The young, sweat-soaked U.S. Peace Corpsmen emerged from the African rain forest to find a neat, white clinic in a straw-hut village — and a warm Willkommen from a couple of young German doctors, themselves members of a peace corps. If it has not happened already, such an encounter is bound to occur sooner or later. Struck by the success of the U.S. program, no fewer than 22 nations are beginning to field Peace Corps of their own.
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has revealed the decision behind his choice of Pastor Umo Eno as his preferred successor. The governor disclosed that his decision to pick Eno as his successor was because he wants the state to progress and the pace of developmental strides to continue. Emmanuel made this known on Monday while fielding questions from newsmen at the commissioning of Spectrum Television, the state’s first privately owned cable television station.
A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Hamma-Adama Bello, testified in a Federal High Court in Abuja, elucidating how the former Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, allegedly employed her companies to launder government funds during her tenure. The testimony outlined the purported involvement of Oyo-Ita’s companies in the illicit financial activities. Taking the stand before Justice James Omotosho, Bello, who holds the position of Chief Superintendent at the EFCC and heads its Special Investigation Team (SIT), served as the eighth prosecution witness (PW8) in the case.
The lighting of the Olympic cauldron on the River Seine on July 26 will mark the beginning of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics and the end of a two-and-a-half-month torch relay designed to ignite enthusiasm across France for the games. First lit in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on April 16 as an homage to the ancient version of the Games, the torch arrived in Marseilles, France, three weeks later via a three-masted ship.
Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) is a former baseball and American football player. He is the only athlete in history to be named an All-Star in both baseball and football, and one of few to do so in two major sports. He is widely considered one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1989 and 1990, Jackson's name became known beyond just sports fans through the "