The 11th Africa Armwrestling Championships kicked-off on Thursday at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Lagos, with 12 countries vying for honours. Samuel Jackson, the President, Nigeria Armwrestling Federation said in Lagos that the competition would be a success. He said that after the weighing exercise, 12 countries were on ground while more were being expected from their various countries. The countries are Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Togo, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Benin, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Madagascar and Senegal. He said that the participants would compete in the weight categories such as 62kg, 75kg, 80kg, 90kg, 94kg and 100kg. “It…
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Ericsson has announced the appointment of Hossam Kandeel as Vice President and Head of Global Customer Unit MTN and Customer Unit MTN Africa effective July 21. Ericsson, in a statement, said Hossam would lead a high performing technologies and services team that promised to deliver exceptional value towards MTN Ambition 2025, while enabling positive change across society. According to the statement, Hossam has held leadership positions across various practices including government and industry relations, strategy and marketing, business solutions, sales, and operational excellence. “Through insightful engagements, he developed successful business, financial, and operational key performance indicators (KPIs) and enhanced staff…
Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala has become the first player to win for the fifth time the African Woman Player of the Year award at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards. Oshoala warded off competition from Cameroonian Ajara Nchout Njoya and Zambia’s Grace Chanda to clinch her fifth title at the CAF Awards ceremony in Rabat, Morocco on Thursday. This means the Barcelona FC Women forward has surpassed compatriot Perpetua Nkwocha in the women’s category and Cameroonian Samuel Eto in the men’s category, who won the awards four times each. An emotional Oshoala said it was a historic night for her…
Nigerian Singing sensations David ‘Davido’ Adeleke, Tiwa Savage and Austin ‘Jayjay’ Okocha were among the leading Africans in sport and music to feature at the 2022 CAF Awards. The trio joined eminent sports personalities and dignitaries in Rabat, Morocco on Thursday night for the 2022 edition of the major African sporting event. While Davido, alongside Emmanuel Adebayor, presented the award for the ‘Young Female Footballer of the Year’ to Ghana’s Evelyn Badu, Okocha presented the award for ‘Goal of the Year’ to Papa Ousma Sacho of Senegal. Award-winning Nigerian artist Tiwa Savage also joined other performers to thrill distinguished guests…
Enugu state government on Friday said it had sponsored 274 Christians on pilgrimage to the Holy Lands of Israel and Jordan, urging them to pray for the state and Nigeria. The Christian Pilgrimage is an occasion for Christians (Pilgrims) to step out of their comfort zone to encounter God where He has revealed Himself. It also entails visiting places associated with the life, times and teachings of Christ especially his birth, passion, death and resurrection. For Christians, it is an opportunity for quiet introspection and spiritual rebirth; they are expected to return as more dedicated practitioners of the Christian Faith.…
Troops of 81 Division Nigerian Army (NA) in a joint operation conducted by Operation SWIFT RESPONSE have intercepted 148 Jerry cans of petroleum products at Imeko Afon Local Government Area (LGA) of Ogun. This was contained in a statement by the spokesperson 81 Division, Major Olaniyi Osoba and provided to newsmen on Friday. Osoba said that Operation SWIFT RESPONSE which comprised other security agencies was inaugurated in 2019 by the Federal Government to checkmate activities of smugglers around the border communities across the country. He said that investigations conducted by personnel of the Operation earlier in July, discovered two Filling…
The Presidency says there was no time President Muhammadu Buhari gave an ultimatum to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to resolve the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and others in the nation’s public universities. Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made the clarification in a statement on Wednesday while giving an insight into discussions at the meeting held the previous day. He said Adamu requested that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, hands off the negotiation to allow him conclude what he had started with…
The Osun state government says the claim by the Governor-elect, Sen. Ademola Adeleke and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the state government officials were diverting and looting government assets and property, is not true. Adeleke had, in a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, warned Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola and his allies against diversion and looting of the government’s assets and public properties. According to Adeleke, some government functionaries and appointees of the governor are converting the public assets to private use. “We have it on good authority that Osun State assets within the state, Kogi, Lagos, Abuja and…
The United States government has said that the removal of barriers for women’s full participation in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) would lead to a better world. The Information Officer U.S. Embassy Abuja, Jeanne Clarke, stated this in Ibadan at the opening of the STEM STEP programme geared towards empowering 100 women in Nigeria. Clarke, who noted that STEM education was the key for any country’s economic success, said that her country was convinced. She underscored the importance of STEM education to various fields such as medicine and engineering in relation to the feat achieved by individuals globally. She…
The federal government has expressed its readiness to support the Global Fund for the eradication of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in the country. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, made the intension known when the ‘Global Fund (GF)’ team led by its Senior Fund Portfolio Manager, Jean-Thomas Nouboussi, paid him a courtesy visit in his office. A statement by Mr Willie Bassey, Director Information, office of the SGF, on Thursday said SGF was represented by the Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Dr Nnamdi Maurice Mbaeri. Mustapha said that the federal government was committed to supporting the…