Nigeria’s top table tennis player, Aruna Quadri, has qualified for the World Table Tennis finals billed for Doha, Qatar, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. He remains the only African player to have featured in the WTT Finals having competed at the maiden edition in Singapore as well as the 2022 edition in China. Quadri also holds the record of the best finish at the tournament by an African. At the 2022 edition in China, he exited in the first round after losing 3-1 to world number eight Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yun-Ju. Other players billed to feature at the tourney includes Zhendong (China), Wang Chuqin (China), Ma Long (China), Hugo Calderano (Brazil), Liang Jingkun (China), Lin Yun-Yu (Chinese Taipei), Felix Lebrun (France), Lin Gaoyuan (China), Jang Woojin (South Korea), Lin Shidong (China), Tomokazu Harimoto (Japan), Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany), Dang Qiu (Germany) and Darko Jorgic (Slovenia).

Sustainable industrialization generally is referred to the process of transforming traditional industries into environmentally conscious and socially responsible entities while promoting economic growth. It aims to minimize negative environmental impacts, resource depletion, and social inequalities associated with industrial activities. Some Strategies for Implementing Sustainable Industrialization includes:Green Technology Adoption:Promoting the use of clean technologies, such as renewable energy sources and energy-efficient machinery, can significantly reduce environmental impacts. Stakeholder Engagement:Engaging stakeholders, including local communities, NGOs, and industry representatives, is crucial for sustainable industrialization. Finally, Public administrators should work hand in hand with the government to ensure facilitation of sustainable industrialization through policy formulation, regulation, and enforcement.

China’s declining growth is set to affect Nigeria’s economic fortune, the International Monetary Fund has disclosed. IMF noted that because China has forged deep economic ties with countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the past 20 years, its recent declining growth may affect growth in Nigeria by 0.5 percentage points on average. It, however, noted that China’s recovery from the pandemic is now set to ripple across Africa. A one percentage point decline in China’s growth rate could reduce average growth in the region by about 0.25 percentage points within a year, according to the latest Regional Economic Outlook. He said, “China is a significant trade partner for Nigeria.

“Any person that will want to test our capacity, ability in the smooth conduct of the election will know the various powers that we have,” he said. According to the police boss, the police force has deployed enough security men to man each of the 3508 polling units and 239 wards in the 21 local government areas of the state. He said the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies are well prepared in terms of manpower and logistics to ensure that the off-circle election in Kogi state is peaceful and successful. At INEC headquarters in Lokoja on Friday, there was a heavy presence of policemen. Also, men of the Counter-Terrorism Unit of the Police Force, sniffer dogs as well an Armoured Personnel Carrier were sighted.

In a recent development, the National Industrial Court (NIC) has intervened in the brewing conflict between the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC), and their affiliates, and the Imo State Government. The court issued a restraining order against the planned nationwide strike scheduled to commence on November 14, which was initially prompted by the assault on the NLC National President, Joe Ajaero, in Imo State. The application sought to prevent the strike in order to avert potential hardships on law-abiding citizens and their businesses. Justice Kanyip instructed that the restraining order be prominently displayed on the wall of the Labour House, the last known address of the NLC and TUC, to communicate the court’s decision. Justice Anuwe, the Court President, is expected to issue a hearing notice to the involved parties at an appropriate time.

President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Wednesday in California for talks on trade, Taiwan and managing fraught US-Chinese relations in the first engagement between the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies in nearly a year, Biden administration officials said. The White House has said for weeks that it anticipated Biden and Xi would meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, but negotiations went down to the eve of the gathering, which kicks off Saturday. Biden and Xi last met nearly a year ago on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. In the nearly three-hour meeting, Biden objected directly to China’s “coercive and increasingly aggressive actions” toward Taiwan and discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and other issues. The officials also noted that Biden is determined to restore military-to-military communications that Beijing largely withdrew from after then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August 2022.

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The Commissioner said he had heard some uninformed people comparing the cost with that of Djibouti, Ethiopia Rail Line. He opined that there was no basis for comparison between them because the Blue Rail Line is the only rail line in Africa that was built across a water body and piling had to be done. This, he said, was not the situation with the Djibouti Rail Line which is not on an elevated platform like the Blue Rail. Declaring that it was preposterous for people to just make such a comparison and allege corruption in building the rail line. “It is bigger than the Blue Line and capable of moving over one million people per day.

The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, says the previous government, headed by former President Muhammadu Buhari, did not take the issue of insecurity seriously. Matawalle, who appeared before the Senate Committee on Defence in company with the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru, disclosed that the Ministry of Defence just took delivery of new attack helicopters to boost the fight against insecurity in the country. This was as the Minister of Defence told the committee that there was synergy among the current Service Chiefs. Mattawlle, while speaking before the Senate Committee on Defence, said the issue of insecurity needed collective attention from states, local and federal governments. It is gradually going down, we just received two attack helicopters to strengthen the battle against insecurity.”

THE issue of Naira redenomination started gaining traction on social media around September. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has refuted the malicious story. The attack on the naira is one of the many products of corruption bedeviling the nation. They took over and destroyed all the refineries, made them non-functional despite trillions of Naira spent to fix them. Those calling for the redenomination of the naira are the faceless ‘owners’ of Nigeria, attacking the economy with the main aim of wrecking it to enable them to take it over.

Launches Eco-Vizag initiative to encourage cleanliness, home composting, water conservation, plastic recycling etc. Bulk Waste Generators such as hotels, restaurants, small eateries and other commercial establishments, who can make conscious and game-changing efforts in ensuring large-scale cleanliness, have a big role to play. These are the entities that generate over 100kgs of solid waste every day. Under the campaign, enforcement teams have been formed, whose job is to keep a check on businesses including hotels and restaurants, while promoting alternative environmentally friendly products (paper, steel, glass, etc.) Hotels and restaurants meeting the criteria would be handed a certification of appreciation by the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation for contributing to a clean and green Vizag.

Ever since the release of the previous chapter, fans have been anticipating the release of One Punch Man chapter 196. Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers from the One Punch Man manga and the original webcomic. What to expect from One Punch Man chapter 196? Blast may reveal God's connection to the ninja village in One Punch Man chapter 196Blast as seen in One Punch Man manga (Image via Shueisha)The end of the previous chapter saw Flashy Flash enquiring Blast about God. Thus, fans can expect to see "The Great One" in One Punch Man chapter 196.

A man believed to be a scavenger was found dead when a staircase in an abandoned one-storey building reportedly collapsed on him at Elechi Street in the Mile 3 axis of Diobu in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Our correspondent who visited the area observed that the one-storey building has been taken over by weeds, while the walls are cracked. “On getting to the scene, the hoodlums had left the abandoned building. “We also observed that the staircase of the abandoned one-storey building collapsed on the deceased. We quickly raised the alarm which drew the attention of residents of the area who came to the scene.

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has said that he had no reason to have supported the attack on the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, during protest in the state. Uzodimma said, “I think Joe Ajaero is pursuing his interest. He has a candidate in the election of Imo State, so he is driving whatever programme will give an advantage to the Labour Party in Imo State. “If you follow with interest the history of the Labour Congress from 1999 till date, never in the history of any government has the Labour Congress or Labour union, shown the level of hostility they have shown to this administration. I have no reason to encourage or support an assault on Joe Ajaero, who is the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress.”Asked whether the governor could directly apologise to the NLC President over the assault, Uzodimma said, “Ordinarily, whether Joe Ajaero is the Labour President, if such a thing happens to any human being, I must apologise because it’s in my state.

By Glazyl Y. MasculinoBACOLOD City – People flocked to the second opening of the “Bigasan ng Bayan” stall at the Food Terminal Market of Negros Occidental (FTMON) here last Tuesday. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has assured his constituents that this program will be continued and that other groups will be tapped. The “Bigasan ng Bayan” was launched last month, allowing a maximum of five kilos per person to ensure that everyone can avail of it. The FIACN-BRIS would sell 10 percent of their total production to the public at P25 per kilo whenever supply is available. According to FIACN-BRIS President Pedro Limpangog, 44 irrigators associations are part of this collaboration.