No fewer than 2,000 students across the 21 Local Governments Areas (LGAs) of Anambra are set to compete in the state finals of the Anambra School Sports Festival, scheduled to hold between June 21 and June 24. The finalists who emerged after scaling through the community, local government and zonal elimination stages will take part in the finals of the 10 competitive events that would be staged in six venues in Awka, the Anambra capital city. The festival, tagged First Solution School Sports Festival, started on May 17 with community preliminaries. Patrick-Estate Onyedum, Chairman of Anambra Sports Development Commission, said…
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Pope Francis was discharged from a hospital in Rome on Friday following an operation on his abdomen. Seated in a wheelchair, he waved to onlookers as he was driven from the Gemelli Hospital, where he was operated on to prevent an intestinal obstruction.He spoke briefly with reporters outside the entrance to the hospital. “I’m still alive,” he said, smiling, before heading back to the Vatican. His doctors have said that the operation went smoothly and he tolerated the general anaesthetic well. Before his operation last Thursday, many Catholics were concerned about the latest, urgent operation partly due to fears as…
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has commended the Federal Government’s new forex policy that liberalised the exchange rate of the Naira to the dollar. Mr Festus Osifo, President of TUC, gave the commendation on Wednesday on the sidelines of the on going 111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva switzerland. It would be recalled that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in a memo had told banks they can buy forex from any source at any rate and sell at any rate subject to a maximum of N1 bid-ask spread between the buy and sell…
Mr Blessing Agbebaku (PDP-Owan West), on Friday emerged as Speaker of the 8th Edo House of Assembly. Agbebaku was the Chief of Staff to the immediate past Speaker, Marcus Onobun The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Agbebaku was elected by the lawmakers shortly after a letter of proclamation of the assembly by Gov. Godwin Obaseki was read on the floor of the House by the Clerk, Mr Yahaya Omogbai, in Benin. Mrs Maria Edekor (PDP-Esan North East II) was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the House. NAN reports that 24 members-elect were also inaugurated into the 8th…
The Kaduna State Governor, His Excellency Senator Uba Sani, has ordered a full investigation into the alleged shooting in the Sabon Gero community in Chikun Local Government Area by the men of the Kaduna Vigilance Service (KADVS), who were trying to push back residents attempting to stop the Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Authority (KASUPDA) from carrying out demolitions in the community. The Governor expressed deep concern about the incident and directed the relevant authorities to conduct a thorough investigation to determine the facts of the matter and ensure that justice is served. The Governor who also reiterates his…
A Federal High Court sitting in Gusau has ordered the Nigeria Police Force and four other respondents involved in the seizure of vehicles and some other valuables from the residences of former Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle to return them within 48 hours (NTA) Details later….
Naira on Thursday lost against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging N702.19 to the dollar. The local currency depreciated by 5.75 per cent when compared with N664.04 for which it exchanged for the dollar on Wednesday. The open indicative rate stood at N658.50 to the dollar on Thursday. An exchange rate of N791 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N702.19. The Naira sold for as low as 461 to the dollar within the day’s trading. A total of 70.72 million dollars was traded at the official Investors…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has secured the conviction of 42 human traffickers this year, according to its Director-General, NAPTIP, Mrs Fatima Waziri-Azi. The NAPTIP boss disclosed this at an on-going workshop organised for media practitioners in Lagos on Thursday. She said that those convicted were traffickers “diligently prosecuted from January to June 14, 2023”. Waziri-Azi was represented by Mr Arinze Orakwe, the Director in charge of Training and Manpower Development. She warned human trafficking criminals to turn a new leaf as the agency would soon catch up with them. “The human trafficking industry…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood has tendered documents before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in respect of the petition of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The documents were tendered on Thursday through Mrs Morenikeji Tairu, Deputy Director, Certification and Complaints, Legal Drafting and Clearance Department of the commission. They include Form EC9 of President Bola Tinubu, who is the second respondent in the petition. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that Form EC9 is an affidavit in support of particulars of persons seeking election to the office…
Mr Mike Akpara, the Special Adviser to the Governor of Abia on Finance, has described the claim by former Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of leaving N24 bilion in the state government coffers as false. Akpara made this known on Thursday during a press conference at the Government House, Umuahia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one Ikechukwu Iroha, a former aide of Ikpeazu, had made a Facebook post that several billions of naira were allegedly left behind for the Gov. Alex Otti led-administration by the former governor. The special adviser said that neither Ikpeazu nor his spokespersons had refuted…