The Confederation of the African Football (CAF) on Monday released the fixtures for the first-round of the 2020/21 CAF Champions league, whose preliminary round was concluded at the weekend. CAF said in a statement that the first-leg matches will be played 22 and 23 of December, 2020, and the second leg played on 5 and 6 of January, 2021. It said that first-named teams are hosts of the first leg. Stade Malien, Mali vs Wydad Casablanca, Morocco Teungueth, Senegal vs Raja Casablanca, Morocco RC Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire vs Horoya, Guinea AS SONIDEP, Niger vs Al Ahly, Egypt Al Ahly Benghazi,…
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By Fadhlillah Abdallah President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to urgently call for the immediate withdrawal of a letter which purportedly ordered the suspension of Roro Barge operations from all terminals in the Lagos District. The Social Integrity Network, (SINET) in a statement issued on Monday by its national coordinator, Mallam Ibrahim Issa, described the action as a deliberate attempt to sabotage the current administration’s efforts in boosting the nation’s economy as well as enhancing ease-of-doing business. According to the statement, “We received the utmost sense of dissatisfaction and disappointment, a letter signed by the Port Manager, Lagos Port Complex,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday, declared Mrs Amaka Ugwueze, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winner of Isi-Uzo State Constituency By-Election in Enugu State. Declaring the results at Isi-Uzo council headquarters in Ikem, INEC Collation Officer for the By-Election, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwachukwu, said that Ugwueze polled 11,041 votes to defeat her close rival, Mr Ejiofor Okwor, candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 2,293 votes. Nwachukwu said that the rest of the other seven political parties that contested in the by-election scored less than 70 votes each. The Isi-Uzo Constituency By-Election took place on…
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles were on Sunday held to a 1-1 draw by Cote d’Voire in their group B opener of the WAFU B U-20 tournament in Benin Republic. The Ladan Bosso tutored boys dominated the game but were less clinical in front of goal before being reduced to 10-men in the second half. The highly entertaining game between the bitter West African rivals ended goalless in the first half. However, Chris Nweze, put the seven-time African champions ahead in the 65th minute with an assist from former Golden Eaglets winger Wisdom Ubani. Nigeria were reduced to 10 men in the…
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state, has suspended his Chief of Staff, Dr. ACB Agbazuere for allegedly spreading money on a popular pastor. The suspension was reportedly as a result of a viral video on social media, depicting the Chief of Staff spraying money on a pastor, Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, popularly known as Odumeje, in his office. According to a statement by Barr. Chris Ezem, Secretary to the state government, said Mr. Alozie Odoemelam will act as Chief of Staff untill further notice. “Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has directed the immediate suspension from office of the Chief of Staff…
The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, says it has intensified efforts to attract more retail investors into the nation’s capital market. SEC’s Director-General, Dr Lamido Yuguda, made the disclosure while addressing participants at the 2020 Annual workshop of the Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CAMCAN) in Lagos. Yuguda, who decried low participation of retail investors in the capital market, said that the commission’s vision was to attract more players to deepen the market. Yuguda, who was represented by the Director, Lagos Zonal Office, SEC, Mr Stephen Falomo, said the commission had identified some challenges hindering retail investors from accessing…
The Tunisian minister of Health, Faouzi Mehdi, on Saturday dismissed several health sector officials two days after the death of young doctor, Badreddine Aloui, who fell into a broken elevator shaft of the regional hospital in Jendouba, northern Tunisia. The sacked officials are the director-general of Public Health Structures, director of the Center for Technical Studies of Biomedical and Hospital Maintenance, president of the Medical Committee of the Regional Hospital of Jendoubala, and the acting director of the Regional Hospital of the city. Tunisian Prime Minister, Hichem Mechichi, visited the Jendouba regional hospital on Friday to learn about the situation…
The Police Command in Bayelsa has announced the recovery of bodies of the six policemen who went missing after a boat mishap in Southern Ijaw local government area of the state. The incident occurred on Dec. 4 when one of the speed boats conveying 11police personnel from Yenagoa to Southern Ijaw capsized at Oporoma. Five of the police personnel were rescued immediately, while six others were missing. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Asinmi Butswat, confirmed the incident in a statement made available on Sunday in Yenagoa. He said that the bodies of the missing police personnel, recovered by a…
China is prepared to assist countries in Africa launch a continental free trade and investment platform, drawing on its international trade experience, a senior Chinese official said in Nairobi on Sunday. Chang Hao, deputy director-general at the International Cooperation Centre of China’s National Development and Reform Commission (ICC-NDRC), said that China will enhance trade in Africa through its implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which aims to connect 70 countries through infrastructure. “We are prepared to assist African countries through the promotion of trade facilities, building Africa’s industrial capacity to develop its value chain and building complete proposals…
African leaders on Saturday gathered virtually for an extra-ordinary Summit of the African Union (AU) to discuss the pending entry into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The Summit opened with a plea for a new treaty to aid women and small-scale enterprises to trade across borders ahead of the treaty’s entry into force in January 2021. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, the AU Chairman, said the entry into force of the AfCFTA marked the successful fulfillment of an African dream of a more united, prosperous and an integrated continent, trading with itself and harnessing its economic…