Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Why I’m Unable To Finish My PhD Since 2010, ABU Lecturer Replies VC’s Query
The Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Professor Kabir Bala has queried Waziri Isa Adam, a lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, in the University, over his failure to complete his PhD programme at the University of Lagos since 2010. The VC had given him a query to explain why since his…
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Dino Melaye Emerges Best Graduating Law Student in Abuja Varsity (Photos)
Former Senator who represented Kogi West in the eighth assembly, Dino Melaye has emerged as the best graduating student of Baze University Abuja despite currently residing in Dubai. Mr Melaye’s aide, Bode Gbadebo, posted a picture of him on Facebook, alongside other individuals adorned in an academic dress, with the caption “Senator Dino Melaye graduates…
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Anambra Guber: IPOB Declares Sit-at-home Order On Election Day In South-east States
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Saturday declared total lockdown in all states in south East from November 5 to November 10, to compel the federal government to release its leader Nnamdi Kanu. The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has fixed the Anambra gubernatorial election for November 6, 2021. But in a statement…
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NCS Recaptures 262 Inmates Escaped From Oyo Prison
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) says 262 inmates from the 837 that escaped from the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo town have been recaptured. Spokesperson of the NCS Oyo command, Olanrewaju Anjorin, in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan, said while 262 escaped inmates had been recaptured, 575 were still at large. It was reported…
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Politicians Are Pressurising Me To Beg Buhari, Sunday Igboho
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has revealed that some political leaders are asking him to beg the Presidency. Igboho said some politicians have been “pressurising” him and his wife to sign documents they could use to beg President Muhammadu Buhari and his political circle on his (Igboho’s) behalf. Speaking through…
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Varsity Lecturer Recounts Ordeals In Kidnappers’ Dungeon
The Nation The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Kogi State University, Professor John Olatunde Alabi, could be regarded as the Daniel of our time after his safe return from the den of kidnappers following his abduction from his residence in Anyigba, the university’s host community, by dare-devil gunmen on September 27.…
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Sponsors of Nigeria’s Terrorist Bandits
By Farouq Kperogi On October 20, 2021, the bandits, whom the Wall Street Journal says have “collaborators inside the army” and who are “better equipped with larger-capacity advanced weaponry than national security agencies,” detonated explosives on the Abuja-Kaduna rail tracks and caused the indefinite suspension of rail transportation between Abuja and Kaduna. What has become…
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Heavily Armed Men Attack Oyo Prison, Free Inmates
Heavily armed men have attacked the correctional facility in Abolongo, Oyo, Oyo State. The attack, which took place Friday night, saw some prisoners set free after the attackers were said to have overpowered the prison officials and security operatives attached to the facility. Sources,who pleaded anonymity, said the gunmen stormed the facility around 10pm, throwing…
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My Father Was Jailed For Not Sending Me To School, Atiku Abubakar
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has recounted how his father was imprisoned for failing to send him to school. Atiku, who said his father later embraced the idea of education, noted that despite his humble background he enjoyed quality education free of charge. The former vice-president stated this while delivering a speech at the Baze University…
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Police Arrest 14-year-old Suspected Bandit in Katsina
A 14-year-old suspected bandit has been arrested by operatives of Katsina State police command. Parading the suspect alongside 19 others on Friday, spokesman of the State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, said the teenager from Tsamben Dankulumbo village in Jibiya Local Government Area has confessed to have killed two persons during an attack by bandits…
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