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FCT School Owner Advises Parents On School/Course Choice For Their Children

Education

*'We Combine Competencies To Make Them Great' A Federal Capital Territory (FCT)-based educationist and school proprietor, Malam Lawal Sani, has counseled parents on the imperative to equip their children and wards with both professional skills and conventional academic aptitudes so as to emerge successful in today's world. In a press statement he signed and issued today, September 11, Malam Sani, who is the Director, Unique Trait Academy, Karshi, pinpointed such combination as the winning pair for children, who are the leaders of tomorrow, to necessarily acquire and become success stories in both the national and global economies. According to him,…

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UPDATE! Trump Seeks Death Penalty For Female Ukrainian Refugee Zarutska’s American Killer

Foreign

*'She Came To US Seeking Peace, Safety...' U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, September 10, demanded the death penalty for the man accused of murdering Irina Zarutska, a young Ukrainian woman in Charlotte, North Carolina, last August. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “The ANIMAL who so brutally killed the beautiful young woman from Ukraine, who came to the United States seeking peace and safety, must receive a ‘quick’ trial (no doubt!) and be sentenced ONLY to the DEATH PENALTY. There can be no other option.” The victim was identified as Irina Zarutska, who died after being stabbed…

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Elon Musk Dethroned As World’s Richest Man (FIND OUT WHO DID AND NET WORTH,INSIDE)

News

For the first time ever, Larry Ellison has climbed to the very top of the billionaire leaderboard—overtaking Elon Musk, who had ruled the number one spot for nearly a year. Ellison’s net worth skyrocketed after Oracle, the software giant he co-founded back in the ’70s, smashed Wall Street expectations with its latest earnings. By mid-morning in New York, his fortune had jumped a record-breaking $101 billion in a single day—bringing his total wealth to $393 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. Musk now trails in second with $385 billion. It’s not just a new personal milestone for Ellison, who’s 81…

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Oyo Glitters Like A Million Stars At Continental Investment Stage

Economy

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State government has showcased its investment potentials at the ongoing Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2025) in Algiers, Algeria, joining other Nigerian states in projecting the nation’s economic strengths at the continental level. A statement by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, on Wednesday, explained that the Commissioner for Investment, Trade, Cooperatives, and Industry, Hon. Adeniyi Adebisi, who led the Oyo State delegation to the trade fair, reiterated the government’s commitment to creating an enabling environment for business and investment. He explained that Oyo State was determined to leverage the African Continental…

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South Africa Reopens Steve Biko Inquest Tomorrow, 48 Years After Death In Police Custody

Foreign

*His Killing Shook World At The Time In a warning to serving public officers to steer clear of impunity, abuse of office and other illegalities, for nemesis may come calling under a different government in their old age, South Africa will tomorrow, Friday, September 12, reopen an inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist, Steve Biko, in police custody, 48 years after the incident. Biko, the founder of South Africa’s Black Consciousness Movement, died in a prison cell in 1977 aged just 30, after being beaten into a coma by white police officers who had arrested him nearly a month…

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10

2025

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WCQ: Though Ahead On Points, Close To Qualifying, Fear Still Grips S/Africa Over Nigeria (READ WHY INSIDE)

Sports

By Felix Durumbah There is concern, even some fear, in South Africa over the national football team, Bafana Bafana's possible ill-fate in the final run-in to 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification. Bafana sit on 17 points atop the Group C pile, which includes,among others, Nigeria's Super Eagles (who are third), but South Africans keep looking over their shoulders at the star-studded Nigerians due to FIFA's seeming silence on Bafana's use of an ineligible player, Teboho Mokoena, in the March 0-2 away win versus Lesotho. Mokoena should have been suspended for that match. Now, panic has gripped South Africans over the…

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2026 FIFA World Cup: Who Has Qualified, Who At Risk

Sports

*Tunisia Yet To Concede In 8 Qualifiers, Morocco, Have Qualified By Louise Taylor Forty-eight teams will participate in next summer’s World Cup, with the hosts, Canada, Mexico and the United States (US), granted automatic entry. A further 43 places are determined by qualifying competitions from the six global confederations and the remaining two will be decided at March’s six-team intercontinental playoffs in Monterrey and Guadalajara. After this month’s internationals, 18 counties have places booked. The draw is due to take place on December 5 this year at Washington’s Kennedy Center. Africa The winners of the nine qualifying groups gain automatic…

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I Suffered Greatly As Vice-President Under Biden -Kamala Harris Explodes

Foreign

*Describes His Move At Re-election ‘Reckless' All is not well between the two top leaders in the immediate past government of the United States (US) as Kamala Harris has opened up on her time under then President Joe Biden. She set the ball rolling by terming Biden’s decision to seek re-election in 2024 as “recklessness” in her new memoir. Harris questions the former president’s judgment while revealing her own frustrations about being marginalized within the administration. In passages published by The Atlantic today, September 10, from 107 Days, her memoir chronicling her presidential campaign, Harris breaks on certain points from…

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Unstable Electricity: Again, National Grid Collapses (See Effects On Businesses, Individuals)

News

By our reporter The national electricity grid collapsed today, sparking widespread economic panic as blackout hit many businesses, homes and offices in what appears,like the raging insecurity, another unresolved problem by government. Data from the Independent System Operator (ISO) indicated that power generation dropped sharply from 2,917.83 megawatts (mw) to a mere 1.5mw between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm. Recall that last year alone, by December 11, the grid had collapsed 12 times. Recall too that National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had stated that there was no grid collapse throughout the first quarter of this year (2025). Nigeria is presently…

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UPDATE! Man Who Allegedly Killed American Dream-seeking Female Ukrainian Refugee Faces Death Penalty

Foreign

The US Justice Department on Tuesday, September 9, charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month with a federal crime that could carry the death penalty. The federal charge comes amid growing questions about why Decarlos Brown Jr was on the street despite 14 prior criminal arrests before he was accused of pulling out a knife and killing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska in an apparently random attack captured on video. The case has become latest flashpoint in the debate over whether cities such as Charlotte are adequately addressing violent crime, mental…