Day: November 22, 2017

Champions League: Madrid cruise, Liverpool wasteful

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Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as holders Real Madrid thrashed APOEL 6-0 in Cyprus to reach the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday. Turkish champions Besiktas also reached the last 16 for the first time in 31 years, as a goal from Talisca secured a 1-1 draw with Porto in Istanbul to wrap up top spot in Group G. “We’re through to the round of 16 for the first time and for that Besiktas deserve congratulations,” centre-back Pepe told uefa.com. “We controlled the game well and in the end celebrated qualification in…

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Apple sells MekaMons, robots built by Adekunle Nigerian-British

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Apple Stores in the United States and United Kingdom have begun the sale of gaming robots, MekaMons, built by a Nigerian-British, Silas Adekunle. Adekunle’s company, Reach Robotics struck the deal with Apple recently. The product with a price tag of $299.95 went on sale from 16 November in the shops and online. Apple has the exclusive deal as the robots can also be operated with an iPhone and other smartphones. Reach Robotics, an augmented reality gaming company creates robots for both fun and STEM education. The 4-legged MekaMon robot Adekunle,…

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2019: Time to take back our country

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The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has been in the news lately over the outcome of the competence test he administered on teachers in the state with about 22,000 teachers failing Primary Four test questions. It must be pointed out though that the exercise is not novel to Kaduna, it was carried out in Kwara years back when the current Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, was Governor and the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Mr. Bolaji Abdullahi as his Education Commissioner. The outcome was as disastrous as the…

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NGO inaugurates 20-man development committee in Alaka community

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By Igbunu Miracle  ALAKA community in Uvwie  Local Government Area of Delta State has been chosen as beneficiary as a non-governmental organization, Eco Assurance and Rural Transformation Center, (Eco Trace) in partnership with Afrihealth Optonet Association has inaugurated a 20- man Community Consultative Committee to partner with government and Multinational companies for community development. The program, funded by The United Nations Democratic Fund, (UNDEF) is to ensure all Democratic countries around the globe are developed in partnering democratic government and multinationals. Inaugurating the committee at a townhall meeting in Alaka,…

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