As Hurricane Harvey recedes in the Houston area of Texas, numerous help and support have begun to troop in. One which will surprise many and send tongues wagging is from the number one citizen of the US, President Donald Trump. According to White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee who spoke on Thursday, the President has pledged...
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Four days ago, Makurdi, Benue became the latest casualty of flooding around the globe, as heavy rains lasting over four hours ensured that over 2000 houses were submerged in the waters. The number has since increased to 100,000. 50 minutes ago, President Buhari finally tweeted his “great concern” about the flooding in the state. I...
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Donald Trump’s twin from another mother, Boris Johnson spent sometime with the Vice President, Mr Geoffery Onyeama, the Foreign Affairs Minister and Senator Udo Udoma, Minister for Budget and National Planning today. The UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, and international development secretary Priti Patel were in Nigeria to show solidarity with the fight to completely...
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The governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, has said it is too late for Nigeria to break up. Fayose said this while reacting to the Wednesday meeting of Governors of the South-East states with leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Punch reports. He said the meeting had provided a veritable platform, which...
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The Police authorities have confirmed the replacement of erstwhile Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Fatai Owoseni with Imohimi D. Edgar – coming after a back and forth argument on who really is the Commissioner. Earlier this week, it was reported that Mr. Owoseni was redeployed to Abuja, but he quickly reacted, saying he was...
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Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari Thursday, said his administration “would not rest on his oars until Nigerians see the country of their dream. Buhari made the promise in his Eid-el-Kabir message to Nigerians which he personally signed. “Once again, I assure you that this administration, which has made the security, economic well-being and prosperity of all...
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These are the top five stories that drove conversation today. 1. WE’RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS NEW, REMORSEFUL DINO MELAYE When a man admits that he needs to repent, the first question that comes to mind is, “What are your sins?”. When it’s a Nigerian politician who publicly admits that “he must repent”, then we need...
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by Alexander O. Onukwe With about 44,000 persons, Texas has the largest Nigerian population of any state in the United States. The US state has been experiencing heavy floods over the past few days due to the effects of Hurricane Harvey, resulting in massive losses of property and displacement of persons. Nigerian Texans make up...
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Renato Sanches has completed the necessary paperwork while away with Portugal and will link up with his new team-mates upon his return from international duty. Swansea boss, Paul Clement worked with the 20-year-old midfielder during his six-month stint as assistant manager at the Allianz Arena last year before his switch to the Liberty. “I’m delighted to...
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Kylian Mbappe has joined Paris Saint-Germain on loan from AS Monaco until June 30, 2018; ahead of a £166 million move to the Ligue 1 giants next summer, which will bind the player to Paris Saint-Germain until June 30, 2022. The ex-Monaco starlet has been the subject of interest from a host of big European...
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When a man admits that he needs to repent, the first question that comes to mind is, “What are your sins?”. When it’s a Nigerian politician who publicly admits that “he must repent”, then we need to converge at a town hall meeting and watch him spill. Senator Dino Melaye was invited to speak at...
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by Alexander O. Onukwue The landslides that ravaged Sierra Leone a week ago took north of 1000 lives. About the same of number of casualties have been reported from South East Asia floods that have cut through India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Fatality from Hurricane Harvey is under 50, but it is not any less of...
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On Tuesday morning when we tried to no avail to open the official website for the Federal government of Nigeria, we panicked. Could the same thing that happened to Professor Yemi Osinbajo’s website and Babatunde Fashola’s Twitter had descended upon the Federal Government website? So the thing is that the Vice President has had a...
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U.S. President Donald Trump will Tuesday, meet with the “Big Six” group negotiating a plan to remodel the tax code to go over its work, according to a report by Politico. The Big Six includes the leaders of the House and Senate, the chairmen of the chambers’ tax-writing committees, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National...
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THE BEATZ AWARDSTM is here again for her annual award event, created to celebrate the creative minds behind music production, distribution and business. It’s her call for entry for THE BEATZ AWARDS 3, Yes 3 …… This is the third edition and we will be accepting entries in 29 voting categories this year. See list...
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Michel Barnier, EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, has revealed there is “no decisive progress” on cogent issues in talks with the UK, thus, putting him at odds with his British counterpart, Brexit secretary, secretary, David Davis, according to the Guardian UK. The third round of exit talks in Brussels which could be adjudged tense as Barnier was...
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by Alexander O. Onukwue Two of the biggest stars of Hollywood, Sandra Bullock and Leonardo DiCaprio, have donated $1 million dollars each towards the relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Harvey. The catastrophic storm has caused massive flooding in parts of Texas, leading to the displacement of many families and loss of properties. But...
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Pope Francis Thursday, said he was touched by the “tragic loss of lives” and damage caused by storm Harvey in Texas and Louisiana. “Deeply moved by the tragic loss of life and the immense material devastation that this natural catastrophe has left in its wake, he prays for the victims and their families, and for...
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The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said over 110,000 people in 24 communities including Makurdi were displaced by flood. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Boniface Ortese, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi on Wednesday that over 2,769 households were also affected. Achusa, 200 houses were affected with 5,125 persons displaced. Idye,...
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The Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Lola Akande Thursday, said the actions of many women cause domestic violence in Nigeria. Akande, represented by the Director, Women Development Department, WAPA, Mrs Olushola Falana stated this at a programme on Management of Domestic Violence, organised by the ministry in Lagos. Akande said...
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by Alexander Onukwue Amidst the devastation that has been produced by the category 4 tropical cyclone known as Hurricane Harvey, insurance companies have been pushing their computers to estimate how much they will have to pay out. Early estimates suggest that the costs of the ongoing wreck are at the minimum of $10 billion and...
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by Peter Adeshina Yesterday 30th of August, Governors of states in the South-East region met with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The reason the meeting took place is quite clear and from reports, one could deduce that the Governors simply placated Kanu to put up his demands – and by...
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by Alexander O. Onukwue Less than a week after it witnessed its first total Eclipse of the sun in a long time, America was hit by another natural occurrence of great magnitude, only this time it has brought nothing of the joy that accompanied the celestial. Hurricane Harvey, the category 4 tropical cyclone that has...
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The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that the Federal Government would ensure that the entire country is connected by rail. Amaechi made this declaration when he delivered a keynote address at the 2017 15th National Council on Transportation, in Sokoto on Wednesday. “The President called two of us, myself and my Colleagues in...
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A Republican Texas lawmaker, Michael Burgess has predicted that starting from next week, Congress would deliver financial relief to the flood-ravaged areas of his state in three tranches. When asked how Congress will respond to Hurricane Harvey, Burgess told CNN that, “There will be some immediate help that will likely come as early as early...
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The combined successes of the 2017 song of the summer, Despacito, the sales of the TV series American Gods and the popularity of controversial book-turned-Netflix series 13 Reasons Why has helped drive record first-half profits at German media group – Bertelsmann. According to Guardian, Bertelsmann said profits exceeded €500 million (£460m) for the first time, from revenues up slightly to...
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by Oluwafemi Oyefeso In recent times the number of touch points which a customer can contact an organization through has geometrically increased. Apart from an organization’s physical location, there are other ways customers may contact organizations which could be through their contact centres or by social media. In a bid to ensure the ship...
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SanDisk is getting us a little closer to realising that message we see on every phone pack – “expandable up to 2TB of storage over MicroSD”. With a new 400GB MicroSD card, SanDisk now claims the title of the world’s largest storage capacity for the memory card format. Not only is SanDisk’s 400GB card the...
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by abiodun KOMOLAFE Festus Adedayo’s article entitled ‘WAEC Results: Of Awo’s Mud Houses and Governor’s Model Greed’ (Sunday Tribune, August 20, 2017) refers. Let me start by congratulating Adedayo for confessing the roles of “societal ills like fixing of results, hiring pliable invigilators and allied ills” in states’ actual performance in education. At least, rational...
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