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Canada based Bisi Jagunna extends helping hands to displaced people

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Clare Bisi Jagunna, the pretty lady behind the non governmental foundation, Hands Lifting Hearts Initiatives, based in Calgary, Canada is extending her helping hands to the less privileged people in Nigeria. She says ” our mission is to provide succour and support to women and children that are displaced due to religious, domestic or economic situations in their communities, and this we have been achieving, and we intend to extend to Nigeria. ” A graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, and University of Ilorin before she relocated to Canada a decade…

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Application opens for 2018 Tony Elumelu entrepreneurship programme

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In line with encouraging entrepreneurship and self sustenance among Youths in Africa at large, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) is now accepting applications for business ideas that can transform Africa. The Programme includes a provision of critical tools for business success, 12 weeks of intensive online training, which guides creating and managing a business; A world-class mentor to guide during the early transformation stages of the business; $5,000 in seed capital to prove the concept, plus access to further funding and access to the largest network of African start-ups and…

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Glo Denies Acquiring 9Mobile

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Telecommunications giant Globacom, has distanced itself from media reports which insinuated that it was the preferred bidder to acquire telecommunications company, 9Mobile. A press statement issued in Lagos on Friday said: “Globacom has not acquired 9Mobile as widely reported in the media.” According to the company; “We are bound by the terms of the acquisition process as stipulated by the authorities handling it and we will not in any way sway or deviate from the rules”. “We repose confidence in Barclays Africa, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Central…

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Saudi Arabia allows women at football game for first time

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Saudi Arabia has for the first time allowed women to spectate at a football match, part of an easing of strict rules on gender separation by the ultra-conservative Muslim country. Earlier on Friday, ahead of the football game, there was another small sign of change: the country’s first car showroom dedicated to female customers was opened. For the first time, women will this June be allowed to get behind the wheel, after it was announced in September that a ban on women drivers would be lifted. A hashtag, translated as…

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Donald Trump must apologise for comments – African Union

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The organisation representing African countries has demanded that US President Donald Trump apologise after he reportedly called nations on the continent “shitholes”. The group’s mission in Washington DC expressed its “shock, dismay and outrage” and said the Trump administration misunderstood Africans. The US leader made the alleged remark in a Thursday meeting on immigration. But Mr Trump has denied using the language reported. He has been backed by two Republicans who were at the White House meeting, but Democratic Senator Dick Durbin said Mr Trump called African countries “shitholes” several…

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Apostle Suleman’s Prophecy On South African President Zuma Fulfilled!

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The manifestation of prophecy is primarily to build up man in his walk and help establish his relationship with God. Prophecy will not contradict the written Word because God is not the author of confusion, and He will never confuse by saying one thing in His Word and another in prophecy. Therefore, when prophets speak, their words enjoy the blessings of God. Apostle (Prof.) Johnson Suleman, a revered Prophet of God, on the New Year eve, released a number of prophecies among which some have come to fulfillment. The latest…

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GOV. WIKE PROPOSES DEATH SENTENCE FOR CULTISTS AND KIDNAPPERS

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the State Government will amend the State Anti-kidnapping Law to prescribe death sentence for criminals involved in cultism, robbery and kidnapping. In a state broadcast on Monday on the killing of Johnson Igwedibia alias Don Wanny, Governor Wike stated that the Rivers State Government has zero tolerance for crime and criminality, hence it will continue to take measures to protect lives and property. He said: “We reiterate our zero tolerance for all forms of criminality and reassure all residents of our…

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PDP Will Transform Nigeria In 2019 – Atiku Abubakar

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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has assured Nigerians that the Peoples Democratic Party is the only party that will transform the country and take its economy back to its prosperity. Atiku expressed this in Kaduna at the weekend, when one of his supporters, Miss Zainab Musa Pindar, organised a reception for him at the Arewa House, welcoming him back to the PDP. A statement signed by Jacob Onjewu Dickson, spokesman for the Chairman of Atiku Care Foundation, Ambassador Aliyu Ibn Abbas, made available to newsmen in Kaduna on Monday, said…

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Boko Haram Insurgents Have Been Defeated In The North-east – Army Chief, Buratai

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Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), on Sunday declared that the Boko Haram insurgents have been defeated by troops in the northeast. Buratai made the declaration at a special service to commemorate the 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, held at ST Bartholomew’s Military Church, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri. Buratai, represented by Maj.-Gen. David Ahmadu, the Chief of Training and Operations, Army Headquarters, disclosed that the military has won the war against insurgency. He revealed that the military had recorded successes in the intensified offensive, routed and defeated…

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Blackwood Grills and Bar Berths in Ikeja

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This yuletide will be memorable for Lagos fun seekers, with the berthing of Blackwood Grills and Bar; especially those in the Ikeja axis. The new exclusive dancing bar cum restaurant, magnificently located on Olu Akerele Street, Ikeja, Lagos, is an architectural delight, parading immaculate surrounding, which makes it an ideal place for pleasure and business. With a hallow of paradise, the watering hole, unique features designed interiors, laced with contemporary furnishings, elegant styling with great attention to details. Trust, Blackwood exudes the cosmopolitan nature of Hammed Oke, the mercurial dude…

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