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The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has banned Kenyan referee, Aden Marwa, from all football activities for life.  Aden Marwa was filmed receiving a 600-dollar bribe during Confederation of African Football assignment in Ghana. He is one of 22 referees sanctioned by the CAF in an unprecedented clean up, announced at the weekend. Another 11 referees - 10 Ghanaians and one Liberian - have been provisionally banned pending appearances before a Caf disciplinary board on 5 August. Last month, former Ghana FA president Kwesi Nyantakyi resigned as Caf's first vice-president over corruption allegations.

Earily today the Chairman of Bauchi state Group the Nigeria Labour congres (NLC) Member to shut down the office of Mtn in the State Captial. Both the Headquarter and their offices across the state has been shut down by the Nigeria Labour Congress, giving them Three Days to advance their telecommunication Network System as Directed by the National office in Abuja NLC Banner seen on gate at one of the offices in the Captial where the Group Started the Closing down of the offices Speaking to reporters at the premises of the MTN office, Gital said: “This is to advance issues of decent work, better conditions of service for workers.” Gital, who was visibly angry, declared that: “We need to tell them that they need to respect the laws of the country. They need to also respect our own labour laws but most importantly, they must respect human and trade union rights. “Workers have dignity; workers are not slaves and therefore, all workers must be treated with the best of attention.

Zimbabwe National Rugby Team players slept in the street last night in Tunisia ahead of a @rugbyworldcup qualifier on Saturday against Tunisia. The Zimbabwe party were left furious at a poor standard of hotel accommodation, while also claiming they had experienced a six-hour airport delay over visa issues after arriving in Tunisia they could not raise €600 for Visa processing Saturday’s game is part of Africa’s Rugby Gold Cup competition, with Rugby Africa responsible for the fixtures.

The Nigeria Super Eagles Captain John Mike Obi Paid 10million Naira Ransom to Obtain His Father From Kidnappers. According to the police, Obi’s father was on his way from Jos, Plateau State, in a grey colour Toyota Prado when he was kidnapped. John Mike Obi paid a ransom of N10 million naira to release of his father, who is in his sixties. The kidnappers were said to have demanded a N10 million ransom from the Obi family before he was released. Although the elderly man was not hurt, he was however forced to walk for about five kilometres three miles barefoot in the heavy rain.

Listened to that bescumbered broadcast bereft of spirituality and with no recourse to God. – Yet I know that with the problems Nigeria is facing, combined with our gullibility for ‘men of god’ whoever made those predictions is now fast on his way to becoming a ‘god’ himself. – The first set of dates he mentioned are 23rd June, 28 of June, 12th of July 24th of July, 30th of July and 1st of August. – His exact words were “These dates I have mentioned do not travel out of lagos using the following transport….” and he proceeded to mention names of transport companies, claiming they were marked for blood.? – Before you guys start jumping and lapping this shit up, let me ask you; does this look like a prediction for Saturday’s Plateau massacre or yesterday’s tanker explosion? ABSOLUTELY NOT! – He clearly mentioned transport companies going out of Lagos, listen to the audio clearly without sentiment or emotion and you will see what I’m sayin. – Yesterday’s disaster involved a tanker and ve

Nigeria The Federal Government says it will commence disbursement of the recovered 322 million dollars Abacha loot through Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) to 302,000 poor households in 19 states in July. Tukur Rumar, of the National Cash Transfer Office (NTCO), disclosed this at a roundtable on assets recovery organised by the Swiss Embassy on Thursday, in Abuja. The states include: Niger, Kogi, Ekiti, Osun, Oyo, Kwara, Cross River, Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Plateau, Nasarrawa, Anambra and Internally Displaced Persons Camps (IDPs) in Borno. According to Rumar, the benefiting households will receive N5,000 monthly. Mr Iorwa Apera, the National Coordinator, National Social Safety Net Coordinating Office (NASSCO), said 503,055 households were already on the NSR register from the 19 states, adding that by July, there would be a social register for all the states of the federation. “The Federal Government would begin with those states, b