Funke Akindele to feature in Hollywood movie Avengers: Infinity War

 

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   The actress will be playing the role of a Dora Milaje member in the movie, alongside other superstar actors. She is one of the biggest names in Nollywood presently, and she has bagged many endorsement deals.

Atiku Abubakar’s son loses custody of his two children

   

   Delivering his judgement on the custody battle between Aminu Abubakar and his ex-wife Fatima Bolori which has been on since their separation, Chief Magistrate K.B Ayeye ruled that the children Amirah Atiku, 8, and Aminu Atiku, 7, should be with their mother.

Soyinka Blasts Buhari Over Herdsmen killings

 

   Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to learn from history and stop treating killer herdsmen with kid gloves. Soyinka also described incessant attacks by killer herdsmen, in many parts of the country, as a declaration of war on Nigeria.

University of Ibadan To Admit 3,783 Out of 56,172 Candidates

   The University of Ibadan is set to admit 3,783, out of 56,172 candidates who chose the institution through the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) for the 2017/2018 academic session.

This Day in History 11 January:1908 Theodore Roosevelt makes Grand Canyon a national monument

 
    On January 11, 1908, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt declares the massive Grand Canyon in northwestern Arizona a national monument.

   Though Native Americans lived in the area as early as the 13th century, the first European sighting of the canyon wasn’t until 1540, by members of an expedition headed by the Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. Because of its remote and inaccessible location, several centuries passed before North American settlers really explored the canyon. In 1869, geologist John Wesley Powell led a group of 10 men in the first difficult journey down the rapids of the Colorado River and along the length of the 277-mile gorge in four rowboats.