Day: May 6, 2023

Ex. Super Eagles Player, Mike Onyemachara, Is Dead

Abibat Babalola

Former Super Eagles defender, Mike Onyemachara, is dead. Onyemachara, a member of the silver medal winning Flying Eagles team to Saudi Arabia in 1989, reportedly died on Thursday, May 4, 2023. Though circumstances surrounding his death were still sketchy as at press time, information reaching TheNiche indicate that the ace footballer who also played for the Super eagles died in his 3-bedroom apartment in Ajegunle. READ ALSO: Inflation: Nigerian Immigrants, Others Struggle To Pay Bills In UK – Report Why Exposing Children Under 6 Years To Smartphones, Computers Dangerous No More *556#:…

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Inflation: Nigerian Immigrants, Others Struggle To Pay Bills In UK – Report

ADEOLA YUSUF

Report details how worsening inflation in the UK put African immigrants in tough economic state   A new report has revealed that African immigrants in the United Kingdom are struggling to pay bills as they are most affected by the persistent rising cost of living crisis. The report published on Wednesday by an African communications service community disclosed that many African residents in the UK suffer to afford basic needs such as food, housing and energy. This has forced the African Diasporan community to seek financial support as the report…

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Why Exposing Children Under 6 Years To Smartphones, Computers Dangerous

ADEOLA YUSUF

. Details of a study by neuropsychologist on children’s brains and exposure to devices with screens show shocking revelations   Smartphones, tablets, and computers should not be accessible to children under the age of six, because it makes them more irritable and worsens their concentration and memories than children who do not use them, according to evidence cited by neuropsychologist Dr Álvaro Bilbao. In his book, Understanding Your Child’s Brain, Bilbao who urges parents to ban devices with screens for children under the age of six, says that the screens…

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No More *556#: MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9Mobile Okay Single Code for Data, Airtime

Precious Ibekwe

Nigeria’s major telecom companies (MTN, Airtel, Glo, and 9mobile) are set to implement a unified set of shortcodes for all telecom services The move is directed by the NCC to make it easier for Nigerians to remember a single code for different services across all networks All old codes for recharging, data subscription, and balance checking will no longer work. READ ALSO: Nigeria Begins Aso Villa Renovation Ahead Of Tinubu’s Inauguration Rising Ethnic Tension Between Hausa and Fulani, By Farooq A. Kperogi She Broke Nigeria’s Varsity 42-year-Record, Bagged 4.0 Perfect…

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How Charles III Was Crowned King At First UK Coronation In 70 Years

Ganiyu Amodu

Charles III on Saturday finally met his date with destiny after a lifetime as heir to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II, as he was officially crowned king in the first coronation in Britain since 1953. At 12:02 pm, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby placed the solid gold St Edward’s Crown on Charles’s head as a sacred and ancient symbol of the monarch’s authority. Cries of “God Save the King” rang out from the 2,300-strong congregation at Westminster Abbey and trumpet fanfares sounded at the climax of the solemn…

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Nigeria Begins Aso Villa Renovation Ahead Of Tinubu’s Inauguration

Abibat Babalola

President’s office, residence, Council Chamber wear new coats of paint Buhari’s successor to determine furniture as SGF panel handles renovation Ahead of the swearing-in of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29, the State House Management has begun renovating and refurbishing sections of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Saturday PUNCH observed on Friday that the concrete perimeter fence encompassing the President’s office, official residence, the Council Chamber, press gallery, as well as other administrative offices were being overlaid with new white and green paints. One of our correspondents observed on Thursday the…

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Rising Ethnic Tension Between Hausa and Fulani, By Farooq A. Kperogi

ADEOLA YUSUF

The cultural and ethnic melding of Northern Nigeria’s Hausa and the Fulani people is so deep, so labyrinthine, so time-honored, and so unexampled that a fictitious ethnic category called the “Hausa-Fulani” was invented by Nigeria’s southern press to describe the emergent ethnic alchemy it has produced. Northern intellectuals resented the label at first. For example, the late Dr. Yusufu Bala Usman, the famously iconoclastic professor of history at the Ahmadu Bello University who was ethnically Fulani and who was the scion of the Katsina and Kano royal families, condemned the…

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I Want To Retire Healthy –Anthony Joshua

Abibat Babalola

Two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua wants to make sure he is not nursing his boxing wounds well into old age after he retires from boxing. The British-Nigerian said in a recent interview that he is going to judge a part of his legacy with his health. In boxing, people walk in the gym one way and not many walk out the same way, because of the trauma and the stuff they put their body through,” Joshua told Men’s Health. “I want my legacy to be, I walked out healthy. READ ALSO:…

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Sudan Crisis: The Hajj Airlifts Dilemma, And The 3 ‘Hard’ Choices For Nigeria

Ibrahim Muhammed

The scheduled signing of 2023 hajj airlift agreements by NAHCON and the hajj carriers could not be completed due to the ongoing crisis in Sudan. The five selected Nigerian airlines, namely Max Air Air Peace, Azman Air, Aero Contractors, Arik Air, and Value Jet, promised to further make consultation before they will append their signatures to the airlift contractual agreement. President Muhammadu Buhari had approved Saudi-based Flynas and other Nigerian airlines, including Max Air Air Peace, Azman Air, Aero Contractors, Arik Air and Value Jet to fly Nigerian pilgrims. While…

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