Month: June 2021
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Weeks After ‘Jubilation’ on Tweeter Ban, Google Deletes Adamu Garba’s App, Crowwe From Play Store
Technology giant, Google has deleted home grown app, Crowwe built by Former Presidential candidate, Adamu Garba on play store. The Crowwe app, which has been described as an instant messaging and financial transaction app that comes with a digital wallet that helps to transfer and receive money while chatting, has received worst reviews. Following the…
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ASUP President Disagrees With FG Over Upgrading of Polytechnics To Varsities
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Anderson Ezeibe has faulted the Federal Government’s position to upgrade some polytechnics to universities, saying such a plan particularly at this period is a misplaced priority. He also said the establishment of new polytechnics by the government or granting of license to private operators…
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Opinion: Fonseca Off on Another Jaunt Whilst His Country’s Reputation Lies in Tatters
President Jose Fonseca of Cape Verde has embarked upon another foreign trip which, if he were an aging rock star instead of a lame duck president, would be part of “The Legacy Tour”. He is fortunate that unlike many of his African counterparts he is leaving office later this year on his own terms and…
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Joe Biden Congratulates Israel’s New Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett
President Joe Biden of the United States of America, has congratulated Israel’s new Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, promising support for the new government. Biden made this known in a White House official statement titled, ‘Statement by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on the New Government of Israel’, issued on Sunday. A motley alliance of Israeli…
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45-year-old Nigerian Athlete Bags 18-month Ban
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has slammed an 18-month ban on 45-year-old Nigeria’s Paralympic Powerlifting and Commonwealth champion, Roland Ezuruike. Ezuruike, a Rio 2016 Paralympic gold medalist earned the wrath of the IPC for anti-doping violation. He broke the Paralympic record in the men’s under-54 kilograms category at Rio 2016 when he lifted 200kg on…
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Gunmen Demand N2 million as ransom for abducted female NAF officer
A female Nigerian Air Force officer in Enugu, Okechukwu Chiwendu Maryjane, was abducted by gunmen, on Saturday. The aircraft woman was said to be travelling from Enugu to Port Harcourt, Rivers State when the unfortunate incident occurred. One of her colleagues, who spoke with SaharaReporters, said the kidnappers have demanded a ransom of N2 million,…
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Suspected Herdsmen Allegedly Killed Six Farmers, Four Others in Nasarawa
Six farmers including four women in a Tiv settlement in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have been reportedly killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen. President, Tiv Development Association (TIDA) Nasarawa State, Comrade Peter Ahemba, who confirmed the incident on Saturday June 12, said the gunmen invaded Tse-Jimin village, Jimin-Gbaka in Aloshi kingdom of Keana…
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Hit-and-run Driver Knocks Female LAUTECH Student in Lagos (Photos)
A Facebook user, Segun Adeniyi has shared a gory story of how hit-and-run driver knocked down a female student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH)Ogbomoso, identified as Echefu Lawrencia Uloma. It was gathered that the incident happened near Mega Chicken at Ikota area of Lagos on Saturday, June 12.
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10.5 million Jobs: Your Government Must Be Creating Jobs For Ghosts, NLC, TUC Reply Buhari
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has angrily faulted the claim by President Muhammadu Buhari that his government has created 10. 5 million jobs, saying that the government must be creating the jobs for ghosts. Besides, the President of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Quadri Olaleye, said in the Food, Beverages and Tobacco industry alone, Nigeria…
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Police Uncover Bag of Rice Stuffed With 138 Rounds of AK-47 Live Ammunitions, Pistol Magazine, Others
Delta police operatives, codenamed Eagle-Net Special Squad, have uncovered a bag of rice stuffed with 138 rounds of AK-47 live ammunitions, one AK-47 magazine, one Baretta pistol magazine and a knife, Nigerian Tribune reports. The bag of rice containing the arms ammunition was recovered from a commercial vehicle, a dark green Mazda 626 saloon car…