Monday 29 August 2016

Donald Trump Challenges Hillary Clinton to Release Detailed Medical Records

         Hillary Rodham Clinton
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump challenged Hillary Clinton to release detailed medical records, as he continues to raise questions about her ability physical ability to serve as president.

Akon Receives $1 Billion Credit Line, Gives Electricity to 80M Africans

         
*Akon dropped by VladTV to talk about his light up Africa Project, and he mentioned how he grew up living without electricity, which he now believes is a necessity no man, woman or child should go without.

MAN praises new CBN policy

           MAN praises new CBN policy 
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) President, Dr. Franks Udemba Jacobs has praised the new Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy on “Foreign Exchange Sales to End Users”, which authorises dealers to dedicate at least 60 per cent of their foreign exchange purchases  to manufacturers, saying it will afford his colleagues the opportunity to determine the exchange rate of the naira to arrest its drift.

Friday 26 August 2016

Naira Appreciates To N315.93/dollar As Foreign Investors Take Advantage

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Nigeria’s Naira, yesterday, appreciated by 3.52 per cent to close at N315.93 to a dollar at the interbank market, prompting calls for foreign investors to take advantage of the appreciation. However,  the naira suffered a loss in value as it depreciated at the parallel market to trade at N402 per dollar, weaker than N397 it traded at its previous session as dollar shortages gripped the official market.

Thursday 25 August 2016

Yobo signs for Kano Pillars

        Joseph-Yobo
Former Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo, has joined Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) club, Kano Pillars.

Wednesday 24 August 2016

241 Nigerians 'Voluntarily' Return From Libya

         
Our correspondent gathered that some of the deportees had attempted to cross from Libya to Europe, but they could not accomplish their mission for various reasons.

Monday 22 August 2016

Manchester United playing in Mourinho style already as Paul Pogba shines


         
Manchester United sealed another typical Jose Mourinho win on the Portuguese's Old Trafford debut on Friday night, easing past Southampton 2-0. Like their 3-1 win at Bournemouth five days earlier, United showed an impressive level of organisation so early into the new regime, while producing enough danger at the other end to win comfortably.

Sunday 21 August 2016

Osun Osogbo festival, a celebration of water and fertility goddess

               Osun Osogbo Festival

“I was asked to relocate from Lagos to Osogbo so that my life can have a meaning. I beg you, goddess of Osun, I must not come back here in vain,” these were the words of a desperate woman inside the sacred Osun grove where the annual Osun/Osogbo festival berths yearly. Apart from the fertility which the Osun goddess is sure to guarantee barren women, it is believed that anything one asks from the river will be granted as long as the requests are backed up with promises (which MUST be fulfilled).

Saturday 20 August 2016

Police Called For Fight Between Sean Combs and Cassie Ventura

        
Police were reportedly called following a row between Sean 'Diddy' Combs and singer Cassie Ventura after she told the Bad Boy mogul she wanted to split.

Thursday 18 August 2016

Wednesday 17 August 2016

TECNO Camon C7: A Portable Camera Phone that Shoots Better in Low Light

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The unit I will be reviewing is the sandstone black, it has this rough texture and is really cool. I like the feel in my hands because it is light too. Let’s go into the review proper.

Coming by 2021: the Ford with no steering wheel or pedals

           Ford is hoping by 2021 the likes of Uber users could be taking lifts in fully automated driverless vehicles manufactured by Ford.  
Ford says it will build a totally self-driving car by 2021 as it seeks to take the lead in the global race to produce the world’s first high-volume driverless vehicle.

Meek Mill Defends His Year Since Drake Beef

Meek Mill 
Last summer Meek Mill accused Drake of using ghostwriters, beginning a beef that he was generally perceived as losing. Many feel it's been all downhill for Mill since then, the rapper spent multiple months under house arrest for a parole violation, but Meek doesn't see it that way.

Monday 15 August 2016

Why are Jamaican sprinters so fast?

Gruelling training from childhood helps explain superior performance on the track.
In the race to decide the fastest man on earth, Usain Bolt was unconcerned when US rival Justin Gatlin stole an early lead.

Thursday 11 August 2016

Facebook’s bid to be the new king of advertising

         Mark Zuckerberg
To achieve the deepest, darkest dreams of Mark Zuckerberg, the company must become the first one that dominates both the kind of precision ads that built Google and the emotional ads that made TV the world's dominant marketing force.

Rio Olympics: Colombia beat Nigeria as Etebo suffers injury


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 Nigeria’s Dream Team VI lost their last game in group B at the Rio Olympics games after going down 2-0 to Colombia. 

Tuesday 9 August 2016

DJ Khaled ousts Drake for first No. 1 on Billboard 200 chart

         
Music producer and social media star DJ Khaled scored his first chart-topping album on the weekly US Billboard 200 album chart on Monday, ousting Canadian R&B artist Drake.

Rio T/Tennis : Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri sets African record

        Quadri Aruna of Nigeria shouts after def
Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri became one of the giant killers at the ongoing Olympic Games after he worked his way into the fourth round of the men’s singles by beating Chuang Chih-Yuan of Chinese Taipei.

Monday 8 August 2016

Tension in Chad ahead of Deby's fifth term

        
Heavily-armed security forces cracked down at the weekend, using tear gas to disperse opposition activists who rallied despite an official ban in the poor, landlocked nation.

Saturday 6 August 2016

Nollywood Actor Leo Mezie Suffers Leg Failure After Kidney Collapse | Urgently Needs Help

        Nollywood Actor Leo Mezie Suffers Leg Failure After Kidney Collapse | He Urgently Needs Help
Apparently down with kidney related disease, Nollywood actor, Leo Mezie, has now been stunned with yet another attack on his right leg, as he is in desperate need of financial help to get an urgent medical treatment abroad to forestall further collapse.

Tyga Buys Kylie Jenner a Maybach for Her 19th Birthday

         Wow! Kylie Jenner gasps as she spots her early birthday present from Tyga - a Maybach limo - in a Snapchat post
Everyone's favorite on-again-off-again couple Tyga and Kylie Jenner have yet another new car between them to prove their love.

Friday 5 August 2016

Top-Secret’ Birthday Bash, Obama Parties with Jay Z, Beyoncé

       
On Friday night, President Obama is reportedly set to attend a “top-secret” dance party at the White House. The lavish event, organized by First Lady Michelle Obama, marks the president’s 55th birthday, and the last one he will enjoy as a resident of the White House.

President Buhari orders Adeosun to pay civil servants' arrears

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President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly ordered Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria’s finance minister to pay outstanding debts to civil servants in the country. Daily Post refers to a statement issued in Abuja by the head of Civil Service of the federation, Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, in which the federal government informed that it will pay the civil servants death benefits, promotion arrears and other outstanding debts, running to about N300 billion. 

Thursday 4 August 2016

The Republican Party might have lost due to Donald Trump

       
All year, Republicans have been trying to convince themselves that Donald Trump would pivot to the general election once he got the nomination — cleaning up his act, professionalizing his campaign, and making appeals beyond his base.

Nigerian soccer team stranded in Atlanta, to arrive in Brazil on game day

      
Nigeria’s Olympic men’s soccer team was locked in a race against time to make it to Brazil for its opening match on Thursday, following a farcical mix-up that saw the players stranded in Atlanta.

Wednesday 3 August 2016

Dubai International Airport closed after jet crash-lands

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Dubai International Airport, one of the world’s busiest, was forced to suspend operations on Wednesday after an Emirates airline passenger jet crash-landed and burst into flames on one of its runways.

Tuesday 2 August 2016

Three ex-militants graduates with first class in UK

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Three former Niger Delta militants have graduated with a first class degree from universities in the United Kingdom.

Monday 1 August 2016

MEND, FG strike deal to end Niger Delta crisis

      
Indications emerged on Saturday that the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and the Federal Government currently engaged in a dialogue through the oil companies and security agencies have reached far-reaching compromises, including the release of former militant leader, Henry Okah, in prison in South Africa and Charles Okah, incarcerated in Nigeria.

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