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Rev Yakubu Pam (L), Tonto Dikeh (R) at the headquarters of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission in Abuja Kayode Oyero The Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission has denied appointing Actress Tonto Dikeh as its ambassador. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Rev Yakubu Pam, disclosed this in a statement on Friday night. The actress had on social media celebrated her “appointment” as an ambassador of the Commission. “I am now a proud Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission Ambassador for peace building,” Dikeh enthused in tweet on Friday with photos of herself and the executive secretary of the Commission. Many Nigerians had criticised the Commission for the supposed appointment, preferring a more ‘Christianly’ figure for such position. But in a statement last night, Pam said, “I wish to state in categorical terms that Tonto Dikeh paid an official courtesy visit to me as the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission on 25th February, 2021 at the cor...

A mobile court sitting at the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit in Oshodi has convicted 172 persons arrested by the state police command for violating COVID-19 protocols. The state police command said on Monday that the presiding judge ordered each of the 172 violators to pay a fine of N40,000, and also sentenced them to community service. The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, had while parading them at the command headquarters in Ikeja, said the 172 persons were arrested during a raid on the Cubana Nightclub, Victoria Island, on Saturday. Odumosu said, “Despite all the efforts and COVID-19 policies being rolled out by the government, most youths, who are leaders of tomorrow, still find it difficult to comply. Self-compliance is what matters most; the ladies and gentlemen here were arrested around 2am on Saturday at the Cubana Nightclub on Victoria Island. “When we got there, 172 violators were inside one club and were not...

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Russian is becoming a major provider of Covid-19 vaccines to Latin America, a move that could have long-standing consequences in shaping the post-pandemic world and further dent US prestige in the region. While Moscow faces protests at home and condemnation over human rights issues from the US, France, UK, Canada and other Western countries, those issues have had little resonance in Latin America, where the recent publication of a positive peer-reviewed assessment of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine in The Lancet, Britain's leading medical journal, was widely celebrated. Eduardo Valdes, a former diplomat and member of government coalition Frente de Todos, who now serves as chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee in Argentina's Chamber of Deputies, says there's a clear line between vaccine negotiations and external factors. "Now is not the time to do ideology. Our goal is for the Western Hemisphere to get its vaccines and not to poke into so...

Leo Messi claims another Ballon d’Or. The Argentine star was presented with the award 2019 this Monday by the French magazine France Football for a record breaking sixth time, another indication that the Barça striker continues to demonstrate that he is the best player of all time. Messi won his first Ballon d’Or 10 years ago in 2009 and since then he has gone on to take the award in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015. All about Leo Messi Profile, news, videos, photos and much more on the Argentine star MORE LEO MESSI! Just six months ago the Argentine claimed FIFA’s The Best award for player of the year and now he adds another individual prize to a success filled 2019. This year Messi won his sixth Golden Shoe award as Europe’s leading league scorer thanks to his 36 goals in the 2018/19 La Liga season. The striker was also top scorer in the 2018/19 Champions League with 12 goals and another La Liga title with Barça took his personal total of trophies wit...

A decade on from his first Ballon d'Or win in 2009,   Leo Messi   has been awarded the prize for the sixth time. Chosen as the best player of the year by French magazine   France Football , Messi is the player to have won the award on the most occasions in history. All about Leo Messi Profile, news, videos, photos and much more on the Argentine star MORE LEO MESSI! It's been a successful 10 years for the Argentine, but how have Messi, Barça, sport and the world in general changed in this time? We have a look at some curiosities from an amazing decade. Messi goes from 9 trophies to 34 The Argentinian has had to quadruple the size of his trophy cabinet in this time. He had already won nine major titles when he first won the award, but he now has 34, making him the most decorated player in club history. Messi   – 34   Iniesta   – 32   Piqué & Busquets   – 29   Xavi   – 25 523 goals in 10 years Messi has nett...