188 Nigerians have been successfully evacuated from South Africa

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has lauded Air Peace Airline for the successful evacuation of the first batch of  Nigerians willing to return from South Africa.
Mr Kimiebi Ebienfa of the Ministry’s Crises Monitoring and Public Communications Division made this known in a statement on Thursday following the successful evacuation mission.
According to him, Onyeama commended the proprietor and management of Air Peace Airlines while receiving 178 Nigerians that voluntarily decided to return to Nigeria following the incessant cases of xenophobic attacks in South Africa.


 some people were turned back over inadequate documentation for travelling with children. 
More names remain on the voluntary evacuation list and hopefully, a second flight will be arriving in Johannesburg to fetch them.

Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, while awaiting the arrival of the first batch of returnees also confirmed that there were immigration issues which caused the delay.

According to her, immediately they arrive, they would each be given sim cards,data and airtime that would last almost two months to help them stay in touch with their families.There will be also be given some amount of money for their transportation

“The bank of industry will also be here to offer some entrepreneurship programme and some support to start a small business and there would be some stipends for transportation to take you home and we will profile them and for those who want to get any training, they will decide what kind of training they want to do and the Bank of industry will be there to provide it,” Dabiri said.

Eric Cantona becomes third Manchester United legend to win Uefa President’s Award

Manchester United legend Eric Cantona has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 UEFA President’s Award.

     Cantona will join an illustrious list of previous winners, including Eusebio, Alfredo Di Stefano and Paolo Maldini, and becomes the third former Unitedstar to receive the honour after Sir Bobby Charlton and David Beckham, who was presented with the award in 2018.

Former Manchester United forward Eric Cantona will be presented the 2019 Uefa President's Award in recognition of his playing career and commitment to charitable causes after it, European soccer's governing body said on Tuesday.

The 53-year-old Frenchman will receive the award in Monaco on Thursday during the Champions League group stage draw.

"This award not only recognises his career as a player of the highest calibre, but also honours him for the person he is," Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin said in a statement https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2618837.html.

"A man who refuses compromise, who stands up for his values, who speaks his mind and in particular, puts his heart and his soul into supporting the causes he believes in."

Cantona won four Premier League titles in five years with United in the 1990s and scored 64 goals for the Old Trafford club in 143 appearances.

The former Auxerre, Marseille, Nimes and Leeds United player won 45 caps with France and tried his hand at acting and beach soccer following his retirement in 1997.

Cantona supports the Common Goal initiative, which funds soccer charities worldwide, and contributes 1% of his annual salary to the project co-founded by United's Juan Mata.

Former England captain David Beckham won the award in 2018.

Cantona will be presented with the award in Monaco on Thursday, where the Champions League group stage draw is due to take place.

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Tribunal sacks Dino Melaye as Senator representing Kogi West

The National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lokoja on Friday sacked Senator Dino Melaye as the Senator for Kogi West.

In its judgement, the tribunal ordered that fresh elections should be held in the senatorial district.

In his response,the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Distinguished Senator Dino Melaye has described the ruling of the Kogi West election tribunal, nullifying his election victory in the March 22nd 2019 election and ordering for a fresh election. A judgement he described as a total miscarriage of Justice.

“The judgement is full of importation of information that are alien to the case”

“I however commend the courage and moral strength of the chairman of the tribunal for resisting evil and standing on the part of justice”

“I have confidence in the appeal court to right the wrongs as contained in the pronouncements of the judgement”

“I also want to tell those jubilating that their jubilation will be short lived while appealing to my teaming supporters to remain calm as their mandate is safe and secured and cannot be taken through any mischievous means”

“However, Our legal team is already working on appealing the judgment and I assure all that justice will prevail,” he stated

Queen Nwokoye shares adorable photos of her daughter as she turns 1

The actress who welcomed her daughter, Princess Oluchi in August last year, shared photos of her little girl dating back from when she was a few months old till now that she's 1.

Sharing the photos, she thanked everyone who prayed for her daughter on her birthday which was two days ago.

In her Instagram, she wrote

 'Thank you to everyone who celebrated,prayed and wished my baby Nd I good on our birthdays. May God bless you all. May he fulfill all your heart desires and may he meet you at the point of your needs. God bless you all'

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2019 WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY, "

    On 15 July 2019, there will be celebrations at UN Headquarters and across the globe to mark World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) and raise awareness about the importance of youth skills development.

"Youth Skills for Sustainability and Innovation"
Date: 15 July 2019, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: UN Headquarters in New York (UNHQ)
Co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Portugal and Sri Lanka to the UN, , the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Office of the Secretary-General Special Envoy on Youth.
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“Inspiring youth and improving perception for skill” Exhibition for WYSD 2019

An exhibit entitled “Inspiring youth and improving perception for skills” will be held on 9-18 July 2019 at the Vienna Café Corridor in the UN Headquarters. to showcase the successes of young people that have changed their lives with their skills. The exhibit is organized by WorldSkills, UNESCO, and UNESCO-UNEVOC, in partnership with the Permanent Missions of Sri Lanka and Portugal.

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