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HOW CHINA IS REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH AND BUILD A FAIRER SOCIETY

   How China’s ‘Common Prosperity’ Drive Is Redistributing The Wealth   China’s Communist Party has decided it’s time to redistribute the wealth and build a fairer society. As the number of billionaires — and their bank accounts — ballooned in recent decades so did the inequality gap. Now, Xi Jinping wants things to change, and the socialist buzzword is “common prosperity.” Among the aims of common prosperity are raising the income of urban and rural residents, reducing the wealth gap and promoting equal access to services, officials have said. Entire sectors have been ordered to change the way they do business. The once hugely lucrative after-school education industry was decimated overnight by a regulatory decision to ban for-profit tutoring and big tech was hammered by a wide-ranging anti-monopoly crackdown. Then came celebrities who evade taxes, food delivery giants who hire workers without full contracts and video-gaming giants who let youngsters play on their platfo...

PIX: RONALDO HAS MORE INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS THAN ALL ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMS PUT TOGETHER

 

JUVENTUS RELEASE EMOTIONAL STATEMENT ON DEPARTING RONALDO

    Juventus release Cristiano Ronaldo statement ahead of deadline day move to Man Utd Cristiano Ronaldo is set to return to Manchester United on transfer deadline day after Juventus agreed to sell him, and the Serie A club have released a statement on the player Juventus  have issued an emotional farewell statement to say goodbye to  Cristiano Ronaldo  ahead of his move to  Manchester United . Ronaldo is due to be unveiled as a United player for the second time on deadline day after agreeing a £13million from Juventus, plus add-ons. Cristiano Ronaldo spent three years at Juventus after leaving Real Madrid The Portugal international was out of contract in Turin at the end of the season, and is thought to have asked to leave during this summer's transfer window. Ronaldo spent three years at Juventus after he was sold for £100m by  Real Madrid  back in 2018, finishing as the Serie A's top goal scorer last season. In a touching statement, Juve said t...

US READY TO NAME BOKO HARAM SPONSORS, SAYS AMBASSADOR

  US ready to identify Boko Haram sponsors The United States has expressed its readiness to help Nigeria to identify sponsors of terrorism in the country. The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, disclosed this on Monday during a meeting with journalists in Abuja. The envoy was asked if the US was ready to help Nigeria identify sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria. She, however, said talks were ongoing on the matter. Leonard said, “That is something we are very eager to partner Nigeria on.  I have had at least three conversations in the last two months on this subject. I won’t like to go into details.” She also allayed fear that the US partnership with Nigeria might end up like that of Afghanistan. According to her, Nigeria has had a strong bilateral relationship with the US, saying that the situations were not the same.

$48.5b SPENT ON TRANSFER FEES: FIFA

$48.5  billion spent on transfer fees: FIFA FIFA PUBLISHES REPORT ON TEN YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS FIFA has published a report on international transfers in the men’s game during the 2011-2020 period. The report confirms that transfer market activity increased steadily over the past decade. From 11,890 transfers conducted in 2011 to a peak of 18,079 in 2019, a total of 133,225 international transfers and loans of professional players took place, while USD 48.5 billion was spent on transfer fees during the period. The transfers involved 66,789 players and 8,264 clubs across 200 FIFA member associations, thus underlining football’s role in the global economy.  Brazilian nationals moving to foreign clubs topped the list with 15,128 transfers, followed by Argentinian (7,444), British (5,523), French (5,027) and Colombian footballers (4,287). European clubs lead transfer fee spend During the last decade, the number of clubs conducting international transfers grew by more tha...

ACTRESS TONTO DIKEH IS AFRAID DEATH IS AROUND THE CORNER

    I'm finding it difficult to breathe - Tonto Dikeh Tonto Dikeh Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh on Sunday reveals that she is finding it difficult to breathe, hoping that she doesn’t have COVID-19. The actress in an Instagram post stated that she was finding it difficult to breathe, and having some strange symptoms. “Finding it difficult to breathe, I hope it ain’t COVID. Never had such a cough like this. Literally woke up gasping for air. I will not use my money to service negativity IJN amen,” she wrote.

AFGHANISTAN: RESISTANCE FORCES TRAIN IN AFGHAN MOUNTAINS

The Taliban's worst nightmare: Resistance forces train in the Afghan mountains as they vow never to bend the knee to the new rulers of Kabul. Resistance forces trained in  Panjshir Valley, strategic fortress sitting north of Kabul in Hindu Kush mountains Fighters waded through water with logs of wood over their back while others trained with their rifles  Anti-Taliban uprising forces have vowed to defend  the 170,000 residents in the region, most of them Tajiks Resistance forces in  Afghanistan   have vowed to continue in their fight against the   Taliban   as they trained in the Panjshir Valley, a strategic fortress which sits north of Kabul.  Hundreds of fighters, who have never surrendered to the new rulers of Kabul, were seen wading through water with logs of wood over their back while others trained with their rifles as they prepared for the possible arrival of Taliban forces.  Elsewhere, others resistance members, dressed in milita...

WE "LL KEEP INVITING JOURNALISTS VIOLATING BROADCAST CODES, NIGERIA'S BROADCASTING COMMISSION

  Why We'll Keep Inviting Journalists, Media Houses That Violate Broadcasting Code—Nigeria's Broadcasting Commission Ilelah said that the commission would continue to summon anyone who goes against the NBC code.   The Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Balarabe Ilelah, has charged media organisations to always adhere strictly to the regulations of the commission. Ilelah said that the commission would continue to summon anyone who goes against the NBC code. NBC DG, Balarabe Ilelah The NBC boss who spoke on Monday told newsmen at the commission's office in Abuja that the media would continue to be sanitised and regulated.  He said, “As leaders of your various reputable and responsible organisation, I want you to tell your members that nobody is above the law. “All of us must live within the coverage of the law and we must be held accountable. Journalism is a profession that has ethics, we are supposed to operate within the ethics of the professi...

OBASANJO IN TEARS OVER MOTHER

  Obasanjo weeps, regrets mother’s early death    Chief Olusegun Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo, yesterday, wept during the stage play titled ‘Aremu’ at the Glover Hall, Marina in Lagos. The play, written and directed by former Director-General of the National Troupe, Prof. Ahmed Yerima, tells the story of Obasanjo from birth to adulthood and his Presidency. Obasanjo, who commended the producer, Joseph Edgar, for touching a critical aspect of his life, said: “My regret in life is that my mother never sees me become what I am. She never lived to see me grow up. I hope the message in this play will be put into use.

FRSC HAS POWER TO FINE MOTORISTS, SAYS COURT.

  Court upholds power of FRSC to fine motorists P A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has upheld the powers of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, to fine motorists for alleged traffic offences without first prosecuting them in a court of law. The trial judge, Justice Taiwo Taiwo reached the decision in his judgment on Friday while dismissing a suit by a motorist, Dr M.Y Suleiman, seeking N10 million as damages from the FRSC for the detention of his car. The detention followed Suleiman’s alleged violation of a traffic offence and his subsequent payment of a fine without first being prosecuted. The court held that contrary to the plaintiff’s claim, the practice whereby road marshals issue tickets to motorists on allegation of the commission of offences under the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2012 and demand ‘offenders’ to pay a fine, did not offend section 6(6) of the Constitution, Rules 166 and 220 of the National Road Traffic Regulations. He noted that the matter had alrea...