One hundred and five (105) Kogi residents living with various disabilities have been trained on various skills by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Category: Diplomatic Channel
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Leul Gabreselasia Wins 2017 Okpekpe International Road Race
Ethiopia’s Leul Gabreselasia has won the 10-kilometre 2017 Okpekpe International Road Race in Edo State, South-South Nigeria.
In the men’s category, Gabriesialse won with a time of 29 minutes 28 seconds. Coming in second and third positions were also Ethiopians, Dawit Fikadi and Derelict Reta, in 29 minutes 34 seconds and 32 minutes 23 seconds respectively.
In the female cadre, Kenya’s Veronicah Maina finished second, while Ethiopia’s Haven Haiu came third. For their efforts, both Gabriesialse, Azemra won cash prizes of $15,000, as $10,000, and $7,000 were awarded to the first runners up and second runners up respectively in both the male and female categories.
Professor Tijjani Bande Appointed Acting President UN General Assembly [2017]
Nigeria’s Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the UN, Professor Tijjani Bande emerged as the Acting President to preside over the 81st Plenary Meeting of UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters following the absence of the President of the Assembly, Peter Thomson, who was on an official travel to the Central African Republic.
Professor Bande’s presidency at the Plenary Meeting happened just nine days after he presented his credentials to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres.