Dinesh Rathi
29 Jul 2024
IWEREKUN Community Senior High School, Lakowe, Lagos State, has emerged the winner of the 2024 Tolaram Science Challenge (TSC), defeating Ibeju Senior High School, Ibeju, during the grand finale of the competition sponsored by the Lagos Free Zone (LFZ) Company at the weekend. Sixteen secondary schools took part in this year's edition of the competition,…
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An elderly British couple has been arrested by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan, their daughter said Monday, urging UK diplomats to do "everything in their power" to secure their release. Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who are in their seventies, have run school training programmes in the south Asian country for 18 years. Their daughter Sarah Entwistle…
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has carried out heavy airstrikes on bandits’ camps in the eastern part of Shinkafi Local Government Area, neutralizing several armed criminals and destroying their hideouts. Intelligence sources hinted to Zagazola Makama, a competent counter-insurgency media expert, that the air raids targeted the residence of a notorious bandit leader, Kachalla Haru,…
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A court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province found two men guilty of sexual relations Monday and sentenced them to be publicly flogged, an official said. While gay sex is not illegal elsewhere in Indonesia—the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation—it is illegal in Aceh province, which imposes sharia, the Islamic law code. In November, locals raided…
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The Visionary African Women Summit 2025, a pivotal event designed to unite African women from diverse sectors and foster inspiration, empowerment, and nation-building is set to be held in Casablanca, Morocco in June. Also featuring the conferment of awards of recognition to deserving individuals, the Summit is taking place from June 16th to 22nd, 2025…
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The management of the Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA) in Katsina State has announced a one-week mid-semester break starting from Feb. 24. The closure of the school followed a protest embarked on by the students on Sunday after they alleged that the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) had shot to death one of their colleagues. The…
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The United Nations Positive Livelihood Award Centre (UN-POLAC) has appointed Engr Peter Ohagwa as its new Country president. The Guardian reports that Engr. Ohagwa, who is to pilot the affairs of the organisation towards promoting peace, stability, and development within the next five years, took over from Prof. Funmilayo Davies whose tenure ended in December…
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The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream
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A former French surgeon was to go on trial Monday, charged with raping or sexually assaulting almost 300 patients, most of them children and some of them unconscious at the time. Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, is already in jail after being found guilty in 2020 of abusing four children, including two of his nieces. In…
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The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, on Sunday said that Nigeria’s North-East Geopolitical Zone had a legacy project of President Bola Tinubu administration. The minister said in Lagos that the fourth legacy project of the administration stretched from Akwanga to Jos, Bauchi, and Gombe. Umahi gave the assurance at a stakeholder engagement on the…
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A 400-level student of the Federal University, Dutsinma (FUDMA), in Katsina State, Sa'id Abdulkadir was killed by vigilantes Sunday night. Abdulkadir, who is an undergraduate in the Department of Agriculture, was shot dead while on a commercial motorcycle. It was learnt that the vigilantes at a checking point ordered the commercial motorcyclist to stop, but…