Chris Oyakhilome Foundation Int’l Donates Building To Immigration Service

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January 21, 2023

The Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International (COFI) is a faith-based non-governmental, non-political organization under the direction of its visionary and legendary founder, the Man of God, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome

Through the promotion and sponsorship of charitable initiatives, COFI was established to help individuals, communities and nations lead purposeful and productive lives in the service of the Lord. With this in mind, the foundation constructed an ultra-modern waiting area for the immigrations office, Alausa, ikeja, south-west Nigeria.

After the arrival of the chief operating officer of Loveworld Inc., Pastor Ifeoma Chiemeka, the event began in earnest. The comptroller of Alausa division, thanked the President of Loveworld Inc., Rev. (Dr.) Chris Oyakhilome for his service to the immigrations service and humanity at large.He recalled the generator donated to the office in 2013 by Loveworld President and was excited that when he made a request for a new waiting area, the response was swift.

Speaking at the event, the Chief Operating Officer, Loveworld Inc., Pastor Ifeoma Chiemeka said the Chris Oyakhilome foundation embarked on many projects in 2022 such as COFI Donation of 63 million ml of Blood Across African Hospitals, Successful Christmas Outreach by COFI in conjunction with the InnerCity Mission, the future Africa leaders awards amongst many others.

Nigerian Akintola breaks the school Athletics record in the US

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Jamima Joseph

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January 20, 2023

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Nigeria sprinter and student of middle Tennessee state university Alaba Akintola broke the 20-year 60m school record when he ran a time of 6.59secs at the commodore challenge.

Akintola, a commonwealth games bronze medalist, ran in both the 60m and 200m events to start the season on a bright note at Vanderbilt in the commodore challenge.

He took first place in both events and set a new personal-best time in the 60m. Akintola’s 6.59secs time in the 60m final is also the 13th fastest time in Nigerian history, beating his previous best time of 6.67secs in the 60m, and is also a top 5 time on the 2023 national collegiate athletic association top list in the event.

At the 2022 C-USA indoor Championship, Akintola also set a career-best time in the 200 meters (20.72 seconds), breaking a record that had stood for 17 years and placing first overall.

At the Samford Bulldog Open in 2022, the sprinter won the 60- and 200-meter races, and she is now placed 14th at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 21.49 seconds in the 200-meter dash.

The 21-year-old silver medalist from the African Youth Games ran a timing of 20.44 seconds in the men’s 200-meter semi-finals at the NCAA OTF Outdoor Championship and ran 10.25 seconds in the men’s 100-meter semifinals at the NCAA OTF Championships last year.

At the Vanderbilt Invitational Championship, which will take place in Nashville, Tennessee, from January 20 to 21, he hopes to set even more records.

UN chief criticizes oil companies for “big lie” on global warming

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Jamima Joseph

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January 20, 2023

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UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres accused oil firms of peddling a “big lie” about their role in global warming and warned they should be held accountable.

Guterres describing them as big oil told the world economic forum in the swiss alpine village of Davos that they were fully aware in the 1970s that their core product was baking the planet.” guterres said ExxonMobil denied the findings of its own scientists on the role of fossil fuels in climate change.

To put into context, according to a Greenpeace study released just before the start of the conference, over a thousand private jets delivered dignitaries to last year’s summit in the plush swiss holiday resort, and the sheer volume of flights generated four times the carbon dioxide emissions such aircraft would produce in an average week.

Attendees were accused of “ecological hypocrisy” questioning why WEF claims to be committed to the global goal of keeping warming below 1.5 degrees celsius when the emissions generated by all private jets flying into and out of Davos airports last year were equivalent to the emissions produced by approximately 350,000 average cars for a week.

US Marines advised not to address superiors as “sir” or “ma’am” to avoid Misgendering

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Jamima Joseph

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January 20, 2023

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The US Marine may ban recruits from respectfully addressing senior members as “sir” or

“ma’am” to avoid what has been termed as “misgendering” and offending them.

The woke recommendation was made in a new $2 million report that cost $ 2 million in

American taxpayer money, commissioned by the corps from the University of Pittsburgh.

the exhaustive, 738-page study that the marines first commissioned in 2020 said

traditional ways of addressing superiors were holding back gender integration.

Using gender-neutral identification eliminates the chance of mistakenly offending or causing conflict with drill instructors, according to the study.

Services stress the value of respecting leaders regardless of gender by instructing recruits to use gender-neutral IDs for their drill instructors.

col. Howard Hall, chief of staff for marine corps training and education command,

told the defense advisory committee on women in the services this month that there

has been serious pushback to the extremely radical shift was being considered by

leadership.

FEC approves ₦‎2.3 billion for Local Assembly of Aircraft

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Jamima Joseph

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January 20, 2023

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The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology in Zaria, Kaduna State, will begin assembling Magnus Centennial Aircraft locally with funding of N2.3 billion granted by the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

Hadi Sirika, the minister of aviation, made this announcement following the FEC meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, which was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

Sirika expressed confidence that the Nigerian aviation sector would soon advance to local aircraft manufacturing.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of n2.3 billion for the commencement of the local assembly of Magnus centennial Aircraft at the Nigerian college of aviation technology, Zaria, Kaduna state.

Sirika expressed optimism that the Nigerian aviation industry would soon progress into

local manufacturing of aircraft but we are beginning by assembling these training

aircraft and it will happen very soon.

Lagos declares Four Work-free days for PVC collection

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Jamima Joseph

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January 20, 2023

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Lagos State has mandated that civil personnel have four days off from work so they can obtain their Permanent Voter Card (PVCs)

As the 2023 elections draw near, the Lagos state government has declared Tuesday,

January 24 to Friday, January 27 as work-free days for public servants in the state so

they can go collect their permanent voter cards at their respective local government/local council development areas in the state.

This was made known by the head of service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola in a circular released, on behalf of the governor.

The different levels are to take different days, i.e Tuesday, January 24, 2023, for grade

levels 01, 03, 07, and 15; Wednesday, January 25, 2023, for grade levels 02, 04, 08, and 13;

Thursday, January 26, 2023, for grade levels 05, 09, 12, and 17; and Friday, January 27, 2023,

for grade levels 06, 10, 14 and 16.7

Muri-Okunola added that the governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, sanctioned the work-free days so that government employees may fully participate in the elections.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the collection of PVCs, therefore it is now announced for the general information that all public servants who have not yet collected their PVCs are invited to do so before Sunday, January 29, as it is a civic duty to vote.

ASUU urges Electorates to Vote right

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Jamima Joseph

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January 20, 2023

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Under the #asuu, the conversation continues online as the academic staff union of

universities plead with electorates to vote in a government that cares about education as the previous government did not.

Under the hashtag, a leading conversation is calling attention to the 26 million

students, who registered to vote during the 8 months industrial strike action of 2022,

but are now unable to collect their permanent voters’ cards, due to the resumption of the school session and might also not be able to vote.

Al Nassr: Cristiano Ronaldo Sends Message To Lionel Messi After 5-4 Defeat To PSG

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Emenike Agu

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January 20, 2023

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Cristiano Ronaldo sent a message to Lionel Messi after the Paris Saint-Germain and Saudi Arabia’s All-stars’ friendly game on Thursday.

Ronaldo posted a photograph of himself embracing Lionel Messi with a message to “old friends”.

Saudi Arabia All-Stars was made up of Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal players. And both Messi and Ronaldo scored in the 9-goal thriller.

The match ended 5-4 and it was Messi who came out on top in an end-to-end, entertaining game.

Ronaldo scored two late first-half goals after Messi opened the scoring in the third minute.

After the game, the 37-year-old tweeted: “So happy to be back on the pitch, and on the score sheet!! And nice to see some old friends!”

The friendly was Ronaldo’s debut in Saudi football since signing for Al-Nassr.

NPFL Away Wins: IMC Reveals Why No Crisis As Visiting Teams Pick Points On The Road

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Emenike Agu

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January 20, 2023

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The Chairman, Interim Management Committee (IMC), Gbenga Elegbeleye, on Thursday in Abuja explained that increment of referees’ indemnity by 50% and upfront payment of the money is a major reason the match officials are on top of their games leading to impressive results recorded in the League.

He also attributed the calmness of home fans to IMC stance on three points deduction for home violence caused by the fans.

“The away wins and draws recorded in Match-day 1 and 2 showed the level of officiating and sincerity of purpose of the officials and also how the home fans have been able to control their emotion.” Elegbeleye told journalists in Abuja.

He continued, “A perfect example is Bendel Insurance at home where away team (Plateau United) were given a penalty at extra time without home team raising an eye brow. This didn’t happen in the last few years. Again, Remo Stars scored their wining goal in Gombe at 89th minute.

“What we have been doing to make this happen is that, we increased referees’ emoluments by 50% and transportation allowance by 40% and again all the allowance and emoluments were paid a day before the match day. So that we will not have reasons to owe referees the way they were owed in the past.

“Referees have not been paid for past three years. But now, we just told our cooperate sponsor, don’t give us the money, keep the money in your own account. All we need to do is to supply you with account details of the referees and the company pays directly into their accounts.

“Secondly, we also pay for their accomodation and feeding anywhere they go for officiating. So, to whom much is given much is expected.

The fans also compose themselves because they know we are serious when we said three points will be deducted from any team whose fans cause violence at the stadium. If any team is caught inflicting crisis on the match officials or away fans or team, we will definitely deduct three points. And in this abridged league, it is easier for a club to go on relegation after losing three points. And again, the clubs themselves know that the fans will not do them any good if they continue to behave like hooligans and fans themselves know that they’re football supporters not hooligans. ” He concluded.

In the Match-day 1 of the 2023 NPFL, four away wins and four away draws were recorded while one away win and three draws.were recorded on Match-day 2. No violence has been recorded in the league despite home teams losing points.

Africa U17 Cup of Nations: Ugbade Calls 48 Players To Camp In Abuja

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Emenike Agu

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January 20, 2023

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Nigeria’s U17 squad, Golden Eaglets will begin their preparations for this year’s Africa U17 Cup of Nations on Monday, after Head Coach Nduka Ugbade called 48 players to camp in Nigeria’s federal capital.

The invitees, which include most of the bunch that won the WAFU B U17 Championship in the Ghanaian city of Cape Coast last summer, have been told to report to Abuja on Friday, 20th January 2023.

The Africa U17 Cup of Nations has been scheduled for Algeria 8th – 30th April, from which the four top-placed teams will qualify to fly Africa’s flag at the FIFA U17 World Cup finals that will be staged in Peru 10th November – 2nd December.

Nigeria are five-time champions of the FIFA U17 World Cup after triumphs in China in 1985, Japan in 1993, Korea Republic in 2007, United Arab Emirates in 2013 and Chile in 2015.