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Leo Igwe To all Muslims across the country, I send you once again my heartfelt greetings and salutations on behalf of humanists and atheists in Nigeria as you mark yet another festival in your religious calendar. I send you this message at a critical time in the history of the relationship between humanists/Atheists and Muslims […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/337rVpP via EDUPEDIA

John Danfulami The U.S. is unarguably the most powerful country in post Napoleonic state system–contemporary world. A confluence of variables like; its gargantuan size, geographical location, Union Treaty, alliance system, liberal philosophy, military might and democratic institutions engineered their unprecedented rise to stardom in a comity of nations. In summary: the U.S. is from all […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2Xd3MdY via EDUPEDIA

A 52-year-old man, Adetokunbo Adelopo, who is also the pastor and General Overseer of New Life Church of God, Sagamu, Ogun State, has been arrested for kidnapping and detaining a dispatch rider, Job Ekpo Jonathan, in an underground hole inside his church The suspect was arrested at Lokosi area of Sagamu on July 17, 2020. […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3fdDQ8a via EDUPEDIA

Olabode Oluwaseun, a 47-year-old man, has allegedly beaten his pregnant wife identified as Blessing, to death in Ondo State.  Oluwaseun was said to have hit his late wife on the abdomen, leading to the death of she and her unborn child. The accused was arraigned before the Magistrates Court, Akure, on one count charge on […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3jSev73 via EDUPEDIA

Edo State deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, has mocked Adams Oshiomhole, ousted National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, for kneeling down while campaigning for Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Oshiomhole had knelt to beg council of traditional rulers in Edo State to vote for APC’s candidate, Ize-Iyamu, in the September 19 governorship election. Shaibu said kneeling would not […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3jSBf6W via EDUPEDIA

A 300-level student of the Department of European Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Gbadebo Richard, has died in an industrial accident in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, on Tuesday. SaharaReporters gathered that the accident happened at the Oluyole factory of Henkel Nigeria Limited, producers of WAW detergent and soap. Twenty-year-old Richard, who was […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2XqkUNx via EDUPEDIA

There was uproar at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday after two airplanes collided at the international wing of the airport.  An Airbus A330-243 owned by Middle East Airlines with registration number OD-MEA, ran into a Boeing 777 airplane with registration number TC-LJC operated by Turkish Airlines.  Sources at the airport said the […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3jSB9w6 via EDUPEDIA

Babakaka Shehu Ngorgi At least 10 soldiers including a newly married senior officer, who fought to repel a Boko Haram attack, were killed by members of the terror group last week, security sources told SaharaReporters. The newly married officer, a lieutenant, was identified as Babakaka Shehu Ngorgi of the 202 Battalion in Bama, Borno State. […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/30XCbhO via EDUPEDIA

Boko Haram fighters on Wednesday opened fire on the convoy of Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno State, SaharaReporters has gathered. Security sources said that the insurgents attacked the convoy of Zulum at Baga town. Sahara Reporters Media The attack comes three months after Ali Modu Sheriff, a former governor of the state, was attacked by […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2DeGmOe via EDUPEDIA

Nurses at the Ondo State University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital have berated the management of the teaching hospital for owing three months salary arrears. The nurses chided the management of the teaching hospital headed by Dr Oluwole Ige, lamenting the lack of adequate welfare from the hospital. However, the hospital denied claims by the […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2EufOcd via EDUPEDIA

Four policemen have been killed after some gunmen attacked a bullion van at Ezzambo Junction in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, carting away an undisclosed amount of money. SaharaReporters gathered that the gunmen, suspected to be a gang of armed robbers, had trailed the bullion van said to belong to a commercial bank […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2Xbp6jM via EDUPEDIA

Dr Daniel Ismaila Shagah has emerged as the new king of Bachama Kingdom in Adamawa State. Shagah’s emergence followed his election by eight out of 10 kingmakers and subsequent approval by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, according to spokesperson for the kingdom, Timawus Mathias. The new monarch had served and retired as Director of Finance and […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/312Edx1 via EDUPEDIA

The Nigerian Government has said that the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations organised by the National Examination Council for SS3 pupils will commence on October 5 and end on November 18, 2020. The government also said that the National Business and Technical Examination Board examinations will start on September 21 and end on October 15, […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/30bEHC4 via EDUPEDIA

Some suspected bandits have invaded Agudu, Bassa community in Koton Karfe Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing 14 persons, 13 from one family while six other persons were injured. A resident of the town told SaharaReporters that the bandits stormed the community around 2:00am on Wednesday and operated for hours. “The bandits stormed our […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/338rQ5i via EDUPEDIA

Bayo Oluwasanmi In March, Major General Olusegun Adeniyi in a viral video revealed that soldiers lacked weapons to fight Boko Haram terrorists. The core dilemma for a soldier is to fight an enemy combatant without weapons. Adeniyi exercised his selective conscientious objections to fight Boko Haram without weapons. His unwillingness to fight on moral grounds, […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/30YJ3eW via EDUPEDIA

The Southern Kaduna Caucus in the House of Representatives have raised the alarm over a fresh plot by bandits to launch another attack on people of the region after the Eid-il-Kabir break. The caucus comprising five lawmakers from the area, revealed this on Wednesday in Abuja while reacting to the recent killings in the region. […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/308zQ4v via EDUPEDIA

The exposé of the massive acts of corruption, with impunity, in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is not new to those that have been following that cancerous plague in Nigeria. From the misappropriation and embezzlement of billions by state governments to the rotten sink-hole in Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC); from the Billions diverted […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/39BxRZE via EDUPEDIA

Coalition for Revolution The Coalition for Revolution has called on Nigerians to rise up and demand better governance from the country’s political leaders by participating in its National Day of Action on August 5. The event is in commemoration of the first anniversary of the #RevolutionNow campaign, which saw people across different parts of Nigeria […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/337DdL1 via EDUPEDIA

James Ibori A former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, has been appointed as patron of the Former Governors Forum, a group made up of past state governors in Nigeria. In a letter signed by Chairman of the group and former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, and Prof Tunde Esan, the Executive Secretary, Ibori’s […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2P7Ne2w via EDUPEDIA

Ifemosu Michael Adewale My name is Ifemosu Michael Adewale and I am compelled to write this article on the One Million Dollar Question begging for answer; Who Sold Nigeria to the British for Eight Hundred and sixty five thousand Pounds? The above question appeared on Guardian Nigeria Newspaper in the year 2014, no one took […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/39EVW1F via EDUPEDIA

Osmund Agbo Apart from going to church every Sunday and surrendering to the Catholic church’s century-old worship rituals observed in Latin, my dad was hardly an overly religious man. I remember being in this one prayer session where everyone spoke in tongues except him. It couldn’t have been that bad if cynicism was not written […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2BF5HjM via EDUPEDIA

Considering the current trends in the Nigerian political space; disrespect for rule of law, contempt for courts, dilapidated healthcare centers (with no syringe in the Aso Villa clinic), insecurity, hunger, poor housing scheme, poor educational funding, bad roads, poor electricity supply, degenerating infrastructure, systemic corruption and being the world capital for extreme, multidimensional poverty, I […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2X7s88C via EDUPEDIA

File Photo Survivors of the recent attacks on Southern Kaduna have narrated their ordeal in the hands of gunmen who stormed their communities, killing women and older people. In separate interviews with SaharaReporters on Tuesday, they said aside from the killings, many houses were set on fire, rendering the residents homeless. Many villagers have gone […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3jQ3FOW via EDUPEDIA

ECWA Church in Tudun Wada, Jos An aid worker has recounted how a mysterious rain quelled a fire that was set on Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) by herdsmen who recently attacked Zikpak, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Assailants of Fulani extraction attacked the Zikpak community last week, killing people and leaving them […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3jPHaJX via EDUPEDIA

Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai The Army has said Southern Kaduna killings are not the result of one-sided attacks, as reported in some quarters. It said it was working on improving response time across steep terrain, increasing the number of troops in the area and expecting support from the Air Force. Major-General […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/335kSy3 via EDUPEDIA

From January to July 2020, at least 178 persons were killed in local government areas of Southern Kaduna, data from Civic Media Lab’s life count and media report of killings gathered by SaharaReporters show. Gunmen of Fulani ethnicity reportedly perpetrated most of the attacks. Reports say 207 arrests were made last week. The figure (178) […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2BKho92 via EDUPEDIA

The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has appealed to the Niger Delta Development Commission to pay the allowances, tuition and other incentives of students on its scholarship scheme in the United Kingdom. She said the students had turned beggars following the non-payment of their tuition and allowances by the NDDC. Some of the […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3jPWy9o via EDUPEDIA

Ghana Voters card The Kaneshie District Court on Tuesday sentenced Isaiah Chima, 31-year-old Nigerian, to six months imprisonment in hard labour for attempting to register in the ongoing Ghana voters’ registration. Chima, a tailor, pleaded guilty to attempt to register as a voter contrary to Section 24 (a) of CI. Election Regulation 1995 and was […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/33iqk0P via EDUPEDIA

Nigeria is awaiting the return of $200m from the Netherlands and Switzerland from the Oil Prospecting Licence 245 deal, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said. The News Agency of Nigeria reported on Tuesday that Malami said this while declaring open a capacity building workshop and interactive session with […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/39CIon9 via EDUPEDIA