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President Bola Tinubu has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for making impressive gains in the fight against economic and financial crimes and called for more vigorous and robust efforts to tackle the monster of corruption. Tinubu gave his commendation yesterday while declaring open the 5th Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the EFCC-National Judicial Institute, and the NJI Capacity Building Workshop for Justices and Judges. There have already been profound gains in the fight against corruption, and the EFCC played a remarkable role in achieving them, Tinubu said. “For instance, available records show that EFCC has continued to…

Manchester United’s woeful season lurches from one damaging loss to another as Galatasaray took advantage of some calamitous defending to record a comeback Champions League win at Old Trafford. Ten-man United led twice through young striker Rasmus Hojlund, the second a brilliant effort as the 20-year-old took advantage of Davinson Sanchez’s slip to race 50 yards and beat Fernando Muslera with a deft finish. But the hosts could only hold their advantage for a combined 10 minutes, as first old boy Wilfried Zaha and then Kerem Akturkoglu levelled. Then, after Mauro Icardi had failed to convert the penalty that followed…

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Ghana’s capital, Accra, on Tuesday, demanding the central bank  governor be removed for what they say was the mismanagement of the economy during the worst debt crisis in a generation. The demonstrations are the latest show of frustration with rising living costs, joblessness, and hardship in one of West Africa’s largest economies. Similar multi-day protests gripped the capital last month. The crowd marched to the central bank’s head office under the watch of riot police, blaring reggae from speakers and calling for central bank governor Ernest Addison and his two deputies to…

The audio of the conversations between the match officials involved in the VAR controversy at Tottenham on Saturday has been supplied to Liverpool. Liverpool made a formal request to PGMOL for the audio on Monday and asked to hear the conversations, which took place in full. Liverpool has now received the footage from the PGMOL, and the team is reviewing it. It is unclear when the audio will be publicly released. But the PGMOL has not ruled out releasing the audio around the incident before the next edition of Mic’d Up, the organisation’s new monthly programme broadcast on Sky Sports…

The video assistant referee (VAR) officials involved in wrongly disallowing a goal for Liverpool at Tottenham have not been selected for this weekend’s Premier League games. Darren England and assistant Dan Cook did not overrule on Saturday when Luis Diaz was wrongly flagged offside. The on-field referee from that game, Simon Hooper, will be the VAR official for Bournemouth’s trip to Everton. Michael Oliver, who was the fourth official, will play in two games. Oliver will be the VAR official for Luton’s game against Tottenham on Saturday before taking charge on the field for Arsenal’s game against Manchester City on…

By Farooq Kperogi Both pro- and anti-Tinubu news outlets and blogs are selectively reporting the documents that Chicago State University (CSU) handed over to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday. Here are six non-partisan tidbits I discovered from poring over them. Kperogi said, “Chicago State University’s Office of the Registrar affirmed that Bola A. Tinubu indeed attended the university “from August 1977 through June 1979” and was “awarded a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with Honours on June 22, 1979.” “The registrar also swore to this under oath. The penalty for lying under oath in America can be steep.…

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) Enugu State chapter has assured the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of its support in the fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. The chairman of the Fellowship, Most Reverend Chibiko N.C. Onyeledo, gave assurance when he led officials of the Fellowship on a courtesy visit to the Enugu Zonal Command of the EFCC. Onyeledo stressed that the activities of the EFCC, over the years, have helped the country, and the PFN was ready to collaborate with the Commission in all its activities geared towards fighting corruption “and curbing…

The Organized labour suspended the planned indefinite nationwide strike earlier scheduled to begin today at the 11th hour yesterday. The decision is to give the federal government time to implement spelled-out programmes aimed at cushioning the hardship caused by the removal of fuel subsidies. “The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have jointly suspended the indefinite strike billed for October 3, 2023, following the removal of fuel subsidies.” John K. Ikemefuna said in a statement. Ikemefuna said, “It would be recalled that the Nigeria Labour Congress had directed its affiliate member unions across the country to…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) welcomes, with keen interest, the arraignment of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, at the Westminister’s Court in London, United Kingdom, following alleged bribery allegations. Although the charges preferred against her at the London court are diametrically different from the 13-count charges bordering on money laundering the EFCC has raised against her, it is instructive to note that criminality is criminality, irrespective of jurisdictional differences. No crime can go unpunished. The money laundering charges for which Madueke is answerable to the EFCC cover jurisdictions in Dubai, the United Kingdom, the United…

Former Manchester City and England striker Francis Lee has died, aged 79. Lee scored 148 goals in 330 appearances during an eight-year spell at City, helping the club win multiple honours, including the old First Division title in 1968. He started his career at Bolton Wanderers, joined Derby County from City, helping the Rams win their second league title in 1975. He also earned 27 caps for England, scoring 10 goals. “It is with the deepest sadness and heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of former Manchester City player and chairman Francis Lee, aged 79,” a City statement…