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Sheriff Tiraspol produced one of the great Champions League shocks as the competition’s least experienced club upstaged 13-time European champions Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. Sebastien Thill snatched victory for the debutants with a stunning final-minute strike, sparking scenes of wild celebration from the Moldovan champions. Jasurbek Yakhshiboev’s first-half header had given them the lead before Karim Benzema levelled with a penalty. But Thill’s goal was a worthy way to clinch a historic victory – the Luxembourg midfielder’s half-volley reducing the home crowd to silence as it flashed past Thibaut Courtois. “It’s the best and most important goal of my…

Atletico Madrid striker Luis Suarez scored a winning penalty in the seventh minute of stoppage time against 10-man AC Milan in the Champions League. Suarez chipped in from the spot to complete a late comeback after Milan substitute Pierre Kalulu handled. The hosts played with 10 men for 68 minutes as Franck Kessie was sent off following a second yellow card. Rafael Leao had given Milan the lead, but Atletico striker Antoine Griezmann equalised in the 84th minute. It is the second time in three games Suarez has scored a late winner, after the Uruguayan netted twice – including one…

Liverpool inflicted another heavy defeat on Porto to remain top of their Champions League group. Jurgen Klopp’s side were superb throughout as they maintained their 100% start in the competition. Mohamed Salah’s prodded finish set them on their way at the Estadio do Dragao, which once again proved a happy hunting ground. And with memories of 4-1 and 5-0 victories in recent campaigns fresh in the mind they delivered a performance brimming with pace, precision and energy. Sadio Mane extended their lead on the stroke of half-time with a back-post tap in and with the Reds wearing black armbands to…

Lionel Messi scored his first Paris St-Germain goal in stunning fashion as they beat Manchester City in an enthralling Champions League group game. Messi, making his fourth appearance for PSG since leaving Barcelona, ran from the halfway line before playing a one-two with Kylian Mbappe and leaving Ederson rooted to the spot with a lovely 20-yard shot. The roar from the Parc des Princes crowd was deafening as the Argentine, on his return from injury, added one PSG goal to the 672 he managed for Barca. Idrissa Gueye had given last season’s French runners-up an early lead with an excellent…

The Senate has mandated its committees on Petroleum Resources Upstream, Downstream Petroleum Sector and Gas to liaise with the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Presidential Implementation Committee on the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), to facilitate the relocation of oil and gas companies in Nigeria to their various operational bases in host communities to ensure smooth operations. The upper chamber reached the resolution after it considered a motion on the “Urgent need to encourage all Multinational and Nigerian Oil and Gas Companies to relocate to their Operational Bases.” The motion was sponsored by Senator Albert Bassey Akpan (PDP, Akwa Ibom…

The Japanese government has pledged to support the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the fight against financial crimes. The Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Nigeria, Matsunaga Kazuyoshi made the pledge on Tuesday September 29, 2021 during a Courtesy Visit to Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa at EFCC headquarters Abuja. The envoy who expressed delight at the professionalism of the EFCC, noted that the Commission’s efforts in helping a Japanese victim of scam to recover and repatriate a sum of 370,000 Yen to Japan early this year, was “the first case in Japan where the victim’s…

…pushes for consolidated framework to accommodate renewable energy, boost private sector investment The Senate on Tuesday considered the Electricity Bill, 2021, which seeks to consolidate all legislations in the power sector into one electricity statute, with the ultimate aim of improving Nigeria’s power generation capacity. The bill which scaled second reading during plenary was sponsored by Senator Gabriel Suswam (PDP, Benue North-East). If passed into law, the bill would diversify the power sector to accommodate cleaner renewable energy sources, as well as boost investment from private sector participation. Leading debate on the bill, Suswam explained that the bill seeks to,…

The United Kingdom and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have restated their resolve to further strengthen the existing cooperation and partnership between them in the fight against economic crimes and corruption. This indication was the high point of discussion on Tuesday September 29, 2021 when the United Kingdom High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, visited the EFCC Headquarters, Abuja. The UK envoy who expressed her admiration for the young and talented Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said the UK was serious about returning ill-gotten gains and preventing it from happening in the first place. She recalls past…

BudgIT, a foremost civic-tech organisation leading the advocacy for transparency and accountability in Nigeria has launched the 2020 edition of its annual States of States report titled Fiscal Options for Building Back Better. The report is BudgIT’s signature analysis that provides citizens, CSOs, stakeholders and policymakers with robust insights on ways to implement financial and institutional reforms that will improve states’ fiscal performance and sustainability levels. “For this year’s report, we examined states’ fiscal health using four metrics namely; the ability of states to meet their operating expenses with IGR and VAT, states’ ability to cover their operating expenses and…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 arraigned Abel Lesi Goka for offences bordering fraud before Justice Modupe Osho Adebiyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Gudu, Abuja. Goka was arraigned alongside, Caminus Tochukwu Nwabineli of Kambelly Logistics who is currently at large and Alhaji Ibrahim Aminu, also at large, on twenty three counts of forgery, conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence and internet fraud contrary to Section 8 (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act. Count one of the…