Month: August 2021
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How YabaTech Student Was Murdered While Celebrating Final Exam, Colleagues Narrate
Some grieving friends and colleagues of a final year Civil Engineering (HND 2) student of YabaTech, late Tosin Osatuyi, popularly known as Moore have narrated how he was allegedly killed in a fight while celebrating his final examinations on July 28. Deputy Registrar of the institution, Mr. Joe Ejiofor, had, on Tuesday, disclosed that the…
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Senate Gives Conditions For Creating More States
The Senate has listed conditions for the creation of additional states in Nigeria. The National Assembly Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution had received dozens of requests seeking the creation of new states across the federation. The Red Chamber said any proposal for the creation of any state must comply with the provisions…
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Popular Gospel Musician, Yinka Ayefele Loses Manager
Nigerian gospel musician cum radio presenter, Chief Yinka Ayefele has lost his image maker who also doubled as his radio station manager, Fresh FM in Ekiti State, David Ajiboye. Ajiboye’s death was announced on Sunday through a statement signed by Mr Samson Akindele on behalf of the management of the station. According to him, Ajiboye…
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Troops Eliminate 4 Notorious Bandits In Air Bombardment (Photo)
The Nigerian troops have eliminated four identified notorious bandits in Kaduna State as Nigerian Air Force, NAF, intensifies aerial bombardments in Kaduna forests. A statement by the state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the bandits were killed in Maikwandaroso valley. “Following the ongoing military operations against armed bandits, and painstaking…
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Declare Bandits Kidnapping Students Terrorists, NANS Begs Buhari
The National Association of Nigerian Students(NANS), has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits kidnapping students in the Northern part of the country as terrorists. NANS insisted that anyone with propensity to kidnap and kill the students in large number should be declared as terrosrsits to any nation. The students body had also resolved…
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Sit-at-home order:Confusion as IPOB Counters Nnamdi Kanu’s Brother
There is confusion as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) dismissed the alleged statement from the younger brother to its leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, that it has suspended its sit-at-home scheduled for Monday August 9, 2021. A statement from IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary Emma Powerful said that the alleged Kanu’s brother who issued the…
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How 9-year-old Boy Kidnap 4-year-old Boy in Kano, Hisbah
Kano State Hisbah Board has confirmed the abduction of a 4-year-old boy, identified as Musa by a 9-year-old boy, Abubakar, at Dandishe in Dala Local Government area of the state. Narrating the incident on Saturday, Hisbah, in a statement by its spokesman, Lawan Fagge, said the disappearance of Musa prompted his parents to lodge complaint…
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Abba Kyari’s Murky Route To Self-Destruction
( Busy Brain Writes In From Adamawa State on Friday 6th August 2021 ) The event of Hushpuppi and Abba Kyari has been the talk of the nation since last week. Initially, it was like a mild drama but eventually transmogrified to a very serious national cum international discourse. Like our usual tradition in Nigeria,…
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Senate Proposes Creation of 20 New States (Full List of the Proposed States)
The quest by some Nigerians to create more states in the country is about to enter a new phase. This follows the recommendation by the Senate Committee on Constitution Review that referendum be conducted for 20 new states by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Nation gathered yesterday that the committee’s decision was reached…
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World’s largest medical drone delivery network launched in Ghana
Zipline, a health-tech drone-delivery company, says it has launched the world’s largest medical drone delivery network in Ghana. According to Florence Haruna, Zipline’s Performance Operations Head, the company now delivers more than 200 different vaccines, blood products and medications to 2,500 health facilities with its reach serving nearly 22 million people. Ms Haruna spoke during…