Enyimba Qualifies for CAF Group
Nigerian will have only one representative in the group stage of CAF inter-club competitions this season. Enyimba Football Club of Aba qualified for the group stage of this season’s CAF Confederation Cup after a 3-2 penalty shootout win over Etoile de Filante of Burkina Faso in Uyo on Sunday, but the reigning Nigeria Premier Football League champions, Enugu Rangers, failed to make the group stage of the CAF Champions League, after losing 3-2 on aggregate to Angolan club Sagrada Esperanca of Angola. They had won the first leg 1-0 in Uyo before falling to a 3-1 defeat in Angola yesterday. Nigerian clubsides have competed in the Champions League four times and have never made it to the mini-league phase, where prize money of $800,000 is awarded to this season’s qualifiers. The other Nigerian qualifiers for the premier African club competition this season, Remo Stars, lost to Moroccan side FAR Rabat in the first round last month.
INEC Announces Sen Okpebholo as New Edo Governor
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Sen. Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progessives Congress (APC) winner of the Saturday governorship election in Edo. INEC’s Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Faruk Kuta, announced the winner on Sunday in Benin after the collation of results from 18 local government areas in the state. Kuta, who is the Vice-Chancelleor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, said Okpebholo, a serving senator representing Edo Central at the National Assembly, polled 291,667 votes to defeat Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 247,274 votes, while the candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Olumide Akpata, came third with 22,763 votes. A breakdown of the results show that APC won in eleven local governments, while PDP won in seven areas.
Presidency orders crackdown on cybercriminals, stolen vehicle trafficking
President Bola Tinubu has ordered security and law enforcement agencies to take action against individuals involved in trafficking stolen vehicles, noting that one of the most effective tools available to law enforcement agencies was depriving criminals of the proceeds of their illicit activities. The President, in a statement yesterday by his Special Adviser, Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, acknowledged the recent handover of 53 vehicles and 180,300 dollars by EFCC to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), on behalf of two Canadian citizens who were victims of cybercrimes perpetrated by Nigerian nationals, assuring that Nigeria would continue to work with its international partners to ensure that cyber criminals and organised crime groups involved in transnational car thefts were deprived of the benefits of their illegal activities. The agencies tasked with this responsibility include: the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
Super Eagles retain 39th on FIFA rankings
Nigeria’s Super Eagles retained their 39th position in the latest FIFA men’s world ranking released today. The three-time African champions are ranked sixth in Africa. During the period under review, the Super Eagles defeated the Cheetahs of Benin Republic 3-0, while they were held to a 0-0 draw by the Amavubi of Rwanda in qualifying games for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Morocco, Senegal, Egypt, Cote d’Ivoire and Tunisia are the top five teams on the continent
The MPOX outbreak in Africa is still not under control.
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) that issued the warning yesterday, added that cases were still increasing in several countries, who are struggling to respond to another major outbreak coming at the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic that exposed weak health systems. The World Health Organization declared the recent outbreak of the disease a public health emergency of international concern after the new variant was identified. The number of mpox cases in Africa has surged 177%, and deaths have increased 38.5% compared with the same period a year ago, data from the Africa CDC showed.
NECO releases 2024 results
The National Examinations Council has released the results of the June/July 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination, with 60.55 per cent of candidates recording five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics. NECO’s Registrar, Professor Dantani Wushishi, who announced this known yesterday in Minna Niger state, said of the 1,376,423 candidates, 828,284 of them had five credits and above, including English and Mathematics. Wushishi also said that NECO blacklisted 21 supervisors in 12 states and de-recognized one school in Ekiti state for mass cheating in two core subjects and one science subject. Read more stories here: https://classic94.fm/livestock-reforms-jega-submits-report/
Livestock Reforms: Jega submits report
President Bola Tinubu today received a 152 pages report from the Presidential committee on implementation of livestock reforms, detailing several actionable targeted indicators within 10years time-frame that would reform the livestock sector in Nigeria. The Co-Chairman of the Livestock Committee, Professor Attahiru Jega alongside other members briefing State House Correspondents today after submitting the report […]
IGP Orders Redeployment of CPs Rivers, Delta, FCT
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Commissioners of Police of Rivers State Command, Delta State Command and the Federal Capital territory. According to a statement by the Force Public Relation Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the order covers the redeployment of the CP Rivers State Command, CP Olatunji […]
Shettima To Lead Nigeria’s Delegation to the 79th UNGA
President Bola Tinubu has directed Vice President Kashim Shettima to lead Nigeria’s delegation to attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly session in New York this year. According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bola Onanuga, President Tinubu, who returned to the country last Sunday after his […]
Nigeria Partners US to Enhance Press Freedom, Fight Fake News
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said that his ministry is collaborating closely with the United States government to promote and strengthen press freedom in Nigeria. Idris stated this in an interview with newsmen shortly after he met with the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Richard Mills in his office […]
