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FIFA has confirmed that its president, Gianni Infantino will stand unopposed for a third term as head of world football’s governing body next year. In a brief statement from FIFA, it announced that since no other person except Infantino declared interest to run for the football position, and would be the only candidate when the election takes place at the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda on March 16, 2023. […]
Bayern Munich star, forward Sadio Mane has been ruled out of the World Cup due to leg injury. Mane sustained a leg injury while playing for Bayern Munich on November 8, which put his hopes of featuring in Qatar in doubt. In a statement, Bayern said he sustained an injury to the head of his right fibula, but Mane was included in the Senegal squad for the finals in Qatar. […]
Japan's defence ministry says North Korea has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with sufficient range to hit the US mainland. The missile landed in the sea roughly 210km west of Hokkaido. As a result, South Korea's President ,Yoon Suk-Yeol called for stronger deterrence measures against the North. Recall that North Korean finance minister, Choe Son Hui, had warned of a "fiercer" response to any increased US military presence. North […]
The Vice Chancellor of Enugu State University of Science and Technology. ESUT, Prof. Aloysius Okolie has reiterated the commitment of the present management of ESUT to transforming the University and returning it once more on the global intellectual map. Prof. Okolie who made this known during a press briefing at the University Auditorium stated that the hallmark of the vision and mission of the current management under his watch is […]
The Programme Manager Albino Foundation Ndifreke Ferdinand has reiterated the need to sensitize persons with disability on their right to participate actively in the forthcoming elections, in a bid to increase the numerical strength of people with disabilities across Nigeria, not just as voters but also in elective and appointive positions. Ferdinand who revealed this yesterday at the launch of a zonal campaign, Able To Vote, organized by the foundation […]
A former State Director of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, in Enugu state, Augustine Okolie, says issues of violence during elections stems from the fact that persons involved are eager to get into power by all means. Okolie who laid this emphasis yesterday when he featured on Urban Radio political programme, The Parliament, noted that there laws put in place to checkmate electoral violence, but the severity in the implementation […]
The people of Nike, Enugu have tendered their demands to the governorship candidate of the people’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu state, Peter Mba, urging him to address their needs if elected governor in 2023. They made their demands during a town hall meeting with the governorship hopeful at Ugwogo Nike, Headquarters of Mbuluiyiukwu Development Centre and Emene, headquarters of Mbulujodo Development Centre both in Enugu East LGA, listing roads, […]
Ahead of the 2023 elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission says it would address all issues raised concerning the national register of voters. INEC had this month made the entire register public on its website for the first time in the nation’s electoral history but numerous cases of underage voters and double registration were identified by many Nigerians. A statement signed by INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, said the commission […]
The Federal Government has expressed concern over the killings of three Nigerians in South Africa between the 14th and 17th of November, 2022. The Consulate General of Nigeria in Johannesburg, in a statement issued yesterday, noted that it was saddened by the latest reports of killings of Nigerians in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), explaining that it was as a result of intra-community violence that had not been adequately managed. The Mission, […]
Nigerian megastar Burna Boy yesterday won the prize for the Best African Act at the 2022 MTV European Music Awards. Burna Boy was nominated alongside Ayra Starr, Black Sheriff, Tems, Zuchu and Musa Keyz. Tems lost the Best New Act prize to Seventeen while Nigerian disc Jockey DJ Spinall was one of the artists who performed at the award show that held in Dusseldorf, Germany.
