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Nigeria to play South Africa as Ivory Coast qualifies for Semi-Final
South Africa on Saturday defeated Cape Verde to advance to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
The victory followed a 2-1 win over Cape Verde on penalties, after a goalless 120 minutes in their quarter-final match on Saturday night.
South is now billed to face Nigeria in one of the Semi-finals.
This is even as host nation Ivory Coast booked a place for the Semi-finals after defeating Mali last night.
The Bafana Bafana advanced, thanks to the heroics of Ronwen Wiliams, their goalkeeper and captain who kept the 1886 AFCON winners in the game at the death in regular time.
Despite the last semi-final spot on offer, both sides did not offer much in terms of chances in an uninspiring match that only came to life in the final minutes of normal time.
Wiliams produced a stunning one-on-one save, touching the ball onto the post to force extra time for South Africa in the final minute of the second half
An inspired South Africa returned in extra-time and had a couple of chances to win the match but could not breach the Cape Verde goalkeeper, and they had to do it on penalties where Williams saved four of five Cape Verde penalties.
South Africa are in the semi-final for the first time in 24 years and will face rivals Nigeria on Wednesday, February 7, for a place in the final set to take place next weekend.
Earlier, three red cars were shown as Ivory Coast defeated Mali 2-1 after extra time, despite playing the whole of the second half and extra time with ten men
Mali missed a penalty but Nene Dorgeles’ 30-yard strike put them on the cusp of victory before Simon Adingra’s prodded finish on 90 minutes.
Oumar Diakite touched Seko Fofana’s long-range shot into the net as the hosts advanced to their first semi-final appearance since 2015 when they won the trophy.
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Breaking: Court of Appeal rules in favour of Turaki -led PDP candidate for Osun governorship election
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in Osun State was validly nominated by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee.
The court also ordered INEC to list the PDP logo on the ballot ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
The Court held that access code is neither a creation of the Constitution nor the Electoral Act; rather, a creation of INEC’s guidelines and cannot, in any way, override the provisions of the Constitution.
Section 288 of the Constitution does not specify the method for nominating candidates; it only states that the names of candidates should be forwarded to the Commission.
The court further held that the defendant (INEC) should take steps to include the name of the appellant on the ballot paper.
Additionally, the court ruled that the primary election conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP was a valid primary election in law.
The three-man panel of justices—Justice Mahmud, Justice Jaro, and Justice Ankawere, was unanimous in its judgment.
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Breaking: NHRC sets up situation room to monitor and document hate speech, intimidation, threat to life ahead 2027
The national Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has set up a situation room to monitor and document all incidences of hate speech, intimidation and threat to life by politicians and other actors ahead of the 2027 general election.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, revealed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press conference.
He said the situation room would enable the Commission harvest data, analysis and document persons, agencies and others involved in the negative statements in order to ensure they are properly tracked and brought to book by relevant agencies.
Ojukwu also took journalists on a tour of the newly set up situation room.
Details later…..
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Breaking: NHRC expresses concern over rising incidences of hate speech, threat to life ahead 2027 elections
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
At a press conference in Abuja Thursday, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, recalled statements credited to Senator Francis Fadahunsi and Sheikh Yahya Jingir and described the das dangerous with capacity to set the nation ablaze.
He called on politicians, religious and traditional rulers, among other stakeholders to call their supporters and faithful to orders.
He urged government to act before rhetorics turn to violence, saying the forthcoming election in Osun State should serve as example of Nigeria’s capacity to conduct political contest in compliance with international best practices.
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