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Nigerian robotics engineer Silas Adekunle shuts down the engineering firm he co-founded

NIGERIAN-born robotics engineer Silas Adekunle has shut down the UK engineering firm Reach Robotics that he co-founded a few years ago saying he now intends to focus on other things.

 

Mr Adekunle who gained international attention with his famous Mekamon robot, runs Reach Robotics from Bristol in southwest England. One of his co-founders John Rees confirmed that the decision has been made to close the business and appoint administrators, effective from September 2.

 

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Thousands of passengers remain stranded as British Airline Pilots Association strike bits

THOUSANDS of Nigerian passengers face being stranded over the next few days as British Airways announced it has been forced to cancel almost all its flights from UK airports on the first day of a pilots strike.

 

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South African mobs walks out on Buthelezi as he reminds them who backed the liberation struggle

HUNDREDS of South Africans walked out of a meeting in Johannesburg called to combat the ongoing scourge of xenophobia when Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) founder Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi asked them to remember the sacrifices made by other Africans during the liberation struggle.

 

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Orji Uzor Kalu sells his banking operations in six African countries for a cool sum of $10m

FORMER Abia State governor and current chief whip of the Nigerian senate Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has sold his shareholding in Gambian-registered First International Banking (Fib) for about $10m ending his presence the financial markets of six African companies.

 

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It appears we still have unfinished business from the liberation struggle

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] Do you know that between 1960 and 1995, Nigeria spent over $61bn to fight apartheid, more than any other country in the world. This was supposed to be an investment in the future of our continent but alas, typically, we have just wasted that money. Since the end of apartheid in 1994, Nigeria has failed to come up with a coherent pan-African roadmap

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Africa should have united and insisted that Toyota’s new Ghanaian plant only produces electric-powered vehicles

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Over the last fortnight or so we have been making a lot of noise about the fact that Toyota is locating its new assembly plant in Ghana instead of Nigeria without debating the real issue. By 2030, about one third of the world’s cars will be electric, so why are we Africans not part of this environmental revolution?

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Southeast governors say they are ready for dialogue after Ipob gives several conditions for peace

GOVERNORS of the five Igbo-speaking states in the southeast geo-political zone have said they are ready to engage in dialogue with the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) to resolve their differences.

 

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Nigerians in South Africa hopeful that Buhari's visit will bring an end to xenophobic attacks

NIGERIANS in South Africa have expressed delight that Presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Cyril Ramaphosa plant to hold a bilateral summit next month to address the incessant occurrences of xenophobic attacks against them.

 

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Ahmed Musa drops out of Tuesday's Ukraine friendly after failing to recover from injury

SUPER Eagles winger Ahmed Musa has pulled out of Tuesday's friendly game against Ukraine after failing to recover from an injury he picked up in a league match for his Saudi Arabian clubside Al-Nassr.

 

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Nnamdi Kanu warns southeastern governors that anyone owing salaries must not travel abroad

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has warned governors from the five states of Nigeria's southeast geo-political zone that they should not travel abroad if they owe workers salaries or they face being attacked.

 

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