The San Francisco 49ers came up short yet again this past Sunday, losing to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl for the second time in four years. They will enter yet another NFL off-season of disappointment after coming up empty-handed following four NFC Championship appearances in the past …
Read More »Social investment scheme coordinator detained by EFCC
The National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission hours after she was suspended. Shehu is being detained in connection with the movement of N17 billion from NSIPA account to …
Read More »Labour Party’s Bayelsa PCC Coordinator dumps party for PDP
Comrade Alagoa Morris, the State coordinator of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has dumped the Labour Party for the Peoples Democratic Party. Morris, an environmental rights activist and Environmental Right Action and Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), made the announcement on Wednesday, August 30, ahead of the …
Read More »UN will continue to partner FG on youth employment initiatives —Coordinator
He made this known on Saturday while delivering remarks at an event co-organised by the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) and Strategy for Mentoring Initiative and Leadership Empowerment (S.M.I.L.E) to mark the 2023 International Youth Day (IYD). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that IYD is marked yearly on …
Read More »Transformative power of food production in Mauritius: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
Lisa Singh, who is the UN Resident Coordinator in Mauritius and Seychelles, was speaking ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit +2 which is taking place in Italy from 24 to 26 July. “This is a particularly compelling time to be the Resident Coordinator for a small island state like …
Read More »Building resilience in Mozambique: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
Leading efforts by 25 UN entities and several partners for the last four years, she has been reflecting on efforts to achieve national sustainable development priorities that tap into Mozambique’s immense resources and potential. “Mozambique and the Mozambican people are wonderful. The potential for sustainable development is enormous, considering its …
Read More »From seeds to solar power in Madagascar: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
“Since my arrival in Madagascar as the UN Resident Coordinator at the end of 2020, the country has been hit by unprecedented cyclones and experienced the most severe drought in 40 years. Coupled with other extreme weather events, the drought caused widespread hunger and pushed thousands into near famine-like conditions. …
Read More »Changing lives in The Gambia: A UN Resident Coordinator Blog
When my mandate began, in 2018, it was not long after the end of the dictatorship [The two-decade rule of Yahya Jammeh]. The new Government was already embracing several reforms simultaneously, reviewing the constitution, the judiciary, and the security sector, and the UN had allocated funds for peacebuilding. UN News/ …
Read More »Minnesota Vikings Hire Brian Flores As Defensive Coordinator
The Minnesota Vikings have hired Brian Flores as their new defensive coordinator, ending a month-long search to replace the fired Ed Donatell. Sources: The #Vikings are set to hire #Steelers senior defensive assistant and LBs coach Brian Flores as their new defensive coordinator. He impressed from the beginning and …
Read More »Eagles Defensive Coordinator Jonathan Gannon Made Good on Promise to ‘F-ing Gut’ the 49ers
Everyone in Philadelphia is very happy about the Eagles playing in the Super Bowl. Look only at the myriad celebratory videos or growing legion of celebratory journalist fans. Perhaps no one was more relieved to see every San Francisco 49ers quarterback associated with the franchise fall victim to an injury …
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