Leon Edwards clung on to his welterweight title with a second successive win over Kamaru Usman on Saturday night at the 02 Arena in London. Having won the belt with a stunning final-round head kick last August, Edwards needed the judges at UFC 286 in London, but ran out a deserved winner after five rounds. Two judges scored the fight in Edwards’ favour by two rounds (48-46), while the third scored the bout a draw (47-47). Usman responded with a right hand, however, and took Edwards to the canvas for the first time. It was all to play for in the final five minutes as Edwards finally threw a head kick in the opening seconds only for Usman to block.

Godwin OtangThe State Commissioner of Police in charge of elections in Cross River state, Cp. Garba Aliyu, has confirmed the death of a suspected political thug who was shot dead at a polling unit in Ogoja, Cross River North. In a related development, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Cross River state have lost seven vehicles to a fire incident late Friday evening. According to him, “At 11:45 pm on Friday evening, March 17, 2023, seven PDP vehicles including four buses and three SUVs were burnt. When contacted, the Police PRO in Cross River, DSP Irene Ugbo, said the command was yet to receive an official report on the incident.

By: Sylvester Okoruwa – LagosThe recently held 2023 Presidential election had lots of flaws and irregularities, The Country Director, Equity International Initiative, a civil society group, Ambassador Chris Iyama while briefing Journalists on Wednesday in Lagos has said that ” after our group monitored the election in many part of the country with over forty observers our findings discovered that there was lots of irregularities which was highly disappointing after INEC promised Nigerians to conduct free and free elections. The election process was marred with lots of unbelievable irregularities, manipulations and flaws”“The group called on the judiciary to live up to expectation in delivering fair judgement to all parties involved in the election Tribunal case that will give confidence to Nigerians to continue to believe in the Nigeria judicial system. Mr Iyama added that the group wants the Independent National Electoral Commission to live up to expectation as they conduct this Saturday’s March 18th Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections. Stating that INEC should make all necessary arrangements for a hitch free election that will encourage Nigerians to continue to believe in the electoral process.

The Financial Action Task Force has said Nigeria and other countries on its grey list may not be removed from the list until they have complied with the task force’s requirements. The FATF identified jurisdictions with weak measures to combat money laundering and terrorism financing in two FATF public documents issued three times a year. “Some, for example, require fund managers to apply greater diligence before investing in grey-listed countries. It read, “Each jurisdiction on the grey list has committed to an action plan to address the deficiencies in its mutual evaluation. It is up to the country to swiftly address each of the action plan items.

Hugo Calderano continued his dominance over Quadri Aruna at big stage as the world number five defeated the Nigerian 4-0 in the quarter-final of the men’s singles at the WTT Singapore Smash ongoing at the Sports Hub in Singapore, Saturday PUNCH reports. The Brazilian played his best match against the African champion dominating in all departments to put an end to the unbeaten run of Aruna at the lucrative WTT Smash Series. Both players started well in the first game playing with a lot of caution and matching each other in all departments. But it was the South American that claimed the first game at 11-7. A disappointed Quadri admitted that he was far from his best in the encounter.

Last week, the electoral commission said it was pushing back polling to elect state governors due to problems with the digital voting system during the presidential election on 25 February. Bola Tinubu, of the ruling All Progressives Congress party, was declared the winner of the presidential election with 8.8m votes. Obi, the Labour party candidate whom many think represents the best chance of change, said the poll would 'go down as one of the most controversial elections ever conducted in Nigeria'. The ruling party has denied manipulating results. We spoke to five young Nigerians about how they felt about last month’s election, the results and their hopes for the future

Kazeem Biriowo – AbujaThe National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP) of the Federal Ministry of Health has warned Nigerians that tuberculosis is an infectious disease and it is not caused by witchcraft. The National Coordinator of NTBLCP, Dr Chukwuma Anyaike disclosed this at the 2023 Pre-World TB Day Press Conference organised by Stop TB Partnership Nigeria, in collaboration with the NTBLCP. Anyaike explained that Tuberculosis is not caused by any witchcraft but an infectious disease caused by a bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis and can not be contracted by shaking hands, and by hugging. We should try as much as possible to let people know, people hear of TB, I want us to expand it to tuberculosis”. So by that time last year, it was not 60 So we should also celebrate ourselves haven’t gone this far,” he added.

He also implored the people of Oro to see this project as their own and to jealously protect it. The new substation project will help boost the socio-economic well-being of the people”, he said. “No doubt, providing quality and reliable electricity supply will help accelerate the socio-economic development of Oro town, Kwara state, and Nigeria at large. Presently, Oro solely depends on a nearby 7.5MVA 33/11KV injection substation which takes supply from the 33KV Isanlu feeder radiating from the TCN 2X30MVA, 132/33kV Substation at Omu Aran, this will soon change as soon as the Oro substation is completed. The growth in power consumption in Oro and its environs necessitated the conception and award of the Oro 132/33kV Transmission Substation.

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Operators in real estate suffered just like every other Nigerian. It is affecting us seriously in real estate because we can create employment within a short period without requiring an incubation period. The real estate sector in 2022 contributed 28 trillion to the gross domestic product. Real estate is a privately driven entity and we have been able to increase our contribution to the GDP on a steady basis. What is your advice to the incoming government on pertinent real estate issues?

He said the defendants jointly hacked the company’s server and defrauded the company of N435, 386, 699. Animashaun further told the court that the fifth to eighth defendants benefitted from the sums of N13m, N3m, N13m and N20m respectively. Following the defendants’ not-guilty plea, the prosecutor asked the court to remand them till the determination of the charges against them. The prosecutor, however, told the court that he had not been served with the application. The court also confirmed that the defendants’ bail application was not before the court.

The 20-year-old attacker has grabbed the football globe by storm, scoring goals for pleasure and gaining honours along the way after emerging from anonymity in Nigeria and Togo to the Belgian Pro League. Gift’s adventure with football began in Nigeria, where Gift Orban battled to establish himself. He subsequently became a phenomenon in Norwegian football by finishing the season with 19 goals across all competitions in 24 appearances. Gent came knocking after knowing about his talentKAA Gent of the Belgian Pro League were drawn to Orban’s standout performances, and in January 2023, they acquired him on a long-term basis for €3.30 million. He plays seriously and with the understanding that the Belgian Pro League is a start towards something bigger.

Fresh concerns of public health and environmental disaster are looming in Nigeria and other African countries amid a worsening energy crisis and population explosion. He noted that energy transition and security are important and must occur simultaneously for both objectives to be achieved. According to him, energy security covers both uninterrupted access to energy and securing energy supplies at an affordable price, adding that the concern for Africa, especially in the short term, is the need to meet energy security. “Russia-Ukraine conflict showed the need for short-term interventions to address the energy crisis alongside mid-to long-term goals of energy transition,” Kragha said. According to him, African leaders must rethink differently otherwise energy security would be compromised by agendas which do not reflect the African situation.

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