Month: July 2021

Who’s afraid of UNIOSUN?, by Tunde AKANNI

Tunde AKANNI

Like similar relevant posts in the recent past, the advertisement for the position of the Vice Chancellor, University of Osun State found its way to the exalted WhatsApp forum exclusive for Nigerian Communications Professors. In no time, it found its way to a couple of others I share with some other intellectuals. And then, somebody hauled a “prayer” at me, asking if I won’t give that a shot. I smiled away the suggestion. My friend insisted, arguing that testing waters with a rising profile may not be a bad idea…

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COVID could be spread through fart — UK Ministers

Wonuola Olujobi

The official advice is to open a window to increase ventilation and slow the spread of Covid, but now there could be an added incentive – the virus may also be spread by flatulence. Ministers have privately pointed to evidence that Covid could be spread by people breaking wind in confined spaces such as lavatories. One said they had read “credible-looking stuff on it” from other countries, although government scientists are yet to produce a paper on the matter. READ ALSO: EXPLAINER: Why COVID-19 may still Kill more Men than Women…

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Family announces burial plans for Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga

Precious Ibekwe

Family of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, has announced his burial arrangement. Platforms  Africa reports that Ataga was murdered in a private accommodation where he had gone with a 300 Level student of the University of Lagos, Chidinma Ojukwu.   READ ALSO: I Tied Ataga’s Hands Before Stabbing Him To Death + How We Met – Chidinma ‘I didn’t kill Ataga,’ 21 year-old UNILAG student, Chidinma, makes U-Turn 29 days after, kidnapped Kaduna Baptist School Pupils released   According to the programme released by the family,…

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29 days after, kidnapped Kaduna Baptist School Pupils released

Aliyu Aliyu

Kaduna state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Mr. Joseph Hayab. confirned release of the pupils     Bandits have released students of the Kaduna Baptist School after holding them in captivity for 20 days. READ ALSO: Calling them Bandits Wrong, Nigeria-Lawmaker Demands Namechange for Bandits JUST IN: Bandits Kidnap Pupils in Kaduna Baptist Bethel School Attack Why CBN should pay N100m Greenfield Students’ Ransom to Bandits – Gumi Over 100 students were kidnapped by the daredevil gunmen on July 5th after they gained access into Bethel Baptist…

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Uganda, with ‘no money’ for COVID-19 vaccine, buys Cars for 529 lawmakers

Aoko Benjamin

The government has so far failed to purchase any vaccines, with officials saying the country had been priced out of the market by richer buyers   UGANDA has spent more than $30.2 million on buying new vehicles for lawmakers, a move that has been slammed by critics who depict it as profligacy in a country struggling to buy vaccines to stem a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Parliament released the money to members to buy new vehicles this week and each lawmaker was given 200 million shillings ($56,500), parliament’s…

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Air Peace Aircraft suffered Tyre Burst, not Crash – Ilorin Airport

Dawood Rabiu

The llorin International Airport has said that what Air Peace aircraft suffered on its facility was a tyre burst not an air crash. The Airport authority, apparently not seeing a tyre burst as an accident also “denied any accident involving any aircraft belonging to Peace Airline at the Airport.”   READ ALSO: LATEST: Military Plane Crashes, 17 Dead, 40 Injured $10m Ghana National Mosque, 2nd largest in West Africa, inaugurated +PHOTOS Eyeball to eyeball: How AbdulRazaq, Saraki worshipped at same Eid ground   Sam Adurogboye, the Public Relations Officer of…

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Southwest Govs working behind the scenes, Igboho not abandoned— Sanwo-Olu

Gbenga Adeoti

The Governor of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has dismissed the insinuation that leaders of the South West, including Governors, had abandoned arrested Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho. Platforms Africa repors that Igboho, declared wanted by the Nigerian Secret Service (DSS), is fighting extradition plot from Republic of Benin where he was hunted down and arrested. Sanwo-Olu spoke on the development after casting his votes in the local council election held in Lagos State on Saturday.   READ ALSO: FAKE NEWS ALERT: Igboho ‘not yet released…

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BREAKING: Passengers escape death as Air Peace plane tyre bursts in Ilorin

Dawood Rabiu

Following the tyre burst and alleged crash-landing by an aircraft in the fleet of Air Peace, the runway of the Ilorin International Airport has been closed to traffic. Many passengers, including some highly-placed Nigerians, narrowly escaped death.   READ ALSO: LATEST: Military Plane Crashes, 17 Dead, 40 Injured REVEALED: Three Times Kaduna Plane crashes Killed Top Army Chiefs, Governor PIB: Buhari approved 5% for host communities, Minister slashed it — Senator Calling them Bandits Wrong, Nigeria-Lawmaker Demands Namechange for Bandits   All flights to Ilorin have also been canceled until…

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One Week, One Trouble, By Gabriel Akinadewo

Gabriel Akinadewo

In this article titled; “One week, One trouble,” first published on July 24, 2014, public affairs analyst and editor, Gabriel Akinadewo, chronicles the Nigerians’ daily struggle between the doom and the livelihood     The ghoulish nature, which depicts the level to which the Nigerian state has sunk, was revealed two weeks ago with the abduction of a nonagenarian, Pa Uguoala, in Abia State.   READ ALSO: 2021 Prophecies by Some Nigeria’s ‘Men of God’ embarrassing – Gabriel AKINADEWO Twitter Office in Ghana not a loss for South Africa, Kenya.…

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$10m Ghana National Mosque, 2nd largest in West Africa, inaugurated +PHOTOS

Aliyu Aliyu

The $10 million-Mosque was funded by the Turkish Hudayi Foundation in Accra with the support of the Turkish government   Located at Kanda (Kawukudi) in Accra, the National Mosque Complex of Ghana, which is the 2nd largest of its kind in the West African Region, has been inaugurated with the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, leading the first official Jummah prayers from the imposing structure. The ceremony was attended by high-profile personalities such as  Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice-President of Ghana,  Mohamed Bazoum and Issoufou Mahamadou the sitting and former Presidents of Niger…

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