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Lionel Messi says he would be keen to return to Barcelona as a sporting director in the future. Messi, 34, made an emotional exit from the Nou Camp in August after more than 20 years, joining Paris St-Germain. While he is not thinking about retirement yet, he “would love to be a sporting director at some point”. He added: “I don’t know if it will be in Barcelona or if it will be something else. If there’s the chance, I would like to go back and contribute.” In an interview with Spanish newspaper Sport, the six-time Ballon d’Or winner said:…

Three people have been found dead and many others are still trapped as rescue operations continue after a high-rise building under construction collapsed in Ikoyi, Lagos. At the time of filing this report, a digger was at the scene and rescue workers and some locals were searching through heaps of rubble and twisted metal for survivors. Earlier, pictures from the site showed crowds near a huge mound of debris. Lagos has seen several building collapses in recent years. The causes of this incident, in the upmarket district of Ikoyi, are still unclear. The building, which was going to be a…

A football coach was shot in the shoulder during an Argentine third-tier match on Sunday. Players fled the pitch as Huracan Las Heras fans fought each other while their side faced Ferro de General Pico in the Federal A League. Videos showed both sets of players running for cover as shots were fired across the stadium in Mendoza province. Ferro coach Mauricio Romero was wounded, before being treated and then taken to hospital. Tottenham sack head coach Nuno Espirito Santo after four months “Romero is doing well and out of danger,” Ferro said in a statement on Twitter. “After leaving…

Former Director-General of the Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industries (LCCI), Dr Muda Yusuf, has called for a review of the Tax Appeal Tribunal (Procedure) Rules recently issued by Mrs. Shamsuna Zainab Usman, Minister of Finance, branding them unfair. Yusuf made the call on Friday while speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Business Morning. According to the former LCCI helmsman, the new rules contain many elements with the potential to accelerate tax dispute resolution, but are capable of making the country’s investment environment unappealing to foreign investors and local businesses. ‘’There are some components of the rules that one…

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on November 1, 2021 arraigned one Bamidele Ahmed Salami before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna for allegedly obtaining money by false pretence. Trouble started for Bamidele, when the Kaduna Zonal Command received a petition from one Tolutope Helen Ogunbodede alleging that sometime in 2020, the suspect who is a business associate approached her to invest in an investment scheme with a promise to pay back by installments in six months. The complainant transferred the sum of N2, 240,848.00 into the defendant’s account. But…

Officers of the 12 Field Engineering Regiment of Nigerian Army, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State on Friday, 29 October 2021 handed over 20 suspected internet fraudsters to the Ibadan Zonal Copmmand of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The suspects were arrested during a raid conducted by the Nigerian Army at Ijagun, Odogbolu area of Ogun state. The suspects are Azeez Hameed Busayo, Olubor Chuks Winner, Amusa Abdulhakeem, Osoko Adesola David, Diyaolu Daniel Damilola, Olunlade Quadri Olamilekan, Amaje Kelly Armstrong, Akorede Olaleye Tope, Owonifari Niyi Sanwiyu. Others are Ganiyu Olamide Sodiq, Onasanya Taiwo Adeniyi, Ajayi Muhaymin Adesola, Asenuga Ridwan Ayotomiwa,…

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 1, 2021 arraigned one Asabe Lazarus Dibal before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri on one count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune of N15, 000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Naira). The defendant is alleged to have converted the said sum meant for payment to the complainant who was defrauded by the defendant’s son, Nehemiah. Lazarus allegedly collected the money from the complainant but could not pay back as promised. Afterwards, the complainant, defendant and her son through their…

-VP Osinbajo represents President Buhari at National Youth Conference in Abuja -Urges them to also channel energies into political participation President Muhammadu Buhari has encouraged Nigerian youths to remain resilient and keep moving whatever may be the situation. The President made this known in a speech delivered by his deputy, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. “Wherever you are in this country, whatever you are doing, keep moving, don’t look back, you will win eventually, keep moving ahead, whatever the situation – ‘We Move’, ” the President said while declaring open a three-day maiden National Youth Conference today at the Moshood…

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has ordered Kayode Odukoya, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of First Nation Airways Limited, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for an alleged N1.7bn fraud to open his defence on January 17, 2022 and also dismissed his no-case submission. Odukoya is standing trial alongside First Nation Airways Limited and Bellview Airlines Limited on a seven-count charge bordering on forgery, use of false document, perjury, stealing and obtaining credit by fraud contrary to sections 85(1), 86(1), 278(1)&(b), 285(1), 313(1)(a) &(b), 361(1)(a)& (b),…

Orders thorough investigation of the invasion The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has called for thorough investigation into the invasion of the residence of Justice Mary Odili by policemen in Abuja. IGP Baba on Monday also vowed to bring all perpetrators to face the full wrath of the live. “The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered detailed investigations into the reported invasion of the Abuja residence of Justice Mary Odili, an incident that occurred on Friday, 29th October, 2021,” police spokesperson, Frank Mba, said in a statement. “The IGP, who noted that the leadership…