A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Thursday set aside a ruling of the FCT High Court suspending the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole.
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ABN TV learnt that Justice Lewis Allagoa who set aside the ruling thereafter ordered the police and Department of State Service (DSS) to provide security for Oshiomhole to resume in his office.
Senegal’s President Macky Sall ordered his cabinet ministers not to leave the country in a measure to control risks from coronavirus, the presidency said on Thursday.
Senegal has registered four cases of COVID-19 since the virus first emerged in China in December and has since infected more than 90,000 people and killed over 3,000 worldwide.
Sall has “decided to reduce to a strict minimum public officials travel overseas” and has asked ministers not to undertake missions outside the country, the presidential communique said.
The Senegalese leader has also decided to cancel all official government events outside of Dakar, such as a planned cabinet meeting, and also recommended suspending gatherings such as a women’s day celebration on Sunday.
The presidency did not mention religious festivals that will be celebrated in the coming weeks across the country.
The government has approved just over 2 million euros ($2.2 million) to help combat the spread of the virus.
Of the four cases detected in Senegal, three are French nationals who travelled to the country and the fourth is a British woman who arrived from London.
In sub-Saharan Africa, only Nigeria has registered another case, an Italian national who arrived in Lagos from Milan.
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Tragedy as a 4-year-old baby girl was allegedly buried alive in a church in Ikirun, Osun state which led to the shutting down of the Church by Ikirun Police Area Command.
It was learnt that Ikirun Police Area Command has arrested the Pastor of the Church identified as Ogundapo Lere of Christ Gospel Apostolic Church located at Orita gbona, Palace area in Ikirun.
According to reports, the body of the victim has been exhumed for autopsy.
An eyewitness told newsmen that the DPO, Sani Hassan ordered his men to exhume the corpse from the Church premises for autopsy.
The Church building was surrounded by a team of policemen with their patrol vehicle who blocked the entrance of the Church to prevent people from going in and coming out of the premises while the Police Area Command, Ekoende road in Ikirun confirmed the incident.
Nigerian Plus-sized model, fashion designer and stylist, Monalisa Stephen has warned women to stop fighting their husbands side chics, stating that such act is assault.
Taking to social media, Monalisa Stephen, shared a video of a woman embarrassing her husbands side chic in the mall.
While sharing the video, she advised the women on the best way to tackle a cheating husband, as well as how to keep their husbands away from extra marital affairs.
See what she wrote below;
“This is a very emotional act for me because at some point I felt the pains and the trouble women go through in their marriages or relationships!
Dear women, no matter what you do, a man that will Cheat will cheat, But be Sure that you did your best! Dress well, Be clean , Be Kind and supportive and if your best is not enough, Leave , Don’t die there because you are scared of Public Opinion, Remember no one will be with you in the Grave . Stop fighting your Husband side chics, that’s Assault.
Dear Men, God Created you First and took a rib from you to make us. You’re supposed to be our All in all, father, mother , sister , friend, mentor, Everything . So please Treat your wives right, Some women got issues yeah I know, But Pls be more patience and more caring and Respect Your wife/woman. Take good care of them , don’t turn them to something Else . You can do better
Dear Side Chics/ Side Guys Hmmmm It’s actually not your fault, But just Caution them a bit don’t take over their homes, Don’t be a home Wrecker. You’re doing well❤️ Celebrating Women’s Day❤️”
The International Olympic Committee, IOC, insist that a potential cancellation or postponement of this year’s Tokyo Olympics due to the global spread of the deadly coronavirus were “not mentioned” at a meeting of their Executive Board on Wednesday.
However, the virus, which has killed 3,200 people while infecting 90,000 in more than 60 countries worldwide, is having a major impact on world sport.
AFP Sport looks at the latest effects on Wednesday:
TOKYO OLYMPICS
— International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said that the nightmare scenario of either cancelling or postponing the Tokyo Olympics was not discussed at a key meeting.
“Neither the word cancellation nor postponement was mentioned today during the Executive Board meeting,” Bach told reporters in Lausanne on Wednesday.
“I will not add fuel to the flames of speculation. We are fully committed to the success of the Tokyo Games.”
The Olympics take place from July 24-August 9.
— Japan says it will, however, adjust the Olympic torch relay set to begin this month “as necessary”.
The Olympic flame is set to arrive in Japan on March 20 and depart less than a week later on a nationwide relay that will begin in Fukushima.
FOOTBALL
— In Italy, the hardest-hit European country with 107 deaths, it was announced that all matches — as well as all major sports events — will be played behind closed doors until April 3.
“Closing doors but continuing matches is the right thing to do, so the people aren’t put at risk,” Inter Milan chairman Steven Zhang told the BBC.
This week’s Italian Cup semi-finals were postponed to a date to be arranged while a number of league games were cancelled over the last two weekends.
— Elsewhere, the start of Japan’s J-League was postponed till mid-March while China suspended all domestic football and shelved indefinitely the top-flight Super League season which was due to kick off on February 22.
— The Swiss league has already suspended all Super League and second-division Challenge League matches until March 23.
— The Valencia v Atalanta Champions League clash on March 10 will be played behind closed doors.
RUGBY UNION
— The Six Nations match between Ireland and Italy in Dublin, scheduled for Saturday, had already been cancelled.
— The Italy v England match set for Rome on March 15 will be played without spectators.
— Sevens World Series tournaments in Hong Kong on April 3-5 and Singapore the following weekend postponed.
MOTOR RACING
— The Chinese Formula One Grand Prix, which was set for April 19 in Shanghai, was axed as was the March 21 Formula E race slated for Sanya on the Chinese island of Hainan.
— In motorcycling, the season-opening Qatar MotoGP, set for Sunday, and the Thailand MotoGP have also been scratched.
GOLF
— European Tour chiefs postponed the Maybank Championship in Malaysia and the China Open in Shenzhen — both set for April.
— The US LPGA Tour cancelled all three of its lucrative early-season events in Asia with a combined prize purse of more than $5 million.
— The Abu Dhabi Ladies Open, due to start on Friday, was shelved Wednesday.
CYCLING
— The UAE Tour’s last two stages were abandoned with riders and teams subsequently quarantined in their Abu Dhabi hotels. The Gulf state announced six coronavirus cases linked to the abandoned cycling event — two Russians, two Italians, one German and a Colombian had been infected.
— Australian cycling team Mitchelton-Scott said they were pulling out of a series of major races including Paris-Nice and Milan-San Remo. The team will sit out races between March 4-22 in Italy (Strade Bianche, GP Industria, Tirreno-Adriatico, Milan-San Remo, Trofeo Binda), France (Paris-Nice), Belgium (Nokere) and the Netherlands (Ronde van Drenthe).
TENNIS
— The Davis Cup qualifiers between Italy and South Korea in Cagliari and Japan against Ecuador in Miki will be played without spectators.
BASKETBALL
— The launch of the inaugural Basketball Africa League has been postponed. The NBA-backed 12-team league had been due to tip off on March 13 in Dakar, Senegal.
ATHLETICS
— The World Indoor Championships, scheduled for Nanjing from March 13-15, were postponed for a year.
SNOOKER
— The flagship China Open snooker tournament, scheduled to be held between March 30 and April 5, was called off in late January.
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Former UEFA head Michel Platini has lost his appeal at the European Court of Human Rights against a four-year ban from football over a $2 million (1.8m euro) payment from then FIFA president Sepp Blatter in 2011.
A chamber of seven judges at the Strasbourg-based court ruled Thursday that Platini’s “suspension from football-related professional activity was justified”.
“The court found in particular that, having regard to the seriousness of the misconduct, the senior position held by Mr Platini in football’s governing bodies and the need to restore the reputation of the sport and of FIFA, the sanction did not appear excessive or arbitrary,” it said.
Platini’s application, the court ruled, was “inadmissible”.
FIFA banned Platini, its then vice president, in 2015 over the payment he received, sparking years of bitter recriminations from the now 64-year-old Frenchman and a falling out with his former ally Blatter.
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Brazil legend Ronaldinho has been arrested in Paraguay for allegedly using false documentation to enter the South American country.
The 39-year-old, who won the World Cup with Brazil in 2002, was detained in the Resort Yacht & Golf Club Paraguayo along with his brother Roberto on Wednesday night, the Ministry of Interior of Paraguay has confirmed.
According to La Nacion, passports were found in the hotel bearing the names of Ronaldinho and Roberto with Paraguayan nationality.
Both the brothers remained in the hotel suite overnight, with Paraguayan authorities due to issue a statement on Thursday morning.
An official statement from the Paraguayan police had earlier revealed that Ronaldinho and his entourage had been invited to Paraguay by casino owner Nelson Belotti.
The former Brazil international was expected to hold several publicity events, with the media invited to witness his interaction with fans and dignitaries.
Ronaldinho is currently without a Brazilian passport because of an environmental fine he received in 2018.
The former Barcelona star and his brother were convicted of illegally building a fishing trap at Lake Guaiba in 2015 without proper licensing in a permanent preservation area.
That conviction saw the duo handed an $8.5 million (£6.5m) fine in November 2018 and after failing to pay up, Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice decided to stop Ronaldinho from being able to leave the country.
Despite being unable to travel out of Brazil, Ronaldinho was unveiled as one of the country’s new ambassadors for tourism in September last year.
Literally stranded in his homeland, the former AC Milan star said at the time that he was trying to make the most of his situation after accepting a role to promote Brazil’s tourism.
“Tourism is very important for generating jobs and regaining our image internationally,” Ronaldinho said at his unveiling as an ambassador.
Ronaldinho enjoyed a distinguished playing career across South America and Europe – winning the Champions League, La Liga, Serie A and Copa Libertadores.
He also secured numerous individual honours, including the 2005 Ballon d’Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2004 and 2005.
The Porto Alegre-born forward lifted the World Cup in South Korea and Japan in 2002 and won the Copa America with his national team in 1999.
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Schools and universities in Iran will be closed until early April because of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, the health minister said Thursday.
“People should not consider this as an opportunity to go travelling. They should stay home and take our warnings seriously,” Saeed Namaki said at a televised press conference.
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The Abia state chairman of the APC, Hon. Donatus Nwankpa has accused the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the state of being afraid to face it at the local government election.
He alleged that the state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has refused to fix a particular date for the conduct of local government election to take place but rather making use of caretaker committee, emphasizing that the use of caretaker committee to run the local governments is alien to the constitution.
He stated this in a chat with ABN TV in Umuahia on Monday.
He described as nebulous comment the governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s pronouncement that the local government election in the state will take place between now and September without a definite date and timetable.
“Caretakerism is an aberration at all levels. The constitution made it clear that a democratic system of administration of local government is guaranteed by the constitution. Any other thing any other person is doing is illegality” he added.
He challenged the governor to fix a date for local government election in the state to see the performance of APC as a testament for what will be expected in 2023.
