Day: June 11, 2017

Man pays $2.68m for dinner with Buffet, 2nd world’s richest

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An anonymous bidder pledged $2.68 million to a charity in exchange for lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, world’ s second richest man. It was the highest among 41 bids in a five-day auction on eBay’s website that concluded Friday. Last year’s winning bid for lunch with Buffett was $3.46 million, which tied the previous year’s high. The winner, who posted the bid in the closing seconds, gets to bring seven friends to dine with the 86-year-old billionaire at New York’s Smith & Wollensky steakhouse, Bloomberg reported. Buffet, centre with…

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No plans to evacuate Igbo from North –Governors

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The South East Governors Forum (SEGF) has dispelled rumours that the governors have met and agreed to mobilise vehicles and cash for the evacuation of Igbo resident in the north. “The rumours should be disregarded, as they are nothing but tissues of lies,’’ the Chairman of SEGF and Ebony governor, Mr. David Umahi, said in a statement on Friday. “ No amount of provocation would lead us to such a precipitate and irresponsible action at this time. “Those exploiting such vacuous tittle-tattle as a basis for divisive rhetoric in public spaces…

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Farewell: Usain wins final 100m bolt in Jamaica

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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has won his last 100 meters race on home soil in Jamaica in an emotional farewell at a stadium which sold-out and was full to capacity. He is set to retire in August after the World Championships in London and began his goodbye in front of 30,000 adoring fans in Kingston. Bolt, an eight-time Olympic gold medallist, easily won the ‘Salute a Legend’ race in his first 100m of 2017 but admitted being nervous through the race. “The run, it was just OK. I must say…

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Davido builds house for young fan in Uyo

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Davido, Nigerian singing sensation,  has offered a life-changing gesture to a young fan in Uyo, Akwa Ibom  by giving him and his mother a roof over their heads. The Nigerian Singer, who lives by the motto, ‘we rise by lifting others’, is building a house for the young fan named as Utibe, who sang his popular hit, IF. Davido made his generous gesture known on his Instagram page, with a note: davidoofficialUtibe loving the new house I’m having being built for him and his mother!! Can’t wait to visit when I’m back…

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Arrested kidnapper Evans buys $170K wristwatch

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Glimpses about the lavish lifestyle of the billionaire kidnapper Evans are emerging, with his confession that he splashed his loot in buying a wristwatch for $170,000. He also bought three phones for $6000 each and bought two houses in highbrow Magodo Estate in Lagos and another two houses in Ghana. Evans was arrested in one of the houses in Lagos on Saturday, after eluding police radar for five years. The Nation in a report today said Evans real name is  Chukwudubem Onwuamadike. He is from Umudim, Nnewi  in Anambra state. He…

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