August 16, 2020

Lyon Surprise Means New Champions League Format

Lyon Surprise Means New Champions League Format

August 16, 2020 3:28 pm

Lyon were not supposed to make it to Lisbon at all for the Champions League ‘Final Eight’, but now they are through to one of two Franco-German semi-finals against Bayern Munich while the giants of England, Spain and Italy watch from the sidelines.

It is an unlikely last-four line-up in this unprecedented finale to the competition, reduced to a straight knockout tournament from the quarter-finals onwards after the long delay to the season caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Among those celebrating this shared Franco-German success on Saturday night was the French president, Emmanuel Macron.

“In Brussels and on the football …

Ivory Coast Leader Urges Peace As He Files Candidacy For Elections

Outrage Over Ivory Coast President’s Third Term Bid

August 16, 2020 3:25 pm

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to run for a third term in October’s presidential election triggered outrage on Friday among opposition and civil society groups, who labelled it a “coup” that risked tipping the country into chaos.

Ouattara, in power since 2010, said in March that he would not run for re-election, which the opposition has strongly maintained he was unable to do anyway because the constitution limits presidents to two terms.

But the race was turned on its head by the sudden death of prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly — seen as Ouattara’s anointed successor — from a …

Five Killed In Somalia Hotel Attack

Five Killed In Somalia Hotel Attack

August 16, 2020 3:21 pm

At least five people were killed in a gun and bomb attack by suspected Al-Shabaab fighters on an upscale beachfront hotel in Somalia’s capital on Sunday, officials and witnesses said.

Security forces were struggling to regain control of the Elite Hotel in the Lido beach area more than an hour after the assault began, and the assailants appeared to have taken hostages, government security official Ahmed Omar told AFP.

“There is still sporadic gunfire and the initial information we have received indicates five people died and more than 10 others were wounded,” he said.

“The death toll can increase because …

UN Peacekeepers Visit Mali’s President Keita In Detention

Protesters Demand Resignation Of President Keita In Mali

August 16, 2020 3:19 pm

Malians took to the streets in the capital Bamako on Tuesday, despite rainfall and pleas from mediators to stay home, to demand the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.

Protesters numbering in the low thousands assembled in a central square, an AFP journalist saw, blowing plastic vuvuzela horns and brandishing  anti-government banners.

“We want real change in Mali, IBK get out,” read one banner, using the acronym by which Keita is known.

Other people carried umbrellas against the rain and toted signs, also calling for the prime minister’s resignation.

After the crowd sang the national anthem, prominent opposition leader Choguel …

Southern Kaduna Crisis: NAF Deploys 32 Special Forces

Southern Kaduna Crisis: NAF Deploys 32 Special Forces

August 16, 2020 3:11 pm

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday deployed an additional 32 special forces to support Operation Safe Haven being executed by the military to restore normalcy in southern Kaduna.

The Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Air Training Command Kaduna, AVM Musa Mukhtar told newsmen in Kaduna that the deployment was in response to the directive of the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, for NAF to support the ongoing operation.

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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the troops deployed two officers, 28 soldiers and …

FG Reacts To Nigerians In Dubai Being Chased Into Desert

FG Reacts To Nigerians In Dubai Being Chased Into Desert

August 16, 2020 3:09 pm

Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM, has reacted to the viral video of stranded Nigerian immigrants in Dubai who were allegedly chased into the desert.

A Nigerian in Dubai made the video claiming they have been chased out to the desert.

Recall that UAE authorities in July had announced that Nigerians with expired visas were given up till August 17 to leave their country.

Reacting via her Twitter handle, Abike Dabiri-Erewa said some Nigerians have refused to avail themselves the opportunity to return home.

Read Also: NIDCOM Rescues Two Nigerians Stranded In Kenya

According to her, the United Arab Emirates …

Kidnappers Storm Kaduna School, Abduct Only Female Students

Gunmen Abduct Traditional Ruler In Yobe

August 16, 2020 3:05 pm

Suspected gunmen have abducted Alhaji Isa Mai Buba, the District Head of Mashio town in Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State.

ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, Public Relations Officer, Yobe State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the abduction of the traditional ruler.

He said the yet-to-be identified gunmen stormed the resident of the District Head yesterday at about 10pm with heavy fire arms and disappeared with him into the thin air.

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“The District Head of Mashio under Jajere in Fune LG Alh Isa Mai Buba was abducted by yet-to-be identified gunmen.

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Joe Biden Reacts To Death Of Donald Trump’s Younger Brother, Robert

Joe Biden Reacts To Death Of Donald Trump’s Younger Brother, Robert

August 16, 2020 1:26 pm

The candidate of the Democratic party in the forthcoming United States, US, presidential election, Joe Biden, has reacted to the death of President Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert.

Africa Daily News, New York had reported that Robert died on Saturday after being hospitalized for an undisclosed illness in New York.

Trump confirmed the death in a statement, adding that Robert was his best friend and will be missed.

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Reacting, Biden, in a tweet via his official Twitter page on Sunday afternoon, expressed sadness over the death of Robert.

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SERAP To Buhari: Ask Lai To Withdraw NBC ‘Insult Code’ Within 7 Days

August 16, 2020 1:21 pm

The new National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Code and Memo threatening to sanction any broadcast that denigrates, disrespects, insults, and abuses president, governors, lawmakers, and other elders and leaders in authority, must be withdrawn urgently.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) in open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari today urged him to instruct Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture to do so.

SERAP also asked President Buhari to “instruct Mr Mohammed and the NBC to immediately rescind the fine of N5m imposed on Nigeria Info 99.3 FM radio station.

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Omakoji Oyiguh Emerges Chairman Of Kogi NMA

Omakoji Oyiguh Emerges Chairman Of Kogi NMA

August 16, 2020 1:09 pm

Dr Omakoji Oyiguh of the Department of Family Medicine, Kogi State Specialist Hospital, on Sunday emerged as the new Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kogi chapter.

In a keenly contested election online during the NMA’s virtual AGM/2020, Oyiguh polled a total of 161 (59 percent) of the votes cast, to defeat his closest rival, Dr Ashraff Abdulhakeem, who polled 112 votes representing 41 percent of the total votes cast.

Other officers elected to pilot the affairs of the association for the next two years are: Dr Adeyemi Williams as Vice Chairman; Dr Famotele Tolorunju as Secretary; Dr Chimieze …

Belarus Leader Says Putin Offers Help As Pressure Builds

Belarus Leader Says Putin Offers Help As Pressure Builds

August 16, 2020 12:37 pm

Vladimir Putin has offered to help ensure Belarus’s security, according to its president Alexander Lukashenko, as pressure builds on the strongman leader and opposition protesters prepare for a show of force Sunday.

Thousands demonstrated in the capital Minsk Saturday after main election challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya asked supporters to rally over the weekend and keep alive a movement that poses the biggest challenge to Lukashenko’s hold over the ex-Soviet country.

Many gathered at the spot where Alexander Taraikovsky, 34, died on Monday during protests against an election the opposition says was rigged to give Lukashenko another term in office.

Demonstrators heaped …

Forex Expert Says COVID-19 Boomed Trading

Forex Expert Says COVID-19 Boomed Trading

August 16, 2020 12:34 pm

A fund manager, Mr Stano Emmanuel stated that the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted many players to forex trading.

Emmanuel, the CEO of DCROCSTYLE Nigeria Ltd made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ilorin.

According to him, COVID-19 has expanded the base of players in the market while many economies were suffering.

Read Also: CBN Injects $218.41m, CNY 18m Into Forex Market

” Presently, we now have more players in the forex market than before. This is because so many businesses have really gone down.

“Everybody wants to go online, especially when …

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