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The acting chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mohammed Umar Abba on Friday, November 6, 2020 proposed the appointment desk/liaison officers in both the EFCC and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), dedicated towards improving communication and seamless relations between the two agencies of government. He made the proposal during a courtesy visit to the EFCC Head office by the management of the NNPC, led by its Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari. Abba expressed delight that the NNPC has been responsive to requests from EFCC, noting that the desk officers would further bridge the communication gap and the delays…

Benue State Police Command said eight persons were arrested in connection with public disturbances over alleged theft of male genital organs in Daudu, Guma Local Government Area in Benue State. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State who hails from Guma Local Government Area and had intervened and pleaded with the youths in the area to maintain peace on Wednesday over the crisis of missing male organs. Police spokesperson Kate Anene told newsmen that after investigations by the police, the claims that some people were experiencing dysfunctional male genital organs were false. She stated that victims were taken to Benue State…

Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl told his side to believe “anything is possible” after they went top of the Premier League for the first time ever with a 2-0 win. Just over a year on from a 9-0 home humiliation by Leicester, which left the Austrian in danger of being sacked, he guided Saints to the summit of the English top flight for the first time since 1988 with a comfortable victory over Newcastle. “Our fans will love it and they’ll make a picture of the table,” Hasenhuttl said. “For us it’s nice but it shouldn’t kill the hunger for more.…

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday said that the Federal Government requires the sum of $656million to complete work on the Lagos-Ibadan railway project. Amaechi, who spoke while defending the 2021 budget of the ministry before the National Assembly Joint Committee on Land and Marine Transport, said the amount is needed to put in place necessary infrastructures for the project to serve its intended purpose. He said that the Ibadan-Kano railway project also required an injection of $645.3million as advance payment to enable the Federal Government complete its loan-signing agreement with the China Exim Bank. Amaechi said: “Under the…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has authorised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to freeze the accounts of 20 #EndSARS promoters with immediate effect. The accounts are domiciled in Access Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Fidelity Bank, First Bank, United Bank for Africa, and Zenith Bank. The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry set up in the aftermath of the violence sparked by the #EndSARS protests on Friday granted counsel to three #EndSARS protesters access to a surveillance video which captured the October 20 shooting at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos. Granting the prayers of Central Bank Governor…

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has tested positive for Covid-19, officials have told United States media. It was not immediately clear how Mr Meadows – who has often appeared at public events without a face mask – was infected. He is the latest Trump administration official to contract the disease, which has killed some 230,000 Americans. On Friday, the US set a third straight daily record for new cases, with more than 127,000 infections. The country’s coronavirus outbreak was a key policy battleground in the run-up to the 3 November election, and contributed to a surge in postal…

We don’t know – still – who the next US president will be, but we do know who it won’t be in the White House come January 2021 – Kanye West. The 43-year-old rapper has conceded after his self-styled “Birthday Party” collected just 60,000 votes out of an estimated total of 160 million. Another independent, Libertarian Jo Jorgensen, made a much stronger showing – claiming more than 1.5 million votes. But Kanye West’s political career may not be over yet. He tweeted “Kanye 2024” this week, signalling another bid to come. In this first presidential attempt, West appeared on the…

Joe Biden has again said he is confident of victory as he inches closer to beating Donald Trump after Tuesday’s US presidential election. The Democratic challenger now has 253 of the 270 Electoral College votes needed to clinch the White House under the state-by-state US voting system. The former Vice President also leads vote counts in the battlegrounds of Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Arizona. A Biden win would see Mr Trump leave office in January after four years. What did Biden say? “We’re going to win this race,” Mr Biden told supporters in Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday night, striking an…

Viewers on DStv and GOtv are about to experience exciting live sporting events and shows on ESPN and ESPN 2 from Saturday 7 to Thursday 12 November 2020. Top on the line up of events is the Saturday Rugby World Tens 2020 with the semi-finals and final of the tournament showing LIVE on ESPN (DStv channel 218 and GOtv Max channel 36) at 6:30pm, 7:00pm and 9:00pm respectively while ESPN 2 (DStv channel 219) will feature the playoff on the same Saturday afternoon, with three matches in succession at 3:30pm, 4:00pm and 5:30pm. Representing the Seattle Seawolves, Ben Cima is…

The oil and gas business is big money business and not for the faint hearted. Before 1993, the game was reserved for the big players, the IOCs like Shell, Mobil, Total, Agip, Chevron among others. However, in 1993, Professor Jubril Aminu changed the equation when he opened up space for two Nigerian entrepreneurs to play. In November1990, Professor Aminu awarded oil blocks to 11 Nigerian entrepreneurs on a discretionary basis. He was convinced that Nigerians had worked long enough with the IOCs and gained enough experience to run their oil and gas businesses. That discretionary bid round led to the…