Month: August 2017

Macron spends N3.6m monthly on make-up

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French President Emmanuel Macron spent aboout $30,000(N10.8m)  — almost equal to the French people’s average annual disposable income — on makeup services in his first three months in office, reports said. This translates to N3.6m monthly. In France, the average household net-adjusted disposable income per capita is 29,759 dollars a year, according to data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The Elysee Palace paid a makeup artist once for 10,000 euros (11,000 dollars) and then again for 16,000 euros (19,000 dollars), for doing up the president for public…

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Police dismiss, arraign sergeant for ritual killing suspect’s escape

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The Rivers State Police Command has dismissed a police sergeant, Johnbosco Okoroeze, for allegedly aiding the escape of a suspected ritual killer, Ifeanyi Dike, from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Port Harcourt. Okoroeze, who was also arraigned by the police before a chief magistrate’s court on two counts bordering on obstruction of justice and conspiracy, was remanded in custody for the alleged offences. Though the charges were not read to the accused, the Chief Magistrate, Sokari Andrew-Jaja, cautioned him as he cried uncontrollably inside the court before his…

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South Korea to support Nigeria fast-track economic recovery

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The Republic of Korea has expressed readiness to assist Nigeria accelerate implementation of its Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERPG). The country’s ambassador to Nigeria, Noh Kyu-duk, stated this, yesterday, at the 2017 South Korean International Cooperation Association in Nigeria (SKICAN) annual gathering in Abuja. He said the Korean aid agency, KOICA, had recorded significant achievements in promoting bilateral relations with Nigeria. “Trade between our nations peaked in 2014, reaching 4.4 billion dollars and in spite of global economic uncertainty, trade between the two nations has remained important. “More Koreans…

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NAF instructor dies in Kaduna plane crash

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Air Commodore Olatukumbo Adesanya, Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), said that a NAF Beetle Aircraft crashed on Thursday in Kaduna while on a mission. Adesanya announced this in a statement in Kaduna on Thursday. According to him, the only soul on board the aircraft, one of the NAF’s experienced instructor pilots was unfortunately killed in the mishap. He said the cause of the incident was unknown. However, he said the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, had directed the constitution of a…

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ICT contributes N1.6tr to GDP quarterly – NCC

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The quarterly contribution of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased to N1.6 trillion from N1.4trn, the Nigerian Communications Commission has said. The NCC’s Executive Vice Chairman, Professor Umar Danbatta, who disclosed this yesterday when he paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, also said the ICT sector is now contributing close to 10 per cent to the GDP annually. The country, he added, recorded an increase in internet users hitting 92 million as at June. He said that…

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Local content fund will facilitate100% local fabrication— NCDMB

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The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Content Development Management Board (NCDMB), Mr. Simbi Wabote, said the 200m dollar Nigerian Content Intervention Fund (NCIF)  will facilitate its strategic initiative to achieve 100 per cent local fabrication of  modular refineries. Wabote disclosed this at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the implementation of the $200 million NCIF, on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the aim of the fund was to ensure local content development which had become a moral burden to the sector and country at large. He added that…

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I never said I was dating Falz – Simi

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Nigerian singer Simi has said she is not dating fellow artiste Falz, saying she never made such a claim. In a new episode of ‘Talk Talk’ on Wazobia Max, Simi said she and Falz have never been in a relationship. She said: “I’m not dating Falz. I was not dating Falz. I never said I was dating Falz.” The ‘Joromi’ singer who was on the show to talk about relationships on social media, public display of affection and privacy, said she likes to keep things private. She said: “As much…

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Arewa youths suspend Oct. 1 quit notice on Igbo

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The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, has suspended the October 1 ultimatum it gave South East people to leave the north. The youths had issued the order after a meeting where they issued the Kaduna declaration. The decision to rescind the quit notice was announced at a press briefing held at Transcorp Hilton hotel, Abuja on Thursday. The press conference was attended by many Northern Youth Groups, including the Arewa Youths Council (AYC) that initially issued the quit notice on lgbo resident in tne 19 Northern states. It was also attended…

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic rejoins Manchester United

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has rejoined Manchester United on a one-year contract after the Swedish star’s spell with the Premier League side was curtailed by a serious knee injury last season. Ibrahimovic missed the final weeks of United’s campaign after suffering ligament damage in a Europa League clash against Anderlecht in April. But United manager Jose Mourinho remained in contact with the 35-year-old while he underwent his rehabilitation and the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain forward has now agreed to return to Old Trafford. “I am back to finish what I started.…

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South-South leaders condemn attack on Buhari, Oyegun, fire back at PDP, others

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South-South leaders on Thursday hit back at critics of President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, decrying what they called deliberate falsehoods, insinuations and outright distortions of facts by members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their agents. At a meeting to assess the country’s democracy in Asaba, the leaders advanced arguments to counter accusations of non performance. They said when the ruling party took over in 2015; Nigeria was about to be declared a failed state with its economy…

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