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Jun

2023

Nigeria’s President Tinubu suspends head of anti-graft agency

NIGERIA'S President Bola Tinubu suspended the head of the economic and financial crimes unit Abdulrasheed Bawa indefinitely for abuse of office, the presidency said in a statement. The move came a week after the president suspended the country's central bank governor Godwin Emefiele. A spokesman for the Economic and financial crimes unit (EFCC) did not immediately respond to calls for comment. Created 20 years ago, the EFCC investigates and prosecutes financial crimes, including money laundering and corruption. Bawa, the fifth chairman of EFCC, was appointed two years ago after the Senate refused to approve the reappointment of his predecessor who…

May

2023

By RAMIRO SCANDOLO

Messi receives offer from Saudi club Al-Hilal

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LIONEL Messi has received a formal offer to join Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal next season, a source close to Argentina's World Cup-winning captain said. The offer from the Saudi club is the only one Messi has received so far, the source added. Argentine media have reported that the offer is worth around $400 million a year. Al-Hilal did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside of normal business hours. The 35-year-old Messi has also been linked in the media with a move back to his boyhood club Barcelona, with the United States Major League Soccer club Inter Miami…

Apr

2023

By The African Mirror

Egyptian League suspends almost 6000 fans for shouting insults

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THREE thousand Al-Ahly fans have been suspended for two games for shouting "insults" against Zamalek and Egypt player Shikabala during the team's last game against Pharco, the Egyptian Football Premier League (EPL) said on Sunday. Even though league leaders Al-Ahly were not playing Zamalek on Friday, their three thousand fans in attendance - which is the maximum allowed for any team during a domestic soccer match - vented their anger towards midfielder Shikabala in what has been a long-running saga of insult trading. Shikabala Al-Ahly were also fined 20,000 Egyptian pounds ($650) for the incident. The EPL also suspended 2,021…

Feb

2023

By The African Mirror

S.Africa’s Transnet halts rail link to regional countries after heavy rains

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SOUTH Africa's logistics utility Transnet suspended freight rail services on its North East Corridor, which links with several countries in southern Africa, as heavy rains damaged infrastructure on the line. The corridor, which mostly moves mineral commodities, links South Africa to Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. "Disruptive weather conditions in Mpumalanga and Limpopo have adversely affected Transnet Freight Rail operations in the North-East Corridor," Transnet said. "Heavy, abnormal rains damaged the rail infrastructure across the corridor's major commodity pathways resulting in severe disruption to the train service," the utility said. The corridor would only be…

Nov

2022

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World Cup ‘22: Cameroon keeper sent home

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MANASI PATHAK CAMEROON'S first-choice goalkeeper Andre Onana has been suspended for disciplinary reasons, the country's federation (FECAFOOT) said after he was left out of the squad for their 3-3 draw with Serbia at the World Cup. Onana was marked as "absent" on the team sheet, with head coach Rigobert Song saying he had to "put the team first ahead of an individual" amid reports of a falling-out over tactics. Cameroon is third in Group G on one point and needs to beat Brazil in their final group game on Friday to stand any chance of reaching the last 16. "The…

Nov

2022

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Petra Diamonds’ Tanzania mine ops suspended for three months

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PETRA Diamonds has suspended operations at its Williamson mine in Tanzania for up to three months after a wall of the tailings dam at the site was breached earlier this week, the company said. Petra Diamonds, which operates three mines in South Africa as well as Tanzania's biggest diamond mine, said there had been no fatalities as a result of the incident and three minor injuries had been reported, adding a probe was underway to establish the cause of the breach. A total of 13 dwellings have been affected by the breach, with those impacted getting aids and accommodation, Petra added.…

Mar

2022

By The African Mirror

Kenya and Zimbabwe have been suspended from world football: what happens next

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KENYA and Zimbabwe have both been suspended by the world’s football governing body, FIFA, owing to government interference in the operations of the national football federations. Nairobi and Harare dissolved their federations late last year and replaced them with government-appointed officials. The suspension, overshadowed for now by Russia’s dramatic banishment from virtually all international sport, will hit the two countries in the pocket and freeze international participation. Sports researcher Wycliffe Njororai Simiyu explains why this is straight from FIFA’s aggressive policy against what it terms “third-party interference”. Author WYCLIFFE W. NJORORAI SIMIYU, Professor, Health and Kinesiology, University of Texas at…

Sep

2021

By The African Mirror

Somali PM suspends intelligence chief

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SOMALIA’S prime minister has suspended the intelligence chief, prompting a public rebuke from the president and highlighting growing divisions at the heart of the political elite. The suspension - triggered by a dispute over investigations into an unsolved murder - followed months of wrangling that have threatened to further destabilise a country already riven by militant attacks and clan rivalries. Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble said he had told Fahad Yasin, the director of Somalia's National Intelligence Service Agency (NISA), to step aside for failing to deliver a report on the murder of one of the agency's agents. Soon after,…

Jul

2021

By The African Mirror

Niehaus freed from custody

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER ANC military veteran Carl Niehaus has been released from custody arrested by the South African Police for allegedly violating COVID-19 regulations while protesting outside the Escourt Prison in KwaZulu-Natal, where former president Jacob Zuma is being held. A few hours after the arrest, Niehaus announced on Twitter that he had been freed and ordered to appear in court in Escourt on August 8. The suspended ANC member addressed the small crowd that had gathered to demand that Zuma should be freed, was conducting a television interview when he was arrested and taken away by uniformed police officers.…

May

2021

By The African Mirror

Magashule “shocked, dismayed” Ramaphosa

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SHOCK and dismay, that is how ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa described his reception of the letter from ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule in which he attempted to suspend him. Ramaphosa described his reception to the ANC Parliamentary caucus in Cape Town. Caucus sources said ANC president disclosed that he had received Magashule letter on Wednesday night and would leave it to be handled by the ANC's national executive committee (NEC), which meets this weekend. ANC sources said the ANC may be asked to consider charging Magashule with serious misconduct, following his attempt to suspend Ramaphosa. In an afternoon…