Day: January 13, 2024

Rwandan Varsity Appoints Nigerian Prof Ogechi Adeola , Deputy Vice Chancellor

Ganiyu Amodu

The Governing Body of the University of Kigali (UoK) has appointed Professor Ogechi Adeola, a Professor of Marketing, as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor – Academic (DVCA), effective January 11, 2024. Professor Ogechi Adeola holds a Doctorate in Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration from Alliance Manchester Business School, United Kingdom. She earned a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Nigeria and obtained a Barrister at Law certificate from the Nigerian Law School, after which she was called to the Nigerian bar. Professor Adeola is the immediate past…

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Cape Verde Becomes Third African Country To Eliminate Malaria

Ganiyu Amodu

Cape Verde has become the third African nation to be declared malaria free, even as the disease continues to kill hundreds of thousands of people on the continent, the World Health Organization said Friday. The Atlantic archipelago of about 500,000 inhabitants follows Mauritius in 1973 and Algeria in 2019. Worldwide some 43 countries have been certified as malaria-free by the WHO, which requires showing that the domestic chain of transmission has been broken for at least three consecutive years. “I salute the government and people of Cabo Verde for their…

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BREAKING: Chelsea Defeat Fulham 1-0 At Stamford Bridge

Ganiyu Amodu

Chelsea earned a much-needed three points at Stamford Bridge against west London rivals Fulham in the early kick-off in the Premier League. A penalty from Cole Palmer was enough for the Blues to make it three wins on the bounce in the top-flight. Raheem Sterling was brought down and referee Anthony Taylor pointed straight to the spot. Palmer sent Bernd Leno the wrong way to score his ninth Premier League goal of the season. READ ALSO INTIMATE AFFAIRS: A Second Wife’s Reality Checklist, By Funke Egbemode The Significance Of Tinubu’s…

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INTIMATE AFFAIRS: A Second Wife’s Reality Checklist, By Funke Egbemode

ADEOLA YUSUF

Polygamy is not another type of marriage. Polygamy is another level in the marriage pantheon. It is a special kind of marriage that involves more than one woman loving and laying claims to one man. Of course, no wife wants to hear of or have to contend with it, because no woman really wants to share the heart or any part of her man. But polygamy is real and I bet, at least one marriage is threatened by this harsh reality even as you read this. Do I support it?…

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The Significance Of Tinubu’s First Week Of 2024, By Tunde Rahman

ADEOLA YUSUF

There couldn’t have been a better predictor of what to expect from President Bola Tinubu in 2024 than the way and manner he began the New Year. For the President, 2024 started on a business like, work-filled note. While many were still savouring the New Year, the Nigerian leader cut short his Christmas/New Year holiday in Lagos on January 1, returned to Abuja to sign the N28.7 trillion 2024 Appropriation Bill passed by the National Assembly. It was his first assignment in the New Year. The way he did it…

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How Man Swapped 48 ATM Cards of Nigerian Bank Customers

Abibat Babalola

Justice A. A. Bello of the Kaduna State High Court in Northwest Nigeria has convicted and sentenced one Idris Musa, to ten years imprisonment for fraudulently swapping 48 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards from different bank customers.  Musa was arrested and arraigned before the court on one count bordering on cheating by the operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC said that Musa’s journey to prison started when he was arrested for swapping ATM cards of unsuspecting victims under the pretence…

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