Month: May 2024

Strange Disease: Zamfara Govt. Confirms 4 Deaths, 177 Cases

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Zamfara Commissioner for Health, Dr Aisha Anka has confirmed the outbreak of unknown illness in the state which recorded four deaths and 177 cases so far. Anka confirmed this in a statement issued in Gusau on Friday by the Information Officer of the ministry, Malam Bello Ibrahim. According to the commissioner, the disease is characterized by abdominal distension, accumulation of fluid in the abdomen, enlarge liver, enlarge spleen, fever and general body weakness. “The illness is found in Maradun, Shinkafi and Gusau local government areas in the state. READ…

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UN Backs Palestine’s Bid For Membership. Here’s How Your Country Voted

ADEOLA YUSUF

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has overwhelmingly voted to support a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member by recognising it as qualified to join and recommending the UN Security Council “reconsider the matter favourably”. Memberships can only be decided by the UN Security Council, and last month, the US vetoed a bid for full membership. The current resolution does not give Palestinians full membership, but recognises them as qualified to join, and it gives Palestine more participation and some rights within the UNGA. Here is a breakdown…

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10 Behaviours Of Women Happy On Surface But Lonely Underneath

ADEOLA YUSUF

▪️ Forget what they post on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram, many women mask their true emotions. This is how to know those who smile on social media but cry a lot behind the scenes.   There’s a stark contrast between appearing joyful and actually experiencing joy. The difference, you ask? It’s all about authenticity. Women who seem happy on the exterior but are battling loneliness within often mask their true emotions. These women, unknowingly, exhibit certain behaviors even when they’re trying to project a picture of contentment to the world.…

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Why Don’t Men Like Men’s World Again?, By Funke Egbemode

ADEOLA YUSUF

There is a way men want the world to work and that is the way they have skewed it since the Garden of Eden… You wanted us in the kitchen, we stayed there. You wanted us in za ozza room, we stayed there. You wanted us to be seen and not heard, we obeyed. You wanted many wives and concubines, we bore it all. What exactly are we being blamed for, please?     Which one of you started this new campaign of ‘women enslaving men’ again? I have been…

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Fela Was So Generous That He Didn’t Leave Any Inheritance For Me – Seun

ADEOLA YUSUF

Afrobeat artiste, Seun Kuti, has said that his father, Fela, left no inheritance for him due to his generosity to other people. He said he got nothing because the deceased was too generous when alive. Despite having a larger daily allowance as a student than his teacher’s salary, Seun Kuti explained, his father was focused on providing for around 1,000 individuals in his Kalakuta commune. In a video posted on his Instagram account, Seun Kuti reflected on his father’s philanthropic legacy: READ ALSO Reno Omokri And The Other Side Of…

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Reno Omokri And The Other Side Of A Praying Wife

ADEOLA YUSUF

Media man and critic, Reno Omokri, has an ironic perspective on praying wives. Whether or not other men will buy his thinking may be another thing, though. He says if a man marries lady who can really pray but he is not attracted to her, he is finished. According to him, the plan of the devil is for a man to marry a prayer warrior he is not addicted to so he can cheat on her. He claims in a tweet: “As a man, if you marry a prayer warrior…

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I Had 18 Girlfriends When I Got F9 Parallel In WASSCE – UNILAG Lecturer

ADEOLA YUSUF

A lecturer in the Department of European Languages and Integration Studies at the University of Lagos, Dr Adewale Tiamiyu, has recalled how he flatly failed the first time he sat for the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination in 1987. He got what is called F9 parallel, meaning he secured F9 in all the subjects he sat for. The reason, he said bordered on lack of seriousness and lack of focus as he had 18 girlfriends at the time, while he was also break dancing. Tiamiyu’s story, is however,…

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‘I’m Quitting Music After My Next Album’ – Davido

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerian afrobeats singer David Adeleke, aka Davido, has hinted at quitting music. The ‘Unavailable’ crooner said he would quit music after his next album. Davido disclosed this on Thursday night while reacting to the recent pictures and videos doctored against him by some blogs. He claimed that some persons desperately want him out of the music industry. READ ALSO Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Arrive In Nigeria Electricity Tariff Hike: Labour Issues 7-day Ultimatum Ibrahim Babangida, Nigeria’s Football Star, Is Dead Tijani Babangida, Wife In Road Crash, Brother Dies, Couple Hospitalised…

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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Arrive In Nigeria

ADEOLA YUSUF

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Friday morning, arrived in Nigeria for their 72-hour tour. The couple arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport aboard a British Airways flight. The flight which arrived around 5am, was delayed because of a sick pilot, according to the Daily Mail. The Duchess of Sussex had flown into Heathrow yesterday to meet up with her husband at the airport’s VIP Windsor Suite. READ ALSO Electricity Tariff Hike: Labour Issues 7-day Ultimatum Ibrahim Babangida, Nigeria’s Football Star, Is Dead Tijani Babangida, Wife In Road Crash,…

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Electricity Tariff Hike: Labour Issues 7-day Ultimatum

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The organized labour, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have written a protest letter to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC. The union, through the letter, jointly signed by the NLC president, Comrade Joe Ajaero and the TUC President, Comrade Festus Osifo, copied the secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Federal Minister of Labour & Employment, Federal Minister of Power and the All Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs), gave May 12, 2024 ultimatum within which NERC should reverse the hike…

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