Day: January 18, 2018

UN predicts 3.5% economic growth for Africa

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Africa is expected to see a recovery in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth from its present 3.0 per cent to 3.5 per cent in 2018. This is according to a statement obtained from the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) website on Wednesday in Abuja. Africa’s GDP will further grow to 3.7 per cent in 2019, according to the 2018 edition of the World Economic Situation and Prospects report (WESP2018). The report, recently launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said the GDP growth on a per capita basis was “negligible in…

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Pope Francis flays violence in rights agitation

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Pope Francis currently on visit to Chile, has denounced the use of violence in the struggle for indigenous rights. He made the appeal on Wednesday while celebrating mass in a restive region of Chile hours after assailants firebombed churches and other targets. The Argentine-born pontiff was shining the spotlight on the simmering conflict between the state and the Mapuche people, who centuries ago controlled vast areas of Chile but have since been marginalized. “You cannot assert yourself by destroying others, because this only leads to more violence and division,” the…

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Porn star Daniels bares all to magazine on sex with Trump

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An American magazine, InTouch today ran an excerpt from an interview with adult-film star Stormy Daniels (née Stephanie Clifford) wherein she detailed having a 2006 sexual affair with then-future-president Donald Trump. The interview which will be released in full this week was the first confirmation from Daniels about the affair, which had been much rumoured prior to the 2016 election and drew renewed attention this past week after The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump’s personal lawyer paid her $130,000 to keep quiet. Wednesday’s story was just an appetiser as…

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Kidnappers kill 2 cops, abduct 2 Canadians, 2 Americans

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Kidnappers have killed two Nigerian policemen and abducted two Americans and two Canadians in  Kaduna state. The foreigners were kidnapped on Kwoi-Jere road in Kagarko Local Government Area  on their way to Abuja from  Kafanchan and Kaura. They were ambushed  around 7:00 PM on Tuesday. Kidnapping is rife in the Kaduna axis of the country and despite efforts by the police in flushing out suspects, it continues. Mukhtar Aliyu, a  spokesman for the Kaduna state police, has confirmed the latest kidnapping. Kafanchan is about 3-1/2 hours’ drive northeast of Abuja.…

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Stay away from disputed Effurun land, Reps tell Army

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The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has asked the Nigerian Army and other parties to stay away from the disputed land the natives of Effurun in Uvwie Kingdom in Delta State lay claim to. ‎ The Committee also summoned the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai to appear before its members on Jan. 30 to explain how the Army acquired and resold some plots from the land in dispute. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Uzoma Nkem-Aboonta, (Abia-PDP), gave the ruling at the third sitting of…

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Feeding babies solid food before six months causes obesity, diabetes

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Most parents are feeding their babies solid foods too early – raising their risk of obesity and diabetes, according to new research. The study showed that more than half of infants start eating solids before the recommended six months and only a third of babies are introduced at the right time. Previous research has shown that babies who are have solid foods too early are more likely to be overweight and develop chronic diseases such as diabetes and celiac disease. The study of nearly 1,500 babies across the United States…

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Bitcoin falls 7 percent on extended selloff

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Bitcoin has skidded more than 11 percent on Wednesday, extending a precipitous downturn in fortunes, with investors spooked by fears regulators might clamp down on an asset whose value has skyrocketed in the past year. The price of the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency fell to as low as $10,065 on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange, a six-week low and close to half the peak price of almost $20,000 it reached in December. Other cryptocurrencies plunged as well. Ethereum and Ripple were both down heavily after reports that South Korea and…

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Twin suicide attacks kill three in Maiduguri

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At least three people were killed on Wednesday in a double suicide-bomb attack in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a civilian militia leader and a resident told AFP. The blasts happened in the Muna Garage area of the Borno state capital, in a market used mainly by internally displaced people from a nearby camp. “So far, we have three dead and 50 people are critically injured,” said Ibrahim Liman, of the Civilian Joint Taskforce (CTJF), which assists the military with security against Boko Haram. “Two under-aged girls, aged about…

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CNN, New York Times top Trump’s fake news media

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President Donald Trump of America on Wednesday night announced the winners of his highly anticipated ‘Fake News Awards’ with CNN and New York Times emerging top on the list. He described them as most dishonest and corrupt. Trump crashed the Republican Party’s website on which he posted the list of the award winners moments after he tweeted the link announcing the winners, due to the high volume of traffic. “And the FAKE NEWS winners are…https://gop.com/the-highly-anticipated-2017-fake-news-awards/ …” Trump tweeted. Trump had on Jan. 2, said: “I will be announcing THE MOST DISHONEST…

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Espanyol hand Barcelona first defeat of the season

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*Atletico Madrid also shocked by Sevilla Espanyol struck in the dying moments to consign Barcelona to their first defeat since August last year. Earlier, Lionel Messi had missed a penalty. The 1-0 loss by the Spanish giants occurred in the first leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals on Wednesday. Oscar Melendo slotted home a neat finish with two minutes remaining of a temperamental derby cup tie, racing onto Marc Navarro’s low cross to punish Messi for missing a 62nd-minute penalty and send the home crowd into raptures. Messi: misses penalty…

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