April 25, 2021

Stop Appointing Politicians As VC, Council Members – Prof Olaofe

Stop Appointing Politicians As VC, Council Members – Prof Olaofe

April 25, 2021 1:30 pm

Former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics, Professor Olorunfemi Olaofe has urged the government to always appoint competent people as vice-chancellors and members of the governing council of universities.

Prof. Olaofe who lamented that politicians who know little or nothing about academics are being appointed to manage universities in the country said such was part of the sources of challenges facing university education in Nigeria.

The Professor of Industrial Chemistry who also called for autonomy and proper funding for the universities said people of proven integrity should be employed to manage our universities.

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Soyinka Says Nigeria Disintegrating, Calls For National Conference

Youths Are Not Ritual Offerings – Soyinka Tells FG

April 25, 2021 1:18 pm

Following the killing of Greeenfield University, Kaduna students and a high level of insecurity in Nigeria, Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to seek help and stop playing with human lives in the country.

Soyinka stated this in a statement released on Saturday, titled: ‘The endless Martyrdom of youth.’

He warned the government to stop playing with the lives of youths , adding that they are the future of Nigeria not ‘Ritual offering’

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Rescue Pastor Yakuru Before Boko Haram Execution – Christian Leaders

Boko Haram Product Of Ignorance, Poverty – UI Don

April 25, 2021 1:16 pm

The Dean of Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Professor Afis Oladosu, has declared that Boko Haram menace is a product of ignorance and poverty.

Oladosu made this disclosure while speaking during the 3rd annual Shina Peller/ Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council Ramadan Lecture/Iftar held at NUJ Press Centre in Ibadan at the weekend.

The don in his lecture ‘Islamic perspective: Media, leadership and quest for national unity in the face of growing insecurity in the land’, said that Boko Haram menace which is one of the major security challenges in the country is the result of

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Netflix To Partners Ikorodu Bois In New Campaign

Netflix To Partners Ikorodu Bois In New Campaign

April 25, 2021 1:57 am

Popular Nigerian Kid-skit makers, Ikorodu Bois are set to be featured by Netflix in its Oscar Weekend Film Brand Campaign which is expected to begin soon.

The Ikorodu Bois are a group of brothers and one cousin from Lagos, Nigeria, who have become a viral sensation over their ability to remake their favorite movie trailers in their free time.

The company, in a statement sighted by Africa Daily News, New York, said its campaign was targeted at celebrating fans for the important role they play — for watching, loving, discussing, and even recreating Netflix movies.

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Turkey Probes 2nd Crypto Exchange As Market

Turkey Probes 2nd Crypto Exchange As Market Implodes

April 25, 2021 1:50 am
Turkey on Saturday detained the chief of one of the country’s biggest cryptocurrency firms as it intensified a manhunt for the founder of another exchange who fled to Albania.
This is coming following President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government plans to rein in the unregulated digital currency market.
According to reports, the volume of crypto purchases in the nation of 84 million people rose 10-fold between November and March as Turks sought ways to preserve their savings during a steady drop in the value of the lira currency.
Intrsetingly, the market began to unravel when the Istanbul-based Thodex exchange’s founder Faruk
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Sri Lanka Arrests Muslim Leader Over Easter Attacks

Sri Lanka Arrests Muslim Leader Over Easter Attacks

April 25, 2021 1:44 am

The police in Sri Lanka on Saturday announced that it has arrested a top Muslim legislator in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed 279 people.

This breakthrough was achieved just as pressure mounted to speed up the investigation.

According to reports, detectives took Rishad Bathiudeen, leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Party (ACMP) and a former minister, into custody under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), police spokesman Ajith Rohana said.

Bathiudeen and his brother Riyaaj were arrested in pre-dawn raids on their homes in Colombo.

‘They were arrested under the PTA based on circumstantial and …

Werner's Goal Helps Chelsea Tighten Top Four Grip

Werner’s Goal Helps Chelsea Tighten Top Four Grip

April 25, 2021 1:36 am
Chelsea’s quest to play Champions League football next season got a major boost on Saturday as Timo Werner’s goal earned a 1-0 win over West Ham.

Following a long week dominated by controversies surrounding England’s ‘big six’ plans to guarantee top-level European football every season via a breakaway Super League (ESL), however, Chelsea and Liverpool turned their attentions to trying to earn a top-four Premier League finish on the field as they were both in action yesterday.

Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, and Tottenham were the other four English clubs involved in proposals for the ESL, which collapsed within 48
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African Union Urges End To Military Rule In Chad

African Union Urges End To Military Rule In Chad

April 25, 2021 1:29 am

The African Union has appealed to all relevant stakeholders to do everything possible to ensure a possible end to military rule in Chad, whose president was killed by rebels a fortnight ago.

Shortly after the death of the former dictator, the army immediately announced that Idriss Déby’s son would head a military council for 18 months before elections were held.

The recent twist is that former colonial power France, which has a large military base in Chad, appears to back the takeover for ‘stability‘ amid ‘exceptional circumstances‘.

Opposition parties have equally spoken out to also condemn

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130 Killed In Libya Shipwreck, Despite SOS Calls

130 Killed In Libya Shipwreck, Despite SOS Calls

April 25, 2021 1:21 am

No fewer than 130 people lost their lives to a shipwreck off the Libyan coast despite SOS calls for help according to the UN migration agency.

The tragedy was confirmed late on Thursday by the volunteer rescue vessel, Ocean Viking, which found dozens of bodies floating in the water northeast of Tripoli.

It had been in distress since Wednesday morning, the NGO said in a statement.

Speaking to journalists in Geneva Switzerland, IOM spokesperson, Ms. Safa Msehli, said that the victims had been on board a rubber dinghy for two days before it sank in the central Mediterranean.

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We’re Not Asking Fulanis To Leave Our land But… — Afenifere

We’re Not Asking Fulanis To Leave Our land But… — Afenifere

April 25, 2021 1:15 am

The Acting leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, yesterday said the group was not against the continued stay of the Fulanis in Yorubaland as widely speculated in the several quarters by mischief-makers.

According to him, the group is only asking the criminals elements among the Fulani to vacate the land in the interest of peace.

‘We are certainly not asking the Fulanis among us to leave. Those we are asking to leave are those among them who engage in various acts of banditry like kidnapping, raping of our women, killing, preventing our farmers from cultivating …

Nigeria Now Under The Grip Of The Devil — Islamic Cleric

Nigeria Now Under The Grip Of The Devil — Islamic Cleric

April 25, 2021 1:05 am
The Chief Imam, Fouad Lababidi Central Mosque, Abuja, Dr. Tajudeen Adigun Bello, has stated that Nigeria is currently under the grip of Shaytan (devil), warning that except the leaders and the led discontinue their negative lifestyles for righteousness, ‘Allah’ may not change the situation in the country.
 

The Islamic cleric made this assertion on Saturday in Abuja at the 2nd annual Ramadan lecture of the Forum for Islamic Guidance (FIG) with the theme: ‘Freedom from the Slavery of Sin‘.

Bello who was represented by Imam Mohammad Buhari Musa of Citec Mosque Mbora Estate Abuja, Dr. Bello

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Insecurity, Dwindling Economy Sinking Nigeria - Okowa

Insecurity, Dwindling Economy Sinking Nigeria – Okowa

April 25, 2021 12:57 am

The Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has asserted that Nigeria was in troubled times due to a dwindling economy occasioned by various factors, including worsening insecurity across the country.

The governor made this assertion yesterday at the funeral service of Mrs. Comfort Nwagimeje which was held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Agbor, while urging Nigerians to pray that God should change the situation.

According to him, many people were hungry and could no longer feed themselves because they can’t farm the way they used to due to growing insecurity.

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