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The United States of America has allocated $50million (N21.6bn) to support the training of journalists, INEC officials and civil society organizations for the credible conduct of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections.

The US Consul-General in Lagos, Will Stevens, made this known at the opening of a two-day workshop on election reporting for political reporters, editors, video journalists and videographers on Tuesday in Ibadan.

The workshop was organised by West Africa Broadcast and Media Academy, Enugu Literary Society and supported by the United States Consulate-General, Lagos.

Stevens said the allocated fund would be used to provide technical assistance for beneficiaries.

The consul-general said that the focus of the US Is to ensure that Nigeria’s 2023 general elections are peaceful and credible.

“We are supporting more than 100 journalists with this workshop in Ibadan, Enugu, Port Harcourt and Lagos as part of US efforts to support Nigeria’s elections.

“Over the last three years and into the next year too, the US government has allocated more than $50million for technical assistance, support, trainings for INEC, and for civil society, among others.

We have been working closely in partnership with civil society and INEC, through the US Agency for International Development.

“The partnership focuses on technical assistance and support for the system that has been put in place to ensure that every vote counts,” he said.

Stevens also said the US government would continue to emphasise the value of voting and protecting a free press, adding that the media is absolutely essential in preserving democracy.

“We are committed to initiatives here in Nigeria to build needed capacity.

“We have funded training for hundreds of journalists on topics ranging from fact-checking, health reporting, defence and national security reporting, investigative journalism, election reporting and media ethics.

“These trainings, together with other programmes we offer virtually, are to demonstrate our commitment to this partnership that we have long enjoyed here in Nigeria,” he added.

In his remarks, the Director of West Africa Broadcast and Media Academy, Ken Okere, said the workshop was put together to train journalists to be the best at what they do.

saxywale2:
More like a ketchup wave.

During the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, FIFA will share the most modern insights, metrics and performance data in tournament history with the worldwide TV and online audience, together with the participating teams and their players. Developed by the FIFA High Performance team and led by FIFA Chief of Global Football Development Arsène Wenger, the enhanced football intelligence service will offer new and exciting metrics to enrich the coverage and analysis of every game at the FIFA World Cup 2022™.

Every match will have its own unique set of in-match and post-match enhanced football intelligence visuals presented as augmented reality and traditional graphics. These new statistics break down each area of the game into fine detail and provide operational definitions and multiple video examples to clearly define each action.
This will enable an analysis not only of what happens on the ball, but also the movements and interactions around and off the ball for teams and players when they are both in and out of possession.

Using this data, FIFA will be able to conduct longitudinal post-match analysis to understand how the game is evolving over time as well as developmental analysis to better comprehend what it takes to progress from junior to senior level in both the men’s and women’s games.

“We would like to share our vision of using football data analytics combined with technical expert interpretation to create a new football intelligence, allowing everyone to better understand the game,” says Wenger. “Enhanced football intelligence will be our blueprint for how we analyse football in the future.
When we discover new insights, we want to share them with the world of football. With our online FIFA Training Centre, we have a fantastic vehicle to do so. My team will continue to provide new and insightful football analysis content to help share new understanding of the game combined with performance data, video examples and technical explanations.”

The FIFA High Performance team comprises football analysts, data scientists and data engineers, and has developed innovative technology to provide ground-breaking metrics and insights. At the FIFA World Cup 2022, 11 new metrics will be introduced:

• Possession control
• Ball recovery time
• Line breaks
• Defensive line height and team length
• Final third entries
• Forced turnovers
• Pressure on the ball
• Expected goals
• Team shape
• Receptions behind midfield and defensive lines
• Phases of play

Theflint1:
It's less sef, seen 700 today.

basilico:
Dumb voters. A trans obese man wins a beauty contest in New Hampshire.
Expect the voters to use their heads if they stomach this nonsense?
No red wave when you have such kind of voters and vote counters

feedthenation:
---Kevin McCarthy position as Speaker is not guaranteed---there have been a number of GOPs who have declared their interests in becoming Speaker---and the GOP have to own the inflation issue if nothing gets done within the next two years---

Across the country, women, LGBTQ and Black candidates broke barriers Tuesday as part of a new generation of politicians elected to governor's offices and seats in Congress.

The number of women serving as governors will hit double digits for the first time in 2023, with at least 12 women set to lead states. Ten had already won their races; two other races had not been decided but featured women candidates in both parties.

The U.S. has never had more than nine female governors in office at a time, a record set in 2004, according to the Center for American Women and Politics. The new record numbers mean nearly one fourth of the country's states will be run by women. The party majority for female governors is still not clear.

One of the winners, Maura Healey, is the first woman to be elected to Massachusetts′ top post and also makes history by becoming the country's first openly lesbian candidate to be elected governor.

“Tonight I want to say something to every little girl and every young LGBTQ person out there,” Healey said to supporters at a downtown Boston hotel after her victory Tuesday night. “I hope tonight shows you that you can be whatever, whoever you want to be and nothing and no one can ever get in your way except your own imagination and that’s not going to happen.”

If Democrat Tina Kotek wins Oregon's gubernatorial race, where The Associated Press has not declared a winner, she may join Healey in making history as a lesbian candidate elected governor.

In Maryland, voters chose Democrat Wes Moore, who will be the state's first Black governor. He is only the third Black candidate in the country to be elected governor.
Moore, a combat veteran, led one of the nation’s largest anti-poverty organizations and campaigned on creating equal opportunity for his state residents. He flips a governor’s office from Republican to Democratic. The current Republican Gov. Larry Hogan is term limited.

Florida, meanwhile, is sending the first member of Gen Z to Congress, with the comfortable victory of Democrat Maxwell Frost, a 25-year-old Black man with Cuban heritage.
Frost said that Gen Zers, those born from 1997 to 2012, are voting at higher levels, even though roughly half of the generation isn’t yet old enough. In an Associated Press interview, he praised President Biden’s focus on climate change and student debt cancelation.

Frost campaigned on gun control and Medicare for all and secured high-profile endorsements from progressive U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. The seat had been left open when Val Demings decided to run for Senate, but Florida’s 10th District, which includes the Orlando area, is reliably Democratic.

“I’m just excited to work in Congress and advocate for these broad universal programs and things that will really, Number 1., help peoples’ day-to-day life, but also, Number 2, from a political standpoint, these things excite people because it shows folks that government can work," he told The Associated Press.

Also marking a first, Vermont, which elected its first female governor in the 1980s, had been the only state that had never sent a woman to Congress. Democrat Becca Balint, president of the Vermont Senate, will reach that milestone and also become the first openly gay person to fill the state’s single seat in the U.S. House.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders will become the first woman governor of Arkansas. Sanders, a Republican, rose to prominence when she served as White House press secretary for former President Donald Trump between 2017 and 2019. Her victory also makes her the first daughter of a former governor to fill the position held by her father. Mike Huckabee was governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007.

Sanders faced Democrat Chris Jones, a nuclear engineer who would have become Arkansas’ first Black governor and who acknowledged the importance of Sanders' milestone.

“History was made. Sarah’s election has shown women, including my little girls, that being a woman is no longer a barrier to becoming governor in our state," Jones said in a statement

feedthenation:
---Various predictions about the red wave---

Fox News host, Jesse Watters: "We are looking at a historic massive red wave coming"

National Review - Jim Geraghty: "Midterm Predictions: The ‘Red Tsunami’ Comes into View Once More"

New York Times conservative columnist David Brooks suggested "we’re probably looking at a red wave election" in a piece headlined: "Why Republicans Are Surging"

According to "longtime observer of the Washington scene," Newsweek's Peter Roff: "A Red Wave is Coming. The Only Question is How High It Will Be"

There was the New York Post's Michael Goodwin who bigged up Lee Zeldin's chances under the headline: "New York Red Wave is coming ashore"

There was Doug Schoen, former Democratic Party consultant turned Fox/Newsmax commentator: "How the impending red wave could become a tsunami"

Senator Ted Cruz predicts 'not just a red wave, but a red tsunami' for Republicans on Election Day":

raumdeuter:
Many people will see that while Trump might win a primary, he will be a disaster at a General election. His endorsements show it already

Many regular Republicans are very comfortable with DeSantis and not with Trump, his loose talks and legal troubles

raumdeuter:
All Republicans need to do is to pick Ron DeSantis and 2024 is settled

Democrats have shown they dont have a clue about crime and the economy is still a sore point.

Ladyhippolyta88:
It's not just Trump the abortion decision played a factor and dems should keep campaigning on it.
The Gen Z voters pulled Democrats over the line it portends electoral troubles for Republicans in the future because they currently have no popular policy young Americans like

sanpipita:
They had big lead from Maricopa, its amazing how Democrats win Arizona easy these days, started with Trump's desecration of McCain.

sanpipita:
Second House pick up for Republicans this time in Virginia.

saxywale2:
Democrat Maura Healey wins the Massachusetts Governor race. She defeats Republican incumbent Charlie Baker

Democrat Wes Moore wins the Maryland Governor race. He defeats Republican incumbent Larry Hogan. Maryland gets its first black Governor.

raumdeuter:
Ron DeSantis defeats Charlie Crist in Florida Gubernatorial