Day: April 19, 2023

Nigeria Declares Fri, April 21, Mon, 24 Eid-ul-Fitri Public Holiday

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian government has declared Friday, 21st and Monday, 24th of April,2023 as public holiday to mark eidil-fitr celebration. Eid-ul-Fitr, a Statutory Public Holiday, will fall on Saturday, April 22, 2023. A statement by the Ministry of Interior indicated that the President has, by an Executive Instrument (EI), and in accordance with section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, 2001 (601) declared the two days, Friday, 21, and Monday, April 24, 2023, as a Public Holiday. Muslims believe the Holy Quran was revealed in Ramadan and throughout…

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Fire Guts Oyo Broadcasting Station

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) is currently being gutted by fire. READ ALSO: BRT Crashes Into 18-Passenger Bus, Kills Driver On Spot Court Sacks Oluomo-led Parks, Garages Committee, Reinstates RTEAN Taofiq Abdulaziz Brutal Frankness and Ilk of Idealogues; A four Odyssey 43% Completed, Nigeria Gives Update On $2.8bn AKK Gas Pipeline The fire was said to have started from the technical area of the studio. Source said the state fire service had been invited and that efforts were ongoing to control the situation. Details later…

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BRT Crashes Into 18-Passenger Bus, Kills Driver On Spot

Abibat Babalola

Angry Mob Sets BRT bus on Fire       An accident occurred in Lagos on Wednesday morning when a yet-to-be-identified commercial bus driver died after his bus somersaulted following a collision with a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle. According to report, the incident occurred on the Ifako Bridge inward Ogudu on the Apapa-Oworonshoki Expressway in Lagos. A witness said that the fully loaded commercial bus was coming from Lagos Island and heading to the Ojodu Berger area of the state when the accident occurred. READ ALSO: Court Sacks Oluomo-led…

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Court Sacks Oluomo-led Parks, Garages Committee, Reinstates RTEAN

Ganiyu Amodu

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) sitting in Lagos Tuesday reinstated the operations of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in Lagos State. Justice Maureen Esowe voided the Lagos State Parks Administrator Caretaker Committee. The judge held that the state government’s suspension of the national unions’ operations and setting up of a caretaker committee last October was illegal and unconstitutional. READ ALSO: Taofiq Abdulaziz Brutal Frankness and Ilk of Idealogues; A four Odyssey Taofiq Abdulaziz Brutal Frankness and Ilk of Idealogues; A four Odyssey Eid-ul-Fitr: Search for…

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Taofiq Abdulaziz Brutal Frankness and Ilk of Idealogues; A four Odyssey

AbdulWarith Solanke

“Searching for Muslim Change Agents? Look no further. In his league I count Prof Nurudeen Alao, Imam Abdurrahman Ahmad, Prof. Tajudeen Yusuf, Dr. Abdulhakeem Abdullateef, Late Prof Abdulhakeem Mobolaji, Prof. Masud Baderin,among others,” AbdulWarith Solanke recounts Prof. Abdulaziz days as undergraduate at IVC 40 years ago     My first encounter with Professor Taofiq Abdulaziz was st the December 1986 Islamic Vacation Course, at Local Authority Teacher Training College, Iyana Offa, Oyo State. He was a graduate student of Communication and Language Arts at the University of Ibadan then. He…

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PoS Operator Lavishes N280m Received In Error

Abibat Babalola

Policemen have arrested a Point of Sale operator who reportedly went on a spending spree after N280m was erroneously transferred to his account by a commercial bank. The POS operator identified as Alfa Rafiu was arrested by the police on Monday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect is a resident of the Akuji compound, the Abayawo area in the Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state. READ ALSO: Just Like Dogs, Ants Can Sniff Out Cancer How Real Madrid Defeated Chelsea 2-0 In Stamford Bridge…

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Just Like Dogs, Ants Can Sniff Out Cancer

ADEOLA YUSUF

A team of researchers primarily based out of Sorbonne University in Paris has trained ants to recognize the subtle scent of cancer cells, hinting at their tantalizing potential to detect cancers in humans. The researchers’ fascinating findings were recently published in the journal iScience. Widely known for their remarkable ability to cooperate and their ridiculous relative strength (able to carry between 10 and 50 times their own body weight), ants have only recently been lauded for their keen sense of smell. In 2012, scientists at Vanderbilt discovered that they have four to five times more…

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