Day: August 26, 2020

Who’s bankrolling your Trips, Group insists on Nigeria’s ex-Minister, Fani-Kayode Merry-Go-Round’s Probe

Damola Oyede

    Nigeria’s foremost media rights group, Journalists for Democratic Rights, (JODER), on Wednesday, asked a former Aviation Minister, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, to name those funding his trips across the country. Fani-Kayode is on a tour of South South states to meet with governors and inspect their projects. At Calabar last Thursday, he was asked by Daily Trust reporter in the state to disclose the source of the funding for the tour but the ex-minister got furious and hurled insults on the reporter. But the group is insisting he must answer the…

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Chelsea Signs 5-Year deals with England Defender, Chilwell, From Leicester

Lukman Olasunkanmi

  Chelsea have signed England left-back Ben Chilwell from Leicester on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee. Chilwell is Chelsea’s third addition of the summer after the arrivals of winger Hakim Ziyech, 27, from Ajax and striker Timo Werner, 24, from RB Leipzig. The defender, 23, is a Leicester academy product who made his debut for the club in 2015, and had a contract with the Foxes until 2024, reports the BBC. He missed the final five matches of the 2019-20 season with a foot injury. Chelsea took fourth place…

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Nigeria’s Kwara Gov to receive fresh N130m loot EFCC recovered from predecessor’s govt  

Aliyu Aliyu

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday commended the activities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), saying the anti-graft body has helped to gradually restore some sanity and accountability in public administration in the country. AbdulRazaq spoke in Ilorin, the state capital, when the new Ilorin zonal head of the EFCC Oseni Kazeem paid him a courtesy visit. Oseni had told the governor that a new N130m “looted funds” have been recovered from the previous administration in the state. The Governor explained how recovered funds had helped to…

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