Boko Haram Ambush Attack :Zulum Reacts on Killing of 8 Policemen Other Security Personnel

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Governor of Borno State, Prof Babagana Zulum has lamented the killing of eight Policemen and three members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF), who were ambushed in Kukawa Local Government Area on Friday. Zulum lamentation is contained in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Strategies, Malam Isa Gusau, in Maiduguri on Saturday. The Governor said that two convoys; one belonging to the governor and...

APC-Buhari Regime is leading a “Pull Igbo down strategy”  ―Former Gov. Ezeife Charges

■ The Igbo man is destined for success and we succeed but we do not manage our successes effectively. ■ The present government of Nigeria is doing so much against the Igbo People, telling that they don’t belong. ■ Pull Igbo down strategy seem to be the present government policy. ■ The Igboman can fix Nigeria using egalitarianism. ■ With Igbo presidency or an Igboman at the top, Nigeria will experience explosive economic growth WAP...

France Insists on Mali’s Return to Civilian Rule

French President Emmanuel Macron, in a September 22 UN General Assembly (UNGA) speech, made continued French military involvement contingent upon Mali’s restoration of civilian rule. He was blunt: “They (the junta) must put Mali on the irreversible path of returning to civilian power and organize rapid elections.” And, “France […] can only remain engaged on this condition.” As he has in the past, Macron was also clear that France has a low tolerance level for popular demonstrations against...

The Numbers Behind America’s 180 on Athlete Activism

For 50 dormant years – roughly, the period between Muhammad Ali’s heyday and the Miami Heat donning hoodies after Trayvon Martin’s murder – athletes, as a general rule, steered clear of politics. Teams and leagues liked it that way, as did sponsors. Why take a stand if it might cost you a customer? Fans seemed to like it that way, too. In a national survey conducted in 2016, after Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the national anthem to...

Boko Haram Attacked Borno Convoy, Killed 15 Security Personnel

By Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz, Regional Correspondent Following an ambush attack by suspected Boko Haram on a convoy of Borno officials travelling to Baga town, at least 15 security personnel comprising eight policemen, three soldiers, and four Civilian-JTF personnel were reportedly on Friday. The deadly attack came four days after a colonel, D.C. Bako died after another ambush by Boko Haram terrorists. The attacked officials, according to sources familiar with the attack, were heading to Baga...

Art Protests Shine Spotlight on Post-Colonial Restitution Question

Mwazulu Diyabanza, a Congolese-origin activist in France, first attracted social media attention by seeming to steal an artifact from the Quai Branly Museum in Paris to protest slavery, colonialism and the alleged French theft of Africa’s cultural patrimony. The attempted theft was carefully staged for live streaming. The museum authorities stopped the theft. In July, he repeated his protest at a museum in Marseilles. It was also live-streamed. Diyabanza is now back in the news because he, along...

Misinformation: Over 200 SMEDAN Applicants Protest, Blocks Jimeta-Yola Road

A two-day training organized by the Adamawa State Bureau of Public Procurement in collaboration with Charterhouse Consulting Limited for representatives of Micro, Small and Medium Size Enterprises across the 21 local government areas Adamawa state has witnessed a protest in Yola by applicants of Small Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Agency (SMEDAN). The protesters who barricaded Jimeta-Yola road for about one and half hours before the arrival of Policemen and Officials of the Civil Defence...

A language Generation Program’s Ability to Write Articles, Produce Code and Compose Poetry Has Wowed Scientists

Seven years ago, my student and I at Penn State built a bot to write a Wikipedia article on Bengali Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s play “Chitra.” First, it culled information about “Chitra” from the internet. Then it looked at existing Wikipedia entries to learn the structure for a standard Wikipedia article. Finally, it summarized the information it had retrieved from the internet to write and publish the first version of the entry. However, our bot...

Yoruba Nation Will Get a Blood-Free Succession – Yoruba World Congress

The President-General of the Yoruba World Congress (YWC), Prof. Banji Akintoye, on Wednesday, said that the over 55 million Yoruba people in the South-West would get its sovereign Yoruba nation from Nigeria without breaking the law of Nigeria or shedding blood. The President-General stated this at the YWC House in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, during the remembrance celebration of the Kiriji War, which took place over 130 years ago. Akintoye said, “We have been...

ECOWAS Court to Hear Appeals Against Mali’s Sanctions on Friday

The ECOWAS Court of Justice will begin the hearing of the suit instituted by two Malian groups on Friday. The suit is challenging the legality of the August 18, 2020 sanction imposed on Mali shortly after the Military coup stagged against the democratic President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The statement by the media unit of the ECOWAS Court added that the suit was, on September 9, 2020, instituted by two groups, against the ECOWAS Commission and...

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