Following the conclusion of the first-round, second-leg matches in the 2020/21 CAF Champions league on 5 and 6 January, 2021, the following teams are through to the Group stage of the competition. First-named teams hosted the second leg and the first-leg results are in brackets, with the qualifiers named. 1. Wydad Casablanca, Morocco 3-0 Stade Malien, Mali (0-1) – Wydad Casablanca qualified on 3-1 goal aggregate. 2. Raja Casablanca, Morocco 0-0 Teungueth, Senegal (0-0) – Teungueth through on 3-1 penalties. 3. Horoya, Guinea 1-0 RC Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (1-1) – Horoya qualify on 2-1 aggregate. 4. Al Ahly, Egypt 4-0…
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Outgoing U.S President Donald Trump said he was “outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem” after a group of his supporters stormed the Capitol and forced a halt to a Congressional joint sitting. Trump said demonstrators “defiled the seat of democracy” and added “to those who broke the law, you will pay,” in a video posted on Twitter. Trump did not acknowledge his role in riling up his supporters with with baseless allegations of election fraud and encouraging them to march to the Capitol. He promised a smooth transition to president-elect Joe Biden, who defeated him in November’s presidential election. “Now…
Calls for the ouster of U.S. President Donald Trump grew on Thursday and members of his administration quit in the wake of a tumultuous 24 hours in Washington that saw rioters storm Congress and lawmakers finally confirm incoming president Joe Biden’s election victory. The Democratic leaders in Congress, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, demanded that Vice President Mike Pence remove Trump under the Constitution’s 25th Amendment. The calls were echoed by a Republican governor, a Republican lawmaker, and numerous House Democrats. “If the vice president and Cabinet do not act, the Congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment,”…
The United States reported more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths in one day for the first time on Thursday, as health systems struggle to cope with the number of sick and dying patients. A total of 4,033 people died in connection with the disease within 24 hours, according to the COVID-19 Tracking Project. The country has seen a total of 365,000 deaths linked to the coronavirus so far, according to data from Johns Hopkins university, out of a population of 330 million people. On Thursday more than 266,000 new cases were reported, bringing the total tally to not less than 21.6…
Nigeria recorded on Thursday recorded 1,565 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 95,934. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its verified website. The centre said that 24 states recorded the new infections with Lagos State registering 807 while the FCT has 236. Others are Kaduna-79, Oyo-57, Plateau-47, Rivers-37, Katsina-35, Edo-30, Sokoto-30, Delta-26, Kebbi-23, Ondo-20 and Enugu-18. Others are Abia-17, Ogun-17, Benue-16, Bayelsa-15, Bauchi-14, Niger-13, Kano-10, Borno-six Imo-five, Ekiti-four and Osun-two and Jigawa-one. The centre also also said that Nigeria reported six COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours. The centre said that out of the…
The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has inflicted heavy casualties on Boko Haram terrorists in their hideouts at Alagarno and Sambisa Forest area of Borno, Defence Headquarters says. Alagarno lies 150km from Maiduguri, the Borno capital. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Friday, said that a compound housing some high-value Boko Haram leaders was also taken out. Enenche said the compound located on 2.3km North East of Kafa in Damboa local government area of Borno and concealed under thick vegetation was being used by the terrorists to coordinate their nefarious activities.…
Nigeria is facing the most serious security challenge in its history. It is facing an even bigger challenge of social disintegration, anomie, signalling the disintegration of community. At its root is the breakdown of religious authority and hierarchies as children seek different religious affiliations from their parents. At the same time, there is a decomposition of socialisation and moral education within the family. This is accompanied by galloping urbanisation in which poverty and ghettoes provide an atmosphere in which the disconnected individuals wallowing in misery can see the engagement in mass atrocities as acceptable and indeed desirable behaviour. The precariat…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has successfully transmitted an enhanced all-time peak of 5,552.80 Mega Watts (MW) on Wednesday at 8.15pm. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. Mbah said that this latest all-time peak transmitted, surpassed the last peak generation of 5,520.40MW which was effectively transmitted by TCN on Oct. 30, 2020 by 32.40MW. According to her, the new peak is an indication of the gradual but consistent growth in the capability of the power sector under the present administration. She said that with the capacity…
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane is isolating after a close contact of his tested positive for COVID-19, a Spanish newspaper reported on Thursday. Real Madrid did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report. The report had it that Zidane learned of the contact testing positive on Thursday morning. He subsequently did not attend Real Madrid’s training session ahead of Saturday’s La Liga game away to Osasuna. The report added that the Frenchman had undergone a COVID-19 test and was awaiting the result, although La Liga must approve his return to work. Its protocols dictate that a…
A clash between officers of Amotekun Corps and some youths has claimed three lives in Tapa of Ibaraba, Oyo state. According to reports, sources, trouble started Wednesday night when some officers of the security outfit went to disperse some youths who were having fun during a street carnival. “Those boys were having a carnival and probably they are expected to close by 10pm which they didn’t. The Amotekun told them to stop which took the boys some time to stop the sound.” “In the course of trying to stop the carnival, there was an argument between the boys and the…