Day: March 16, 2019

FIFA to Consider Expanding 2022 WC to 48 Teams

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The FIFA Council has approved working with Qatar to explore the possibility of expanding the 2022 World Cup to 48 teams through the addition of one more host country. FIFA President Gianni Infantino is keen to expand the tournament and says a feasibility study shows it can be achieved with a second host. The announcement was made at a FIFA Council meeting in Miami, though a final decision will not be taken until a full meeting of FIFA Congress in Paris in June. The feasibility study said Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi…

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Three-strorey building collapses in Ibadan, many trapped

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Scores of victims were trapped in a three-storey building which collapsed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. This came barely four days after a collapsed building in Lagos led to the death of at least 20 people. The incident happened around 5:45pm in Sogoye area of Molete. The number of affected victims could not be ascertained yet. The Oyo State Government spokesman, Mr. Toye Arulogun, said the government was on top of the situation. Arulogun said, “We have deployed two excavators there. Our officials are right there now, to rescue…

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GTBank 2019 Food And Drink Festival Gathers Momentum

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After three stellar exposés of the biggest culinary experience in Africa, the GTBank Food and Drink Festival is getting bigger for the 4th edition, which will hold for 4 days from Sunday, 28th April, to Wednesday 1st May 2019 at the GTCentre, Plot 1, Walter Corporation Drive, Oniru, Lagos. Created in 2016 by leading African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, the GTBank Food and Drink Festival has become the premier culinary event in Africa, bringing together tens of thousands of people from across the continent and beyond to support…

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Akwa Ibom Ranks Highest In HIV/AIDS Prevalence Rate In Nigeria

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The Nigerian HIV/AIDs Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) has shown that Akwa Ibom has the highest prevalence rate of HIV in the country. The result indicates that about 5.5 per cent of the people living with HIV in Nigeria are in Akwa Ibom State, followed by Benue State, which has about 5.3 per cent prevalence rate. It also states that while the North-West has the lowest prevalence rate at 0.6 per cent, the South-South geopolitical zone has the highest with 3.1 per cent. Speaking during the announcement of the NAIIS…

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