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The group made the appeal to Scotland in a letter dated August 3, 2024 by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare.
Shall is to represent Africa on the CSAT team that consists of eight members of different nationalities in the Commonwealth.
The Australian state of Victoria was originally selected to host the 2026 Games in 2022, only to back out in July.
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, is seeking to ramp up global support for greater climate finance commitments at the Africa Climate Summit, taking place 4 to 6 September in Nairobi, Kenya.
Halima, an African, made the appeal at the Women’s forum at the on-going Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali, Riwanda.
With this background on my mind, I set out to plan on how best to broaden the bilateral relations between Nigeria and Australia and the other nations in the Pacific Region. The fact is that trade relations with this region is negligible and much has to be done to improve this.
Ahead of the Games billed for July 28 to August 8, the organisers have announced that around 100,000 condoms will be provided at Birmingham 2022’s Athlete Villages and medical facilities, as well as educational materials.
A statement on Thursday said six finalists will be announced at the Commonwealth Education Ministers meeting in Nairobi.
The trials, which ends on Friday, will see judokas from all the states in Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja in attendance.
Okagbare confirmed the move on her Twitter handle: Blessing Okagbare MFR@mountain214, on Saturday morning.
This was revealed by Lagos SWAN Chairman, Debo Oshundun following attempts by some unscrupulous elements to witch hunt perceived enemies interested in covering the quadrennial event.
This was disclosed on Sunday by SERAP’s deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare.
The president spoke during a bilateral meeting on Thursday with the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Baroness Patricia Scotland, on the sidelines of the Global Education Summit holding in London, United Kingdom.
The organization asked Ms Scotland to “urgently consider recommending the suspension of Nigeria from the Commonwealth to the Heads of Government, the Commonwealth Chair-in-office, and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, as Head of the Commonwealth to push the government to take concrete measures to respect and promote the Commonwealth’s values of human rights, transparency, accountability and the rule of law.”
Abubakar described the late Duke of Edinburgh, who died on Friday at the age of 99, as a man whose life was one of service and a pattern of good works
The organization asked Scotland to “urgently consider recommending the suspension of Nigeria from the Commonwealth to the Heads of Government, the Commonwealth Chair-in-office, and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, as Head of the Commonwealth, to push the government to respect the Commonwealth’s values of human rights, transparency, accountability and the rule of law.”
The move will see over 100 finance professionals from Commonwealth governments funded to attend online fintech courses offered by the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.
The Secretariat has teamed-up with the non-profit organisation, JET Education services, to launch the #OpenUpYourThinking project.
Today, March 9, 2020, the Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows Alumni Association, Nigeria (COSFAN) join the globe to celebrate the Commonwealth day 2020. The theme for the 2020 Commonwealth Day is Delivering a Common Future: