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CAF president Ahmad Ahmad has been suspended by FIFA for five years for corruption, the global governing body announced on Monday. Ahmad, from Madagascar, has been president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since March 2017 and was standing for re-election in 2021 when FIFA banned him for “governance issues”. In their statement, FIFA said Ahmad had “breached his duty of loyalty, offered gifts and other benefits, mismanaged funds and abused his position as the CAF President”. Mike Tyson Eager To Fight Anthony Joshua, Wilder, Fury Ahmad has also been fined 200,000 Swiss francs ($220,000) by FIFA for the…

Seven people in Russia’s Far East republic of Yakutia have died and two were in a coma on Monday after consuming diluted hand sanitizer widely available during the pandemic. A statement published by Russian investigators on Saturday said a group of nine locals fell violently ill in the village of Tomtor after consuming diluted hand sanitizer that they had purchased at a local shop. Investigators said they found an unlabelled five-litre cannister at the scene. Tests of its contents revealed that it contained 69% methanol, an industrial non-drinking type of alcohol. Thrills Of DSTv Premium Golf Day The first three…

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, November 23, 2020 ordered that Senator Ali Ndume be remanded in Kuje Custodial Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NcoS, for failure to produce Abdulrasheed Maina in court. Ndume who stood surety for Maina, former chairman, Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) was given the options of being remanded in prison custody, forfeiture of the N500 million bail bond to the federal government by paying the sum into the Federation Account; the disposing of his Asokoro, Abuja property by the federal government in order to realize the bail bond or…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday deplored the killing of Chief Philip Shekwo, the Nasarawa State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, saying the nation’s security system must do more to end the incidents of violence in the country. The President welcomed the decision of the Inspector General of Police to send reinforcement of men and materials to the state. The late APC Chairman was shot twice leading to his death. Police investigation is expected to determine if this was an assassination or kidnapping-related murder. Abducted Nasarawa APC chairman assassinated In his reaction to the tragic incident, President Buhari, while…

Multi-talented gospel music producer Florocka has been unveiled as the anchor for the November 29 annual Music and Entertainment Gospel Awards, holding virtually. According to the organisers’ statement, “Nathan Akinwunmi Akiremi (aka Florocka) has been named the anchor for the 2020 edition of MEGAwards”. “Florocka is excited about this and ready, once again, to display for audience delight his artistic excellence and the fruity voice he is renowned for. Added to this, he is an unrepentant worshipper of God and arresting hymnal singer,” the statement added. For over two decades, Florocka has stamped his art on the Nigerian creative industry…

As early as 6am last Saturday, the prestigious Ikeja Golf Club in Lagos had started receiving golfers, with kits in tow, arriving in trickles. After about half an hour, the trickles grew into thick streams of golfers and their caddies. The occasion was the inaugural edition of the DStv Premium Golf Day, sponsored by premier pay television service provider, DStv. Golf enthusiasts trooped in to see who among the 99 golfers would win the prizes on offer. The 99 had been picked from a total of 500 registrants in line with the physical distancing requirements of COVID-19 safety measures. The…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has signified its intention to tender additional documents used by Mr. Francis Atuche and Charles Ojo, the former Managing Directors of of the defunct Bank PHB and Spring Bank Plc, in alleged N125 billion fraud. EFCC through its prosecutor, Mr. Kemi Pinheiro (SAN) leading Chukwudi Enebeli, told Justice Ayokunle Faji on Friday. At the resumed trial of Atuche and Ojo, on Friday, Pinheiro (SAN), while informing the court of outcome of subpoena issued to the prosecution, to produce witnesses from the apex bank and Keystone Bank Plc, introduced one Eze Ajeigbu, from Keystone…

The 2023 election permutations may consume the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Some governors, ex-governors and influential leaders have started the search for a successor to national chairman, Uche Secondus. It was learnt that some PDP governors and leaders, who are under pressure from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to defect, are bidding time over the expected leadership change before making up their minds on what steps to take. But Secondus has told the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party that his team improved the electoral fortunes of the PDP in the last three…

Mike Tyson has sensationally admitted he would be open to the idea of facing three of boxing’s heavyweight stars in a series of exhibition bouts for charity. The 54-year-old will make his long-awaited, albeit controversial, return to the ring against Roy Jones Jr on November 28 and has undertaken a rigorous training regime to build up his physique. And in a recent interview with BT Sport just days before the showdown, Tyson revealed his sights are firmly set on aiding people who ‘desperately need it’ through raising money in the future. Buhari’s Failure Led To Recession – PDP Tyson was…

Some online reports of a fresh Boko Haram attack on Governor Babagana Zulum is fake news, the governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, has said. Gusau, in a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri, said there was no direct attack on the governor or his convoy. The statement, however, admitted that the governor travelled to Baga on a helicopter and supervised food and other relief items for distribution to newly resettled people and returned safely to Maiduguri on the same chopper. Investigation revealed that what was being reported as an attack on Governor Zulum was actually an ambush carried out by Boko…