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England’s manager Gareth Southgate walks out of the field prior to the Euro 2020 football qualification match between Montenegro and England at Podgorica City Stadium on March 25, 2019 in Podgorica, Montenegro. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP) Gareth Southgate has called for education to stamp out racism in football as European governing body UEFA opened disciplinary proceedings against Montenegro following abuse aimed at black England players during his side’s 5-1 Euro 2020 qualifier win in Podgorica. Raheem Sterling celebrated the fifth goal on Monday by cupping his ears towards the home fans as a sign of defiance, while Callum Hudson-Odoi said he and Danny Rose heard monkey noises aimed at them. “Sanctions are worthless if there is nothing alongside that to help educate people,” said England coach Southgate. “My kids don’t think for one minute about where people are born, what language they speak, what colour they are. “There’s an innocence about young people that is onl...

Two boys were said to have been terrorizing victims by breaking into their houses to steal when the occupants are not around. Have meet their waterloo  after there were caught burgling a victim’s house. According to reports The underage suspects were caught after sneaking into a house through the window despite having burglary proof as they stole phones and other valuables. The boys who were remorseful of their criminal action, burst into tears after being caught and handcuffed. While some Nigerians have criticized the way the boys were handcuffed due to their age, others have said it serves them right because they need to learn that crime has consequences to avoid getting worse in the future. The young boys also displayed how they broke into their latest victim’s house through the “secured” window in a video recorded source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/03/thieves-immediately-burst-into-tears-as.html

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) on Tuesday, prayed a Federal High Court in Lagos, to strike out a suit by MTN Nigeria Communication Ltd, challenging an N242 billion and 1.2 billion dollars import duties and withholding tax assessments. Abubakar Malami (SAN) . Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan The AGF, represented by Counsel, Mr T.A Gazali, also prayed the court to decline jurisdiction in the suit, dismiss or strike out same, for being statute barred, while arguing his notice of preliminary objection challenging the court’s jurisdiction to entertain the case. Newsmen gathered that MTN instituted the suit by a writ, dated Sept.10, 2018, challenging the legality of the AGF’s assessment of its import duties, withholding tax and value-added tax in the sums of N242 billion and 1.2billion dollars. The plaintiff is seeking among other reliefs, a declaration that the AGF’s demand of the sums of N242 billion and 1.2 billion dollars from MTN, is premised on a process which is mali...

'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty in a Chicago courtroom Thursday to 16 charges stemming from an alleged hate crime hoax. In a shocking announcement Tuesday morning, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office said it will not be prosecuting Jussie Smollett, who was previously accused of faking an anti-black, anti-gay hate crime in Chicago in order to drum up publicity for his role on the TV drama “Empire.” Fox News has learned the judge granted a nolle pros, which essentially means that the case has been dropped and that he will no longer be prosecuted for the alleged crime. It’s unclear at this time why the court decided not to proceed with prosecution, but the former “Empire” star is expected to give a statement after he leaves the courthouse later today. Smollett previously pled "not guilty" to 16 counts of disorderly conduct stemming from the alleged incident in which he claimed two men beat him, poured bleach on him and placed a rope aro...

Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) • OPS faults VAT increment, opts for widening of tax net Nigeria and other African countries could increase tax revenue by as much as $72 billion or 4.6 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) yearly if comprehensive tax reforms are carried out, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says.The proposed comprehensive tax reform is one of the recommendations in the 2019 Economic Report on Africa (ERA) recently unveiled. Despite measures taken in the last two decades to improve tax administration on the continent, with potentials for raising additional tax revenue by closing obvious gaps, glaring inefficiencies still remain.For Nigeria, however, there are concerns among the Organised Private Sector (OPS) over the planned increment in Value Added Tax (VAT), rather than expansion of the tax net, as this could hinder economic growth and increase misery. The Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, had hinted the ...

Stories by Ediri Ejoh The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB and the Nigeria LNG Limited, NLNG, on Friday signed the Nigerian Content Plan, NCP for the NLNG Train 7 project, taking a big step towards kick- starting the huge gas project that would create a flurry of activities in the oil and gas sector and contribute immensely to the nation’s economy. The Executive Secretary, NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote and the Managing Director of NLNG, Engr. Tony Attah signed the NCP in Abuja at an event witnessed by senior personnel of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Shell, Total and ENI – shareholders of the NLNG. The Train 7 project is expected to expand NLNG’s production capacity by 35 per cent from 22 million tonnes per annum, MTPA to 30 MTPA. At peak construction, the Train 7 project is projected to provide direct, indirect and induced employment for over 10,000 persons. The Executive Secretary emphasised at the signing ceremony that Train 7, ...

As Oyo BCPG commiserates with Ibadan collapsed building victims Stories by  Kingsley Adegboye Following the collapse of a three-storey building in Ita Faji, Lagos Island, last week which has exposed buildings in the entire Island as relics, uninhabitable and unfit to work in, built environment professionals have called for redevelopment of the entire Lagos Island through urban renewal scheme as a matter of urgency. Sympathisers including professional bodies who thronged the Island during the ill-fated collapse, left with the impression that the entire Island neighbourhood was a slum because of its unplanned nature with most of the buildings looking weak and structurally defective. No visible drainage system, no setback in between buildings and no ventilation because of closeness of the buildings to one another. Emergency and rescue personnel are seen at the site of a building which collapsed in Lagos on March 13, 2019. – At least 10 children were among scores of people...