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Valencia has appointed former midfielder Ruben Baraja as coach. Los Che sacked Gennaro Gattuso in January before appointing staff member Voro for the eighth time as an interim coach. The east coast club are 18th, a point from safety, having suffered 11 defeats in 21 league games.
South Africa declared a national disaster after heavy rains flooded seven of its nine provinces, destroying roads and bridges and leaving farmers suffering losses. The government declared a national state of disaster to enable an intensive, co-ordinated response to the impact of floods. It added that these conditions demand the provision of temporary shelters, food and blankets to homeless families and individuals and the large-scale, costly rehabilitation of infrastructure. The […]
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has announced that the 2023 edition of the Federation Cup will kick-off in May. According a communiqué released at the end of its board meeting on Monday, the competition will start a week before the end of the 2022/23 Nigeria Premier Football League season. The communiqué noted that the winner of the competition, as well as the third-placed team in the NPFL will represent Nigeria […]
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, has urged Nigerians to know their HIV status and avoid risky behaviors. Director General of the Agency, Gambo Aliyu, made this in a statement issued by the Head of Public Relations and Protocol of the agency, Toyin Aderibigbe. The statement harped on the need to reduce the trend of new HIV infection in Nigerian youths through abstinence, and the use of […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has recorded a total of 429 suspected cases of cholera, including 17 deaths, in 2023. NCDC revealed that the cases were reported from 11 states across 24 Local Government Areas. The Agency assured that it will continue training on cholera surveillance, hotspots mapping and develop state-level preparedness and response plans. In Nigeria, cholera is an endemic and seasonal disease, that occurs […]
The Federal Government has ordered the closure of all polytechnics in the country, ahead of the 2023 general elections. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu issued the directive in a letter signed by an official of the ministry, I. Folorunsho, and addressed to the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education, Idris Bugaje. The letter directed that the instruction be conveyed to rectors and provosts of all polytechnics and […]
New Zealand has declared a state of emergency due to Cyclone Gabrielle. The country’s Minister for Emergency Management, Kieran McAnulty, announced the declaration on Tuesday. According to McAnulty, the state of emergency will allow for federal co-ordination of a clea- up response and would provide additional resources to those who are affected. The Minister added that it will apply to the Northland, Auckland, Tairawhiti, Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Hawkes Bay […]
The National Population Commission, NPC, has said the 2023 census will cost more than N400 billion. Head, NPC Public Affairs Department in Plateau State, Jick Lawrence, revealed this during a one-day capacity-building workshop. Lawrence noted that some of the funds would be channeled to the empowerment of about 1.5 million Nigerians. He added that 56,000 vehicles would be rented to ease the movement of personnel and logistics while 800,000 Personal […]
Ebonyi State government has ordered the closure of schools from February 22 to March 13 to enable students vote in the 2023 general elections. The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Uchenna Orji, said the decision was the outcome of the State’s Executive Council meeting. Orji noted that the council arrived at the decision having considered a memorandum presented by the commissioner for education. The Commissioner directed all public and private primary […]
