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ASUU Awards N1.5m Scholarship To 30 Indigent Students of UNIZIK

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Anambra State has awarded scholarships worth of N1.5million to 30 indigent students of the University. The beneficiaries are to receive N50,000 each for the 2019/2020 academic session. The beneficiaries were selected across faculties of the university. At the award …

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Hijab as Red Meat of Bigotry

“…Muslim women have been socialized to see the hijab as the definitive sartorial assertion of their Muslim identity. Perhaps precisely because of this fact, the hijab now stirs negative emotions in so many Christians.” In my home state of Kwara, which used to be proverbial for its peaceableness and inter-religious …

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The revolutionary and the shoulders upon which she stands

Civic change agent Sarah Williams tells the story of the grandmother who inspires her to fight for racial justice. Lexington, Kentucky – For Sarah Williams, the revolution is as much about recognising the past as it is about what comes next. The 38-year-old civic change agent and organiser from Lexington, Kentucky, …

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France, Poland and Ukraine impose new lockdown measures

Residents in Poland, France and Ukraine’s capital Kyiv face new restrictions, with most shops shut and people urged to work from home. Poland, France and Ukraine have introduced partial lockdowns as they battle surging coronavirus infections. Residents in Poland, parts of France, including Paris and the Ukrainian capital Kyiv faced …

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Doyin Okupe apologizes to the Igbos for saying an “Igbo presidency cannot evolve until the north forgives the Igbos for killing Sardauna of Sokoto”

Former Presidential aide, Doyin Okupe has apologized for the incendiary statement he made about an Igbo Presidency.   He had tweeted: “A national consensus for Igbo Presidency cannot evolve until the core north forgives the Igbos for the killing of Sardauna of Sokoto by nigerian soldiers of igbo extraction in …

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