Day: October 21, 2017

Business Nigeria gemstones’ export valued at $3bn annually – Minister

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The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said gemstones worth $3 billion are exported annually from Nigeria, but mostly unofficially. Speaking yesterday at the African Gems and Jewellery Exhibition and Seminar held in Abuja, he said despite the huge potentials in gemstone mining, there has been loss of revenue due to laundering  and damage to the environment and these, he added, ”Remain major causes of concern”. “Consequently, in past years, the gemstone sector had largely been a vehicle for money laundering, with the average dollar value…

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‘Retire quietly or we open jar of your evils’ – VON DG to Goodluck Jonathan

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Director General of the Voice of Nigeria and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Ostia Okechukwu has asked former President Goodluck Jonathan to quietly retire to any part of the country of his choice and stop challenging the APC and the Buhari government to a public debate. He also threatened to open Jonathan’s jar of evils if he failed to restrain himself from making ‘unguarded’ remarks about President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC. The VON boss said this on Friday in reaction to a statement by the…

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Ebonyi tackles malaria in pregnant women

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Ebonyi state has launched a programme designed to tackle malaria menace in pregnant women. The programme, Transforming Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Optimal Pregnancy (TIPTOP), was launched in Ohaukwu Local Government Area, selected for the pilot project. The programme is sponsored by Jhpiego, an international non-profit health organisation affiliated with Johns Hopkins University; the group was founded in 1973 and initially called the Johns. The Country Project Manager of TIPTOP Nigeria, Dr Bright Oji, who spoke, said that the essence of the implementation was to protect pregnant women from malaria. Oji…

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Chelsea’s playing schedule is impossible – Antonio Conte

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Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte says his players are operating at “70% less this season” because of their heavy playing schedule. The defending champions struggled in their last two Premier League games, losing to Crystal Palace and Manchester City, and were held to a 3-3 draw with Roma in the Champions League on Wednesday. Conte claims his side have underperformed and struggled to cope with the loss of big players like Diego Costa, Nemanja Matic and John Terry. Ahead of Saturday lunchtime’s clash at home to Watford, the Italian said:…

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Japan’s Emperor Akihito abdication set for March 2019

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Japan’s Emperor Akihito will step down on March 31, 2019, a report said Friday, the first imperial retirement in more than two centuries. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet top officials and members of the royal household next month before announcing the date, the Asahi Shimbun reported, citing unnamed government sources. Akihito’s eldest son, 57-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito, will ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne the next day on April 1, the paper said. The popular 83-year-old Akihito shocked the country last year when he signalled his desire to take a back…

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Buhari fires back at Jonathan

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President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday hit back at his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, for alleging that his administration had failed in governance. Through his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, he dismissed Jonathan’s assertion that for more than two years the All Progressives Congress had been in power, it had not recorded any achievement, and that the party had continued to feed Nigerians with lies and had deployed hi-tech propaganda to cover up its misrule. The former leader had Thursday while receiving a chairmanship aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party, Tunde Adeniran, said those…

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Web giants vow to remove online extremist content within hours

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Tech companies including Google, Facebook and Twitter will work with G7 countries to block the spread of extremist content online. Earlier this year, G7 leaders backed Theresa May’s call for a crackdown on extremist content online. After a two-day meeting on the Italian island of Ischia, the nations and the world’s largest web companies have pledged to remove all jihadist content from the web within two hours of it being uploaded. “Our enemies are moving at the speed of a tweet and we need to counter them just as quickly,”…

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‘Don’t change, but be careful’ – 2Baba on drama surrounding Davido

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The controversy surrounding the demise of Davido‘s friend, Tagbo Umeike, who reportedly passed on shortly after partying with Davido recently, was the most discussed subject on social media in the past week. With allegations from both the police and girlfriend of the deceased, the singer’s reputation was heavily threatened – thankfully a CCTV footage from the party venue was released, investigations were conducted and Davido was eventually vindicated. Now, 2Baba, who is adorned as a godfather to many young Nigerian musicians, stopped by the NET office recently, and amongst many other topics, spoke…

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S/Africa’s President Zuma in trouble after Imo visit

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South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said it had given President Jacob Zuma till Nov. 30 to make submissions before it. According to the authority, Zuma’s submission would make it decide whether to reinstate 783 corruption charges filed against him before becoming the president. The NPA said on Friday that any further representations by the South African president should relate to issues not previously considered by authorities. The Supreme Court of Appeal had on Oct. 13 upheld a High Court ruling to reinstate the charges filed against Zuma. They were…

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