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Festac Half Marathon: Yusuf Alli Thumbs Up Routes

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Festac Half Marathon: Yusuf Alli Thumbs Up Routes

Vice-Chairman of Lagos State Athletics Association, Yusuf Alli, has declared that the 10km Festac Half Marathon would be used as a benchmark to select athletes for the Lagos City Marathon.

He made the remark over the weekend in Festac, after an inspection tour of the routes earmarked for the 10km half marathon.

The technical team inspected the route marked out for the event.

The Olympian said that a community-based event, such as the Festac half marathon would help to improve the fitness level and preparedness of the elite athletes in the Country.

Project Consultant, for the marathon, renowned Showbiz Guru, Edi Lawani, stated that the marathon is a celebration of fitness, while enjoining every individual, within Festac and its environs to be part of the one-day event.

The 10km Festac half marathon is an initiative of Lexicon Communications, is slated to hold on the 2nd of October in Festac and it’s open to all Nigerians.

The winner in the men’s and women’s event will share N2m cash prize.

President Lungu Urges Zambians To Pray For Kenneth Kaunda

Angel Gimalo
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President Lungu Urges Zambians To Pray For Kenneth Kaunda

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first post-colonial president who ruled the country for 27 years, has been hospitalized with an undisclosed illness.

Incumbent President Edgar Lungu urged Zambians to pray so that “God can touch him with his healing hand”.

“His Excellency Dr Kaunda is requesting all Zambians and the international community to pray for him as the medical team is doing everything to ensure he recovers,” the statement said.

“He stood up for this great nation at its most critical moment, and so we can all stand up for him in his moment of weakness,” Lungu said on his Facebook page.

Kaunda ruled Zambia from 1964, when the southern African nation won its independence from Britain, until 1991. He is among the continent’s few surviving liberation heroes.

His administrative assistant Rodrick Ngolo said in a statement that Kaunda had been feeling unwell and had been admitted to the Maina Soko Medical Centre in Lusaka.

Nigerian Air Force Bans “Must-Go Missions” For Military Operations

Angel Gimalo
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Nigerian Air Force Bans “Must-Go Missions” For Military Operations

The Nigerian Air Force has banned “must-go missions” for all military operations until the indices that will minimise avoidable risks are met.

The new operational guideline seem part of new measures by NAF to guarantee safety of its air operations, following multiple plane crashes in the last five months.

Pilots and other personnel in the chain of air operations have also been lectured to consider if the urgency and value of the mission is worth the risk before embarking on future operations.

NAF also recently held a seminar to enhance the chances of conducting safe flights under adverse weather conditions.

Amnesty international Calls For Closure Of Guantanamo Bay

Angel Gimalo
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Amnesty international Calls For Closure Of Guantanamo Bay

Amnesty international has organized a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Brussels to call on U.S. President joe biden to close the prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.

Biden arrived in Brussels on Sunday (June 13) for a series of meetings with NATO and EU leaders.

Holding portraits of guantanamo bay inmates, activists chanted “Go, joe, go. Close Guantanamo” under the scrutiny of belgian police.
One of the activists wore an orange coverall mimicking the clothes worn by prisoners at the U.S. Detention Facility.

Nigeria’s Twitter Ban: ECOWAS Court Fixes June 22 For Hearing

Angel Gimalo
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Nigeria’s Twitter Ban: ECOWAS Court Fixes June 22 For Hearing

The Community Court Of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS has fixed June 22 for a hearing on a motion in a suit challenging the federal government’s suspension of microblogging platform, twitter, in nigeria.

The plaintiffs are the registered trustees of the socio-economic rights and accountability project, serap and 420 nigerians, including Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili.

They are suing over “the unlawful suspension of twitter in nigeria, criminalisation of nigerians and other people using twitter, and the escalating repression of the rights to freedom of expression.

Nairobi says the country will reopen its embassy in somalia “As soon as possible”, responding to a request for the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Somali minister of foreign affairs had written to his kenyan counterpart inviting him to reopen the kenyan diplomatic representation in mogadishu.

The kenyan government said it will proceed to reopen its embassy in mogadishu as soon as possible” and invites the ambassador of the federal republic of somalia to return to nairobi and resume his duties.

“We’re Thinking Of You” – Fans Write Eriksen

Angel Gimalo
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“We’re Thinking Of You” – Fans Write Eriksen

Fans in the Copenhagen fan zone have written get well messages to denmark’s midfielder Christian Eriksen who suffered a cardiac arrest when he collapsed during his side’s Euro opening match against Finland on Saturday.

Twenty-nine-year-old Eriksen who collapsed suddenly in the 42nd minute of the match while running near the left touchline after a denmark throw-in, has remained in hospital for further tests.

“We’re thinking of you” and “Dear christian, we send best wishes to you and your family. We look forward to seeing you on the pitch again,” read some of the messages on the wall that also featured a painting of Eriksen.

The group B game was halted and eventually restarted an hour and 45 minutes later. Finland went on to win 1-0.

Unidentified Stones: Over 1,000 Fortune Seekers Flock KwaHlathi Village

Angel Gimalo
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Unidentified Stones: Over 1,000 Fortune Seekers Flock KwaHlathi Village

Fortune seekers flock to the village of KwaHlathi, in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, in search of what they believe to be diamonds.

More than 1,000 fortune seekers on Monday flocked to the village of KwaHlathi in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province in search of what they believed to be diamonds after a discovery of unidentified stones in the area.

The people traveled from across South Africa to join villagers who have been digging since Saturday, after a herd man who dug up the first stone on an open field, which some believe to be quartz crystals, put out the word.

The discovery was a life changer, said one digger Mendo Sabelo as he held a handful of tiny stones.

“This means our lives will change because no one had a proper job, I do odd jobs. When I returned home with them, (the family was) really overjoyed,” said the 27-year-old father of two.

Unemployed Skhumbuzo Mbhele concurred, adding: “I hadn’t seen or touched a diamond in my life. It’s my first time touching it here.”

The Mines Department said it was sending a team comprising of geological and mining experts to the site to collect samples and conduct an analysis.

A formal technical report will be issued in due course, the department said.

The lack of an analysis of the stones has not deterred the fortune seekers as long lines of parked cars on both sides of the gravel road could be seen just a few metres from the open field, where the young, old, female and male dug through the soil with picks, shovels and forks to find riches.

Some people have started selling the stones, with the starting price ranging from 100 rand ($7.29) to 300 rand.

The provincial government has since requested all those involved to leave the site to allow authorities to conduct a proper inspection, amid fears the people digging at the site could potentially be spreading the coronavirus.

Jaguar Land Rover To Begin Tests On Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Prototype Model

Angel Gimalo
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Jaguar Land Rover To Begin Tests On Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Prototype Model

Jaguar Land Rover will begin tests later this year on a hydrogen fuel-cell prototype model based on its Land Rover Defender vehicle as the carmaker looks to expand its zero-emission car options, the company said on Tuesday.

JLR, owned by India’s Tata Motors, earlier this year said that its luxury Jaguar brand will be entirely electric by 2025, and the more rugged, off-road Land Rover brand will launch six pure electric models over the next five years.

Most of the auto industry is focussing its efforts on developing battery-electric cars to meet tightening emission standards in Europe and China.

But JLR is one of a small number of carmakers that sees possibilities for the mass adoption of hydrogen fuel cells, which emit only water as they produce electricity, and has said it believes hydrogen has a future role in the auto industry.

Hydrogen fuel cells “provide high energy density and rapid refuelling, and minimal loss of range in low temperatures, making the technology ideal for larger, longer-range vehicles, or those operated in hot or cold environments,” JLR said.

The hydrogen Land Rover Defender will undergo tests to “verify key attributes such as off-road capability and fuel consumption,” the company said in a release.

As well as offering the prospect of harmless emissions, hydrogen fuel cells also provide greater range than battery-electric cars. But there is little fuelling infrastructure currently in place to support mass adoption of the technology.

German carmaker BMW plans a limited series hydrogen fuel cell model SUV in 2022 as it continues to research zero-emission alternatives to battery-electric cars.

U.S. President And Turkish Conterpart Hold First Face-to-face Talk

Angel Gimalo
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U.S. President And Turkish Conterpart Hold First Face-to-face Talk

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave no indication that Ankara’s deal with Moscow for the S-400 missile system, which triggered unprecedented U.S. sanctions on the NATO ally, would be reversed.

Erdogan’s comments came on the heels of his first face-to-face bilateral meeting with President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the NATO leaders summit.

“It was a very fruitful and sincere meeting,” Erdogan told reporters at NATO’s headquarters, adding that the two allies would continue to negotiate on a range of issues.

Biden also said the meeting with Erdogan was productive, adding that he was confident the U.S. will “make real progress with Turkey.”

Under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, or CAATSA, any foreign government working with the Russian defense sector finds itself in the crosshairs of U.S. economic sanctions.

In December, the Trump administration slapped CAATSA sanctions on Turkey after the NATO ally purchased a multibillion-dollar Russian missile system.

The S-400, a Russian mobile surface-to-air missile system, is said to pose a risk to the NATO alliance as well as the F-35, America’s most expensive weapons platform.

The move further stoked tensions between Washington and Ankara in the weeks ahead of Biden’s ascension to the White House.

ISWAP Releases Hostages After Several Months

Angel Gimalo
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ISWAP Releases Hostages After Several Months

Islamic State West Africa Province ISWAP has released many humanitarian workers and other civilians after negotiations.

The abductees who were captured during iswap attacks in northeast nigeria were released on negotiations.

Others released were a Senior Christian Cleric Reverend Zango, Former Staff of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Barka Wasinda, and some aid workers abducted from a facility in Dikwa in march.

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