC Structure Join PDP

June 16, 2020 9:52 am

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has resigned from the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Obaseki made this known after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Rock on Tuesday.

The Governor’s resignation is coming after his disqualification from participating in the upcoming gubernatorial primaries in the State.

The APC screening committee had disqualified Obaseki due to defective certifcate.

This came after the Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Tony Aziegbemi, declared that Governor Godwin Obaseki and all his loyalists were set to join the party.

He said Obaseki’s deputy, Philip Shuaib, and the All Progressives Congress (APC)

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