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NNPC destroys 134 Illegal Refineries Recently

A destroyed refinery  By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited( NNPCL) says it has destroyed 134 illegal refineries in the last few weeks.  Also, the company said  63 illegal pipeline connections were uncovered during the the weeks .  The corporation, In a visual report, stated that at about 2 am on Sunday, a joint team of security agents discovered a large wooden boat illicitly loading stolen crude oil from Barge AGS01 within the OML 18 operating area, noted intelligence report a large wooden wooden boat was caught receiving crude oil from the barge.  According to the state-owned oil firm, while the barge was towed away with a tugboat in custody, five speedboats used in towing the large wooden boat to the illegal loading site were also detained and the particulars of the tugboats and barge used for the operation were reportedly seized for further investigation.  It further said that two large boats, which involve
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Under -20W/C: Nigeria beats Argentina 2-0, qualify for Quarter


By Favour & Akinola Ajibade


Nigeria, yesterday, beat Argentina 2-0 in front of almost 30,000 fans in Suan Juan, ending an unlikely campaign for the home team. 

The two goals came from Ibrahim Muhammed and Rilwanu Haliru Sarki respectively. 

While Muhammed scored in the 61st minute, a Sarki nodded home the second before the final whistle, thus bringing the goals scored by the Flying Eagles to two. 

Similarly, Italy eliminated England with a 2-1 victory, thanks to a late goal from the spot.

Already, Italy, Colombia and a 10-man Brazil have qualified for the quarterfinals of the Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday.

Also, Brazil thrashed Tunisia 4-1 despite being a player down for the entire second half, and Colombia topped Slovakia 5-1 with three of its goals scored in a four-minute span.

In the quarter final, Ngeria will take on either Ecuador or South Korea in the next round. Brazil in the same vein, will meet  Israel in the round of 16, while Colombia will play Italy. 

Sadly, Argentina did not arrive at the U-20 World Cup as one of the favorites. The team coached by Javier Mascherano did not qualify initially and only got a spot at the tournament when it replaced Indonesia as host. Heavy home support after the senior team’s World Cup title was expected to give the youngsters a boost.

More worrisome is the fact Argentina wasted several opportunities in the match against Nigeria, a development, which the country  leveraged on to scored in the 61st minute and also, when the match was about to end. 

Argentina continued to pressure, hitting the woodwork twice. A late Nigerian counter-attack ended in a header by Rilwanu Haliru Sarki just before the final whistle. 

“We played a great match,” Mascherano said in a post-match TV interview. “We knew that if we made some mistakes we might have to pay. And regrettably the two mistakes we made brought them two goals.”

Italy started strongly against England and scored in the 8th minute after a sequence of quick passes that put Tommaso Baldanzi in front of the goalkeeper. The English team equalized with Alfie Devine scoring from close range in the 24th. A stalemate settled in at the La Plata Stadium, one of the poorest pitches in the tournament.

But a video reviewed decision nearing fulltime gave Italy a chance from the spot. Cesare Casadei stepped up and scored his fifth goal of the tournament to secure the win and put the Italians through.

Earlier, Marcos Leonardo opened the scoring for Brazil in the 11th minute from the spot, his fourth goal at the tournament. Andrey Santos added a second from close range in the 31st.

Defender Robert Renan was sent off shortly before the break and Tunisia had the initiative for most of the second half, but Brazil scored twice in injury time through Matheus Martins and Santos.

Colombia’s Óscar Cortes opened and finished the scoring for his team, striking first in the 48th. Yaser Asprilla made it 2-0 two minutes later and Tomás Ángel added a third in the 52nd.

Ángel scored again in the 64th.

Timotej Jambor scored a consolation with a headed goal in the 87th, but Colombia had the last word with another goal by Cortes in injury time.

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