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The House of Representatives on Tuesday adjourned plenary until Wednesday in honour of Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Ifeanyi Ubah who died on July 27, 2024. Ubah, who was the Chief Executive Officer of Capital Oil, died in a hotel in London, the United Kingdom at the age of 52. The businessman-turned-politician would have…
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You’re at your favourite steakhouse, scanning the menu, when you come across the signature dish: steak tartare. Eager to try something new, you place an order. Moments later, your meal arrives looking much like raw steak. The million-dollar question arises: is it safe to eat? A popular myth suggests that steak tartare dates back to…
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Stakeholders in the agribusiness sector, comprising the Coconut Research Institute—Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Science (CRI-CATAS) and the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), engaged in a collaborative effort on Tuesday to enhance the Nigerian coconut value chain with technologies aimed at achieving higher coconut yields per hectare per year. The Guardian reports that…
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The Nigerian Army has discharged a female soldier, Private Ruth Ogunleye, from service after she accused a senior officer, Colonel I.B. Abdulkareem, of sexual harassment. In January 2024, Ogunleye made the accusations on her TikTok page, @Ogunleyeruthsavage1, where she alleged that Colonel I.B. Abdulkareem, Colonel G.S. Ogor, and Brigadier General I.B. Solebo had made her…
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Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has appointed Professor Medinat Folorunsho Salman as the first Acting Vice-Chancellor of the newly established Kwara State University of Education, Ilorin. Professor Salman, a mathematics education expert, was previously a lecturer at the University of Ilorin’s Department of Science Education and served as the coordinator of the Educational Technology…
