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Enyimba Aim For First Nigerian CAF Confederation Cup Title
Enyimba coach Fatai Osho has thrown down the gauntlet to the 15 other CAF Confederation Cup contenders by declaring that his Nigerian club can lift the trophy this season.
“We have a good chance of winning this competition,” he said ahead of matchday 1 on Wednesday when the last Nigerian team to win an African club competition host Libyan outfit Al Ahly Benghazi.
“Enyimba are title contenders and not just participants. We have what it takes to go all the way and become the first Nigerian winners of the Confederation Cup.”
Here, AFP Sport sets the scene ahead of the first eight group matches in the African equivalent of the UEFA Europa
Group A
Enyimba, Entente Setif of Algeria and Orlando Pirates of South Africa are all former African champions and Benghazi did well to qualify given they could not play at home for security reasons.
Home advantage should ensure Enyimba start with a victory, while Setif have to host Pirates in Ghana because of Algerian coronavirus regulations.
A Pirates team coached by German Josef Zinnbauer are alone among the title contenders in boasting a 100 percent Confederation Cup record this season and not conceding.
Group B
Title-holders Renaissance Berkane of Morocco will look to 35-year-old Mouhcine Iajour for goals when they face unbeaten Zambian visitors NAPSA Stars, who debuted in Africa this season.
A professional career that began in 2003 took the consistent scorer to Italy, Belgium, Qatar and Saudi Arabia before joining Berkane last year.
JS Kabylie of Algeria, who won the last of six CAF titles in 2002, meet Coton Sport of Cameroon, who travel to Tizi Ouzou having won all three away matches in Africa during this campaign.
Group C
This section is expected to be dominated by Tunisian clubs CS Sfaxien and Etoile Sahel, who between them have appeared in seven Confederation Cup finals, winning five.
Record three-time title-holders Sfaxien boast a star goal poacher in Firas Chaouat and it would be a shock if they did not secure maximum points at home to Salitas from Burkina Faso.
Etoile, who also possess a regular scorer in Ivorian Souleymane Coulibaly, must host Senegalese side Jaraaf in Tunis because their stadium in Mediterranean resort Sousse is being enlarged.
Group D
Zambian outfit Nkana have never lost at home in 64 CAF matches, but a woeful record in north Africa makes them underdogs against 2020 Confederation Cup runners-up Pyramids of Egypt in Cairo.
When a team captained by Zimbabwean defender Kevin Moyo lost a playoff second leg at Tihad Casablanca of Morocco last month it was their 17th defeat in 18 visits to the region, with the other match drawn.
Raja Casablanca hosting Namungo of Tanzania is a David versus Goliath affair with the Moroccans having won seven CAF titles while the Tanzanians are competing in Africa for the first time.
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Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, has approved the implementation of N30,000 as minimum wage for the workers in the state.
The secretary to the state government, Folashade Ayoade disclosed this on Tuesday after an extensive meeting with the organized labour in Lokoja
She blamed the delay in the implementation on the inability for the committee to meet regularly due to the covid-19 pandemic which has been overcome.
The SSG equally commended the organised labour for their understanding and patience, which she said has resulted into the signing of the implementation of the new minimum wage.
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Author: Eunice Johnson, Abuja
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has put Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) on notice that it will stop selling forex to them by the end of 2022. CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele made this known in Abuja on Thursday at the end of the Bankers’ Committee Meeting where he also introduced the RT200 Programme.
Emefiele said the time had come for the banks to go out there and source for forex by funding entrepreneurs with ideas. The CBN, Emefiele said, will support the banks by granting rebates and other support until the banks find their feet in sourcing their forex by themselves.
He also disclosed that the apex bank’s policies and measures have led to a significant improvement in diaspora inflow from an average of US$6 million per week in December 2020 to an average of over US$100 million per week by January 2022. He added that the CBN would be reviewing these intervention programmes going forward to ensure that they continue to achieve the desired results.
He said international bodies, including some embassies and donor agencies, have been complicit in illegal forex transactions that have hindered the flow of foreign exchange into the country.
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Author: Gift Wada, Abuja
The Comptroller General of Customs Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd.) has approved the deployment of 37 Comptrollers to various Units, Departments and Commands across the country.
This was disclosed in a release signed on Tuesday by the Customs Deputy National, DC Timi Bomodi for the Comptroller General of Customs.
Among those deployed are the present National PRO of Customs Comptroller Joseph Attah who will assume the office of Area Controller of Kebbi Command, Comptroller AAS Oloyede who shall be moving from ICT/MOD to Tin Can Island Port Command, while Comptroller SI Bomoi to FCT Command. Other postings are Comptroller BA Jaiyeoba to Oyo/Osun Command, Comptroller A Dappa-Williams to Eastern Marine Command, Compt. MA Umar Kano/Jigawa, Compt. KC Egwuh ICT/MOD, Compt. LM Mark Enugu/Anambra/Ebonyi, Compt. T Tachio CTC Kano, Compt. AA Umar Western Marine, Compt. M Dansakwa North Eastern Marine, Compt. AC Ayalogu T & T and Compt. KD Ilesanmi will assume duty as Comptroller Board among others.
Ali in postings released on 7th of February, charged the newly posted Comptrollers to justify the confidence reposed in them by NCS Management by bringing to bear their years of experience and training in trade facilitation and anti-smuggling activities on their new assignment.
Given the enormous expectations of government regarding revenue generation in the current year, the Comptroller General reiterated the need for all Area Controllers and Unit heads to take full charge of the affairs of their Commands by ensuring absolute compliance with extant fiscal policies while leveraging on the efficient management of data to optimize trade facilitation and revenue collection.
Furthermore, the CGC directed all officers to be extremely vigilant in protecting the lives and wellbeing of Nigerians by ensuring the full fortification of our borders against the incursion of smugglers and other cross border criminals.
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