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March, 2021

• 2 March

  Buhari Declares Zamfara No Fly Zone

  

  President Muhammed Buhari has declared Zamfara state a no-fly-zone. The President also announced a ban on all mining activities in the state to curb the rising insecurity in the area. The National Security Adviser,(NSA)  Maj. Gen Babagana Monguno( rtd) made this known on Tuesday after a five hour security council …

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• 2 March

  Nigeria Receives AstraZenenca COVID 19 Vaccines

  

  The federal government has received the first batch of AstraZeneca  COVID-19 vaccines The  Personal Assistant om new media to President Muhammed Buhari, Bashir Ahmad shared the news via Twitter on Tuesday JUST IN: The first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines has arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. — Bashir Ahmad …

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• 2 March

  The quest for knowledge leaves me insatiable – Prof Falola

  

  Professor Toyin Falola is a world-renowned professor of History. He is a distinguished teacher and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. Born in 1953, Falola earned his first degree (1976) and Ph.D. (1981) in History from the University …

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• 2 March

  Chimamanda Loses Mother

  

  Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie (nee Odigwe), the mother of renowned writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is dead. She was 78. She died on Monday, March 1st, 2021 in Awka, Anambra State. A family spokesperson said, “It was very sudden and we are devastated.” Her husband, a renowned Professor of Statistics, James …

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• 1 March

  TOYIN FALOLA’S GOLDEN ERA

  

  By Bridget A. Teboh February 2021 will forever be remembered in the annals of African history as the month that Africa awarded its first academic D. Litt., presented by the University of Ibadan, Nigeria’s premier university, to the most deserving African scholar of our era, the pre-eminent and peerless scholar, …

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• 1 March

  A CONVERSATION WITH BISHOP MATTHEW HASSAN KUKAH, PART 2

  

  “We Are All Slaves of Allah”: Bishop Kukah and the Transformation of Nigeria Toyin Falola (Part 2 of 3 of Pre-Interview Series) Bishop Kukah  I   لِتَعَارَفُوٓا۟ ۚوَقَبَآئِلَ شُعُوبًا وَجَعَلْنَٰكُمْ وَأُنثَىٰذَكَرٍ مِّن خَلَقْنَٰكُم إِنَّا ٱلنَّاسُ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا خَبِيرٌ عَلِيمٌ ٱل إِنَّ  ۚأَتْقَىٰكُمْ  ٱل عِندَ أَكْرَمَكُمْ إِنَّ O mankind! We created you …

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