Brittany Mahomes and Patrick Mahomes Run 2 Different Plays on Politics
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Brittany Mahomes and Patrick Mahomes Run 2 Different Plays on Politics

Politics tamfitronics It would appear that Brittany Mahomes is not liking the comments she’s been getting on social media recently.The wife of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is facing backlash after appearing to “like” and subsequently un-like an Instagram post from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in recent days. Brittany Mahomes, who is currently pregnant with the couple’s third child, reportedly double-tapped a post from Trump outlining the “2024 GOP platform,” including bulletpoints such as “keep men OUT of women’s sports” and “end the weaponization of government against the American people.”On Friday, Brittany took to her Instagram Story with a text-only post that didn’t directly reference Trump or what she was biting back against, but addressed “haters.”“I mean honestly,” she wrote. “To be a hater as an adult, you have to have some deep-rooted...
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FG names recognized Togo, Benin Republic universities
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FG names recognized Togo, Benin Republic universities

Politics tamfitronics The Federal Government has stated that only eight universities have been accredited to award degrees to Nigerians in Togo and Benin Republic.The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, made this known on Sunday night while speaking on Politics programme.Mamman, during a press conference last Friday to mark his one year in office, over 22,500 Nigerians obtained fake degree certificates from the two countries, and such certificates would be cancelled.The minister said the revelation was part of a report submitted to the Federal Executive Council by a committee with a mandate to probe degree certificate racketeering by foreign and local universities in Nigeria.He added that the development follows the undercover investigation report in which a Nigerian journalist acquired a degree from a university in Benin Republic in under two months and used it to get...
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From next year, anybody applying to go to university in Nigeria will have to meet the required age which is 18 – Education Minister Tahir Mamman
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From next year, anybody applying to go to university in Nigeria will have to meet the required age which is 18 – Education Minister Tahir Mamman

Politics tamfitronics Education Minister Tahir Mamman announced on Channels Television’s “Sunday Politics” that the Federal Government has instituted a new age policy for secondary school leaving examinations, setting the minimum age at 18.Underage candidates will no longer be allowed to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), both crucial for advancing to tertiary education.The directive affects the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), which administers the WASSCE, and the National Examinations Council (NECO), responsible for the SSCE. Additionally, Minister Mamman confirmed that the age limit to undertake the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), overseen by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), will also be 18.He said;“It is 18 (years). What we did at the meeting that we had with JAMB (in July) was to allow...
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Africa has no reason to be poor – Obasanjo
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Africa has no reason to be poor – Obasanjo

Politics tamfitronics A former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday, August 26, decried the level of poverty experienced across the African continent.Speaking at the opening ceremony of the FESTAC Africa Festival at the Jomo Kenyatta Stadium in Kisumu, Kenya, the former president said that the widespread poverty in Africa is man-made and not an act of God.Obasanjo also said that given the continent’s abundant resources, there is no reason for its growing poverty.His words, “Africa has no reason to be poor. Our poverty is not an act of God. We are steeped in poverty due to our poor mentality.“We need to wake up because we have a wealth of resources,” Obasanjo said.He also accused the World Bank of deceiving nations of the continent with some of its initiatives.He said, “If you look back in history,...
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