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Edin Dzeko scored twice in the space of six second-half minutes to earn Internazionale a 2-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk at San Siro on Wednesday and send the Italians to the brink of their first Champions League knockout stage appearance in a decade. The Bosnia international swept home a finish after 61 minutes to give Inter a deserved lead after they had been left frustrated by two disallowed goals and a string of missed opportunities. Dzeko did not need long to double his tally, heading in an inviting Ivan Perisic cross to mark his 50th goal in European club competitions.…

Three white men were convicted of murder on Wednesday for chasing and shooting Ahmaud Arbery as the Black man ran through their neighborhood, with a Georgia jury rejecting a self-defense claim in a trial that once again probed America’s divisive issues of race and guns. The verdicts were delivered by the jury, consisting of one Black man and 11 white men and women, after about a two-week trial in the coastal city of Brunswick in a case that hinged on whether the defendants had a right to confront the unarmed 25-year-old avid jogger last year on a hunch he was…

The Senate has urged the Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited to accelerate environmental action on remediating Ogboinbiri community affected by crude oil spill in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State within the next ninety days. This was just as the chamber commended the oil company for providing some monetary compensation to the affected community as consolation for the hardship caused by the spill. The call by the upper chamber was contained in recommendations adopted by the Senate after it considered a report by the Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions over the alleged failure by Agip Oil…

The Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. George Abang Ekpungu has charged Nigerian youths to embrace discipline and Integrity as a way of life. Ekpungu gave the charge today, November 24, 2021 when students of the Economics Department, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai visited the headquarters of the Commission in Jabi, Abuja on an educational tour. Ekpungu said lack of self-discipline and integrity are the major problems bedeviling Nigeria as a nation, and urged the youths as future leaders of the nation to inculcate the good habit of discipline and integrity as a way of life.…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned one Nasiru Waziri before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on one count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust. The defendant allegedly obtained N500, 000 in trances from the complainant for a Peugeot 307 car valued at N800, 000, while the balance was to be paid in installments. However, rather than deliver the car to the complainant upon receipt of the initial deposit of N.5m, he informed him that the vehicle had been sold. All efforts by the complainant to get a refund of his money…

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 22, 2021 arraigned one Aliyu Mu’azu before Justice Darius Khobo of State High Court Kaduna on a one count charge bordering on conspiracy and criminal breach of trust. Aliyu allegedly used a non-existent court order to fraudulently sell a disputed property situated at No. 3, School Road, Hayin Na’iya NDC, Kaduna for N 6,500,000 (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira only). The complainant paid for the property using a car, land and cash as contained in the agreement they collectively signed. The properties are a…

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba and EFCC boss, Abdulrasheed Bawa are among Nigeria’s delegation to Turkey for the Interpol General Assembly. They are attending the 89th Interpol General Assembly which commenced on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 in Istanbul. An EFCC statement said the Nigerian delegation is led by the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi. Others in the delegation are Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Interpol, Garba Baba Umar and the representative of Nigeria Immigration Service. EFCC seeks Interpol’s support on P&ID, extradition of treasury looters “The event commenced on Tuesday with an opening ceremony after which…

SP Alimeke Ignatius, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Obantoko Division in the Adatan Area Command of Abeokuta, Ogun State, and his colleagues were viciously attacked by some errant teenagers from two secondary schools in the state capital. The police officers were allegedly attacked during a confrontation between Egba Comprehensive High School pupils and Asero High School in the Asero neighbourhood. It was reported that students from the two schools had engaged in a brutal fight before Obantoko police officers were sent to put an end to the issue. The students, who hurled stones and other projectiles at themselves, were…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday disclosed that 114 universities have been involved in hundreds of thousands of illegal admissions across Nigeria. JAMB registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede listed the tertiary institutions and the number of illegal admissions perpetuated by each institution. He said universities, colleges of education, polytechnics and other tertiary certificate award institutions were involved. At the Consultative Sensitization Meeting with Select Stakeholders in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, Oloyede said the illegal admissions have damaged the image of the country. He noted that while about 114 universities accounted for 67.795 of the illegal admissions, 137 polytechnics were…

Victor Osimhen’s face was in really horrible condition, according to Napoli surgeon Gianpaolo Tartaro, after what he described as a “perfectly successful” surgery. On Tuesday morning, Osimhen had surgery for his facial injuries. After colliding heads with Milan Skriniar, the 22-year-old was forced off early as the Parthenopeans lost 3-2 to Inter Milan. Napoli, in a statement, said: “On Tuesday morning, Victor Osimhen was operated on his cheekbone and eye socket by Gianpaolo Tartaro, who was assisted by Dr Mario Santagata with Dr Raffaele Canonico also present.” “Titanium plates and screws were used in the operation. The player is doing well…