Month: November 2022

Detectives attached to the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a final year student of the Adamu Tafawa Balewa College of Education Kangere, who stabbed his friend to death. According to a witness who spoke to the Nigerian Tribune, the deceased, Usman Umar, also a final year student of the same school, was stabbed by the suspect, Kamaluddeen Musa,…

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Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday November 30, acknowledged that prior to his takeover, the “obvious reality” was that Twitter ” has interfered in elections” through its content moderation policies.Musk’s assertion came in response to comments made by Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former head of trust and safety, who indicated that Twitter was not…

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 Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist worldwide in 2022, his third year in a row.The Puerto Rican rapper once again dominated Spotify Wrapped, the streaming service’s yearly roundup of the artists and songs its users spent the year listening to.  He beat competition from Taylor Swift,  The Weeknd and K-Pop icons BTS who made the top…

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One person has sadly lost his life after a reckless driver rammed into another car while running from a petrol station where he bought N3000 fuel and refused to pay  Twitter user @alamin_ghost shared the story online. He posted a video showing the damaged car and stated that one person lost his life as a result of the…

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The federal government has approved a new National Language Policy which makes mother tongue a compulsory medium of instruction for public primary school pupils. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this today, Nov. 30, while briefing reporters on the outcome of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the…

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A 27-year-old Iranian man was reportedly killed by state security forces on Tuesday night November 29, for honking car horn in celebration of Iran’s defeat in the World Cup by USA.  The man identified as Mehran Samak, was shot in the head after being accused of celebrating Iran’s failure to move to the World Cup’s round of 16.  Multiple…

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The federal government has blamed the high poverty rate in the country on state governments.  Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, who addressed State House Correspondents after the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said failure of state governments to contribute their quota of…

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Legendary Brazilian footballer, Pele has reportedly been admitted to the hospital with swelling all over his body and heart failure issues. The 82-year-old, currently undergoing metastatic cancer treatment, went into the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo on Tuesday November 29, for an unscheduled visit, according to ESPN Brasil, which describes Pele’s condition as ‘debilitated’. After being taken by…

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Governor Ben Ayade has been affirmed as the All Progressives Congress(APC) senatorial candidate for Cross River North by a federal high court sitting in Abuja. Justice Nkeonye Evelyn Maha who presided over the case, dismissed a lawsuit filed by Cecilia Odey against the Governor. Odey who scored no vote in the senatorial primary which Martins Orim initially won, filed…

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Prince William’s spokesman has condemned ‘unacceptable’ comments by his godmother who resigned from the royal household after she was accused of racism at a Buckingham Palace reception set up by Queen Consort Camilla. Lady Susan Hussey, 83, a former lady-in-waiting to the late Queen, quit after she allegedly refused to believe a black domestic abuse campaigner was British and…

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