Mark, Gumut Hail NBBF Ban Reversal, Say FG’s Decision Misconstrued

Igoche Mark, the factional President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), has hailed the Federal Government’s decision to rescind its earlier directive on Nigeria’s withdrawal from international basketball. President Muhammadu Buhari, through the Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, had on Thursday announced the Federal Government’s decision to withdraw the two-year ban it placed on the NBBF from international basketball. Mark, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria said the latest decision taken...

Texas Southern Partners With IgboFest to Promote Education, Culture, and Diversity

The colorful carnival which also is the largest African cultural festival in the City will hold at the Discovery Green – 1500 McKinney on Saturday, July 16, 2022. IgboFest Houston, a cultural entity and festival that showcases the African heritage and Igbo culture to the great city of Houston has partnered with the Texas Southern University (TSU) to promote, embrace, and encourage culture, and diversity education in the community. TSU will be visibly present at...

Mozambique’s Reversal of Fortune

Mozambique is at a moment of peak international leverage, but faces significant domestic challenges. Just a year ago, the news from Mozambique was rather glum. The security crisis in the northern region of Cabo Delgado had displaced hundreds of thousands of people, created a humanitarian crisis, prompted regional alarm about the potential for extremists to export insecurity to Mozambique’s neighbors, and even led French oil giant Total to declare force majeure on its massive natural gas investment...

Stakeholder Urges Oil Marketers to Cooperate With FG, End Fuel Scarcity

Mr. Muhammad Saleh-Hassan, Chairman, Skymark Energy and Power Ltd, has urged oil marketers and other stakeholders in the energy sector, to cooperate with the Federal Government and end fuel scarcity in Nigeria. The energy stakeholder, who made the call in Abuja on Sunday, stressed that oil marketers had a major role to play in ending recurring fuel scarcity in the country. Saleh-Hassan noted that the energy crisis appeared to have defied government’s efforts, and urged...

OPEXA Appeals to NASS to Expedite Ratification of N375bn EEG

The Organised Private Sector Exporters Association (OPEXA) has appealed to the National Assembly (NASS) to urgently ratify the approval of the N375 billion Export Expansion Grants (EEG) for exporters. In a report, the News Agency of Nigeria notes that the N375 billion represents the backlog of the EEG from 2017 to 2020, whose payment was delayed due to budgetary constraints. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) recently approved the disbursement in form of Promissory Notes, which...

AfCFTA Needs PPP to Thrive – Saraki

LAGOS — Sen. Gbemisola Saraki, Minister of State for Transportation, has called for Public, Private Partnership (PPP) to create an enabling environment for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) to thrive. Saraki made the call at the Ministerial Consultative Meeting with the media on Friday in Lagos. Saraki said her visit to Lagos was to take stock of the state of the two ports in Lagos, which were in dire need of repairs. “For...

Man, 30, Arrested For Raping Octogenarian In Anambra

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) AWKA — The Anambra State Police Command has arrested one Sunday Nwadiagba for allegedly raping a 75-year-old woman. State operatives, in collaboration with security agents, made the arrest on Friday at about 4 pm in Nkwelle Awkuzuz, Oyi local government area of Anambra state. The Spokesman for the state police command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, said the suspect, who is 30 years old, is a native of Eyiba, Ebonyi State. According...

Father of 9-Year Old Girl Raped Consistently By 70-year Old Man, 2 Others, Cries Out to Anambra Govt for Help

By Handel Patrick, Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporters) AWKA — Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare has rescued a 9-year old girl allegedly raped by an elderly man above 60 years and two other younger boys at Amakpulu village, Ihite Community in Orumba South Council Area of the state. The victim was rescued following an SOS message to the Ministry from a hospital where the father of the child took her for medical...

23 Million Nigerian Children Receive Chemo-prevention Against Malaria—-Buhari

Some 23 million Nigerian children have received the seasonal malaria chemoprevention, aiding reduction in severe malaria in children in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari made the declaration on Friday in Kigali at the Summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The summit is part of activities at the on-going 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Rwandan capital. President Buhari was represented by the Minister of Health, Mr Osagie Ehanire, who delivered...

OPINION: APC Runs Into Headwinds as Christian Opposition to Muslim-Muslim Ticket Gains Traction in Nigeria

Presidential candidate faces a dilemma as religious factor threatens to undo campaign.  On Tuesday, July 21, a small crowd of protesters massed outside the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, Nigeria. Defying a heavy downpour, they carried placards demanding that Bola Tinubu, the party’s standard-bearer in next year’s presidential election, refrain from choosing a Muslim as his running mate. It was not an impressive crowd by any standard, and the fact, according...

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