Month: August 2022

27-Year-Old Makes History As First Hijab-Wearing Senator In Australia

ADEOLA YUSUF

A 27-year-old woman has made history in Australia by becoming the country’s first hijab-wearing senator. Fatima Payman, the daughter of refugees from Afghanistan, represents West Australia. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party. Payman has a record of working for young people from culturally diverse communities. She also speaks for the working-class community, to which she belongs. Her father worked as a tax driver and a kitchen hand to support his family. READ ALSO: Kano Girl-Hawker In Viral Maths Video Bags World Bank Scholarship 11 Yr-Old Girl Gets…

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Kano Girl-Hawker In Viral Maths Video Bags World Bank Scholarship

ADEOLA YUSUF

11 year-old genius who solves maths questions without the aid of a calculator or known formulae, narrates how she dropped out of school at Primay 4 due to bullying The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank-supported project, has offered a scholarship to Saratu Garba, an 11-year-old education mathematics whizkid from Kano. The Project Communication Officer, Aliyu Yusuf, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday, is ready to enrol Saratu in school. READ ALSO: 11 Yr-Old Girl Gets Highest Mensa IQ Score, ‘Beating Einstein, Hawking’…

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I Slept With 40 Men Same Day To Mark 40th Birthday – Lady

ADEOLA YUSUF

Saying she later spent the whole night with her husband, the woman says It’s Birthday gift she wished for herself + PHOTO   The video of a lady, who revealed that she slept with 40 men on her 40th birthday to celebrate the memorable day, has gone viral. Speaking in an interview, the White lady, who did not identify herself, said she set herself a challenge to sleep with 40 men when she turned 40 years. READ ALSO You Want To Live Long? Get a Second Wife, Study Says No…

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Why We Inaugurated Mgt Board for Proceeds of Migrants -Nigeria Immigration

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has given the reason for inaugurating the management board of the Objects of Smuggling of Migrants Trust Fund. The new development, according to a statement by the NIS Public Relations Officer, Amos Okpu, is aimed at combating frontally the menace of smuggling of migrants by traffickers through proper management of the proceeds of the crime. Mr Okpu said the agency derives the power to inaugurate the management board from Section 97 of the Immigration Act, 2015. READ ALSO Ease of Doing Business: Nigeria Immigration Ranked…

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11 Yr-Old Girl Gets Highest Mensa IQ Score, ‘Beating Einstein, Hawking’

ADEOLA YUSUF

Sharifi’s score is significantly over the “genius threshold” of 140   An 11-year-old Iranian school girl has just become the new face of braininess after receiving the highest possible score on the Mensa IQ test.Tara Sharifi, a student from Aylesbury High School in the United Kingdom, recently took the test in Oxford and received an astounding 162 points. Sharifi’s score is significantly over the “genius threshold” of 140. Albert Einstein is believed to have had the same IQ as Professor Stephen Hawking, 160 (Einstein himself never took the IQ test…

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121 Yr-Old Agency, Dentsu, Appoints Punch Oyeleke Comms Manager for Nigeria

ADEOLA YUSUF

Adeleye Fabusoro, Marian Ogaziechi, Adekemi Alegbeleye, Funke Adekola, Ugochukwu Maduagwu, Theresa Ogah, Lola Akinyele, list of newly promoted staff and their duty posts in the company with 62,608 staff globally   The 121 Year-Old Japanese Agency, Dentsu, has appointed Sodiq Oyeleke as Group Corporate Communications Manager for its subsidiary, Detsu Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that Oyeleke, who is the first to occupy such a position in the company, worked for Punch before his appointment. READ ALSO: I Deleted TikTok, Instagram To Be Focused –Babcock’s Overall Best Student Emeka Oparah appointed…

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Yes, We Purchased N1.14bn Vehicles For Niger Republic – Buhari’s Govt

ADEOLA YUSUF

Buhari, who approved the purchase, has the right to do what he did – Finance minister says as Nigerians lampoon government over “wasteful spending, misplacement of priority”   Nigerians have taken to social media to express their outrage, after President Muhammadu Buhari’s government confirmed that it donated N1.14billion to the Republic of Niger. Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, confirmed this to reporters shortly after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. According to Ahmed, it is to aid Niger in the acquisition of some operational vehicles. READ…

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TotalEnergies Launches Multi-Energy Strategy In Angola

ADEOLA YUSUF

(With agency report) TotalEnergies rolled out its multi-energy strategy in Angola with the launch of the Begonia oil field, Quiluma and Maboqueiro gas fields developments, as well as its first photovoltaic project in the country. Begonia TotalEnergies made final investment decision for Begonia on Friday, the first development of block 17/06, located 93 miles off the Angolan coast, in agreement with concession holder Agência Nacional de Petróleo, Gás e Biocombustíveis (ANPG) and its partners. READ ALSO: NCDMB, Total Energies Ikike AMD 2 Module project creates 30,000 jobs, first oil in…

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I Deleted TikTok, Instagram To Be Focused –Babcock’s Overall Best Student

ADEOLA YUSUF

Idowu Khadijat Damilola of Babcock University, Ilishan, Ogun State, won the Senior Vice-President’s prize for graduating under-graduate student with the highest CGPA at the 20th undergraduate and 11th postgraduate convocation ceremony of the university. Khadijat, who graduated with 4.91 CGPA from the Department of Sociology and Social Work, narrated how she had to contend with distractions from the social media to stay focused. READ ALSO: My Mother Once Told To Throw Me Away – Nigerian Female Paralympic Champion Meet Prof. Ighedo, Nigerian Who Broke S’Africa Varsity 148-Yr Maths Record BRT…

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BRT Lane: AriseTV Anchor, Rufai Oseni, Pays N70,000 Fine, Apologises

ADEOLA YUSUF

Rufai, who is critical of Lagos government was docked in the incident his followers described as government taking its pound of flesh but by others as government doing the right thing   Arise TV show anchor, Rufai Oseni, has paid N70,000 as fine for committing a traffic infraction in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. Platforms Africa reports that the Lagos police command spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, who said this, maintained that the broadcaster has received his car after paying the fine. Rufai was arrested on Monday for driving on BRT lane in…

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