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A rare bird believed to be owned by the University of Helsinki, Finland, was caught in Jigawa state, Nigeria. The bird, known as the Western Osprey (Pandion Haliaetus), a rare creature in Nigeria, was reportedly caught on Thursday, October 25th, at Malam Madori, Jigawa State. Those who caught the bird said a ring bearing some information was spotted on one of its legs. It stated that it was owned by the University of Helsinki, Finland. The bird was eventually released to fly away at the Baturiya Wetland Reserve in Jigawa. Abubakar S. Ringim, a graduate of Zoology, wrote on Facebook: Osprey Pandion halietus caught on 25/10/2018 at Malam Madori, Jigawa. The bird came from University of Helsinki, Finland. Available records from the University revealed that the bird was ringed 106 days prior to its caught in Jigawa, and covered 5808 kilometers during it's migration to winter in Africa, in particular, Nigeria. The bird were celebrated and suc...

Donald Trump plans to revoke the birthright citizenship which allows children of non-citizens and illegal immigrants born in the US to become automatic citizens. The US President referred to the law as "ridiculous" during an interview for Axios on HBO and said he wants to sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship. Trump has always criticized the so-called "anchor babies" and now that he is president, he plans to do something about it. He said: We're the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States... with all of those benefits. It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. And it has to end. The 14th Amendment of the Constitution, written in 1868, states: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. Trump says he can change the...

Lagos lawyer, Itsede Okhai has taken President Buhari to court over his non submission of his certificate to INEC. The suit was filed at the Lagos High court. See below...

Kanye West,  who has been heavily criticized for supporting   President Donald Trump , has now announced he's distancing himself from Politics while admitting he has been used to spread messages he doesn't believe in. The rapper made the shocking announcement on Twitter on Tuesday, and also revealed that he's now focusing on being creative. The announcement comes after the father of three debuted a line of apparel for the "Blexit" campaign that encouraged African-American voters to abandon the Democratic Party.  In one of the tweets today, Kanye denied any real connection to “Blexit” merchandise, saying :"I introduced Candace to the person who made the logo and they didn’t want their name on it so she used mine." Read his tweets below.

The 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to a woman for the first time in 55 years. Donna Strickland, from Canada, is only the third woman in history to win the award, along with Marie Curie, who won in 1903, and Maria Goeppert-Mayer, who was awarded the prize in 1963. Dr Strickland shares this year's prize with Arthur Ashkin, from the US, and Gerard Mourou, from France. Dr Strickland said on a phone call to the press conference: We need to celebrate women physicists because we’re out there, and hopefully in time it’ll start to move forward at a faster rate. I’m honoured to be one of those women. The announcement that a woman had been awarded the prize for physics comes just a day after Italian scientist Professor Alessandro Strumia was suspended by Cern for saying that "physics was invented and built by men" in a talk

An Igbo man in the UK received the shock of his life when an old white lady came up to him to speak fluent Igbo to him. During their conversation, he made an interesting discovery about her. Uche Anyanwagu said the lady, whose name he later discovered is Nkechi Rosalind Colwell, tapped him, then asked him for his state of origin in fluent Igbo. When he replied, she told him she worked in his state, Abia state. The rest of her story gets even more interesting as you read. Anyanwagu wrote: Precisely three weeks ago, I had a tap on my back shortly after a Church service in London. As I turned to behold at whose behest, I saw an elderly lady on a wheel chair.  Her words were simple, straight and shocking - “I bu onye Igbo?" (Are you Igbo?) I stared at her with my mouth agape, not sure if she was the one who asked. I felt I had some auditory hallucination but I managed to reluctantly nod in affirmation.  She gave a toothy smile and probed further - “...