Day: September 3, 2025

NEW SECONDARY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM INCLUDES AI, JOURNALISM, HISTORY, etc

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The Nigeria’s newly launched secondary school curriculum is to include modules on journalism, programming, artificial intelligence, history and fact-checking. This was drawn in an excerpts from the yet-to-be-released curriculum document attributed to the senior special adviser to the president on social media, Dada Olusegun. The excerpt shows that journalism is one of the modules under English Language for senior secondary classes, while programming modules are spread across both senior and junior secondary cadres. AI and robotics are listed in the senior secondary classes, as a component of the newly introduced…

SUICIDE ATTEMPT: POLICE SAVES MAN FROM POWER POLE

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The Police in Anambra state has confirmed the rescued of a 28-year-old man who attempted suicide in Awada, Idemili north Local Government Area. The spokesperson of the command, Tochukwu Ikenga, said the incident happened on Tuesday evening behind Grace of God Mission in Awada. He said the man identified as Okwudili Onyiba climbed a power transmission pole in an attempt to take his own life. Ikenga further explained that officers from the Awada division swiftly intervened after receiving a distress call, cordoning off the area to avert danger and dispersing…

GOV. BALA MOHAMMED URGES SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES TO FOCUS, REPRESENT BAUCHI IN GOOD IMAGE ABROAD.

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By: Bashir Hassan Abubakar The Executive Governor of Bauchi State, His Excellency Bala Mohammed, alongside the state First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Mohammed, on Wednesday received Bauchi State students who have been awarded scholarships to pursue higher education in China. Out of the 50 beneficiaries of the program, 20 students have so far been cleared for travel to commence degree programs across various fields of study. The visit was to seek the Governor’s blessing and guidance ahead of their departure. In his remarks, Governor Bala Mohammed congratulated the students and encouraged…

No conspiracy against the US,’ Kremlin spokesperson says

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As we’ve reported, Donald Trump earlier accused his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, of conspiring against the US with the leaders of Russia and North Korea. “Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against the United States of America,” Trump posted on Truth Social. Now, Kremlin spokesperson Yuri Ushakov has rejected any suggestion of a conspiracy against the US, according to Russian state media, calling Trump’s words “ironic”. Tass reports Ushakov as saying that Putin, Xi and Kim are “not even thinking about…

EXPORT: DANGOTE REFINERY GASOLINE ARRIVES US.

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The Dangote Refinery has exported its first petrol gasoline cargo to the United States, marking a new milestone for the $20 billion facility and signaling the country’s growing influence in global oil product markets. The refined products left the refinery’s jetty near Lagos on 26 August aboard the vessel Gemini Pearl, carrying about 300,000 barrels of gasoline, according to shipping data from Kpler and industry sources. The cargo is bound for the US East Coast and is likely to discharge at terminals in either New York or New Jersey. The…

ARMY: COURT CANCELS 15-YEAR COMPULSORY RETIREMENT SERVICE RULE

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The National Industrial Court, NIC, sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, cancelled the provision of the Harmonized Terms and Conditions of Service for the Officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces, HTACOS, which made it mandatory for soldiers to serve for a minimum of 15 years before they could be allowed to resign. The court, in a judgment that was delivered by Justice Emmanuel Subilim, declared the provision as both oppressive and a gross violation of fundamental rights that are protected by the 1999 Constitution, as amended. The verdict followed a suit…

FG REINSTATES EX-NTA DG, ED NEWS, INVERTS NEW APPOINTMENTS

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR HAS ordered for reinstatement of Salihu Abdullahi Dembos as director-general of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Ayo Adewuyi as executive director of news. This was made known on in a statement signed on Tuesday by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, effectively restores the two senior executives to their tenures, which were briefly disrupted by changes in NTA management. Wednesday, August 20, the president made a series of new appointments in NTA, including the appointment of Rotimi Pedro as…