President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed an agreement that will see Nigeria partner with the German government and Siemens to help improve the electricity situaion in the country. According to a statement seen on the twitter handle of the president, the project has the potential to address a significant amount of the challenges Nigeria has[...]
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Looks like singer Joe Jonas can't get enough of his actor wife Sophie Turner with whom he tied the knot last month in France. After coming back from their honeymoon in Maldives, Turner shared a photo of the two to which Jonas responded with a "stunning" comment. The romantic photo shows Turner in a white[...]
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Thirty six percent of working professionals in the UAE and 26 percent in Saudi Arabia would rather take a pay cut in exchange for more holiday time. An online study in the two countries by LinkedIn shows this number hits 38 percent and 22 percent among millennials and, for those aged between 54 and 74,[...]
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On Wednesday, Laolu Akande, spokesman to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, tweeted that his principal “is in the UK to witness the son’s graduation ceremony.” In the blink of an eye, that tweet triggered a heated debate online: some argued it is a reminder of how even Nigeria’s leaders do not believe in the country’s education system[...]
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Timi Dakolo, Nigerian singer, has accused the police of attempting to intimidate him and Busola, his wife, over the rape allegation levelled against Biodun Fatoyinbo, founder of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA). In a statement on Sunday, Dakolo said while the police have invited him and his wife for questioning on several occasions, they are[...]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it recorded a trade surplus of N6.33 billon for the month of May, 13 per cent higher than the N5.60 billion surplus made in April . The corporation disclosed this in its Monthly and Operations report (MFOR) released on Sunday in Abuja It attributed the rise to the[...]
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Algeria Desert Foxes have won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON) with a lone goal defeat of the Teranga Lions of Senegal in the final played on Friday at the Cairo International Stadium, Egypt. Algerian striker Baghdad Bounedja found the back of the net in the 2nd minute when his shot took a treacherous[...]
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Washington apparently went too far. Instead of seeking an immediate and rapid rebalancing of U.S.-China trade, the White House asked for legislative changes in China’s trade and economic systems under a permanent threat of sanctions. And then it got worse. China seemed to have offered a bait, pretending that it might acquiesce into such unthinkable[...]
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Finance Minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday he would resign if Boris Johnson became Britain’s new prime minister because he could not support a leader happy to take the country out of the European Union without a deal. Hammond’s decision underlines the strength of feeling in parliament against a no-deal Brexit, which some lawmakers and[...]
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The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on the negative effects of insecurity in the country, especially in the South West, warning that the pre-colonial military structures of the Yoruba have not totally collapsed. The monarch, who lamented that more countries had issued restrictions on[...]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) might have concluded plans to add milk and other dairy products to items on the foreign exchange restriction list with a view to boosting local production, and investment in ranches. Insiders told The Guardian that CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele expressly told operators that milk and other dairy products would[...]
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As usual social media influencer and political analyst Reno Omokri took to his Instagram page to dish out a mind boggling food for thought. Read here.....
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Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world with a current net worth of $125 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. And he's investing much of his Amazon fortune in the development of space technologies through his aerospace company Blue Origin. Why? "Because I think it's important," Bezos tells Norah O'Donnell[...]
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President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Mr Amaju Pinnick, has been impeached as 1st Vice-President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). His removal took place on Thursday at CAF Executive Committee meeting, after a well attended congress in Cairo Egypt. It would be recalled that Pinnick was elevated to the position after the[...]
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Today’s kids are three times more likely to aspire toward a career as a YouTuber rather than an astronaut, according to a new study. Toy production firm Lego surveyed 3,000 children between the ages of eight and 12 from the U.S., the U.K. and China, as well as 326 parents who had children aged between[...]
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Facebook has made headlines of late with its plans to create a cryptocurrency. The social media company has been forced to defend the project on Capitol Hill, amid regulatory concerns around data privacy and potential illegal usage, while the G-7 has warned it poses “serious” legal risks. It’s an experiment in monetary systems for the[...]
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In 2016, rapper Kanye West made headlines when he begged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg via Twitter to invest $1 billion into his "ideas," because he was personally $53 million in debt. He never got it though! However, his lucky break has come from his apparel brand Yeezy is a billion-dollar empire, according to Forbes, and[...]
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Starting next year, the new rules in clean energy regarding the use of crude oil by shipping vessels will become law. The shipping industry will have to comply with rules that should dramatically reduce sulfur emissions. "It is the biggest change in oil market history," Steve Sawyer, senior analyst at energy consultant Facts Global Energy,[...]
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Billionaire blogger and media mogul Linda Ikeji attended the Access Bank Polo Tournament in London last weekend. She attended the event in the company of her sisters: Laura and Sandra Ikeji who are successful entrepreneurs as well. She looked breathtaking in a Chiarabonila dress adorned with Jimmy Choo shoes and a YSL bag. See photos[...]
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