Celebrating World Online Learning Day: Embracing the Future of Education

Yesterday, we celebrated World Online Learning Day, a day dedicated to recognizing the transformative power of online education and the opportunities it presents for learners around the globe. This event highlights the incredible advancements in digital learning that have made education more accessible, flexible, and engaging than ever before.

The Evolution of Online Learning

Online learning has evolved significantly over the years, transitioning from simple correspondence courses to sophisticated platforms offering interactive and immersive experiences. With the rise of technology, students can now access high-quality educational resources from anywhere, making it easier to pursue their academic and professional goals. This shift has not only democratized education but has also fostered a diverse community of learners who can collaborate and share knowledge across borders.

Why Online Learning Matters

The benefits of online learning are manifold:

• Accessibility: Education is no longer confined to physical classrooms. Learners can study at their own pace and on their own schedules, breaking down geographical barriers.
• Affordability: Online courses often reduce costs associated with traditional education, such as commuting and materials, making learning more attainable for everyone.
• Personalized Learning: Many online platforms offer tailored learning experiences that cater to individual needs and preferences, allowing students to focus on areas they find most challenging or interesting.

How to Celebrate World Online Learning Day

Here are some ways you can continue to embrace online learning beyond this special day:

1. Enroll in a New Course: Explore our platform for new courses that pique your interest—whether it's a skill you've always wanted to learn or a subject you've been curious about.
2. Join a Learning Community: Connect with fellow learners through forums or study groups. Sharing insights and experiences can enhance your understanding and make learning more enjoyable.
3. Share Your Journey: Use social media to share your online learning experiences using hashtags like #WorldOnlineLearningDay. Your story could inspire others to embark on their own educational journeys.
4. Explore Free Resources: Take advantage of the wealth of free educational materials available online. From MOOCs to webinars, there’s no shortage of opportunities to learn something new.

Looking Ahead

As we reflect on World Online Learning Day, let’s recognize the profound impact that online education has had on countless lives. It empowers individuals to pursue their passions, gain new skills, and connect with others in ways that were once unimaginable.

At www.adansonia.org, we are committed to providing high-quality educational resources that cater to diverse learning needs. Together, let’s continue to embrace the future of education—because every day is an opportunity to learn something new!

Happy learning! 🌟

Kidnappers k!ll hotel owner, manager and guest despite N25m ransom payment

Kidnappers have k!lled a hotel owner, his manager and a guest abducted in the Gauraka community in Tafa Local Government Area of GA of Niger State after N25m ransom payment. 

It was that two vigilantes from the community, Abubakar Muhammad and Ibrahim Garba, (pictured), who took the ransom to the kidnappers, were equally killed by the bandits.

 

Recall that the victims were abducted in the early hours of August 17, 2024

An ex-Chairman of Tafa LGA and relative of one of the vigilantes, Yau Ahmad, who confirmed the development to Daily Trust said the victims were sh0t d3ad in the Dogon-Daji Forest which borders Kaduna and Niger State, as well as the FCT.

He said that the remains of the victims were taken to the Air Force base close to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja following their discovery in the bush.

The commander of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) Tafa, Hussaini Abubakar, said the remains of his colleagues were laid to rest on Saturday following a clearance from the army.

He further said that a man abducted from the community about a month earlier was rescued with gunshot injuries and was in an army medical facility in Abuja. 

EFCC arrests five Chinese for alleged illegal mining in Akwa Ibom

 

Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, have arrested five suspected illegal Chinese miners at Ndito-Eka-Iba village, in Ibieno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

 

The commission in a statement on Sunday, September 15, 2024, said the five alleged illegal miners were arrested by the “Special Task Force on illegal Mining” at the Commission’s Zonal office in Uyo, following credible intelligence on the illegal activities of foreign mining companies within Eket and Ibieno Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom State.

 

The arrested Chinese suspects are: Zhon Qinping arrested on September 10, 2024 at Ibieno Local Government Area, while Li Yi, Xie Bin, Chen Mou Zhou and Chen Zeng were arrested on August 29, 2024 at the same location.

 

They were all arrested at an illegal mining site of a mineral suspected to be ilmenite, a titanium- iron oxide mineral.

 

The suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

K!ller of Gokada Nigeria founder is sentenced to 40 years in jail

Tyrese Haspil, the personal assistant convicted of k!lling and dismembering his former tech entrepreneur boss, Fahim Saleh, after stealing about $400,000 from him was sentenced Tuesday, September 10, to 40 years to life in prison. 

Haspil, 25, was found guilty in June of m*rder, grand larceny and other charges in the 2020 de@th of his former boss, Saleh.

Prosecutors said Haspil had been hired as an assistant for Saleh, whose ventures included a ride-hailing motorcycle startup, Gokada, in Nigeria, but quickly began to siphon money from Saleh’s businesses. 

Haspil resigned a year later but continued to steal money. This was even after Saleh discovered the theft and let Haspil repay him over two years to avoid criminal prosecution. 

Haspil decided to k!ll Saleh over concerns that his former boss would discover he was continuing to steal from his companies, prosecutors said. 

On July 13, 2020, Haspil, wearing a black suit and a mask, followed Saleh into the elevator of his luxury apartment building in Manhattan. He then shocked him in the back with a Taser when the elevator doors opened into Saleh’s apartment. 

Saleh fell to the floor and Haspil stabbed him to de@th, authorities said. 

Haspil returned to the apartment the next day to dismember the body with an electric saw. But he left to purchase a charger after the saw’s battery d!ed. 

While Haspil was out, Saleh’s cousin arrived at the apartment and discovered the dismembered body of the Godaka boss. 

Police arrested Haspil days later.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement at the sentencing on September 10: “Today, Tyrese Haspil is facing accountability for brutally murdering and decapitating Fahim Saleh, a kind, generous, and empathetic person who positively impacted the world.

“Even after the defendant stole from him to fund a lavish lifestyle, Mr. Saleh still gave him a second chance.

“While today’s sentence won’t bring Mr. Saleh back, I hope it provides his family a sense of closure as they continue to mourn his painful loss.”

Man arrested for allegedly d#filing his 14-year-old daughter in Adamawa

The Adamawa State Police Command on Wednesday, September 11, arrested a 35-year-old man identified as Muhammad Auwal for allegedly d#filing his 14-year-old biological daughter. 

A statement released by the command's spokesperson, SP Yahaya Nguroje, said the suspect has since confessed to committing the crime and will be charged to court. 

‘Many Nigerians let down by your govt’, Gani Adams writes Tinubu

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has lashed out at the President Bola Tinubu-led administration saying it is becoming indifferent, insensitive and unresponsive to the plights of Nigerians.

In an open letter addressed to the President, Adams said the present administration has disappointed Nigerians adding that the citizens can no longer bear the economic hardship.

 “We have no regret that we were created to inhabit this geographical space in the West African axis of the African continent. We are happy to be here because I don’t know any country in the world that God has blessed, in terms of natural and human resources, like Nigeria. Obviously, past leaders, since 1960, disappointed Nigerians with the way ‘Nigeria and Nigerians were badly led and resources selfishly managed’.

When you came with the ‘Emilokan’ coinage in the build-up to the 2023 elections, many Nigerians were persuaded that as a democrat exposed to the modern way of governance, you will perform better than Muhammadu Buhari, a soldier who deepened the poverty levels of Nigerians and increased insecurity from 2015 to 2023.

Today, events have proved that they were wrong. Mr President, to say the truth without minding whose ox is gored, you have disappointed many Nigerians who thought you were the messiah they were waiting for.

The facts are there to speak for themselves. On May 29, 2023, when you became the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigerians, the price of a litre of fuel was less than N200. Today, it is more than N1000. As the Minister of Petroleum, I ask you, what type of reform is this? In May 2023, the Naira to a Dollar was less than N740. Today, it is more than N1,600.

Now, your two right-hand men when you were Governor of Lagos State between 1999 and 2007, Wale Edun (Finance Minister) and Yemi Cardoso (CBN Governor) are in charge of the economy. What exactly are the fiscal, economic and financial briefings they give you daily to convince you that they know what they are doing in those two offices?

When Buhari left on May 29, 2023, many Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief that insecurity would soon become history. Pitiably today, from the North to the South, East to the West, the rate at which Nigerians are being abducted and some killed, even after ransom was paid, it was as if these blood-thirsty maniacs have just been unleashed on Nigerians from the hottest part of hell. As the Commander-in-Chief, the rising spate of insecurity across the country has put to question the kind of briefings you get daily, especially, from the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, the Chief of Army Staff, General Taoreed Lagbaja, and other Security Chiefs on their modus operandi to send these killers to where they belong?

In August, many Nigerians came out to express their frustration on the way you are governing them. Today, some of those arrested have been charged with treason. In the comity of nations, who does that? Is that the way governments are overthrown, with placards? Human rights activists are being harassed by security agents daily and Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, have become soft targets of sycophants who speak sweet words to your ears for selfish reasons. Many Nigerians know the ‘radical’ role you played when you were Governor, and even after 2007 when you galvanised and mobilised them to challenge the status quo at the national level.

Now that you are in government, protest has suddenly become a criminal offence. God is indeed great. The plain truth is that the recent fuel price increase by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, an agency which is under your office as the Petroleum Minister, is an attack on Nigerians.

Obviously, your administration is becoming indifferent, insensitive and unresponsive to the plights of millions of Nigerians who can no longer meet their daily needs. This is a brutal assault on the sensibility of Nigerians. I think you and your party should be sensitive to the plights of Nigerians.

Mr President, don’t you think the wicked and draconian increase in fuel price, especially, at this time that Nigerians have been pushed to the wall, is a huge recipe for crisis? Nigerians can no longer bear this economic hardship.”

Kano postpones school resumption indefinitely after Edo state government postponed resumption over fuel price hike

The Kano State Government has indefinitely postponed the resumption date for primary and secondary schools for the 2024/2025 academic session. 

The government cited “urgent reasons” for the postponement but did not provide specific details. 

The decision follows a similar move by the Edo State Government, which also postponed school resumption due to rising petrol prices and challenges faced by parents and guardians.

Schools in most parts of Nigeria are set to resume on Monday, September 9.

Balarabe Kiru, Director of Public Enlightenment at the Kano State Ministry of Education, announced the postponement in a statement over the weekend. He explained that the Commissioner for Education, Umar Doguwa, would announce a new resumption date soon. 

Kiru stated, “I wish to inform pupils, students, and parents that the previously scheduled resumption dates of September 8 and 9, 2024, have been postponed.

“This decision is based on urgent reasons aimed at enhancing the learning environment for our children. 

"A new date for resumption will be communicated in due course.”

Bandits k!lled my abducted relatives’ driver and fed him to their dogs – Sokoto cleric narrates

A renowned cleric in Sokoto state, Sheikh Bashar Danfili, has revealed that bandits kidnapped six of his relatives, k!lled their driver and fed his flesh to dogs. 

The cleric who disclosed this in a post on social media, said the victims including a man, his mother, stepmother, two wives and sister were abducted on their way to an undisclosed village.  

He said the bandits had demanded huge amount of money which they could not raise,  adding that the deadline was fast approaching.

“The bandits have kidnapped my close relatives. I don’t want to disclose their names,” he said. 

“They were on their way to a village when they were attacked and kidnapped.

“Their driver was k!lled on the spot and the bandits fed their dogs with his flesh.

“But the rest are still in captivity, including a husband, his mother, stepmother, two wives and his sister.

“The bandits have demanded a huge amount of money, which runs into millions of Naira. We cannot raise it

“I am a scholar, I don’t have anything. My job is only to teach people with the books that you can see behind me.

“And they gave us a deadline within which the money must be paid or they would k!ll all of them.

“I know they can do that, looking at what happened recently to a traditional ruler in the state, who was killed by his abductors

“Therefore, I am pleading for help from the general public so that we can be able to pay the ransom and get them released."