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From Currency to Romance: How the Yorubas Adopted Cowries for Several Uses
By Sheriff Badmus

Trading by barter in the Yoruba world (present states of Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti, Osun, and parts of...
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Meet Ifeanyi Okpala, Nigerian who won the 2020 Departmental Outstanding MS Thesis Award, University of Alabama Graduate School, USA
By Sheriff Badmus

On 7 May 2020, Ifeanyi Okpala woke a winner. He learnt via Twitter that he won the 2020 ...
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Lockdown: Meet Some Good Nigerians Helping the Vulnerable
By Sheriff Badmus 

Since the advent of policies to curb the spread of coronavirus, life has taken a sad turn for many globally ...
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World Press Freedom Day: The Nigerian Media, Journalists and their Beautiful Struggles
By Sheriff Badmus 

“As the (COVID-19) pandemic spreads, it has also given rise to a second pandemic of misinformation, from ha...
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Man whose Son Sneaked into Ekiti State amidst Lockdown Gets Appointment as Ambassador
Mr Femi Adeoye, a native of Ekiti State, whose son had defied his directive not to leave Lagos State for Ekiti amidst the lockdown and...
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MAYEIN Organises Online Challenge for Teenagers, Awards Winners amidst Lockdown
By Haleemat Bello 

The Mentoring Assistance for Youths and Entrepreneur Initiative (MAYEIN), has organised online reading ...
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Meet Ms Ohumu, Nigeria’s Promising Climate Change Advocate, Youth Development and Gender Equity Enthusiast
As she wondered and wandered in her thoughts, there seemed to be a true manifestation of the counsel of the American essayist, George...
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Coronavirus: Inside Lagos’ Sampling Centre
Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, is the epic centre of coronavirus in the sub-Saharan nation with over 200 million population. According...
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Debunking Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s 5G, Coronavirus Misinformation
A sermon by a Nigerian pastor, Chris Oyakhilome, captured in video has been making the rounds on social media. The viral video is being...
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Debunking Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s 5G, Coronavirus Misinformation
A sermon by a Nigerian pastor, Chris Oyakhilome, captured in video has been making the rounds on social media. The viral video is being...
https://t.co/sHRe4iNPSE

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Nigerian-Born Scholar Named Ninth President of Top American College
A Nigerian-born scholar, Benjamin Ola Akande, has been named ninth President of Champlain College, one of the top colleges in the United...
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UI Alumnus, Shuaib Azeez, Celebrates New Age, Reaches Out to the Vulnerable in Four LGAs
Shuaib Olórunnísolá Azeez, an alumnus of the University of Ibadan, has celebrated his new age by reaching out to the vulnerable and poor ...
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Meet Don Pedro Ume Best Graduating Student of Pharmacy from Obafemi Awolowo University
By Haleemat Bello

Excellent result is achieved through dint of hard work and not just dream about it but working towards its...
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Meet Faisal Sani Bala, ATBU Team Leader of the Engineering Project that Designed Four Different Devices to Combat COVID-19
By Sheriff Badmus 

As announced by one of the team members, Engr. A.U. Sambo on his Facebook wall on 7 April 2020, a ...
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As The World Battles Coronavirus, Chad Battles Boko Haram
By Sheriff Badmus

The Republic of Chad is a land-locked country in north-central Africa with a population of 13million plus. A...
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Coronavirus: Working as a Healthcare Provider in Nigeria
By Sheriff Badmus 

Nigeria has over years struggled with establishing herself among elite nations. Albeit hosting a long chain of ...
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Meet Engineer Gyang and Nura Jibrin who Contributed to the Fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria by Repairing Faulty Ventilators
By Haleemat Bello 

Two good Nigerians, Williams Gyang and Nura Jibrin, have demonstrated altruism, using their skills ...
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Nigerian Journalist Makes One World Media International Journalist Award
A Nigerian journalist, ‘Fisayo Soyombo, has made the longlist of the One World Media Awards.
Soyombo who is the only African on the I...
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Meet Abisola Zainab, Nigerian Scholar Who Won People's Choice Award in a Research Competition at a Canadian University
By Sheriff Badmus 

Zainab started her excellent exploits in Lagos and from a tenable age, she knew education is a ticket to ...
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United Nations Praises Nigeria's Efforts on Corona Virus
The United Nations has praised Nigeria's efforts to curtail the spread and of overcoming the corona virus pandemic.
The praise...
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