By Banji Ayoola Whether he smokes indoors or outdoors, a smoker endangers his life, and that of his neighbours, who are forced to breathe in smoke compulsorily from his unhealthy and deadly habit. He is committing suicide, killing himself by instalment with each stick or wrapping of the dangerous substances he smokes. With his smoking, […]
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Representative of Chief Imam leading other Muslim faithful in prayer at a burial; Photo: NAN By Afis Oladosu In the Name of the Almighty, the Beneficent, the Merciful Death, which you are running away from, will certainly catch up with you. Then you will be returned to the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible […]
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Commences academic activities in new satellite campuses The Management of Rivers State University (RSU) has announced the commencement of academic activities at the university’s satellite campuses in Ahoada, Emohua, and Etche councils of the state. The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Nlerum Sunday Okogbule, while highlighting the achievements of the institution, yesterday, in Port […]
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The protesters demanding INEC declare Peter Obi the winner of the February 25th election.Pix: PM News • APC kicks as U.S. approves White House park for anti-Tinubu rally • Lalong: Interim government advocates are daydreamers • Name, arrest those behind plot, IPAC chairman, Agbakoba charges DSS • DSS alarm, ploy to arrest Atiku, Obi before […]
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Pro-democracy group, Nigeria Youth Organisation for Leadership & Right Activation, has advocated the adoption of Mr. David Lyon as the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Bayelsa State governorship election. Led by Yusuf Yahuza, the group argued that adopting Lyon, who won in the November 2019 election but was removed by […]
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Former US President Donald Trump speaks about education policy at the Adler Theatre in Davenport, Iowa on March 13, 2023. (Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP) A New York grand jury on Thursday indicted Donald Trump over hush money payments made to a porn star during his 2016 campaign, making him the first former US […]
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Allege plans to appropriate public assets for personal use Aviation workers’ unions have reiterated their earlier vow to resist the Federal Government’s plan to demolish office complexes of aviation agencies in Lagos State, to make way for a new airport city project. The unions, at a rally in Lagos, yesterday, said the Aerotropolis (airport city) […]
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Unattended candidates to write test today, tomorrow Parents and candidates for the rescheduled 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock were yesterday, disappointed, as the test could not hold in many centres due to technological hitches. In other centres across the Lagos metropolis, applicants, scheduled to write the examination at 7:00 a.m., waited in vain, […]
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Cyber security. Photo; Evansdist Criminals advance across platforms, eye mobile web, native Android, iOS As biometric registrations continue to prevail in many countries, especially in Nigeria, governments and businesses have been warned and alerted to the rise in attacks on biometrics across the globe. Specifically, a new biometric threat intelligence report from iProov, observed that […]
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United Bank for Africa (UBA) has released its audited financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2022, showing impressive performance across major indices. The 2022 financials, filed by the bank at Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), yesterday, showed that gross earnings rose to N853.2 billion from N660.2 billion recorded in 2021, representing 29.2 percent […]
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