Zamfara report finds two former governors and monarchs culpable for the spread of banditry

TWO former Zamfara State governors and several traditional rulers have been indicted for collusion and complicity in the crime wave currently sweeping across the state as a report has found them culpable through their actions and inactions.

 

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Anthony Joshua says he is not a sulker so cannot wait to get back into the ring for a rematch

ANTHONY Joshua has dismissed suggestions that he is washed up saying that he will bounce back from his defeat to Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk last night and reclaim the world title belts he surrendered.

 

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These Ethiopians patriots have provided us with an example of the spirit needed to defeat the Taliban and Fulani herdsmen

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[1] We are just a week away from the October 3 anniversary of the Second Italian-Ethiopian War of 1935 where Benito Mussolini sought revenge for the humiliation Italy suffered during the Battle of Adowa in 1896

[2] In one of the most callous acts ever seen before, on October 3 1935, 200,000 soldiers of the Italian Army commanded by Marshal Emilio De Bono attacked from Eritrea (then an Italian colonial possession) without prior declaration of war

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Olanrewaju Shitta-Bey made a professor of philosophy at the University of Maryland

NIGERIAN philosopher Professor Olanrewaju Shitta-Bey has been promoted to the rank of professor of philosophy and humanities by the University of Maryland Global Campus in the US over the last week.

 

Prior to his promotion, Professor Shitta-Bey was an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Humanities of the university. According to the lecturer, his promotion will benefit Nigeria and humanity.

 

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Boko Haram and Iswap fighters relocate to Kaduna where they begin training kidnappers

SEVERAL Boko Haram terrorists are believed to have moved out of their base in the northeast and relocated to Kaduna where they are training criminal gangs and bandits on how to use firearms.

 

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Nigerian-American John Dabiri appointed to Biden's council of advisors on science and technology

NIGERIAN-born aeronautical engineer Professor John Dabiri has been appointed as a member of the President Joe Biden's council of advisors on science and technology which counsels the presidency on technological matters.

 

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10 Nigerian food products that need to be packaged and marketed like pizza under an ambitious $10bn Food Foreign Exchange Programme

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[1] Abula
[2] Suya/asun/kilishi
[3] Pepper soup
[4] Jollof/fried rice
[5] Moi-moi and ogi
[6] Gari and fish
[7] Nkwobi
[8] Fried yam and akara
[9] Yam porridge
[10] Pounded yam and egusi

With foreign direct investment in sort supply, it is time to think outside the box. Ministers need to be given foreign exchange targets, which they should meet or get sacked.

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Buhari uses his UN address to call for writing off of developing nations' debts in the wake of Covid-19

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari used his address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to call earlier today to call on industrialised nations to write off developing nations' debts to enable them recover from the debilitating effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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UK assures Nigerian health authorities that she will not moved to Covid-19 red list

BRITAIN has assured the federal government that under no circumstances will Nigeria be added to the red list of countries whose citizens face severe restrictions when they visit the UK as they are happy with the nation's vaccination programme.

 

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