On Air Now:
Now Playing:Loading...
site loader
November 29, 2019 QUADRI TO FACE SWEDE IN ITTF WORLD CUP

QUADRI TO FACE SWEDE IN ITTF WORLD CUP

Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna has been drawn against Sweden’s Kristian Karlsson and Heming Hu from Australia in Group C of the ITTF Men’s World Cup, which starts in Chengdu, China, today.

Aruna, who didn’t initially qualify for the World Cup, was called as a late replacement for Hong Kong’s Wong Chun Ting, who pulled out injured on Tuesday.

The Nigerian is the highest ranked player in the group, 20th in the world, ahead of Karlsson, ranked 25th and Hu at 66.

Aruna will play Hu in the group’s first match on Friday, before playing Karlsson in the second match same day.

Egypt’s Omar Assar is placed in Group B alongside USA’s Kanak Jha and Lee Sangsu from Korea Republic.

Two players each from each group will join the eight seeded players to compete in the main draw which will start on Saturday.

November 29, 2019 FIFA RANKINGS: NIGERIA FOUR PLACES UP

FIFA RANKINGS: NIGERIA FOUR PLACES UP

The Super Eagles have moved up by four spots to 31 in the world in November 2019 FIFA ranking.

The three-time African champions, who placed 35th last month with 1481 points, retained their third position in Africa.

The ranking table published on FIFA’s website on Thursday showed that Nigeria garnered 1493 points in November.

Nigeria ranked third in Africa behind Senegal and Tunisia, who are placed 20th and 27th with 1555 and 1506 points respectively.

The country’s upward movement came a week after recording two victories in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches.

In the qualifiers, Super Eagles beat Benin Republic 2-1 and defeated Lesotho 4-2.

African champions Algeria are fourth, while Morocco, Ghana, Egypt, Cameroon, Mali and DR Congo make the top 10 teams on the continent.

Meanwhile, the Super Falcons remained unmoved in the new FIFA ranking, maintaining their 36th position in the World and first in Africa with 1643 points.

November 27, 2019 Zamfara Assembly Nullifies Law Paying Former Governor Monthly Allowance.

Zamfara Assembly Nullifies Law Paying Former Governor Monthly Allowance.

 

The Zamfara House of Assembly has repealed the law approving jumbo pensions for former state governors, deputies as well as Speakers and deputy speakers.

 

The bill was passed and signed into law under the administration of immediate past governor, Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari, who recently expressed his frustration with the current state governor for stopping the payment of his 10 million Niara monthly pension.

 

Presenting the bill before the House, House leader Faruk Musa Dosara, urged his colleagues to, as a matter of urgency, consider the repeal of the law which provided jumbo pay for former political leaders in the state to the detriment of retired civil servants who have not been paid their entitlements over the years.

 

Dosara said the category of past leaders were collecting over N700, 000m annually, which, he said, the present state economy could not accommodate for now.

 

After serious deliberations and contributions by House members, the Speaker, ordered the clerk of the House to give the bill first and second reading.

 

The House then went for a committee of whole meeting, after which the bill went for a third reading.

 

The House resolved that the bill has now been passed into law and would be sent to the governor for assent.

 

November 27, 2019 Independent National Electoral Commission Ready For Kogi Supplementary Elections.

Independent National Electoral Commission Ready For Kogi Supplementary Elections.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it is ready for the supplementary election into Kogi West Senatorial District and Ajaokuta Federal Constituency seats both in Kogi State.

 

Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner Professor James Apam who made this known in Lokoja and disclosed that the supplementary election would hold in 75 polling units in the two affected areas.

 

Giving the breakdown at a stakeholders meeting, APAM said the elections will be held in 53 polling units in Kogi West, and 22 polling units in Ajaokuta Federal Constituency.

 

APAM; however said close to 200 INEC officers (staff and ad-hoc) will be in charge of the elections; stressing that university professors will still be used as collation officers both at the wards and local government area collations centres.

Watch Live

x
PHP Code Snippets Powered By : XYZScripts.com
X