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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has tested positive for coronavirus while on international duty with Egypt. The Egyptian Football Federation said on Friday that the 28-year old returned a positive test but is not displaying any symptoms. They added that the other members of the team had tested negative. Egypt host Togo in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying on Saturday, followed by the reverse fixture in Togo on Tuesday. Global coronavirus cases pass 50 million Salah will now self-isolate and could miss Liverpool’s next two matches. The Reds host Leicester in the Premier League on Saturday, 21 November, followed by a…

Says US-Nigeria relation will be stronger under Biden Dr. Baba Adam, a former US leader of Pro National Conference Organisations, PRONACO has congratulated President-elect Joe Biden on his resounding victory. He said the election of the former Vice President will usher in very robust US-Nigeria relations with technology and Nigeria’s growing youthful population key factors. Dr Adam who was part of the first high-level 2020 Biden-Harris campaign meeting on US-Africa Priorities praised Biden for picking a woman of colour, Kamala Harris as his Vice President. “On behalf of all of us, we are hereby sending you our hearty congratulations on…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, November 12, 2020 assented to the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act 2020. It repeals the extant Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act 1991 as amended. This monumental piece of legislation is expected to enhance the soundness and resilience of the financial system for sustainable growth and development of the Nigerian economy. The BOFI Act 2020 updates the enabling law in response to developments and significant evolution in the financial sector over the last two decades. It will increase the appetite of banks and other financial institutions to channel much needed credit to the real…

A Croatian court on Friday sentenced former prime minister Ivo Sanader to eight years in jail for siphoning millions of euros from public funds in a long-running corruption case. Sanader, who led Croatia into NATO during his 2003-2009 spell in office, organised a plot with other officials to “acquire significant financial gain” for himself and to finance their HDZ party, which was also accused in the case, the Zagreb court ruled. Sanader directed embezzlement involving illegal donations and fictitious deals involving state-run firms, according to the verdict. Petrol To Sell For N170 Per Liter The former prime minister, currently serving…

The Imo State House of Assembly has been impeached the Speaker, Chiji Collins. Collins was removed from office by the lawmakers on Friday during a plenary at the legislative chamber of the Assembly complex in Owerri, the state capital. When the motion for the impeachment of Collins was supported by 19 out of the 27 members of the House, Channels TV reported Friday. El-Rufai Sues Reno Omokri, Chidi Odinkalu And Others For N1.5bn He was impeached over allegations of financial impropriety, high handedness, and gross misconduct, among others. The lawmakers immediately elected Paul Emeziem, member representing Onuimo Local Government Area as the…

The price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) which is popular referred to as petrol, is set to skyrocket again at the pumps for the third time in three months. The Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), disclosed in an internal memo that the ex-depot price of petrol has gone up, which will translate to the pump price of the product going up as well. The ex-depot price is the price at which the product is sold by the PPMC to marketers at the depots. China Finally Congratulates Joe Biden “The implication of the increase…

The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai has announced that the Nigerian army has inducted eight units of locally made combat vehicles Mine–Resistant, Ambush–Protected (MRAP), also called `EZUGWU’’ into Operations Lafiya Dole and Sahel Sanity. Speaking at the inauguration of the vehicles in Kaduna, Buratai noted that the new equipment which was manufactured by the Command Engineering Depot, Kaduna and designed specifically to withstand improvised explosive device attacks and ambushes, has aided military operations against bandits and Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in the North East. A Smart Factory also called Additive Manufacturing Technology, Vehicles Assembly shop and Officers/Soldiers accommodation at Command Engineering Depot (CED) was…

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has filed a N1.5 billion defamation suit against former presidential spokesperson Reno Omokri, Professor Chidi Odinkalu and others. Others joined in the defamation lawsuit filed by his lawyer  A.U. Mustapha (SAN) before the FCT High Court are Thisday Newspaper, Daniel Elombah, Elombah Communications, Barrister Joseph Onu and Auta Nyada. In the lawsuit filed against Reno Omokri, the Kaduna state Governor said the statements contained in his publication titled: ‘El-Rufai’s email saying southern women youth corpers are seen as whores’ which was published by Thisday newspaper on Sunday 14th of June 2020 is injurious to his reputation…

China on Friday became one of the last major countries to congratulate U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, who is expected to make few changes to U.S. policy in conflicts with Beijing over trade, technology and security. China, along with Russia, avoided joining the throng that congratulated Biden last weekend after he and vice presidential running mate Kamala Harris secured enough Electoral College votes to unseat President Donald Trump. “We respect the choice of the American people,” said a foreign ministry spokesman, Wang Wenbin. “We congratulate Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris.” Wang gave no reason for the delay but said, “the result…

Kwara State governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Friday announced plans to revoke the payment of pension to former governors and their deputies in the state. “In line with our campaign mantra and the yearnings of our people, next week I will be sending a bill to the State House of Assembly to revoke the law awarding pension packages to former governors and former deputy governors in Kwara State,” Abdulrazaq tweeted. “Our state needs all the resources it can get to improve our human capital development.” 753 Nigerian Traders Beg For Evacuation From Ghana The governor said he believes that Kwara State’s…