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  • Onana has doping ban reduced to 9 months by CAS

    Onana has doping ban reduced to 9 months by CAS

    Ajax goalkeeper, Andre Onana has had his doping ban reduced to nine months from a year, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday.

    The Cameroonian can play again from Nov. 3.

    The CAS judges found that Onana was not substantially at fault after Ajax appealed against the original UEFA sanction.

    Onana tested positive for furosemide, a banned diuretic, last October. It is often used as a masking agent to hide the presence of other drugs.

    Onana said he felt unwell and took a pill prescribed to his girlfriend from a packet he mistook for aspirin “because the packaging was almost identical.”

  • Man City back to Champions League after ban lifted

    Man City back to Champions League after ban lifted

    Manchester City’s two-year ban from European football has been overturned by the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), the Lausanne based court said on Monday.

    The decision means Pep Guardiola’s team will compete in next season’s Champions League.

    CAS ruled that City did not breach Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules by disguising equity funding as sponsorship.

    The court also reduced a fine for failing to cooperate with UEFA to 10 million euros (£8.93 million) from 30 million euros.

    “Most of the alleged breaches reported by the (UEFA) Adjudicatory Chamber of the CFCB were either not established or time-barred,” CAS said in a statement.

    UEFA, European soccer’s governing body, had ruled in February that City had committed serious FFP breaches and failed to cooperate with its investigation.

    Missing out on the Champions League would have cost City, who have denied wrongdoing, as much as 100 million pounds in prize money and broadcast revenue, as well as matchday and other revenues.

    The FFP regulations are designed to stop clubs running up big losses through spending on players.

    They also ensure sponsorship deals are based on their real market value and are genuine commercial agreements — and not ways for owners to pump cash into a club to get around the rules.

  • Air operation aims to degrade Boko Haram – CAS

    The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, says the service has fully begun air operation code named “Operation Rattle Snake’’ to finally wipe out remnant of Boko Haram insurgents in the North East.

    Abuabakar stated this on Wednesday during an operational visit to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), 105 Composite Command in Maiduguri.

    He said the visit was to appraise the progress of the operation, interact with personnel and encourage them in the execution of the air campaign against the insurgents.

    “The idea of the operation Rattle Snake is to further deal with the issue of terrorism in the northeast and give necessary support to the ground troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) and Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF).

    “From the briefs; I am happy with the progress so far made, we have identified a number of targets, neutralised them and it will continue.

    “The rate of efforts now is much more than what we used to have in other operations. We have quite a number of airplanes and many more will be deployed to support the operation.

    “The idea is to take full advantage of the situation on ground to degrade Boko Haram insurgents and ensure a secured country,” Abubakar said.

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NAF on Dec. 10 launched the operation Rattle Snake against Boko Haram terrorists hibernating in the fringes of Sambisa Forest and Lake Chad basin.

    The campaign targets selected locations in the region to further degrade remnants of the insurgents.

  • Insurgency: CAS urges personnel to maintain discipline, battle-readiness

    Insurgency: CAS urges personnel to maintain discipline, battle-readiness

    Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has urged officers and men to maintain discipline and combat-readiness always to be able to end insurgency and banditry in the country.

    Abubakar made the call on Monday at a feast organized by the Force at the 105 Composite Command, Maiduguri, for the personnel to mark the 2019 Easter celebration.

    He said that the event was organized to appreciate the personnel over their gallantry and selfless contributions to the successful implementation of the counter-insurgency campaign in the North-East.

    He noted that such celebration with troops at the frontline during festive period would make them feel at home and foster comradeship.

    The air chief admonished officers and service personnel to remain committed, discipline, vigilant and relentless in the discharge of their duties.

    “I am very pleased with your performances in the war against insurgency.

    “We must renew our commitments to protect values of freedom and values of the society to guarantee security so that our people feel safe and go about their normal business.

    “We also deployed additional platforms to Zamfara to make life more difficult for the bandits in order to achieve peace, and farmers can cultivate their farmlands,” he said.

    Abubakar disclosed that the service on Sunday took delivery of additional platforms from Italy, adding that it would soon be deployed to support ongoing operations in the North-East and North-West.

    According to him, the service has adopted proactive measures to address challenges facing its operations, provide additional platforms and improve personnel welfare.

    Abubakar reiterated the commitment of the service to support troops of Operation Lafiya Dole and Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in the ongoing clearance operation against the remnants of Boko Haram in the North-East and Lake Chad region.

    The air chief lauded President Muhammadu Buhari over his support to the service, and assured that the service would remain disciplined and professional in the discharge of its constitutional mandate.

    He also commended Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno, community and religious leaders as well as members of the community for their support to the service.

    In his remarks, Air Vice-Marshal James Gwani, the Air Task Force Commanding, Operation Lafiya Dole, commended Abubakar for support toward the improvement of its operations and wellbeing of personnel engaged in the war against insurgency.

    Gwani reiterated the commitments of the personnel to remain loyal, disciplined and professional in the discharge of their duties.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was attended by senior officers, airmen, and members of Gomari community of Maiduguri. (NAN)

  • CAS dismisses ex-FIFA Sec Gen, Valcke’s appeal against ban

    The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed former FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke’s appeal against his 10-year ban for breaching the world football body’s code of ethics.

    The court, which is at Lausanne in Switzerland, said the ban and the 100,000 Swiss franc (about $100,290 or N38 million) fine were “wholly appropriate”.

    Its action has thus confirmed the decision made by FIFA’s Appeal Committee in 2016.

    Valcke, who was former FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s top aide, was found to be involved in the resale of FIFA World Cup tickets and other ethics violations.

  • Military to redouble efforts in fighting insecurity – CAS

    The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar, has assured Nigerians that the Military will redouble its efforts to tackle the various security challenges in the country.

    Abubakar made this known during the inauguration of some projects at the Nigerian Air Force 209 Quick Response Group base in Ipetu-Ijesha, Osun state.

    He explained that the security challenges in the country ranging from farmers /herdsmen clashes in the middle belt to the insurgency in the North East among other vices necessitated the expansion of the Nigerian Air Force base.

    This, according to him, would enable them to provide swift responses to security emergencies in the southwestern region of the country.

    He also noted that as part of the development, 700 trained personnel have been deployed to the 209 Quick Response Group base.

    Abubakar expressed gratitude to the President for providing the necessary requirements for the Force to operate and therefore promised to do all it can to continue to secure the nation.

    He said: “We thank President Muhammadu Buhari who, in spite of the harsh economic realities has continued to avail us with necessary requirements to sustain our operations.

    “We will ensure the security of our people and uphold the democratic ideals for the progress and prosperity of our fatherland, while also ensuring that available resources are judiciously used,” he said.

    On the classroom project, the Chief Of Air Staff said it was inaugurated to increase the intake into the Air Force Primary School while the 10 block of flats was to provide accommodation for Air Force personnel.

     

  • Easter: CAS fetes frontline troops in northeast [Photos]

    Easter: CAS fetes frontline troops in northeast [Photos]

    Frontline personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) currently serving in the Northeast and visiting members of their families have been treated to a special lunch by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on 1 April 2018, in celebration of the Easter festivities.

    The CAS, who was represented at the occasion by the Commander Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Idi Lubo, commended the contributions of personnel towards prosecuting the fight against insurgency in the country and urged them not to rest on their oars.

    He said that although a lot of success had been recorded in the fight against Boko Haram Terrorists, the personnel needed to put more effort towards completely eradicating the menace.

    The representative of the CAS later had lunch with the other NAF frontline personnel serving in Yola.

    At Yola, AVM Lubo thanked Air Marshal Abubakar for the kind gesture of facilitating the lunch. Addressing the troops after the lunch, the representative of the CAS commended the troops for their relentless efforts and sacrifices, which had greatly degraded the capability of the insurgents.

    He equally tasked the troops to redouble their efforts to ensure that the entire country, and the Northeast Region in particular, become a safer place for Nigerians.

    AVM Lubo later presented the award of the Best Officer of the Quarter to Group Captain Samuel Eyoma, who is the Head of the Data Collection and Analysis Team in the Tactical Operation Centre.

    He then encouraged the Senior Officer to remain focused and diligent in the discharge of his duties. Likewise, he charged other personnel to emulate those qualities that won Group Captain Eyoma the award.

    The representative of the CAS also seized the opportunity to commission some projects at 103 Strike Group, aimed at enhancing the protection of NAF critical assets in NAF Base Yola.

    The idea behind the special lunch with NAF frontline personnel, which has become a tradition since Air Marshal Abubakar became the CAS, is to sustain their morale towards enhancing operational effectiveness.

  • Dapchi Girls’ abduction: CAS temporally relocates to Maiduguri

    Dapchi Girls’ abduction: CAS temporally relocates to Maiduguri

    The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday said Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has temporally relocated to NAF Base, Maiduguri.

    The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja.

    He stated that the relocation was to enable Abubakar to have first hand information on progress of the air search operations for the missing Dapchi schoolgirls, abducted on Feb. 19.

    Adesanya noted that the relocation would also enable the CAS to give additional directives where necessary, to enhance the search.

    The NAF director added that “the relocation will enable the NAF boss to have first hand information on progress of air search efforts and also give additional directives as might be necessary.”

    He said the National Security Adviser (NSA) Mohammed Monguno was also at the NAF Base in Maiduguri, where he encouraged personnel involved in the day and night air search operations to sustain the tempo.

    The spokesman added that the NSA also inaugurated new projects to extend the reach of NAF helicopters.

  • CAS commissions new lecture rooms at AFIT kaduna

    The Chief of Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar commissions new block of lecture rooms at the Air Force Institute of Technology, AFIT in Kaduna.

    Thenewsguru reports that the newly commissioned building is expected to accommodate at least 220 students of the institute.

    However, the CAS seized the opportunity to commission the newly built lecture rooms after chairing a meeting of the Governing Council of the Institute who also attended the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Inter-Command Drill Competition, first in its history which ended on 19, December 2017 at Military Training Ground Kaduna.

    Being the Guest of Honour, the CAS expressed his delight to be at the maiden Inter-Command Drill Competition in the NAF.

    “The drill competition is one of the ways of actualizing his vision for the NAF, one of the Vision’s key drivers being to improve regimentation, esprit de corps as well as to enhance inter-Service cooperation”.

    He further stated that the importance of drill in a military force cannot be over emphasized, being the bedrock of military discipline upon which all other tenets are built.

    Air Marshal Abubakar urged personnel to be security conscious and to remain vigilant at all times, especially as Year 2017 gradually ends.

    He then thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his unflinching support to the NAF through the timely provision of resources, thereby enabling the Service to meet its operational objectives.