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target=_blank>Saudi Rejects UN Report On Khashoggi Killing, Says Claims Unfounded
Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Wednesday, described the report presented by the UN special rapporteur as unfounded and contradictory.
In a Twitter post, Jubeir said the report was a compilation of what was already available in the media.
“It is not new. The (UN) report reiterates what has already been published and circulated in the media.1- لا جديد.. المقررة ÙÙŠ مجلس Øقوق الإنسان تكرر ÙÙŠ تقريرها غير الملزم، ما تم نشره وتداوله ÙÙŠ وسائل الإعلام— Adel Aljubeir عادل الجبير (@AdelAljubeir) June 19, 2019
“The report… contains clear contradictions and unfounded allegations, casting doubt on its credibility,” he stated.
The kingdom’s version of the story as told to reporters by Shalaan Shalaan, its deputy prosecutor in November 2018 is that the murder was ordered by the head of a “negotiations team” sent to Istanbul, Turkey, by the Saudi deputy intelligence chief to coerce Khashoggi to return to the kingdom from his self-imposed exile.
Shalaan added that investigators concluded that Khashoggi was forcibly restrained after a struggle and injected with a large amount of a drug which resulted in an overdose that led to his death.
His body was then dismembered and handed over to a local “collaborator” outside the consulate, he revealed.
In December 2018, American intelligence agencies, published an intercepted communication, which revealed that Crowned Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the next in line to the Saudi throne wanted Khashoggi lured by to the kingdom by force.
Salman had said in September 2017 that he would go after Khashoggi with a ‘bullet’ if he could not be enticed back from his self-imposed exile.
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target=_blank>Ethiopia Has Highest Number Of Displaced Persons At 2.3 Million, Nigeria Has 1.95Million -UN
Sahle-Work Zewde, President of Ethiopia
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A report published Wednesday by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), says Ethiopia has the highest new number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the world in 2018.
According to the report, the number of humans forcefully moved as either refugees, asylum seekers or IDP’s rose to around 70.8 million in the year under review.
The figure is 2.3 million more persons more than what was recorded for 2017.
“What we are seeing in these figures is further confirmation of a longer-term rising trend in the number of people needing safety from war, conflict, and persecution,” Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said. The only country in Africa which has not been colonized before- Ethiopia, were plagued by communal clashes along boundaries throughout the year in focus.
Despite the overwhelming number of forcibly evicted people in the world, Grandi thanked the outpouring of care shown by communities who take-in refugees and IDPs.
According to the report, IDPs were the largest group of displaced persons with 41.3 million people getting forcefully coerced into relocating from their place of dwelling.
The next are refugees, persons who have been mandated to leave their country altogether.
There are 25.9 million of such people registered with the UNRA. The smallest of the number are those who are seeking asylum in other countries but have not been granted.
Two-thirds of all refugees in the globe once lived in either Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar or Somalia. In 2018, Syria contributed the highest number of persons to the refugee pull with 6.7 million, followed by Afghanistan with 2.7 million.
The report observed that the population of displaced persons averaged out to 37,000 people every day.
At 92,400 persons, less than seven percent of all refugees have been settled.
“While language around refugees and migrants is often divisive, we are also witnessing an outpouring of generosity and solidarity, especially by communities who are themselves hosting large numbers of refugees,” The BBC quotes Grandi as saying.
Historically, the BBC said this is the highest number of the displaced population the UNRA has recorded since the 1951 refugee convention. The last high peak per global population was 3.7 per 1,000 in 1992. It has now increased to 9.3 per 1,000.
The number of persons displaced was mainly swelled between 2012 and 2015- during the civil war in Syria. This data itself is not reflective of the real figure according to the UNRA.
It said numbers from Venezuela where over four million persons have been displaced, was not completely captured in the 2018 report.
Using statistics from Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe, the International Organisation for Migration identified in 26th displacement tracking round that there are up to 1.95 million IDPs in Nigeria.
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target=_blank>Banditry: Police Reveal How Herdsmen Use Cattle To Move Firearms
Audu Adamu Madaki, the Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State has revealed how herdsmen use their cattle to conceal and smuggle dangerous firearms into Nigeria.
At a briefing on the security situation and the wave of kidnappings in the state on Wednesday in Yola, Madaki said three “repentant” kidnappers who turned in two AK47 rifles, informed him on how they used their cattle to carry arms from Cameroon into Nigeria.
He said, “Yesterday, we harvested three repentant kidnappers who voluntarily walked into my office, confessed to have been kidnappers; but have now repented and surrendered two AK-47s to the command.
“The herdsmen explained to me that they normally concealed the firearms in sacks of personal effects and strap them on the back of a cow and then immigrate to a chosen destination.”
On how and where they obtained the firearms, the police chief said, “They told me that they purchased them from the Republic of Cameroon and moved them into Nigeria through the bush path to beat immigration and other security agents along the border.”
He added that the “repentant kidnappers” were led into his office by an official of the Miyetti Allah, an umbrella body for Fulani herdsmen.
Also at the briefing, Madaki raised security concerns about the springing up of adult Almajiri Qur’anic schools across seven local government areas of the state.
According to him, the police spotted suspicious Almajiri schools in Jada, Song, Gombi, Mubi North, Yola North and Fufore local government areas.
“It was curious to see full-grown adults attending Almajiri school because I attended Almajiri school myself back then when I was about seven years. So I don’t understand how an adult as old as I’m would claim to be an Almajiri.
“Under the pretext of an Almajiri, these criminal elements move from house to house with a bowl, supposedly begging for food, but in real sense prying on unsuspected kidnap victims.
“Having said that, it will interest you to know that, we have one of those adults, a supposed Almajiri right here in our custody as a kidnap suspect,” he said.
The police commissioner also paraded 86 suspects, linked to either kidnapping or armed robbery, including ‘Shilla boys’, a criminal gang, notorious for gang-rape and phone snatching within Yola metropolis.
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target=_blank>Perversion Of Justice: State C.I.D Panti And The Missing Case File By Onome Amawhe
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I have always read about landlords in fast-gentrifying neighborhoods, eager to bring in higher-paying renters, drive out tenants by harassing them with bills, making renters uncomfortable and sometimes assaulting them as was my recent experience concerning the landlord of the property where I live, Mr. Nnamdi Agbalugo and undue interference of State C.I.D Panti.
I moved into an apartment in the Grammar School, Ojodu area of Lagos in July of 2018. I had hardly settled into the new apartment when I realized the kind of person that the landlord is: A notorious shylock landlord and a serial assaulter. Because I was in a hurry to get accommodation, I did not do a background check before moving into his property situated in the Ojodu Grammar School area of Lagos. Mr. Agbalugo is always at loggerheads with tenants, no matter how hard we try to avoid altercations with him. His constant strategy is to create issues with tenants.
Some tenants have even had to leave long before their rents are due. He deliberately makes tenants uncomfortable so that he can always bring new and unsuspecting renters. This is what he was trying to do to me when he assaulted me on Sunday the 17th March 2019 during an argument.
The case of assault was reported to the Grammar School Police Station where an IPO named Adeleye, and an Inspector Crime named Malik was to assigned to visit the scene of the incident. On getting back to the station, we were told to write our statements. Of the many people who witnessed the incident, two people gave their statement of witness and he was found absolutely guilty. Agbalugo could not provide a witness, even when he was given about 4 days to do so.
The charge was prepared and signed by the DCO Ojodu Police Station and we were to appear in court on Monday 25th. The charges included assault and threat to life. On the court date, Mr. Agbalugo did not appear at the station. Instead, he sent his son with a fake medical report claiming he was ill. Apparently, he has some informants in Ojodu police station who hinted him that the charge had been prepared and signed. He then stopped coming out of his house.
Much later, he started sneaking in and out of the compound and the neighborhood. During this period, Ojodu Police Station did not appear keen to have him arrested and arraigned and in court. The same Ojodu Police Station granted him immediate bail, on the same day the assault case was reported, and in the face of overwhelming evidence against him.
Whilst on his hide and seek game, he managed to find his way to State C.I.D Panti where ASP Idowu Oyelero helped him to send a message to Grammar School Police Station, asking for the case file to be transferred to State C.I.D Panti. State C.I.D Panti is not known to handle such minor cases. When the message from Panti was received, the IPO assigned to handle the case in Ojodu Police Station, Supo Adeleye, put a call through to me and asked if I was the person who wrote a petition to Panti asking for the case file to be transferred. I told him I did no such thing. I also met with the DPO Ojodu Police Station to tell him that I had no hands in the message from Panti. So, the message from Panti was ignored by Ojodu Police Station. On Friday, April 26th, I received a call from the same ASP Idowu Oyelero that he was in the compound to see me. He apparently got my phone number from the landlord, Mr Agbalugo, who was with him and another officer named Nuru, when I came out to meet with them. ASP Idowu then told me that DC Panti had asked them to invite me to Panti to explain what transpired between me and Agbalugo. He even brought a signed invitation. They tried to insist that I follow them immediately but I told them I couldn’t go with them at the time and promised to report to Panti the following Monday.
Immediately they left, I went to Ojodu Police Station to find out if they were aware of the invitation from Panti. The kind of response I got from the DPO and IPO suggested that the Panti invitation was not genuine, so I did not honor the invitation. Sensing that all was not well, I went to discuss the matter with a senior colleague, Emmanuel Nnadozie, Crime Editor of Vanguard Newspapers, who offered to take me before DC Panti. We had agreed to meet up the following day which turned out to be Wednesday, May 1st–A public holiday. The meeting was rescheduled. On Friday, May 3rd, I was in bed when I got a call from the landlord, Mr. Agbalugo, calling my attention to leakage on the outside part of my apartment. When I got outside to see what he was calling my attention to, a furious ASP Idowu appeared from nowhere and forcefully demanded that I follow him to Panti.
Agbalugo apparently lured me out for the unlawful arrest. I requested to be allowed to dress up, ASP Idowu would have none of that. He refused and when I made to enter my apartment he forced his way into my apartment and followed me all through into my bedroom where in stark nakedness and his presence I dressed up and followed him in a car, alongside Mr. Agbalugo and another junior female office named Bose. When I tried to make some calls, ASP Idowu tried to stop me saying I had no right to make any call. I managed to put a call through to Emma Nnadozie who then asked to speak with the ASP Idowu.
I could not ascertain the discussion between Emma Nnadozie and ASP Idowu, but from what I heard, ASP Idowu knew who Emma Nnadozie was. When we got to Yaba area leading to Panti State C.I.D, I was surprised to see that we didn’t enter the premises of State C.I.D Panti from the main official entrance. We passed through a dirt-filled compound backyard, leading to a kitchen, from where we landed in a back office. My presence was not even documented on that day.
Many minutes later, ASP Idowu presented me to a senior officer simply known as “Otunba”. I could not make head or tail of what the invitation was all about but there was a subtle move to get me to instruct DPO Ojodu to release the case file to them. I refused. Shortly thereafter, I was allowed to go. I was leaving Panti State C.I.D from the main office entrance when I realized that wasn’t the place we came in through.
I was still troubled about the whole development, I then got in touch with PPRO Lagos State, DSP Bala Elkanah and after narrating all that happened, he requested to see a copy of the invitation from Panti. By this time, I had misplaced the invitation. I then proceeded to Ojodu police station to request a photocopy of the invitation which had already been included in the case file. I met with the DPO and told him that I had informed the PPRO about Panti’s involvement. I also told him that the PPRO had asked for a copy of the letter. The DPO then put a call through to the PPRO. I’m not sure what the PPRO told the DPO, but I heard the DPO plead with PPRO not to report the matter to the CP. And that he would handle the matter.
I was not allowed to get a copy of the invitation and so I left Ojodu Police station in disappointment.
A few weeks later, I was cleaning my apartment when I found the invitation from Panti. On May 22nd, 2019, I hand-submitted a petitIon, attached with the invitation from Panti, to the PPRO in his Ikeja G.R.A Office. Right there in my presence, the PPRO put a call through to ASP Idowu. The invitation had ASP Idowu’s phone number. During the phone conversation, the PPRO berated ASP Idowu on the basis that he or State C.I.D Panti wasn’t supposed to be involved with such a minor case . ASP Idowu was obviously on an illegal mission. There and then, PPRO instructed ASP Idowu to get the case file from Ojodu and handle the case in the capacity of an IPO and feed him back. I thought that the PPRO’s instruction to ASP Idowu was a sort of punishment to expose him.
On Thursday, June 6th, I received a call from ASP Idowu Oyelero notifying me that the case file from Ojodu Police Station had been brought to him and that me and Mr Agbalugo, the suspect, should report the following day, Friday, June 7th. I arrived there and was shown the case file from Ojodu. Hours later Agbalugo arrived and we were once again presented to “Otunba”, who briefed us that the case file was with the DC Panti and that he was waiting for an instruction from her on the next step. He then said we should return the following Thursday, June 13.
Unknown to me, that was the day they arranged to take us to court. I quickly informed my lawyer, Barrister Felix Agbonrofo, who himself was not in town on that day. As we entered the premises of Chief Magistrate Court, Oyingbo on that fateful Thursday, a resident lawyer, approached me to see if he could be of assistance.
I told him I wasn’t a suspect or defendant and that I didn’t need his legal service. I then directed him to speak with Mr. Agbalugo, who was supposed to be the suspect /defendant to be arraigned.
I was already seated inside court no 2 of the Chief Magistrate Court when the same lawyer, who had earlier approached me, called my attention to what shocked me. Contrary to what I told him, he said I was the person to be arraigned as a suspect/defendant. He then showed me a copy of the trumped-up charge, citing a May 6th incident that never occurred. I was dazed. The case file from Ojodu Police Station concerning the incident of March 17th and in which I am the complainant/ plaintiff was not presented before the magistrate.
For the records, I was never arrested on the basis of the trumped up charge that was read out to me in court neither did I write any statement concerning such. I was never served a Writ of Summons by any court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, neither was I officially arraigned before a Judge by officially assigned Case Officers of the Nigeria Police Force. I am 100% sure that these people–Nnamdi Agbalugo and ASP Idowu Oyelero can never substantiate their claims in that trumped up charge. They only came to deliberately insult the integrity of the court as well as perpetuate their mischief.
Nevertheless, I was called to mount the Witness Box. When the charge was read, I pleaded not guilty and asked to be given some minutes to call out the anomaly that just played out. In the full view of the court, I narrated the incidents of March 17th and 24th. I also made it clear to the magistrate that, to the best of my knowledge, the reason why I was in court was for the arraignment of Mr. Agbalugo.
I guess the Magistrate Mrs. A.O Komolafe and Prosecutor, Inspector Kehinde Omishade, saw the genuineness of my explanation and granted me a very liberal bail which was perfected within a few minutes. The matter was adjourned till 11 July 2019.
Clearly, Mr. Agbalugo and his cronies in State C.I.D Panti are trying hard to use state resources to pervert justice. During a conversation, ASP Idowu Oyelero told me that he had known Agbalugo since 1992 when was a very junior officer in Ojodu Police Station. The way and manner he has been routing for Agbalugo’s interest on this matter suggest that they are very good friends.
Up to this time of writing, Mr Agbalugo has not relented from his troublemaking ways and he pays no heed to the consequences of his actions. His threats to my life is now a daily thing despite the fact that we are in court already.
Whilst using this medium to draw the attention of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Zubairu Muazu to this matter, I would also like to implore the DC Panti , Mrs Yetunde Longe, who is said to be in possession of case file from Ojodu Police Station, to please release the case file for presentation in court.
In closing, I would like to mention that I had already forgiven Agbalugo and moved on before the second visit of ASP Idowu from State C.I.D Panti. During the period of his hiding from the police so as not be arraigned, he felt humiliated, embarrassed and roundly demystified. He had carved an image of a fearless person prior to that incident. And because he feels his pride is damaged, he started lusting for my downfall by way of looking for ways to implicate or unduly put me to shame in retaliation for what he considers damage to his baseless ego.
I am hoping that this matter that he has pushed this far will be the lesson he needs to learn about the need to be humble.
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target=_blank>Gov Dickson Sacks Bayelsa Election Commission Chairman, Appoints Another PDP Loyalist As Replacement
Seriake Dickson, the governor of Bayelsa State, has appointed Mr. Remember Ogbe as acting chairman of Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC).
The governor, who immediately swore in Ogbe, urged him to ensure that free and fair local government elections take place in the state.
Mr. Remember was a one-time council boss of Southern Ijaw council area and a Peoples Democratic Party member
The new appointment came on the heels of protests by some opposition parties against the previous appointment of Mr. Ball Oyarede.
Mr. Oyarede a card-carrying member of the PDP and served in the sixth Assembly in Bayelsa State until June 6, 2019.
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target=_blank>Shehu Sani Mocks VP Osinbajo Over Sleepless Night Due To Nigerians’ Poverty
Former Senator Shehu Sani has thrown jabs at Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo over comments he made on Tuesday about his inability to sleep due to the level poverty of Nigerians.
Osinbajo had said: “I think what keeps me up at night has to do with extreme poverty; the issue is that the largest number of those who vote for us are the very poor.
“The promises that government makes to them is that their lives will be better and obviously they are looking at their lives being better in the shortest possible time.
“I will like to see Nigeria being an industrialised nation in the next 10 years; a very strong middle class and most people living above poverty line.’’
In a tweet offering advice, Sani recommended a book, ‘How To Sleep Better’ by Dr. Neil Stanley.
“I just read that the VP is having sleepless nights because of the alarming rate of poverty in our country.I commend him for always having the masses in his heart.
“I also advise that he should try and get this book, ‘How to sleep Better’ by Dr. Neil Stanley, available on Amazon. Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s Vice President has said the problem of extreme poverty in Nigeria gives him sleepless nights.”
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target=_blank>Khashoggi Murder: Small Victory For Journalism, UN Recommends Saudi Crown Princes For Investigation
Agnes Callamard, the United Nations special rapporteur asked to investigate the possibility of state involvement in the murder of Saudi Arabian journalist, Jamal Khashogi, has said in her report Wednesday that enough evidence exists to extend the investigation to top Saudi Crowned Princes.
Khashoggi was killed by a team from Saudi Arabia in the country’s consulate in Istanbul Turkey.
The kingdom has always maintained that the journalist’s assassination was a rogue operation but the UN investigator insisted that the execution was extra judicial.
The report quoted Callamard as saying that there is, “credible evidence, warranting further investigation of high-level Saudi officials’ individual liability, including the crown prince’s”.
The report concluded that Khashoggi’s death was “an extrajudicial killing for which the state of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is responsible”.
“From the perspective of international human rights law, state responsibility is not a question of, for example, which of the state officials ordered Mr Khashoggi’s death; whether one or more ordered a kidnapping that was botched and then became an accidental killing; or whether the officers acted on their own initiative or ultra vires beyond their authority,” the report noted.
The oil-rich Arab state has put 11 people on a closed-door trial for the ‘rogue operation’.
The US ally, who is prosecuting a bloody war in Yemen, said five persons had confessed to killing Khashoggi and the country’s prosecutors were seeking the death sentence for them.
According to Ms Callamard, the trial failed to meet international procedural and substantive standards. She called for it to be suspended.
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target=_blank>Three Russians, One Ukrainian to Face Trial For Bringing Down Flight Mh17
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March 9, 2020, has been fixed as the day three Russians and one Ukrainian are to face trial over the downing of Malaysian airline flight Mh17 in 2014.
The Russians are Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy and Oleg Pulatov, while the man from the Ukrainian is Leonid Kharchenko.
The Joint Investigation Team (JIT), however, said it had a long list of persons who were involved in the plot.
The four mentioned though, were said to have transported the missile used to take down the aircraft.
The Dutch-led JIT said international arrest warrants had been sent out for the four men.
Being a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Russia might protect the accused persons. The country’s laws do not permit extraditing persons who are in service.
The investigators, however, said they had a long list of actors in the incident, as they asked for more witnesses to come forward.
A total of 298 persons perished when the aircraft was shot down.
The passenger jet was considered a collateral accident of international consequence in a civil war between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists in the east of Ukraine which has so far killed over 13,000 people.
Many in that region of the country have been forced to find a new home elsewhere.
Some have chosen to restart their lives near the exclusion zone created after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986.
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target=_blank>Group C: AFCON 2019 Group Preview
The 32nd edition of the Total African Cup of Nations, which will kick-off on the 21st of June has a total of six groups; A, B, C, D, E, and F. The SaharaReporters Sport team brings you group review and what to expect from each team.
The third group in the tournament for the 32nd edition of the Total African Cup of Nations, Group C, have Algeria, Kenya, Senegal, and Tanzania.
Algeria
The Algerian team only won the AFCON once against Nigeria in 1990 where they were the host country, and have only reached the finals twice.
Currently ranked 68 in FIFA World ranking, The Greens were knocked out of the AFON 2017 at the group stage.
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Fortified with star players like Riyad Mahrez, Islam Slimani, Algeria is currently on a fine run of play with six matches unbeaten streak.
The players would hope to continue their fine run when they meet Kenya on the 23rd of June 2019 as they begin their campaign at the AFCON 2019.
Coach Djamel Belmadi will be hoping to manage the Algerian players to replicate the victory of 1990 Nations Cup when Algeria last lifted the tournament.
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Goalkeepers: Alexandre Oukidja(Metz), Azzedine Doukha(Al-Raed), Raïs M’Bolhi (Al-Ettifaq)
Defenders: Aïssa Mandi (Real Betis), Djamel Benlamri (Al-Shabab), Rafik Halliche (Moreirense), Ramy Bensebaini (Stade Rennais), Mehdi Zeffane(Stade Rennais), Mehdi Tahrat (RC Lens)
Midfielders: Youcef Atal (Esperance Tunis), Ismaël Bennacer (Empoli), Mehdi Abeid (Dijon), Mohamed Fares (Spal), Adam Ounas (Napoli), Sofiane Feghouli (Galatasaray), Adlène Guédioura (Nottingham Forest), Hicham Boudaoui (Paradou AC), Yacine Brahimi (Yacine Brahimi), Youcef Belaïli (Esperance Tunis).
Forwards: Baghdad Bounedjah (Al-Sadd), Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City), Islam Slimani (Fenerbahce), Andy Delort (Montpellier)
Kenya
The Harambee Star of Kenya, as they are popularly called, is placed 105 in the FIFA world ranking.
Kenya last appeared at the AFCON finals in 1992 and has never progressed beyond the first round of the competition in their last five appearances, 1972, 1988, 1990, 1992 and 2004.
Coach Sebastien Migne has managed to team to a fine outing losing just twice in eleven matches.
Mostly known for being marathon winners, Kenyans would be looking to break the jinx as they lock horns with Algeria, Senegal and Tanzania.
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Goalkeepers: Patrick Matasi (Saint George), Faruk Shikalo (Bandari FC), Brian Bwire (Kariobangi Sharks), John Oyemba (Kariobangi Sharks)
Defenders: Eric Ouma (Vasalunds IF), Joash Onyango (Gor Mahia), Ismael Athuman (Las Palmas Atletico), Musa Mohammed (No team), David Owino (Zesco United), Aboud Omar (Sepsi OSK), Bernard Ochieng (Vihiga United), Dennis Odhiambo (Sofapaka), Brian Mandela (Maritzburg United), Joseph Okumu (Real Monarchs SLC)
Midfielders: Philemon Otieno(Gor Mahia), Victor Wanyama (Tottenham), Johanna Ochieng Omolo (Cercle Brugge), Christoffer Mbamba (IK Oddevold), Ayub Timbe Masika (Beijing Renhe), Whyvonne Isuza ( AFC Leopards SC), Anthony Akumu (Zesco United)
Forwards: Eric Johana Omondi (IF Brommapojkarna), Francis Kahata(Gor Mahia), Michael Olunga(Kashiwa Reysol), Paul Were (Trikala 1963) , Allan Wanga (Kakamega Homeboyz), Clifton Miheso (CO Montijo), Ovella Ochieng (Vasalunds IF), Masoud Juma Choka (Dibba Al-Fujairah), John Avire (Sofapaka).
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Senegal
The Lions of Teranga, lost to Cameroon on penalties at the AFCON 2002, the match that happens to be their best outing at any AFCON tournament. The 2002 Senegal golden generation, which also reached the Quarter Final of the 2002 World Cup, was blessed with players like Aliou Cissé, Malick Diop, Papa Bouba Diop, El-Hadji Diouf, Amara Traoré, Henri Camara and Souleymane Camara.
Currently ranked 1st in Africa and 22 in the world, Senegal is yet to taste defeat in the seven matches they have played in 2019.
Senegal, tipped to finish as top of the group, would be looking to go all the way and lift the trophy.
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Goalkeepers: Alfred Gomis (SPAL), Edouard Mendy (Stade de Reims), Dialy Kobaly N’Diaye (Cayor Foot)
Defenders: Youssouf Sabaly (Bordeaux), Kalidou Koulibaly(Napoli), Salif Sané (FC Schalke 04), Pape Abou Cissé(Olympiacos), Lamine Gassama (Goztepe SK), Moussa Wagué (Barcelona B), Pape Djibril Diaw (Angers)
Midfielders: Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), Idrissa Gueye(Everton), Sada Thioub(Nimes Olympique), Alfred N’Diaye(Malaga), Badou Ndiaye (Galatasaray), Ismaila Sarr(Stade Rennais), Mamadou Loum(FC Porto)
Forwards: Sadio Mané (Liverpool), M’Baye Niang (Stade Rennais), Mbaye Diagne(Galatasaray), Keita Baldé(Inter), Krépin Diatta(Club Brugge), Moussa Konaté (Amiens) Sadio Mané of Liverpool, Mbaye Diagne, Keita Balde are hoped to save the Senegalese on the Pharaoh’s soil.
Tanzania
Located in East Africa, Tanzania is currently ranked 131 according to the FIFA world ranking.
Emmanuel Amunike, a Nigerian ex-player took over the managing of the team and qualified it for the first ever Nations Cup.
On its way to AFCON, Tanzania won two, lost two and drew two of its qualifier matches.
Tanzania will be playing tough matches in the group stage and would be hoping on good luck and magic to scale through the group stage.
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Goalkeepers: Aron Kalambo(Tanzania Prisons), Metacha Mnata (Tanzania Prison), Aishi Manula(Simba SC), Erasto Nyoni ( Simba SC)
Defenders: Kelvin Yondani(Young Africans), Gadiel Michael Kamagi(Young Africans), Ally Mtoni(Lipuli FC), Abdi Banda(Baroka), Aggrey Morris(Azam FC), Mohamed Husseini(Simba SC), Hassan Kessy(Nkana FC)
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Person Who Needs My Breast Isn’t Complaining, Tiwa Savage Slams Body Shamer
Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage has given a savage response to an Instagram user who made a comment about her body on the Social media platform.
A few minutes ago, the singer who recently got signed an exclusive global recording agreement with Universal Music Group, an international record label had taken to her official Instagram handle to post a picture of herself.
The picture which she captioned: “Growing up didn’t see many chocolate superstars to look up to … we changing that narrative now” saw her fans taking to the comment section to express their love for the picture.
However, the comment of an Instagram user with the name, Mr. Ibraa, caught the attention of Tiwa Savage.
Mr Ibraa had said: “Haa…Dis one don flat ooo…” under the picture.
Tiwa Savage wasted no time replying him saying: “Sorry boo, had to breastfeed my beautiful son but if you wire me small dollars I fit go doctor add implants o until then the person sucking it ain’t complaining.”
Tiwa Savage had a great run in 2018 as she made history as the first female to win the Best African Act at the MTV European Music Awards and also became the first African female to sell out at London’s Indigo.
Although 2019 has been a silent year for her as she has yet to release an official single.
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