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Corps Member Trains 16 Youths On Electrical Installation

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4 years ago

January 21, 2022

Our Correspondent, Bauchi

Yusuf Mazai, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, serving in Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Bauchi state has trained 16 youths on electrical wiring and installation in the state.

INFO DAILY reports that the Corps member, who embarked on the training exercise of the youths also hoisted both Nigerian and TCN flags in the transmission company premises as part of his Community Development Service (CDS) Project.

Speaking during the distribution of Certificates to the trainees as well as inauguration of the flags in Bauchi on Friday, the state Coordinator of NYSC, Alhaji Namadi Abubakar, appreciated the corps member for imparting his knowledge on them.

Represented by Mrs Gbemisola Salami, Assistant Director, Community Development Service (CDS), NYSC, Bauchi, Abubakar said corps members were expected to make their host communities better than they met them.

He however, urged the staff of the Company to take good care of the project, calling on the trainees to build themselves more on what they had learned to benefit the society.

Earlier, the Batch A corps member with registration number BA/21A/2033, said he carried out the project because Bauchi people were loving and accommodating, and he had to go round and research on how he could be of help to the state.

He explained that he first engaged himself in voluntary teaching at Government Day Secondary School, Kofar Eid, Bauchi where he was teaching basic technology.

Mazai further revealed that he later went to the community leader of Kofar Eid to provide him some youth to be effectively trained on electrical installation and house wiring.

“The community leader gave me about 16 of them whom I trained for a period of one month.

“They can do electrical house wiring and equally trace an electrical fault in any house. Even after they were given certificates of training today, I will still keep imparting them more knowledge till the end of my service year,” he said.

He called on the trainees to make sure they keep putting what they have learned into practice and also train others to be like them.

One of the trainees, Isiaka Mohammed, who appreciated the corps member for the kind gesture, also applauded NYSC for giving them the rare opportunity to learn through the corps member.

He added that none of them would have been able to afford the money to be spent to learn the skills elsewhere.

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‘Pioneer Of Cable TV News’: Key Facts About CNN Founder, Ted Turner

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May 9, 2026

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Ted Turner, the media businessman who founded CNN died at the age of 87. He died peacefully on Wednesday, surrounded by family, according to Turner Enterprises.

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Launched 24-hour news television

Built a media network

Expanded through sports

Recognition and influence

Philanthropy and global causes

Environmental efforts

Health and later years

Early career path

Leadership and legacy

Personal life

Exit from business

Family

Below are key facts about his life and impact:

Launched 24-hour news television

Turner founded CNN on June 1, 1980, introducing the first 24-hour news channel and changing how audiences follow global events.

Built a media network

He moved from billboards into broadcasting, turning an Atlanta TV station into a national superstation in 1976. His business later grew to include CNN International, TNT, Turner Classic Movies and Cartoon Network.

Expanded through sports

Turner invested in sports broadcasting and owned teams including the Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta Hawks, using television to reach wider audiences.

Recognition and influence

In 1991, he was named Time magazine’s Man of the Year for his role in shaping modern news coverage.

Philanthropy and global causes

He founded the United Nations Foundation and supported campaigns against nuclear weapons. In 1997, he pledged $1 billion to the United Nations.

Turner supported conservation work, including reintroducing bison in the United States, and backed environmental education through the “Captain Planet” cartoon.

Health and later years

In 2018, Turner revealed he had Lewy body dementia. He also recovered from a mild case of pneumonia in early 2025.

Early career path

He took over his father’s billboard company at 24 after his father’s death and later expanded into radio and television, despite limited experience in journalism.

“I worked until 7 o’clock, and when I got home the news was over,” he once said. “So I missed television news completely. And I figured there were lots of people like me.”

Leadership and legacy

“Ted was an intensely involved and committed leader, intrepid, fearless and always willing to back a hunch and trust his own judgement,” Mark Thompson, Chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, said in a statement. “He was and always will be the presiding spirit of CNN. Ted is the giant on whose shoulders we stand, and we will all take a moment today to recognize him and his impact on our lives and the world.”

Personal life

Turner married actress Jane Fonda in 1991, and they later divorced after 10 years, though they remained close.

“I would never love anyone like I love him,” she said. “But I just couldn’t keep moving in his world, along the surface for the rest of my life. I knew that I would get to the end of my life and regret not doing the things that I also needed to do for me.”

Exit from business

He sold his company to Time Warner in 1996 and later stepped away following its merger with AOL.

Reflecting on his life, Turner once said: “I lost Jane. I lost my job here. I lost my fortune, most of it. Got a billion or two left. You can get by on that if you economize.”

Family

He is survived by his five children, 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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Iran’s Nationwide Internet Shutdown Hits 70 Days

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May 9, 2026

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NetBlocks, a monitoring group, has disclosed that an internet shutdown enforced by the Iranian regime has entered its 70th day, severing key access from swathes of the population under the shadow of war.

NetBlocks reported on Friday that the blackout has now surpassed 1,656 hours, marking more than two months since US-Israeli strikes pounded Tehran and escalated across the Middle East.

“Digital connectivity is vital in times of crisis,” NetBlocks said in a post on X. “Limiting service harms those most in need – people with disabilities, students, small businesses and the general public.”

According to CNN, Iran imposed a separate internet shutdown on the country’s 92 million people earlier this year, when it launched the most lethal crackdown on anti-government protesters since the Islamic Republic’s founding 47 years ago.

CNN further reports that the latest blackout has cut off another potential lifeline for Iranian residents faced with high unemployment and economic pressure exacerbated by the US-Israeli campaign.

(CNN)

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Gas Prices In US Edge Down After Two Weeks Of Increases

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May 9, 2026

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The cost of a gallon of regular gas in the United States (US) has edged down a little more than a penny to $4.55.

According to AAA’s readings, this marks the first decline in the average gas price after 15 straight days of increases.

The decline is minuscule compared to the large increases in gas prices over the last two weeks.

According to CNN, gasoline costs rose an average of nearly 4 cents a day during that period and had several daily increases of between 7 and 9 cents.

Also Read: Trump insists US-Iran ceasefire intact despite recent exchange of fire

CNN also reports that based on past gas spikes, it will likely take weeks for gas prices to get down below $4 a gallon.

The report, however, states that a previous two-week stretch of gas price declines only shaved 14 cents off the average price, taking the average price to $4.02, before the recent 15-day run of increases.

According to CNN, it could take months for the average price to fall below $3 per gallon, as it did before the war in Iran.

CNN further reports that only one state – Oklahoma – now has an average price of less than $4 a gallon, and its average stands at $3.98. California has the highest average price at $6.16.

(CNN)