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THE YOUNG MAN, SEYI-BELLO By Austin Chris

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Bello Oluwaseyi Victor, Popularly known as Seyi-Bello is an indigene of Ayede Bunu in Kabba/Bunu LGA. He was born in Ikare Akoko, Ondo State. He attended All saints Anglican Primary school Ilepa, Ikare Akoko, and had his Junior Secondary Education at Agboriki Comprehensive High School. For being active in football, he was awarded a Local Government Football scholarship to further his senior secondary school Education at Lennon Jubilee Secondary school Ikare Akoko.   Seyi studied Economics at the University of Abuja and later left to study his dream profession (Journalism)…

Big Shock! Yakubu Aiyegbeni Retires From Football

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Nigerian striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 35. Aiyegbeni had been a free agent after being released by Coventry City earlier this year but after not signing for a new club, the Nigerian striker has decided to end his playing days. After first moving to English football in January 2003, Aiyegbeni went on to enjoy a fine career with teams competing in the Premier League and Championship, with 367 appearances being made in all competitions. Aiyegbeni represented Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, Leicester City,…

AREWA MEN ARE SCUM By Mu’awiyyah Yusuf Muye

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An arewa man is arguably the most difficult husband any woman can ever have. Doesn’t mean they aren’t great husbands, being difficult doesn’t equate to being a total failure, This write up is not intended to bash arewa men in general or stereotype them either, as ofcourse there are exceptions, but an average arewa man to be honest doesn’t give his wife her rights fully. That’s why it bothers me so much when I see all these clueless women who tag themselves feminists, because to be honest, most of the…

NPO Proscribes Beat Associations

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The umbrella media body, the Nigeria Press Organisation (NPO), has proscribed Beat associations by journalists. NPO is made up of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN), the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE). The NPO, in a statement on its behalf yesterday by Mr. Feyi Smith, the executive secretary of the NPAN, said it “viewed with concern, the continued proliferation of Beat associations across the industry”. The statement added: “This development constitutes a drawback on the laudable objective of media houses deploying reporters…

Gov Jibrilla Bindow Expresses Shock Over the Death of Dr Alex Ekwueme

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Adamawa State Governor, Senator Mohammed Umar Jibrilla Bindow, has expressed shock over the death of former Vice President, Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, who died in a London clinic on Sunday 19th November, 2017. He described the sad event as a great loss not only to Ndigbo, but to Nigeria and Africa in general. In a statement by the Special Assistant, Media and publicity to the governor, Macauley Hunohashi, the Governor was deeply saddened by the death of Dr Ekwueme. He said “it came at a time when his experience, wisdom…

Islamic Scholar Tells Parents To Invest More on Children’s Upbringing

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Muslims have been advised to increase their investment into the upbringing of their children, to ensure a more prosperous society and better secured future. An Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Mohammed Bn Yahaya made the call on Sunday when he delivered a lecture at the Al-Habbibiya Muslim society in Abuja. He warned that continuing neglect and failure of parents to instill proper values in the children and younger ones ,contributed to increasing corruption, insecurity and social vices in the society. “let’s inject values into the hearts of the young because of their…

Nigerian Scientist Claims Medical Breakthrough, Discovery Of Cure For Diabetes, Hepatitis, Stroke, paralysis, Cancer, Others

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A Nigerian medical scientist, Prince Ayodele I. Adeleye has recorded a break through for discovering permanent cure for some chronic diseases known to have no cure according to world medical records history. The disease according to his claims include diabetics, strokes/paralysis, hepatitis, cancer, BP, ulcer, epilepsy and sickle cell. The scientist has also improved on therapy that now reduces to two hours, the treatment and cure for HIV/Aids, including kidney, plus other damaged organs. (Prof.) Adeleye, made the outcome of his breakthrough public penultimate week after an age-long research where…

An Accident El-Rufai Can’t Help By Azu Ishiekwene

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Governor Nasir El-Rufai may have been an accidental public servant by his own account, but he may well be the sort of accident that the public service needs. In a battle that promises to be nasty, the governor said he would fire 21,780 or two-thirds of the teachers in Kaduna State who failed a competency test based on a scheme of work for primary four pupils. Teachers in the state and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress have promised the governor hell and actually started paving the way for…

MONEY HAS RELOCATED By Bello Oluwaseyi Victor

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A couple of weeks ago, I was with some friends discussing about life in general. One of them made a very strong statement that *”Money has relocated to a strange land”* and since then I have been doing some research on finding where exactly this strange land is. After my thorough research and survey, I finally found where money has relocated to. Believe me, truly money is no longer where it use to be, it is in the strangest of all places that one can ever imagine. I would like…

Save The Consumers Initiative To Mark World Toilet Day in Rural Communities

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A Non Governmental Organisation, Save The Consumers has said that it will mark this year World Toilet Day in some selected Communities in Niger State and Federal Capital Territory. In a statement released in Abuja by the Executive Director of Save The Consumers, Dr Aliyu Ilias, the NGO would mark the 2017 World Toilet Day with Government Girls Arabic School, Dikko, Gurara Local Government, Maje Central Market, Suleja Local government both of Niger state,and People with Disabilities ,at Agwan-Guragu ,Karamajii , FCT, Abuja, Ilias said ” the practice of defecating in…