Day: September 15, 2017

‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli jailed after Clinton threat

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Martin Shkreli was sent to jail on Wednesday after a US judge revoked the bail of the former pharmaceutical executive over a threat aimed at Hillary Clinton — which he insists was a joke. Once dubbed “The Most Hated Man in America” for jacking up the price of an HIV drug, the 34-year-old was convicted of securities fraud last month for mismanaging two investment funds. Freed on a five-million-dollar bail while awaiting sentencing, Shkreli was hauled back into court to answer for having offered a $5,000 reward to anyone who…

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Football clubs spend $4.71bn in transfer window – FIFA

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The close-season transfer window saw $4.71 billion (3.96 billion euros) spent worldwide, over three quarters of which were from the top five European leagues, FIFA announced on Thursday. Paris Saint-Germain’s world-record signing of Neymar from Barcelona for 222 million euros ($264 million) dominated the headlines, but many of Europe’s other big clubs also broke their own transfer records. “Between June 1 and September 1, 7,590 international transfers were completed worldwide,” FIFA said in a statement. “Global spending reached $4.71 billion, meaning clubs spent almost as much during those three months…

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33m children for measles vaccination campaign

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Health workers are to vaccinate at least 33 million children aged between nine months and five years against measles in a campaign starting this October, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has announced. Parents and caregivers are advised to take children to government health facilities and vaccination posts sites where health workers can administer the vaccine. The push is to ensure nearly 95% out of every 100 children are vaccinated. Previous campaign in 2015 managed to reach just 85 in 100 children. Children born after the last measles…

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‘Nigeria spends $3.3bn on importation of steel products’

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Nigeria spends $3.3bn annually on importation of steel products, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said. Fayemi stated this in Abuja on Thursday at the meeting of the National Council on Mining and Mineral Resources. He said with the signing of a Modified Concession Agreement between the Federal Government and Global Infrastructure Nigeria Limited, Nigeria was on the threshold of import substitution in the steel sector to stop the bleeding of the country through the importation of steel products. The minister also disclosed that the…

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Cambodia Retaliates for Visa Ban, Suspends US MIA Searches

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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday he will retaliate against a U.S. halt on the issuing of most visas to senior foreign ministry officials and their families by suspending missions by U.S. military-led teams searching for the remains of Americans missing in action from the Vietnam War. Cambodia’s pro-government Fresh News website reported that Hun Sen said cooperation with the United States on the MIA search would be suspended until the two countries resolve several issues, especially the visa ban. Government spokesman Phay Siphan confirmed the report. The U.S.…

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Google to launch new Pixel smartphone in October

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Google on Thursday fired off invitations to an October 4 event at which the US tech giant is expected to field a second-generation Pixel as its new champion in the competitive smartphone market. The internet giant behind Android software for powering mobile devices also launched a madebygoogle.com web page that featured a playful animation that asked “Thinking about changing phones?” and then suggested waiting until October 4. Invitations to the event in San Francisco also advised the curious to follow its @madebygoogle account at Twitter. The phrase was rolled out…

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Bayelsa in massive job creation

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The Bayelsa Government said on Thursday in Yenagoa that it created over 7,000 direct and indirect jobs through the release of N1.88 billion loan to Small and Medium-scale to entrepreneurs and cooperatives. Gov. Seriake Dickson stated this at the 2017 African SME EXPO with the theme `Promoting SMEs for sustainable development and economic growth’. Dickson, represented by his Deputy, Rear Admiral John Jonah (rtd), said that his administration achieved the feat in partnership with the Bank of Industry and other relevant agencies. He said that the initiative enhanced the growth…

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Tunisia abolishes Muslim women’s marriage restriction

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The decades-old ban placed on Muslim women from marrying non-Muslim men has been abolished by the Tunisian government. The presidency announced the lift of the ban on Thursday in Tunis. Ms. Saida Garrach, Presidency Spokeswoman posted on her Facebook wall: “Congratulations to the women of Tunisia for the enshrinement of the right to the freedom to choose one’s spouse.” The announcement comes a month after President Beji Caid Essebsi called for the government to scrap the ban dating back to 1973. Until now a non-Muslim man who wished to marry…

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Nigeria’s democracy under threat – Saraki

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Senate President Bukola Saraki has said that Nigeria’s democracy was under threat. The Senate President, who spoke at a book-launch, in Abuja, on Thursday, called on Nigerians to rise up to defend it. His words, “Justice is served, heard, protected and justice should work for every single Nigerian. Democracy is being challenged in Nigeria and it is our job to look after it.” Saraki, who was represented by his wife, Mrs. Toyin Bukola-Saraki, during the book-launch, written by the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Ali Ahmad and…

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IPOB: Tension in Plateau as govt. imposes curfew

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The Plateau State Government on Friday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Jos Metropolis following “rumoured skirmishes, tension and confusion” over the situation in South-East. The government, in a statement signed by Mr Emmanuel Nanle, Director of Press Affairs, said that the action was to avert a further breakdown of law and order. It said that security personnel had been deployed to flash points to ensure compliance with the order, and advised miscreants to avoid a clash with the law. The statement quoted Gov Simon Lalong as expressing shock and dismay…

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