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•Asks NGOs, CSOs to respect financial transaction rules The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned Nigerians against what it described as any investment that promises returns that looks too good to be true. “Though risk-taking is considered by some as the oxygen that drives investment decisions, the commission warns the public against taking unmitigated risk in desperation to earn a windfall. “Investment in Bitcoin, for instance, is a high risk activity as the terrain is largely unregulated, and prone to fraud,” the anti-graft agency said. EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, who gave the warning in Abuja, said the commission…

• PSC says Nigeria won’t accept vaccines from private, unverified sources • Academy urges FG to close international airports to check spread • WHO’s survey reveals disruptions in health services • FG keeps mum as East Africa destroy expired AstraZeneca vaccines As India continues to set a new global record for a rise in daily coronavirus cases for a fifth straight day, while deaths from COVID-19 also jumped by an all-time high over the last 24 hours, the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) has warned Nigerians to brace up for a third COVID-19 wave. On Sunday, India reported 346,786…

After a week in which English fans helped bring down a proposed European Super League with furious protests, the return of supporters to stadiums took another significant step forward with 8,000 in attendance for Sunday’s League Cup final between Manchester City and Tottenham at Wembley. For the first time in 13 months, a football match in England will have designated fans from both teams inside the stadium as part of a series of test events. To get into Wembley, fans had to take a lateral flow coronavirus test at a designated site in the 24 hours before the game and…

The cloud of a collapsed Super League project hangs over this week’s Champions League semi-finals with three of the four clubs involved — Real Madrid, Manchester City and Chelsea — among the breakaway 12 that shook European football. Paris Saint-Germain did not sign up to the proposals, which crumbled within 48 hours of being announced last week due to a fierce backlash from fans, players, governments, national leagues, UEFA and FIFA. However, the clash between PSG and City on Wednesday is illustrative of the forces which drove some of European football’s more established powers, led by Madrid president Florentino Perez,…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Yobe Government have began a house-to-house initiative to build awareness to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the northeast. Mr Muhammad Shafiq, WHO Emergency Manager, Health Emergencies Programme, who disclosed this on Monday said that the the UN agency and the Yobe government have conducted COVID-19 House-to-House risk communication awareness to over 90,000 residents of the state. Shafiq, represented by Dr Ibrahim Salisu, a Public Health Officer said the aim of the exercise was to sensitise larger populace of the society who might not had access to information through the mainstream and social media.…

Super Eagles’ dashing winger Samuel Chukwueze’s quest with Villarreal for top flight action in Europe next season suffered a big dent following a home loss to LaLiga title chasing FC Barcelona yesterday. Although the AFCON 2019 bronze medal winner with Nigeria opened the score for his side in the crucial home match, it was an Antoine Griezmann’s double that gave Barcelona a 2-1 victory over Villarreal and kept Ronald Koeman’s team on course to win LaLiga, if they win their remaining games and leaders Atletico slump. The loss thus meant Villarreal will remain in seventh position with 49 points but…

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has described the Governor of Sokoto State, Mr. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, as a dynamic governor for his infrastructural development in the state. Obasanjo said that the capital projects being undertaking by the Sokoto State Government were for the economic development of the state and the entire country. The former president stated this in his remarks yesterday when he laid the foundation of one of the flyover projects awarded by the state government. He said that infrastructural development, especially on transportation, is vital for the development of any state. He, however, commended the efforts of…

Bayern Munich is in talks with RB Leipzig to tempt Julian Nagelsmann to take over as coach from Hansi Flick next season, but German media claimed Sunday it could cost them 30 million euros. According to Bild, Leipzig will demand such a sum to release the highly-regarded Nagelsmann as his current contract still runs until 2023. Sport 1 also reported that negotiations have started and said the financial deal will be “significantly greater than 15 million euros”. Flick himself is under contract in Munich until 2023 but he has already asked to be released at the end of this season…

Atletico Madrid’s title hopes suffered a setback on Sunday as a shock 2-1 defeat at Athletic Bilbao handed Barcelona the upper hand in a thrilling race at the top of La Liga. Real Madrid’s draw with Real Betis on Saturday gave Atletico the chance to pull further clear but instead, they ended the weekend with their lead reduced, a loss at San Mames the latest twist in Europe’s most unpredictable domestic chase. Barca had earlier beaten Villarreal by the same scoreline, with Antoine Griezmann’s quick-fire double becoming all the more valuable after another Atletico slip. Sevilla has largely been overlooked…

The Federal Government can no longer continue to shy away from frontally confronting the absurdities inherent in the country’s downstream petroleum sector that has witnessed galloping prices in the midst of huge and endless government subsidy. It is a grave anomaly for Nigeria to be a leading exporter of crude oil and a leading importer of petroleum products. That situation assumes total unacceptability with the fact that oil has been the mainstay of the country’s economy for decades, while refineries set up by government continue to consume fortunes of the nation’s resources without corresponding delivery of products. Options open to…