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April 4, 2023 Victorious Yellow Greens Quartet Return to Akwa Ibom
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Victorious Yellow Greens Quartet Return to Akwa Ibom

Three of the four Akwa Ibom daughters that made Nigeria’s senior women’s cricket team, the Female Yellow Greens, have returned to Uyo, the state Capital, after a victorious outing at the 2023 Nigeria Cricket Federation Women’s T20i tournament, in Lagos.

The Quartet, led by Captain Blessing Etim also had the team’s Wicket Keeper Sarah Etim, Esther Sandy and Salome Sunday.The girls expressed their profound joy at being chosen to participate at the epoch making event.

The Female Yellow Greens were meeting the reigning champions, Rwanda for the second time in two days, in a bid to avenging their loss in last year’s final and also avoid a repeat of their defeat on match-day five of this year’s edition.

Captain Blessing Etim won the toss for Nigeria and elected to bat first.

After a slow start in the power play, Salome Sunday and captain Etim saw off the first inning with some incredible batting, which saw Nigeria race to 99 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs while the defending champions had to manage 90 runs for the loss of nine wickets.

Captain of the side, Blessing Etim, was named the best fielder of the series.

The girls who were received at the Victor Attah International Airport by their Manager at The Blue Diamonds Cricket club of Uyo, Coach Akanimo Kufre paid a courtesy visit on arrival to the Group Manager Marketing and Communications of Ibom Air; Aniekan Essienette.

Aniekan Essienette heaped praises on the young ladies for making the state, their Families and the Nation proud. She described them as beacons who must realise that they must continue to be role models to other girls in society.

The Nigeria Cricket Federation organises the Women’s T20i Invitational tournament annually to commemorate the international Women’s Day celebration, and this year’s edition featured Ghana, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and hosts Nigeria

 

January 24, 2023 Only PVCs Will be Acceptable at Polling Units, not VIN – INEC
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Only PVCs Will be Acceptable at Polling Units, not VIN – INEC

INEC: ELECTORATES CAN ONLY VOTE WITH PVCs NOT VOTER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER(VIN)

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has made it known to electorates that they will not exercise their franchise without a visible permanent voter’s card, PVC.

The response comes in the wake of questions by electorates who lost their PVC’s but still have their Voter Identification Number, VIN which is an essential information needed for anyone to cast his or her vote.

Speaking exclusively to our correspondent UHUOTU OMILABU, INEC’s head of voter education and publicity in Akwa Ibom State, ODARO AISIEN maintained that despite having the VIN, it will still be impossible for electorates to vote without a visible card.

“These are things that in future, I’m sure will be looked into but just now, the law insists that your PVC is mandatory for voting. ”

“Section 47 of the electoral act, explicitly requires all voters to present their PVCs at polling units. So section 47 here is what is preventing non-PVC holders from voting. ”

The Akwa Ibom state INEC boss encouraged citizens to avail themselves of the extension of PVC collection dates to get their cards as there may be no other extension.

Recall that INEC had previously said it would end the PVC collection on January 22, 2023 having started the process on the 12th of December, 2022.

However, after deliberations, it announced a new deadline extending the PVC collection to the 29th of January, 2023.

January 9, 2023 Akpabio Makes Final Cut, as INEC Releases Presidential and National Assembly Canditates List
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Akpabio Makes Final Cut, as INEC Releases Presidential and National Assembly Canditates List

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of presidential and National Assembly candidates of all political parties contesting the February 25 Presidential and National assembly elections.

The final list of candidates for national elections (presidential, senatorial and federal constituencies) was pursuant to section 32(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 and item 8 of the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 General Election.
The publication of the full names and addresses of all nominated candidates followed the conduct of primaries and completion of the nomination exercise by political parties’.

INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Chairman, Voter Education, Festus Okoye, had earlier said validly nominated candidates had the opportunity to voluntarily withdraw their candidature by notice in writing and personally deliver such notices to the political parties that nominated them for the election.

The list contained the names of Senator Godswill Akoabio from Akwa Ibom state, Senator Peter Nwaobishi of Delta State as well as Bashir Machina, who replaced the senate president, Ahmed Lawan.

December 19, 2022 Messi Leads Argentina to First World Cup in 36 Years
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Messi Leads Argentina to First World Cup in 36 Years

Lionel Andres Messi led the Albiceleste to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The Argentine won their third crown on penalties in one of the greatest finals in the tournament’s history.

Argentina won the shootout 4-2 after a pulsating game which developed into the much-anticipated confrontation between the 35-year-old maestro Messi and his France opposite number Kylian Mbappe.

Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick – the first in a Fifa World Cup final since Geoff Hurst 1966 – but still ended up on the losing side at Lusail Stadium.

Messi looked to be securing the one major honour missing from his glittering collection in comfort as Argentina cruised into a two-goal lead.

This all changed when an explosive intervention from Mbappe, who scored two goals inside two minutes late on, turned this frantic, magnificent match for the ages on its head.

Messi had given Argentina the lead from the penalty spot in the 23rd minute following Ousmane Dembele’s foul on Angel di Maria. It made him the first player in World Cup history to score in the group stage, last 16, quarter-final, semi-final and final of a single tournament.

He then contributed a delicate touch within a magnificent counter-attack that ended with Brighton’s Alexis Mac Allister setting up Di Maria for the second 13 minutes later.

Argentina were untroubled until the closing stages, only for Mbappe to give France a lifeline from the penalty spot with nine minutes left – then restore equality with a magnificent volley moments later.

Messi bundled Argentina back in front in extra time, but Mbappe completed his treble from the spot two minutes from the end of a frantic, chaotic added spell.

And so it went to penalties, with the two greats opening the scoring. But Argentina and Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez saved from Kingsley Coman, before Aurelian Tchouameni missed, leaving Gonzalo Montiel to win the World Cup.

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