Usyk bout: Joshua'll lose unless I coach him, says Tyson
Tyson Fury has suggested that Anthony Joshua’s new coach, Robert Garcia, will not help ‘AJ’ beat Oleksandr Usyk this summer, insisting he’s the best man to coach Joshua, The PUNCH reports. World heavyweight champion Usyk beat Joshua in front of a sell-out crowd in London last September to claim the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts. Joshua is set for a rematch with Usyk this August, and the Briton has recruited Garcia to work alongside Angel Fernandez, while the 32-year-old’s long-time trainer Rob McCracken has stepped away from the camp. “Unless Anthony Joshua gets his a** up to Morecambe and lets me train him for this fight, Robert Garcia and 10 men like him will not make him beat Usyk,” Fury said in an interview on Queensberry Promotions’ YouTube channel. If he gets on Usyk from Round 1 and tries to push and be aggressive, he’ll be gassed out after four rounds and get stopped in seven.
Source:Punch
June 16, 2022 06:00 UTC
Udogie’s agent holds ‘pleasant’ meeting with Inter
Destiny Udogie’s agent, Stefano Antonelli, Tuesday met Inter over a possible transfer for the Udinese player, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Nerazzurri who are close to signing Raoul Bellanova remains in the race for the Udinese starlet just as Tottenham, West Ham and Juventus. The Italy international is one of the hottest commodities in Serie A following an impressive season at the Dacia Arena, where he scored five goals and delivered three assists in 35 league appearances. Antonelli spoke to Inter directors on Wednesday, and described the meeting as an ‘an initial, pleasant chat.’ He added that the two parties ‘will meet again to update the situation.’However, according to Sky Sport Italia, Inter seems to be leaning towards the signing of Cagliari starlet Raoul Bellanova, having already met his agent earlier this week. The product of Milan academy plays on the right and the Nerazzurri can sign him for €8m plus €2m add-ons.
Source:Punch
June 16, 2022 04:59 UTC
Abia doctors withdraw services over colleague's kidnap
Doctors in Abia State on Tuesday announced the withdrawal of their services due to the non-release of their senior colleague, Prof Uwadinachi Iweha, kidnapped nine days ago. Iweha was kidnapped on June 6, 2022 in front of his country home while returning from a church service. Okwuonu said, “With this kidnap and continued detention of Prof Iweha, we are not sure of our safety. “Our safety isn’t guaranteed and it is difficult for us to work. “We still plead with both the state and the Federal Government to ensure that Prof Iweha is released.”
Source:Punch
June 16, 2022 04:31 UTC
Nigeria urged to leverage global crisis for local capacity devt | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
With the disruption from the ongoing war in Eastern Europe, CEO of DECHEMA Ausstellungs-GmbH, Dr Thomas Scheuring, has urged Nigeria to take advantage of the vacuum to attain global economic relevance. This was disclosed at the press briefing in Lagos organised by the delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Nigeria (AHK Nigeria) at ACHEMA Trade Fair 2022. Speaking on current ecological challenges, Scheuring emphasised the need for a green economy, as climate change is something that can’t be ignored. He added that carbon footprint should be reduced, as ACHEMA would contribute to decarbonisation and fossilisation of chemical processes. He noted another major challenge as digitalisation, stating the need to get all industrial processes to become more efficient.
Source:The Guardian
June 16, 2022 03:44 UTC
NGO seeks inclusion of parenting practices in tertiary curriculum | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
A Non-Governmental Organisation, A Mother’s Love Initiative (AMLi), has said that parenting practices should be included in the curriculum and taught at tertiary levels of education in Nigeria to help bridge knowledge and skills gaps of young adults, who are the next parents. In a statement, yesterday, by AMLi’s Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Hanatu Enwemadu, to commemorate the International Day of the African Child, today, with the theme, “Eliminating Harmful Practices Affecting Children: Progress on Policy & Practice since 2013,” emphasised that school systems must review policies to accommodate the concept of play, reduce unhealthy competition and promote social and positive psychological capitals from the early childhood to tertiary level of education. Enwemadu, whose organisation has been advocating against the “hurried child syndrome,” recommended that psychological assessment and diagnosis of stress in children should be a critical indicator in admission process into primary and secondary schools and must be implemented in both private and public educational institutions in Nigeria. She noted that the goal of eliminating harmful practices is a daunting task that requires the collective voice of all well-meaning Africans, stressing the need for legal actions that would ensure that certain policies and practices are implemented, while the advocacy is on-going. Enwemadu, therefore, urged government to establish post marital counselling clinics in each local councils, while workplace policies must be further revised with key attention to the private sector to reduce parenting stress, encourage inclusive and balanced parenting and reduce the drive for employment of under-aged children.
Source:The Guardian
June 16, 2022 03:40 UTC
Father Mbaka Disowns Peter Obi, Says “A Stingy Man Cannot Be Our President”
Ejike Mbaka, has kicked against the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi emerging as the President of Nigeria in the 2023 election. Obi had said after joining Labour Party: “ For me, the process of achieving our goal is as fundamental as what one will do thereafter. Giving his opinion on Obi’s candidacy for the 2023 election like other Nigerians, Father Mbaka said Nigerians are hungry hence they don’t need a stingy man as their President. Father Mbaka asked the crowd. Watch Father Mbaka’s statement on Peter Obi below…Look at what Mbaka is spewing.
Source:The Guardian
June 16, 2022 03:11 UTC
My wife begged me to bribe delegates
The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress and CEO of Roots TV, Dumebi Kachikwu, on Wednesday revealed his wife pleaded with him to bribe delegates in the just-concluded presidential primary of the party to avoid disgrace. He said that despite not spending a dime for delegates before the primary election, he was surprised he defeated aspirants who shared money to delegates. My opponents shared money to the delegates. In the morning of the next day, my wife said, ‘Please, spend this money on the delegates to avoid disgrace, you have it’ and I told her my conscience forbids that. I was already delivering my speech accepting defeat when I saw that the body language of the delegates had changed.
Source:Punch
June 16, 2022 00:50 UTC
JUST IN: Anambra police bust sex slave camp, rescue 35 girls
The Anambra State Police Command has busted the hotel camp where teenage girls are used as sex slaves. About 35 teenage girls used for commercial sex slavery have been rescued with about five of them pregnant. The girls were kept in the hotel where they were used to engage in commercial sex and the money paid to their “madam”, who is currently on the run. The police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, while parading the girls and the suspects at the Area Command, Onitsha, on Wednesday, gave the name of the hotel as Gally Gally Hotel, located in Nkpor, near Onitsha, Anambra State. The apprehended suspects and the rescued girls are currently at the Area Command, Onitsha, where they are being interrogated.
Source:Punch
June 15, 2022 23:53 UTC
Netflix seeks recruits for real-life 'Squid Game'
Netflix is looking for recruits to compete for millions of dollars. Unlike the original ultra-violent fictional show from South Korea, which became one of the biggest-ever hits on Netflix last year, losing contestants would not be killed. “Squid Game: The Challenge” is looking for English speakers from around the globe, aged at least 21 and free to travel for up to a month in early 2023. “The stakes are high, but in this game, the worst fate is going home empty-handed,” the platform promises. The new announcement came shortly after Netflix confirmed that a second season of the “Squid Game” was on the way.
Source:Punch
June 15, 2022 18:56 UTC
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Source:Nigerian Tribune
June 15, 2022 15:53 UTC
Another suspected ‘Chibok girl’ rescued by Nigerian Army
Troops of the 26 Task Force Brigade of the Nigerian Army have rescued a lady by the name; Mary Ngoshe, who is suspected to be one of the abducted Chibok girls. The lady, who was rescued alongside her son, was seen around Ngoshe, a post by the Nigerian Army on Facebook says. In the post, the Army revealed that further exploitations are ongoing. Nearly 300 girls were abducted from their dormitories in 2014 as they prepared to write their final exams. Twenty-one of them were earlier released in 2016, after negotiations between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government.
Source:The Guardian
June 15, 2022 15:00 UTC
Lagos lovers under drug influence strip naked, attempt suicide
Two yet-to-be-identified suspected lovers have caused a stir after residents spotted them walking naked around the Victoria Garden City, Ajah area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the lovers were walking around the estate unclad when residents alerted the estate management and security guards. Our correspondent learnt that things took another turn when the lovers, while in their apartment, inflicted injuries on their wrists and necks in an attempt to commit suicide. In another video clip, some residents were heard engaging the duo as they laid on their bed. The residents, while insisting on reporting the incident to the police, instructed the duo to get up from the bed.
Source:Punch
June 15, 2022 13:34 UTC
BREAKING: Soldiers find abducted Chibok schoolgirl in Borno
Troops of the 26 Task Force Brigade, on Tuesday, found one Mrs Mary Ngoshe, who, according to the Nigerian Army, is believed to be one of the kidnapped girls from Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, in 2014. Ngoshe, who was found with a child believed to be hers, was intercepted by the troops while on patrol around Ngoshe in Borno State. This is contained in a tweet posted to the Nigerian Army’s verified Twitter page, @HQNigerianArmy, on Wednesday morning. The tweet reads, “Troops of 26 Task Force Brigade on patrol around Ngoshe in Borno State on 14 June 2022 intercepted one Mrs Mary Ngoshe and her son. She is believed to be one of the abducted girls from GGSS Chibok in 2014.
Source:Punch
June 15, 2022 09:16 UTC
Atiku, Tinubu will bring Lagos, Adamawa to table for Nigerians to compare —Etta, APC chieftain
So, it signals that we are in a new Nigeria and what the Chairman said reminded us of the old Nigeria. You go to Ghana, go to all of these places, you have countries that are less endowed than Nigeria doing the right things and are moving ahead. He should bring Adamawa to the table, Asiwaju will bring Lagos, Nigerians will compare. That is how we are going to make up our minds as to who is a better fit for Nigeria today. Today Nigeria is number one juice producer in Africa.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
June 15, 2022 07:47 UTC
‘Ukraine war, inflation will push seven million Nigerians to poverty’ | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
• Clear, transparent exchange rate policy urgently required, says World Bank• ‘CBN’s intervention programmes undermining commercial, risk-adjusted lending’The World Bank has warned that the war in Europe could effectively push an additional one million Nigerians into poverty by the end of the year. “Federal expenditures are estimated to increase by over 25 per cent in 2022 amid elections, with a 37 per cent increase in capital expenditures. According to the report, “the need for timely and consistent monetary policy and exchange rate unification has become critical. “Clarity on exchange rate policy, and transparency in its management, are necessary to attract more significant capital inflows, including foreign direct investments. The exchange rate policy in 2022 remains focused on maintaining the IEFX rate and the official exchange rate artificially stable through foreign exchange restrictions and administrative measures.”
Source:The Guardian
June 15, 2022 05:00 UTC