Day: June 1, 2018

Victor Moses joins Super Eagles in London

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Super Eagles have confirmed Victor Moses has now joined them in London ahead of Saturday’s World Cup warm-up against England at Wembley. The Chelsea star joined up with the rest of the squad after he was given an extended break after a hectic season with his London club. Coach Gernot Rohr gave him extra days to celebrate his wedding anniversary and so he was not involved in the friendly against DR Congo in Port Harcourt last week. Rohr has said Victor Moses will play against England on Saturday, so too…

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Delta eyes oil palm to boost economy

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Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has kicked off a 3,000-hectare oil palm plantation owned by Norsworthy Farms and Allied Industries, as a major investment that would boost the state’s economy. At the ground-breaking for the plantation and processing plant at Akwukwu-Igbo, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Okowa said the project would change the face of oil palm industry in the state when operational. Norsworthy Farms and Allied Industries is also setting up a palm oil refinery, palm kernel crushing plant and 10-tonne per hour palm oil mill. He observed that with…

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17m Africans migrate for greener pastures

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No fewer than 17 million Africans left the continent in 2017 in search of greener pastures, a new report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said. The ‘Economic Development in Africa’ report also said 5.5 million people moved to Africa from other continents while some 19 million international migrants moved within Africa. “Overall, some 19 million international migrants moved within Africa, and 17 million Africans left the continent during last year. The continent was also the destination for about 5.5 million people from outside,” the report…

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Dangote, others at dinner with Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari had dinner with Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and other members of the business community on Thursday night. The dinner held at the State House in Abuja to break the Ramadan fast. President Buhari thanked Nigerians for their continuous support to his administration. He said he was particularly happy with the performance of the agriculture sector in the past two years. Dangote Foundation had on Wednesday donated 150 patrol cars to the Nigerian police. In the background are the 150 patrol vehicles Dangote donated to the…

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Catholic Church joins child abuse compensation plan

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Australia’s Catholic Church has committed to joining the government’s redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse. It paves the way for compensation to be paid to people who were sexually abused as children by church figures and puts pressure on other institutions to follow suit. The country’s Catholic bishops and leaders of its religious orders committed to signing on to the 3.8 billion Australian dollar (£2.2 billion) national plan on Wednesday. The church is the first non-government institution to opt into the plan and estimates it will itself be liable…

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UN says 12.6m deaths annually caused by environmental risks

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The UN  says that 12.6 million deaths annually is caused by extreme weather effects, Pollution among other environmental risks. It announced that the growing threat of extreme weather, climate change and air pollution  remained a challenge in the world.ear. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said they were combining their expertise to counter the environmental threats. The two UN agencies signed a legal agreement, which committed them to protect communities using “relevant and authoritative” data on the weather, climate and atmosphere. WMO spokesperson Clare Nullis…

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