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Three teachers and an unspecified number of students of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State were abducted Thursday, June 17, the Kebbi state police command has confirmed. A statement by Nafiu Abubakar, spokesperson of the state police command, says a combined team of Police operatives are currently in hot pursuit of the bandits who attacked the school. He mentioned that the team comprising operatives from the Police Mobile Force, Anti-kidnapping and Counter-terrorism units, are currently combing nearby forests, routes, and suspected hideouts of the criminals. ”The Kebbi State Commissioner of Police, CP Adeleke Adeyinka, mni while condemning the…

Chief Edwin Clark, the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has advocated the need by all to build a united Nigeria where all citizens are equal. Clark who spoke during a press conference in Abuja said ‘’We must build up a united Nigeria where all citizens are equal, and have equal opportunity to aspire to any position in their God-given land without being subjugated or reduced to become subjects without any rights in their own country. Issuing the statement against the background of rising insecurity, he said ‘’We have watched with restrained patience, the reckless and irresponsible utterances…

President Joe Biden, Thursday, signed into law legislation establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence, a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States of America. The holiday is the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1963 and becomes at least the 11th Federal holiday recognized by the US federal government. The US Office of Personnel Management announced Thursday that most federal employees will observe the holiday on Friday since Juneteenth falls on a Saturday this year. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union Major General Gordon Granger announced the end…

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first president and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism, has died. Aged 97, Kaunda was admitted to a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka, on Monday suffering from pneumonia. His aides said he did not have Covid-19 vaccine. Before this time, he had written Zambia Shall Be Free, Kaunda’s 1962 political autobiography that was published as part of the Heinemann African Writers series. In the 1950s, Kaunda was a key figure in what was then Northern Rhodesia’s independence movement from Britain. He became president following independence in 1964. As head of…

Joe Biden has had a frosty relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the past, but the U.S. president came bearing gifts when the two met face-to-face for the first time since Biden took office. Biden gifted Putin with a crystal sculpture of an American bison—considered one of the United States’ most majestic mammals and a symbol of strength, unity and resilience, a White House official told reporters. The sculpture, made by Steuben, was presented on a cherry wood base in homage to President George Washington, with a custom engraved plaque commemorating the Biden-Putin meeting. Biden also gave Putin a pair…

A 76-year-old man who had 39 wives and 94 children has died in north east India, the chief minister of his home state said. Ziona Chana, and was said to be the head of the world’s largest family died on Sunday, Zoramthanga, the chief minister of Mizoram and who goes by one name, said in a tweet.  He was the head of a local Christian sect that allows polygamy with 167 members. The family is the world’s largest, according to local media, although this depends on whether you count the grandchildren, of whom Ziona has 33. Winston Blackmore, the head…

By: Unyime Ibekwe The COVID-19 pandemic has brought great disruption to the way work is being carried out in different parts of the world. Many businesses and organizations have introduced the concept of work-from-home as a means of ensuring the health and safety of their employees. Organizations have deployed new digital solutions like collaboration tools, videoconferencing, document sharing solutions and other solutions for distributed access to work materials. While this new way of working is convenient for many and provides greater flexibility to employees and the businesses, it has however also exposed remote workers and businesses to much greater cyber-security…

Nigeria has lost N24.72 billion in 10 days due to the Twitter ban slammed by the Federal government. The Federal government on June 5 placed an indefinite suspension of the operations of the microblogging app in Nigeria after the site took down a tweet posted on the President’s handle on war message. Last week, the Federal government said the microblogging site has since reached out for discussions and that the Federal government will now give operating licence to such sites if they want to operate in Nigeria. According to NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool, an international Internet monitor, Nigeria loses…

Nigerian governors are responsible for some of the challenges in the country, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, has stated. Speaking during an interview on NTA on Monday, June 14, Enang alleged that Governors in the country have exercised powers beyond what the constitution envisaged for them. The Presidential aide noted that if monies meant for local governments are disbursed, the challenges currently witnessed across the country will be curbed. He said “The governors have exercised so many powers that are beyond what the constitution envisaged for them — beyond what the law gave…

CNN’s chief international anchor, Christiane Amanpour has stated that she has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Amanpour who broke the news on Monday June 14, told viewers that the reason she recently took a break from work was because she pinched it in a bud “successful major surgery”. She added that she’s confident about the outcome, even as she begins several months of chemotherapy to deal with the cancer doctors weren’t able to surgically remove. The CNN anchor said, “I’ve had successful major surgery to remove it, and I am now going through several months of chemotherapy for the very best possible…