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On the 23rd day of January, 2024, the TOWN CRIER interviews former Edo state Commissioner of Justice and immediate past President of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR), Dr. Barr. Osagie Obayuwana. The seasoned Human and Labour Rights leader speaks to TOWN CRIER on the call for the justiciability of the Chapter 2 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and how such justiciability will improve the living conditions of the Nigerian people.
Dr. Barr. Osagie Obayuwana calls for the justiciability of Chapter 2 of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution.
Austin Jay Jay Okocha @IAmOkocha and the true meaning of RACISM! For @IAmOkocha, Football is more than Entertainment. Football is a vehicle for social and political criticism!
“I never knew I was black until I got to Germany,” Nigeria football legend, Okocha, protests racism
Rwanda on Tuesday said the country will put five high-tech robots into use to fight COVID-19 in its treatment centers. "The use of robots in fighting against COVID-19 will help doctors and nurses in reducing their contact with COVID-19 patients and minimizing their risk of infection with the deadly virus," said Rwandan health minister Daniel Ngamije in Kanyinya hospital, in the capital city Kigali. The robots, donated to the health ministry by the United Nations Development Program and the Rwandan Ministry of ICT and Innovation, have the capacity to screen 50 to 150 people per minute, deliver food and medication to patient rooms, capture data and notify officers on duty about detected abnormalities, said Ngamije.
COVID-19: Rwanda launches robots that can screen 150 persons per minute.
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Why Nigeria deserves UN security council permanent seat

October 8, 2024
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BY TUNDE RAHMAN Nigeria has significantly contributed troops and police officers to the United Nations peacekeeping operations worldwide since 1960. That year, the Nigeria Police deployed the first-ever contingent of individual police officers to the UN Mission in the Congo. Assistant Commissioner of Police Louis Edet led the team at the time. In these operations, Nigeria resolutely committed herself…

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From Boko Haram to Hezbollah: Lessons for Nigeria in the wake of Israeli attacks

October 8, 2024
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BY CHETA NWANZE As news of Israeli attacks on Hezbollah reaches our shores, it would be understandable for some Nigerians to find themselves drawing parallels to our tumultuous history with Boko Haram. The shift in leadership that often follows such strikes, typically resulting in more radicalised and violent successors, is a familiar pattern. The Nigerian Boko Haram insurgency is…

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October First (Another Birthday Song For Nigeria)

October 8, 2024
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Another first day Of the tenth monthOf another yearAnd its caravan of memories Seasons comeSeasons goBut the sky looms above our dreams An umbrella with a thousand holes How I wish I could shout “Happy Birthday, Dear Country”, dance all the way fromOur Delta doldrums to our Sahel fringes To a national song free of “native” and “tribe” My…

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US Court Orders Mayweather to Pay N4.2 Billion to Nigerian Firm

October 6, 2024
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An appellate court in the United States has upheld the ruling of a lower court ordering a former World Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., to pay a Nigerian company, Zinni Media Concept Limited the sum of N4.2 billion in damages over breach of contract and fraud.  A statement signed by the company’s media executive, Alex Nwankwo ( AlexReports) says the…

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