Month: January 2018

Big Brother Naija star Kemen to start TV show on fitness, wellness

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Ekemini Ekerete, an ex-housemate of Big Brother Naija, says plans have been concluded for the commencement of his wellness and fitness television show on healthy living. Kemen made this known in an interview with NAN on Thursday in Abuja. “It is going to be a 30 minutes workout session with me every morning from Mondays to Fridays,” he said. “It is basically going to give the viewers that cannot go to the gym an opportunity to work out in front of their TV set. “It will involve different kind of…

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Father, daughter allegedly scam suitor N710, 000 in Nasarawa

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A 60-year-old man, Inusa Aliyu, and his daughter, Jamila, were on Thursday arraigned in a Masaka Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State for alleged cheating a suitor of N710, 000. The defendants, who reside at Luvu Masaka area of the state, are facing a three-count of conspiracy, breach of trust and cheating. The prosecutor, Frank Swem, told the court that one Yusuf Mamuda, a resident of the Kurudu, Abuja reported the matter at the Divisional Police Station, Masaka on January 4 ‎Mamuda alleged that sometime in September 2017, one Haruna, surname…

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Funke Akindele in Hollywood’s flick The Avengers

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Twitter is abuzz over the appearance of Nigeria’s Nollywood star, Funke Akindele in Hollywood’s flick  Avengers: Infinity War . The film is an  American superhero film based on Marvel Comics superhero team ‘The Avengers’. Funke played the role of a  Dora Milaje member in the film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. In the list of the cast, she is named as No. 70. The Nigerian actress plays as  a member of the Black Panther’s guards, the ‘Dora Milaje’ – who are a team of women who serve as the…

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Italy: Stephanie Okereke-Linus advocates for trafficked victims

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Nollywood actress Stephanie Okere-Linus, in partnership with international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF), is currently in Italy, to advocate for victims of human trafficking. This is coming in the wake of the increased rate of human trafficking being experienced by Nigerians trying to migrate to Europe via Libya. Aside advocating against the heinous human rights violations, Okere-Linus, also a film director and model, is also giving her support to those rescued. According to a statement from Okere-Linus, her mission in Italy will include a visit to the rescue…

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Canada takes U.S. to WTO over trade dispute

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Canada has launched a wide-ranging trade complaint against the U. S., the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said in a dispute that Washington said would damage Canada’s own interests and play into China’s hands. Canada’s complaint, challenging Washington’s use of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties was based on almost 200 examples of alleged U.S. wrong doing and almost all of them concern other trading partners such as China, India, Brazil and the EU. “Canada’s new request for consultations at the WTO is a broad and ill-advised attack on the U.S. trade remedies…

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Coutinho’s exit: Uphill task for Liverpool against Man City

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(Reuters/NAN) Liverpool face an uphill task in spite having a realistic hope of disrupting Manchester City’s unbeaten run in the English Premier League (EPL) when they meet on Sunday following the exit of play-maker Philippe Coutinho. The Brazilian midfield maestro completed a 142 million-pound ($192 million) move to Barcelona on Monday, meaning Juergen Klopp’s “fab four” up front is now just a three. Unbeaten City are 15 points clear at the top of the table, having scored more goals than anybody with 64, but fourth-placed Liverpool come second on that…

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Soyinka: Impunity of herdsmen must be stopped

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Nobel Laureate urges the Nigerian government to do more in resolving the violence between herdsmen and farmers It is happening all over again. History is repeating itself and, alas, within such an agonisingly short span of time. How often must we warn against the enervating lure of appeasement in face of aggression and will to dominate! I do not hesitate to draw attention to Volume III of my INTERVENTION Series, and to the chapter on The Unappeasable Price of Appeasement. There is little to add, but it does appear that…

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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos confirmed as world’s richest man

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Move over Bill Gates. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has now been confirmed  the world’s richest man, not just at present, but of all time. Both Bloomberg and Forbes have put Bezos on top of their billionaire lists. Bloomberg said Bezos’ net worth reached 106 billion U.S. dollars while Forbes put it at 105 billion as of Wednesday. The previous record was held by Microsoft founder Bill Gates with 100 billion in 1999. The majority of Bezos’ net worth comes from the 78.9 million shares of Amazon stock he owns. Shares…

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Zidane wins French coach of year award

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(Reuters/NAN) Real Madrid may have ended the year badly, but Zinedine Zidane has been named French coach of 2017 for leading the club to a Liga and Champions League double. Zidane led Real Madrid to the La Liga and Champions League double earlier but the team have struggled recently, trailing FC Barcelona by 16 points. “I want to show that I can also be a good coach in tough circumstances,” Zidane said in an article published on Tuesday in France Football magazine, which gives the award. Real are going through…

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Bill Gates to pay Nigeria’s $76m debt

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Nigeria has authorised Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to start the repayment of $76 million  polio eradication loan to Japan. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday when she received a delegation of Japanese House of Councillors Parliamentarians. She said that the delegates were in Nigeria to assess the level of usage of Overseas Development Assistance (ODAs) extended to Nigeria since 2014. She added that the authority to trigger repayment was given to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation following the eradication of polio…

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