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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Command, has secured the conviction of an internet fraudsters, Jatto Sheriff Umar.

The 21-year-old was specialised in posing as the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and defrauding unsuspecting victims via online relationship.

He was convicted and sentenced to prison for offences bordering on personation and cybercrime.
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC, also secured the conviction of four other persons for similar offences.

They are a fake US Military Officer, Oguntoyinbo Oluwatobi Damilola; Taiwo Akinyemi Kayode from Ekiti West LGA of Ekiti State, Adebayo Adeola Mark from Osi in Ekiti LGA of Kwara State, Adedoyin Olayinka from Ilesha West LGA of Osun State and one Yusuf Alameen Abiodun from Igbo-Owu Area of Kwara State.

Football governing bodies FIFA and CAF have postponed Monday’s 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match involving Guinea and visiting Morocco.

The decision to postpone the game is as a result of Sunday’s coup d’etat in the west African country, as well as the reported detention of its president, Alpha Conde.

“The current political and security situation in Guinea is quite volatile and is being closely monitored by FIFA and CAF.

“To ensure the safety and security of all players and to protect all match officials, FIFA and CAF have decided to postpone the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifying match, Guinea versus Morocco.

”The match had been scheduled to be hosted in Conakry, Guinea on Monday,” CAF disclosed in a statement late on Sunday.

It added that information about rescheduling the match would be made available at a later date.

Six-time Ballon d’Or Award winner, Lionel Messi, has met with Kylian Mbappe and other players of Paris St-Germain which he joined days ago.

The Argentine was announced as the club’s new signing on Tuesday and was yesterday unveiled to the club’s supporters after his first press conference in Paris.

Speaking during the press conference, the former Barcelona captain expressed excitement at the chance of playing alongside Mbappe and Neymar.

“To play alongside Mbappe and Neymar in attack is crazy, I’m really excited to get started,” Messi said.

Sharing photos of their meeting as teammates, Mbappe whose Twitter avatar is a picture of late Argentine legend, Diego Maradona, wrote, “Welcome to Paris, Léo.”

One of the Photos shows Messi hugging Mbappe whom he once played against during his Barcelona days. Both players also faced off at the 2018 World Cup second-round game which saw Mbappe score two goals for eventual winners, France, to prevent Messi’s Argentina from reaching the quarter-finals

Naira Marley the Nigerian rapper known for witty lyrics and street slangs is out with another single, that is attracting rave reviews.

It is titled Drug Test and produced by Rexxie, with the publisher being Sony ATV.
Marley announced the single in posts on Twitter and Facebook early today, telling his fans: “Something new, because I love you guys
Naira Marley’s Drug Test
Marley who is at present in Amsterdam told fans in an Instagram post: “Don’t wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy ur life.
In Drug Test, Marley sings about a test at his doctors, which results in a prescription of “one in the morning and one in the night”.

He says his fans should understand what he is suggesting.

7 August 2021
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Nigeria's Adijat Avorshai Idris wrestles Ukraine's Oksana Livach (red) in their women's freestyle 50kg wrestling early round match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo on Friday August 6, 2021. Photo: AFP



Adijat Idris lost 0-10 to Ukraine’s Oksana Livach on Friday in the women’s freestyle 50kg event of the wrestling competition of the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games.

The 19-year-old Idris was completely overwhelmed in the round of 16 match at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Tokyo, losing due to technical superiority.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Livach recorded five technical points of two each in the fight which did not go beyond the first period.

This loss by Idris brought to an end Team Nigeria’s competitive involvement in the Tokyo Olympics which ends on Sunday.

It was an ending full of mixed feelings, after a performance that has been filled more with disappointments than joyful moments.

The Police Command in Imo has confirmed the arrest of three suspected pipeline vandals with petroleum products suspected to be adulterated.

The State Commissioner of Police, CP Abutu Yaro, made this known in a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Mike Abattam, on Friday in Owerri.

Yaro stated that the Police Command’s tactical teams, acting on a tip-off, intercepted a syndicate that specialised in vandalising pipelines in the state along Port Harcourt Road, Owerri, on August 3.

“The syndicates used a white coloured Ford Bus with registration number Lagos, SMK 819 GY, fully loaded with vandalised petroleum products suspected to be adulterated diesel tied in cellophane bags.

“The driver of the vehicle, on sighting the police quickly jumped out of the bus and ran into the bush, abandoning the bus which was later recovered.[font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]

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