China’s leading energy and chemical company, Sinopec, on Monday, said that it had built the world’s largest atmospheric tower for Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery. On its verified Twitter handle, the company shared photos of the tower and revealed that it (tower) had already left its port in China and was traveling to Nigeria. It tweeted: “On[...]
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Electric private planes could be flying over the skies of the UAE as soon as next year as part of a partnership between Dubai-headquartered Jetex Flight Support and US start-up Wright Electric, according to Jetex CEO Adel Mardini. The partnership, first announced last year, will see Jetex install electric charging infrastructure for electric jets in[...]
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Africa is an important market for Gulf airlines, but they face some security, safety and infrastructure challenges. Earlier this month, a delegation from the Arab Civil Aviation Organisation (ACAO) met with their African counterparts from the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) during a meeting in Abu Dhabi. The gathering was attended by Saif Mohammed Al[...]
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In a statement issued by Nwamaka Onyemelukwe, CCNL’s public affairs and communications manager, the company said Getachew would take over from Bhupendra Suri. He is now saddled with the responsibility to lead and optimize profitable revenue and volume growth of Coca-Cola’s business in Nigeria under the West African Business Unit (WABU). “Getachew brings to the[...]
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Nollywood actress and billionaire's wife, Regina Daniels recently released slimmer photos of herself and some of her fans are asking questions. The young actress who recently tied the knot with Nigerian billionaire, Ned Nwoko showed off her new trimmed self and some fans are saying she looks shrunk - However, some have stated that she[...]
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The Senate has resumed the screening of the remaining ministerial nominees with the reappointed nominee from Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), appearing before it. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the exercise resumed on Monday at exactly 10.40 a.m. It would be recalled that the screening started on July 24, and so[...]
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Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie has been featured in Meghan Markle’s ‘Forces of Change’ list for British Vogue cover. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the Duchess of Sussex, Markle picked 15 women she considers strong proponents for change for the upcoming September edition of the magazine which she co-edited. The Duchess, who gave birth to[...]
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The next time you go for a job interview, you should spend time brushing up your personality — not just your skill set. That’s according to a new joint report from U.S. careers advice site TopInterview and job search platform Resume-Library, which ranked personality among the top three factors most employers look for in new[...]
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The United States must change its economic system or there will be conflict between the rich and the poor. So says billionaire hedge fund guru and finance entrepreneur Ray Dalio. “Capitalism needs to be reformed. It doesn’t need to be abandoned. So, like anything, like a car, like anything, a plane, a school system, anything,[...]
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China’s pig herd could halve by the end of 2019 from a year earlier as an epidemic of African swine fever sweeps through the world’s top pork producer, analysts at Dutch bank Rabobank forecast on Tuesday. The bank said China’s herd, by far the world’s biggest, was already estimated to have shrunk by 40% from[...]
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The Nigerian Government’s recent abortive attempt at deploying its RUGA objective was a masterclass in how not to roll out any policy, let alone a controversial one. It was so for many reasons. First of all, there is no short-cutting the best practices of policy formulation and deployment. The government should have initially published a[...]
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American teenager Kyle Giersdorf won $3 million on Sunday in New York after taking the top prize in a tournament for the popular online video game Fortnite. Geirsdorf, 16, from Pennsylvania, was one of at least 100 players competing for $30 million in total prize money, as the booming popularity of video and online games[...]
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When on-demand education app Snapask emerged on the scene in 2015, it was quickly dubbed the “Uber”for tutoring. “I guess people relate us because we provide the same kind of convenience for users,” founder and CEO Timothy Yu said of the characterization. The Hong Kong company was then just a young start-up, serving 100,000 students.[...]
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Team Nigeria topped the medals table with 21 gold at the maiden edition of the Africa Cup Track Cycling on Sunday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria also won 17 silver and 12 bronze medals in the overall result of the medals table. Team Egypt won a total of four[...]
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The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as “Shiites” has been declared a terrorists organisation after series of deadly protest by its members led to the death of Usman Umar, a Deputy Commissioner of police and Precious Owolabi, a Channels Television reporter. Justice Nkeonye Maha, of the Federal High Court in Abuja, made the[...]
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The chairman of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa has said the South African Police is being sued over the assault on a Nigerian resident in the country. It would be recalled that ex-Big Brother Africa housemate and Nigerian model, Tayo Faniran, was assaulted and strangled by South African police on Friday.[...]
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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has opposed Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) proposed plan to restrict allocation of foreign exchange (forex) for importation of milk into the country. It insisted that the policy does not align with the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP). It also argued that any policy that does[...]
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Quitting tobacco is one of the best things any person can do for his/her health,” Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has stated. In his remarks on the seventh WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic released yesterday, he noted: “The MPOWER package gives governments the practical tools to[...]
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If you want a 100% natural treatment, that naturally fight diabetes, normalizes blood sugar and reverses type 2 diabetes without depending on prescription drugs or insulin injections, then this short message will show you how. Within few weeks, I was able to slash 80points from my fast rising blood sugar, using a special “Diabetes Reversal[...]
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Energy360 Africa, a data analytics and technology solutions company that deals in technologies for the downstream oil and gas sector, has unveiled new fuel management systems to help small, medium and large businesses optimise fuel consumption. The new technology includes Smart Eye, which is an automatic tank gauging system that can be utilized by fuel[...]
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On Jan. 1, 2014, Colorado launched what many considered a controversial experiment: It became the first state in the country to legalize recreational cannabis. No one was sure how things would play out. Would new entrepreneurs enter the market? Would people stop buying from the black market? Would crime rates fall? Now, more than five years after[...]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigerians who have another country to relocate to are free to do so. “Anybody who thought he have any other country than Nigeria, Goodbye,” Buhari said. “We are determined to rehabilitate our country especially for our children and grand-children,” the president added. Nigeria, with a teeming young population, has[...]
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While a temporary ceasefire appears to have been reached in the fight for a new minimum wage, a battle for its seamless implementation could break out soon. For workers in the private sector, there might be no fresh minefields between them and the new wage. This is however not the case with public sector workers[...]
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Abu Dhabi has been named as one of the most cultural cities in the world in a list compiled by Skyscanner, the travel fare website. The UAE capital made the exclusive list after the Chinese-owned website identified its top five destinations for expanding any travellers’ horizons with an arts and culture-filled holiday. Ranked second, the[...]
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According to Small Business Trends, a third of small businesses get started with less than $5,000, and 58% got started with less than $25,000. 26% of business owners started because they were willing to be their own boss; 23% because they wanted to pursue their passion and 19% because the opportunity presented itself. Other reasons[...]
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