The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai has announced that the Nigerian army has inducted eight units of locally made combat vehicles Mine–Resistant, Ambush–Protected (MRAP), also called `EZUGWU’’ into Operations Lafiya Dole and Sahel Sanity. Speaking at the inauguration of the vehicles in Kaduna, Buratai noted that the new equipment which was manufactured by the Command Engineering Depot, Kaduna and designed specifically to withstand improvised explosive device attacks and ambushes, has aided military operations against bandits and Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in the …
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Mark Zuckerberg has reacted to the deaths of a number of African Americans resulting from police brutality and he disclosed the efforts he’s making to use his platform to combat racial injustice. The Facebook founder mourned the murder of, not just George Floyd, but also Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others. He condemned police brutality saying it “reminds us how far our country has to go to give every person the freedom to live with dignity and peace.” …
Nigerian singer, Seun Kuti has shared his thoughts about black excellence which according to him “is engaging in a noble but futile effort to combat victimhood”. According to the singer, black excellence has a fatal flaw of “irresponsibility” as excellent blacks forget that not all Africans can be excellent. Seun Kuti who further disclosed that the “ideology is basically African people trying to outwhite the whites”, wondered if Africans must strive for perfection and excellence before being respected as …