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Ajax goalkeeper Onana given one-year doping ban after failing out-of-competition test

  The Cameroon international, linked with Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund recently, has been suspended; however, the Dutch giants say they'll appeal Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana has been handed a 12-month suspension for failing an out-of-competition doping test, with the club claiming their number one accidentally took medicine prescribed for his wife. The Eredivisie club revealed the Cameroon international has been banned by UEFA after it found the forbidden substance Furosemide in his urine, following the test in October 2020. The doping suspension is effective from February 5 and applies to all football activities. Why did Onana fail his doping test? A statement on the Ajax website says: "On the morning of October 30, Onana was feeling unwell. He wanted to take a pill to ease the discomfort. Unknowingly, however, he took Lasimac, a drug that his wife had previously been prescribed. "Onana’s confusion resulted in him mistakenly taking his wife's med...

FG SURVIVAL FUND TO COMMENCE REGISTRATION FEBRUARY 9TH

MSMEs SURVIVAL FUND TO COMMENCE REGISTRATION FOR GUARANTEED OFF-TAKE STIMULUS SCHEME & GENERAL MSME GRANT     100,000 Nigerians to benefit from one-off N50,000 MSME grant  The chairman of the Steering Committee of the MSMEs Survival Fund and guaranteed Off-take Stimulus Scheme and Honourable Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Amb. Mariam Y. Katagum, has announced the commencement of the Guaranteed Off-take Stimulus Scheme and the MSME Grant portal opening from February, 9th, 2021.  The Guaranteed Off-take Stimulus Scheme according to Amb. Katagum is aimed at protecting and sustaining the incomes of vulnerable Micro and Small Enterprises by guaranteeing the offtake of their products.   According to her, a total of 100,000 Micro and Small Enterprises are to benefit from the scheme.   The total target national number of beneficiaries is 100,000. The breakdown is as follows: Lagos, 3,880; Kano, 3,280; Abia, 3,080; while t...