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Columbia University Student Rips US Diploma At Commencement Ceremony In Solidarity With Palestine

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May 14, 2024

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A Columbia student has ripped up her diploma during a graduation ceremony, in a pro-Palestinian protest.

Tarsis Salome, a Columbia social work graduate, tore up her certificate while on stage, after weeks of protests at the university over investments linked to Israel.

Other students zip-tied their hands and showed pro-Palestinian signs.

This action by the students comes a fortnight after police were brought in to disband the occupation of a university building and close down an “encampment” on one of the institution’s lawns.

Columbia opted for a smaller graduation ceremony, cancelling its usual university-wide event, in anticipation of more protests.

A university spokesman said that ceremonies would be held at a sports complex five miles from the campus, due to security concerns.

Columbia, one of the elite group of Ivy League colleges, became the epicentre of a nationwide student protest movement last month, when students pitched tents on the university’s South Lawn.

The protest was copied at other institutions across the world, including Oxford and Cambridge, before being closed down by police.

Baroness Shafik, the British-American peer who serves as Columbia’s president, has called for a “healing” process. She refused student demands for Columbia to divest from Israel companies and cancel a planned foreign centre in Tel Aviv.

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JUST IN: ECOWAS Heads Meeting Starts In Abuja As Tinubu’s Tenure Ends

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July 7, 2024

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As President Bola Tinubu’s tenure as the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) draws to a close on July 9, 2024, leaders and representatives from 12 member states have gathered at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja for the 63rd Ordinary Summit.

The summit, which commenced at 1 pm, is expected to result in the announcement of a new chairperson to lead the regional bloc for the coming year.

However, there are indications that the leaders may consider extending President Tinubu’s tenure.

This extension would allow him additional time to work towards reintegrating Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso into ECOWAS, as these nations have faced political instability and challenges in recent times.

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VIDEO: Drama As UK-based Nigerian Ladies Fight Dirty, Strip Each Other On The Street Over Man

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July 7, 2024

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Two Nigerian women are in the news for the wrong reason in the United Kingdom after they fought each other publicly over a man.

In a video that is now trending, one of the two women can be heard complaining that the other one spoiled her relationship by calling her man to tell him she was promiscuous.

She further complained that she housed the friend for eight months before she got an apartment of her own only to pay her back with evil.

She also claimed to have done naming for the other woman’s baby.

The woman who is complaining apparently went over to the other woman’s apartment to fight her.

She also threatened to beat up the other woman’s mother who was trying to separate them.

Also, the assaulted woman can be seen calling the police as she held on to the aggressor threatening to hand her over to the police for coming to beat her in her own house.

The police later came to arrest the aggressor.

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Sokoto Gov Blows Hot, Orders Officials Who Diverted Workers’ Sallah Gift To Return Them

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July 7, 2024

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‎The Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has ordered the Local Government and Local Government Education Authority officials to return the diverted N30,000 sallah gifts given to workers in the state or face serious consequences.

The governor gave the warning on Friday while addressing a crowd of well-wishers and supporters at the Government House, in Sokoto following a successful Hajj exercise.

He expressed dismay over the nefarious attitude of some finance officers especially at the local governments level who denied its staff of the ₦ 30,000 approved as Sallah gifts by the state government.

“I wonder how somebody would deny our workers the stipends we gave them in order to make them financially stable during the Sallah festive season.

“Those who diverted those funds must return them immediately or else we will take serious punitive measures against them.

“We will ensure that the culprits reap what they sowed to serve as a deterrent to others,” he warned.

The governor further charged all heads of agencies where such corrupt tendencies were perpetrated to hasten the compilation of all the affected workers and ensure that they are refunded.

He also assured the people of the state of his administration’s determination to ensure accountability, transparency and the prudent management of public funds for the good of all.

“This administration is all out to ensure zero-tolerance for corruption and all corrupt tendencies.

“So, if anybody thinks he can loot public funds and gets away with it then, he must be sick.

“This administration is a true reflection of the government of the people, for the people, and indeed by the people.

“So, we have a huge task ahead of us that we must carry out diligently without minding whose ox is gored,” Aliyu averred.

The governor further called on the people of the state to continue to rally round the present administration in its undying quest to deliver on its campaign promises.

He also thanked the All Progressives Congress leader in the state, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko, for his fatherly role and guidance to the present leadership in the state.

He also thanked the entire people of the state for their unflinching support and fervent prayers to the present administration and called for the sustenance or the tempo.