Author: Isaac Onyekachi

A 500 level Electrical Engineering student of Cross River State University of Science and Technology [CRUTECH] identified as James was killed by suspected cultists shortly after writing his first semester examination yesterday at the old Engineering block, CRUTECH, Calabar Campus. According to CRUTECH PRESS ‘’after hearing gunshots and being alerted that a student has been shot dead at the Electrical Engineering Department, some lecturers in the Civil Engineering Department of the institution made a mild announcement in the Exam Halls where Civil 500L students were writing their final paper, that all cult members either leave the hall quietly or bear…

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Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan is at the home of Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti to commiserate with him and his family over the killing of their daughter, Olufunke Olakunrin. He was accompanied by some PDP chieftains including the Secretary to the Ondo state, Ifedayo Abegunde Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, was killed last Friday by suspected gunmen along Benin-Sagamu expressway. In a message of condolence on his social media handle, Jonathan described the killing of the daughter of Afenifere chairman as shocking and called on the authorities to bring the culprits to book. The former President said: “My heart goes out to…

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A Fulani socio-cultural group, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has demanded that the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration arrest former president Olusegun Obasanjo for accusing Fulani herdsmen of being the root cause of insecurity in Nigeria. In a letter on Monday, July 15, 2019, Obasanjo asked President Buhari to take decisive action against the rising incidents of kidnapping, banditry, and killings perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen. The former president said the world has been warning Nigeria against descending into a state of violence because any outbreak would be difficult to contain. The organisation, through its national secretary, Alhassan Saleh, asked President Buhari to immediately…

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Continuing the summer of site outages, Twitter was down for about an hour, and the company says it is investigating a problem with its service. The company is not saying how widespread the outage was. The disruption appears to have affected both web-based and mobile users. Outages like this have been annoyingly frequent in recent weeks. Major web services and sites have been crashing regularly since June. Google, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Reddit, AT&T and even Down Detector have all taken their own little summer vacations. Outages were widespread in Twitter’s early years, so much so that a cartoon “fail whale” the company would put up during outages…

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The management of The Polytechnic Ibadan has ordered that mobile phones, worth millions of naira, which were confiscated from the students during examinations be set on fire. The school said the decision taken was to restate its commitment to curbing examination malpractices and enforcing discipline in the school. The institution’s Deputy Rector, Bayo Oyeleke, while addressing journalists at the Ibadan campus, said the authorities have resolved to ensure that the examinations of the Polytechnic were sacred. Oyelere said the school authorities have ordered the mobile phones confiscated from the students during examination be set on fire, all of which were…

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The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has called on President Buhari to ban the television show, Big Brother Nigeria, popularly known as BBNaija, which is currently airing in Nigeria. The Islamic human rights organisation labelled the show as “immoral, dangerous and Bohemian.” In a press statement made available to the media by its Founder and Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, on Friday, the group argued that the show has no impact but promotes immorality and therefore should be banned. Akintola said in the statement said: “We are being forcibly dragged to a world of nudity, shamelessness and open promiscuity. Inmates of BBNaija…

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The ongoing screening exercise for retirees in Cross River State has been described as embarrassing, unfair and the worst experience for retirees in recent times. These were the position of several anonymous retirees who spoke to news men today at Eteta Ita Street, venue for the screening exercise. The retirees who described the event as appalling said they reported at the venue following an announcement on radio adding that the crowd which was over 700 in number was not attended to apart from people who are just putting down their names. “We don’t know why we are writing names, we…

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Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has pledged a financial support of $50,000 to the Super Eagles for each goal scored in their semi-final game against Algeria. Another billionaire, Femi Otedola also promised to support the team with the sum of $25,000 for every goal scored. That means the players will share $75,000 for each goal they score in their two remaining games. According to a statement on The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) website thenff.com,  “Pinnick put a call through to the two well-known philanthropists and tasked them to commit to supporting the team. “While Dangote made a pledge of $50,000…

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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor E.A. Adeboye has issued a note of warning that the continued shedding of innocent blood in the country could lead to an impending plague if the it is not addressed urgently. While speaking on national issues, the renowned man of God said this during the church’s Holy Ghost Service held last Friday night at the Redemption Camp and broadcast in the church’s parishes in Nigeria and 197 other countries. During his sermon with the theme “Swimming in Glory” and subtitled “Born to be Great”, the cleric devoted some…

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In this interview with The News Chronicle (TNC), Linda Onah, the CEO of Sparkle Concierge talks about her business, motivation, challenges, future plans …and many other issues. TNC: First, let me congratulate you on Sparkle Concierge. We all know it is not easy to set up a business and run it successfully. Can you please tell us a little bit about your company and why you ventured into that line of business? How has it been so far? Tell us about the company’s growth trajectory including the number of employees. LO: Thank you. It is no news that, nothing good comes…

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Mavin Records CEO, Michael Collins popularly known as Don Jazzy has said one of the reasons why he blocks his followers on social media is when they make a negative comment about his former label mate and partner, D’banj or Mavin records act Korede Bello. The Nigerian music producer in an interactive session with his fans on Twitter was replying a fan who was surprised that Banky W had blocked him despite never saying anything wrong to him. Don Jazzy replied there is a possibility that he might have said some hurtful things to someone close to Banky W, maybe…

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mohammed Sambo as the new Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme. President Buhari on Monday sacked the embattled Executive Secretary of the Agency, Professor Usman Yusuf. This is coming ten months after Mr. Yusuf was suspended from office by the governing council of the agency. The termination of Mr. Yusuf’s appointment was based on the recommendation of a panel of enquiry which had been set up to investigate some of his activities while in office. The governing council is empowered by the NHIS Act to oversee operations of the scheme. Mr.…

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Chelsea FC club legend, Petr Cech has returned to Chelsea, he will serve as the team’s Technical and Performance Advisor. In his impressively successful time at Chelsea FC, Petr Cech spent 11 years and made 494 appearances winning every major club honour possible. He left Stamford Bridge for Arsenal in the summer of 2015. His last professional match was in the 2019 Europa League final In Baku, Azerbaijan where he featured for London neighbors Arsenal; Chelsea was victorious on the night securing a 4-1 win. A statement on the club’s website reads “The focus of the job will be to…

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Nigerians living in Ghana are now living in perpetual fear as Ghanaians have turned on Nigerian traders doing business in Ghana. Ghanaian media over the last few weeks has been dominated with reports of criminal activities committed by Nigerians in Ghana. The Picture of a newspaper report by The Chronicle (Not to be confused with The News Chronicle) carried a screaming headline NIGERIANS AT IT AGAIN! was recently all over social media. It is now a daily occurrence for news of Nigerians getting involved in one crime or the other to hit front pages of Ghanaian dailies. The Nigeria Ambassador…

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Most Rev. Mathew Manoso Ndagoso of the Catholic Diocese in Kaduna state has lamented on the hardship in the country and compelled the president to resign. He said President Buhari has shown clearly that he does not have the capacity to lead. The Bishop stated this when he fielded questions from journalists at the ongoing Annual General Meeting of the Nigeria Catholic Diocesan Priests’ Association taking place at the Catholic Social Centre, Kaduna. He said the current administration of President Buhari has impoverished the lives of Nigerians as it is becoming increasingly difficult for Nigerians to feed. “You see them…

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Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, Human rights activist and Convener, Save Lagos Group (SLG) has called on the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to stop playing God over rumoured plan to appoint the immediate past Governor of the State, Akinwunmi Ambode into the yet-to-be-constituted cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. The group said it was reacting to a purported statement by the former Lagos governor that he (Tinubu) would resign his membership of the APC if President Buhari nominates Ambode as ministerial nominee from the State. This was contained in a statement issued by the Group’s Media office, and copies were made…

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An American conservative activist and survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Kyle Kashuv has had his admission to Harvard University rescinded after revelations that he had posted racist comments online months before the shooting, for which he has apologized. The 18-year-old Kyle Kashuv, also wrote a letter to its Office of Diversity and Inclusion, but the school stood firm in nixing his acceptance to the class of 2023 after reviewing racist texts and comments he had made when he was 16. While some of his classmates that survived the 2018 shooting went on to become gun reform activists…

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Coming only hours after Senate president, Dr Ahmad Lawan, approved the appointment of Festus Adedayo as Special Adviser on Media, supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have kicked against the appointment. In an earlier report on TNC, we told you that the Senate President in a statement through his special adviser on administration, Dr Betty Okoroh, had approved the appointments of Babagana Muhammad Aji and Festus Adedayo as his Chief of Staff and Special Adviser on Media and Publicity respectively. However, supporters of the APC see the appointment of Adedayo as an affront on the President and the APC…

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A video shared by ABC News, circulating on social media shows US President,  Donald Trump during his “President Trump: 30 Hours” 20/20 special that aired  over the weekend  scolding his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, for coughing and then asking him to leave the room. According to Uproxx, when asked if he would willingly turn over his tax documents, Trump told George Stephanopoulos, “No, at some point I might. But at some point I hope they get it ’cause it’s a fantastic financial statement.” It was in the middle of this answer that Mulvaney made the mistake of coughing…

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Qualification to the next round of matches is now under permutations as the Super Falcons of Nigeria lost to the Les Bleues of France at the ongoing Women’s World Cup. The Falcons had put in a solid performance and a near defensive masterclass before conceding a penalty in the 75th minute. Wendie Renard stepped forward and her effort hit outside of the post and went wide. What followed next was drama amidst controversies after Nigeria goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie was adjudged to have moved off her line before the kick. The referee ordered the penalty to be retaken and Wendie Renard…

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A leaked conversation on microblogging site Twitter between a job seeker named Chioma and a staff of Alpha Consulting Mr. Benson is generating reactions. Mr. Benson had contacted Chioma who seemed to have undergone an interview at the company: Alpha Consulting on WhatsApp. He had introduced himself and asked if he was chatting with Chioma. Uncomfortable with the informal approach by Mr. Benson, she asked him how he got her number. Mr. Benson took sometime before replying her question and before he could reply her with further details of the company he worked for, she had blocked him. Now, why…

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Belgian monks of Saint-Sixtus abbey in Westvleteren close to the French border have been literally forced into e-commerce to fight black market in beer. Considered by experts to be the best in the business, the reclusive monks had to change with the times – to an extent. The monastery is now implementing an online reservation system ensuring that beer fans can only order two crates every 60 days. Although, orders can be placed anytime, priority will be given to those who have waited the longest over regular customers. Beer consumers tempted by the regular appearance of its darkest brew at…

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Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has ordered the state Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate how nearly seven million naira got missing in Kano Zoological Gardens. On Wednesday, the 12th of June 2019, the Chief Revenue Officer of the zoo reported that the proceed of six million, eight hundred and twenty thousand naira realized during the Sallah period as gate fee from sightseers of the garden who came to watch the animals got missing from the safe where it was kept. A finance officer at the zoo was reported as saying that “A huge Gorilla sneaked into our office and swallowed…

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Call me a bat all you want, I’m unbothered- I dislike rains just like bats only with different reasons. It all dates back to when I was a kid, I would pray for the rains to come, well at least not heavy downpour so I can join other kids to play in the rain. It was all good until I was about the age of eight and I had this fatal cut on my arm as I slipped off while dancing in the rain. I still carry the scar till this day. As I grew older, I hated rainfall not…

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The importance of grooming is far too often underappreciated by men. It is important that you leave a very good first impression when you come in contact with people as the process of judging starts as soon as you meet someone new. Here are some important grooming Tips and Tricks to help form part of your daily routine. Have a style and work with it; your clothing may speak for your style. But grooming speaks for how much you value your image. Do not step out overly dressed or underdressed. Wear formal clothes. When you shake hands, shake firmly as…

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The World Health Organization has for the first time recognized burn-out in its International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which is widely used as a benchmark for diagnosis and health insurers. The decision, reached during the World Health Assembly in Geneva, which wraps up today (Tuesday), could help put to rest decades of debate among experts over how to define burn-out, and whether it should be considered a medical condition. In the latest update of its catalogue of diseases and injuries around the world, WHO defines burn-out as “a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been…

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