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How Don Jazzy’s N100m gift to VDM sparked mixed reactions

The Punch 

During the week, controversial social media personality, Martins Otse, aka VeryDarkMan, announced that he had started a non-governmental organisation, which aims to increase the standard of education for children in public schools. Initially, VDM reported receiving donations totalling around N70m. But on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, he was in disbelief when he received a staggering

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Youths to protest Oyo-Ogbomoso highway abandonment

The Punch 

A Youth Coalition in Ogbomoso has announced that it will embark on a peaceful demonstration over the neglect of the Oyo-Ogbomoso express road by the Federal Government. The protest which is slated for today, Saturday, would start hold between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm at Takie Junction, Ogbomoso. This was made known in a statement

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The Two Truths

OpEdNews.com 

This article is concerned with questions relating to evangelical beliefs contrasted with analogies found in the myth of Plato's Cave. I relate this to questions that students are concerned with in a class dealing with current world conflicts.

Fubara approves N85,000 minimum wage for Rivers workers

The Punch 

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the payment of N85,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the state civil service. This was the agreement reached during a closed-door meeting presided over by the Governor and attended by representatives of organised labour under the auspices of the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council in

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Timbers vie for home playoff match, Cascadia Cup title vs. Sounders

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

(Photo credit: Soobum Im-Imagn Images) The Portland Timbers are aiming to end a tailspin and searching for momentum for the postseason when they visit the Seattle Sounders on Saturday night. The Cascadia Cup rivals have each clinched playoff spots but the two clubs could improve their seeding on Saturday. The Sounders (16-9-8, 56 points) are tied for third place in the Western Conference with Real Salt Lake and will fin

Don’t stay aloof during elections, attorney general tells elite

The Punch 

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has challenged the elites to participate actively in the country’s democracy, saying that standing aloof and not voting during elections would not help the democratic process in the country. Fagbemi, while delivering a lecture for the 39th Convocation of the University

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Florida Abortion Measure: Ron DeSantis Angles for a Mistrial

OpEdNews.com 

As an anarchist, I can't say I really trust "the voters" very much. If nothing else, it's worth noting that these particular voters elected Ron DeSantis governor. Twice.----But I trust them at least a little more than I trust DeSantis (or Andrew Gillum or Charlie Crist if one of those two had defeated DeSantis).----DeSantis obviously doesn't trust the voters very much, either.

The Virtue of Selfies-Ness Revisited

OpEdNews.com 

In the US, speech is protected by the First Amendment. The government doesn't get to tell you what to say or how to say it.----Except, many state governments insist, when it comes to ballot selfies.

A failed mic leaves Donald Trump pacing the stage in silence for nearly 20 minutes

Times Union 

Donald Trump paced his rally stage in silence for nearly 20 minutes Friday night in Detroit after his microphone cut out. The Republican nominee and former president was about to wax on about one of his favorite subjects, tariffs, working up to naming it by first teasing “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” Very quickly afterward, the sound went down. It was the second time in a week that one of his events was interrupted. Finally, after the long silence, an aide brought Trump a replacement microphone that worked.

Quo Vadimus?

OpEdNews.com 

The ghosts of 9/11 and Trump. How our complacency is now a crime.

A failed mic leaves Donald Trump pacing the stage in silence for nearly 20 minutes - The Associated Press

Google.com 

  1. A failed mic leaves Donald Trump pacing the stage in silence for nearly 20 minutes  The Associated Press
  2. Trump goes silent for 18 minutes in Detroit after Huntington Place microphone goes out  Detroit Free Press
  3. US election 2024 updates: Trump left pacing stage after audio cuts out mid-speech  BBC.com
  4. Trump microphone cuts out for 20 minutes at Detroit rally  The Hill