Month: February 2018

US mulling sanctions on Venezuela oil – Rex Tillerson

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The United States said Sunday it has not ruled out sanctions on Venezuelan oil as it turns the screw on President Nicolas Maduro, but is wary of hurting the country’s people. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Argentina as he tours Latin American to bolster a common front against Venezuela’s bid to hold a presidential election it deems illegitimate. He has received support from other governments in the Americas, including on Sunday from his Argentinian counterpart Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie, but some are cautious about sanctions. At a joint…

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Zinox acquires eCommerce, Konga

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Zinox Group, a Nigerian ICT company, has acquired e-market giant, Konga, after months of intense negotiation. The integrated ICT solutions and equipment manufacturer acquired Konga from the major investors — Naspers and AB Kinnevik. The e-commerce group includes Konga.com; KongaPay, a CBN-licensed mobile money platform with over 100,000 subscribers as well as KOS-Express, a digitally-driven logistics company. Naspers, based in South Africa, is a broad-based multinational Internet and media group, offering services in more than 130 countries. AB Kinnevik, founded in 1936, is a Swedish investment company investing primarily in digital…

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Nigeria ranks highest for unvaccinated children – WHO

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A World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that that Nigeria ranks highest on the list of nations with unvaccinated children, despite the fact that vaccination greatly reduces disease, disability, mortality and inequity worldwide. No wonder the FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat in collaboration with WHO and UNICEF is set to begin the 2018 Measles follow up campaign, targeted at vaccinating 620,000 children in the territory. The exercise would take place between February 8 and 20 at designated locations across the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory. Dr.…

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Babangida authorised anti-Buhari statement-Spokesman

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Former military president Ibrahim Babangida authorised the  statement issued by his spokesman urging President Muhammadu Buhari not to stand for election in 2019. Babangida’s spokesman, Prince Kazeem Afegbua said this in a television interview on Sunday, on the tail of a denial by Babangida and his issuance of another watered down statement. Afegbua told  Channels Television that the second statement personally signed by Babangida denying the first one was done by some of Babangida’s friends who did not want him to confront the Buhari administration. “I have been doing this…

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Daddy Showkey visits Ejiofor’s quadruplets

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Ajegunle Lagos State-born musician, John Asiemo a.k.a Daddy Showkey on Sunday, visited the quadruplets of  Mr and Mrs Peter Ejiofor, born on Dec. 28, 2017, urging women to have faith in God. Ejiofor, a staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), and his wife were finally blessed with four healthy baby boys after seven years of marriage. Showkey, who arrived at the couple’s humble home at Gowon Estate, FHA, Egbeda, Lagos, met the quadruplets and described them as bundles of joy from God to the family and Nigerians as…

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Morocco pocket $1.25m, El-Kaabi man of tournament

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Morocco’s prolific scorer Ayoub el Kaabi was crowned “Total Man of the Tournament, just like his country pocketed $1.25 million prize as the curtains fell on the  2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Casablanca. El Kaabi scored his ninth goal as Morocco became the first hosts to triumph by thrashing 10-man Nigeria 4-0 Sunday in a Casablanca downpour. With Nigeria in disarray and the final long over as a contest, the previously little known striker completed his record-extending goal haul by firing into the net from close range. Zakaria Hadraf…

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Mayweather hints at another fight with McGregor

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A rematch between undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather and Irish Mixed Martial Arts(MMA) fighter Conor McGregor may be on the cards. Mayweather, who hasn’t fought since knocking out McGregor in that boxing match last year, teased fans Friday night by posting a picture on his Twitter page of himself wearing mixed martial arts gloves and standing in an UFC cage. “Billion Dollar Man,” Mayweather said in the tweet. Mayweather and McGregor’s cross-combat fight in August failed to live up to the hype in the ring as veteran Mayweather easily outpunched…

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Is Obasanjo an opportunist, patriot or mystic?

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Nigerians who have been waiting with baited expectation for who blinks first between ex president Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ and incumbent president, Muhamadu Buhari, PMB appear to have a long waiting time. This is because, although the gregarious OBJ has fired salvos of public condemnation against PMB’s governance style and policies, which some have alleged is aimed at heating up the polity, but being Mr Taciturn, PMB has cleverly denied the ex president the opportunity to raise the political temperature by restraining himself from responding to OBJ in kind. Not even…

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2019: We working to have someone younger than President Buhari – Arewa youth leader

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Amid ongoing debate on President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspected re-election bid, President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, Alhaji Shettima Yerima, has cautioned against voting for anyone between the age of 70 and 80 years, lamenting that Buhari’s perceived failure is being considered as the failure of the north. Specifically, Yerima said northern youths would consult with their southern counterparts to come up with a candidate, who is younger than Buhari. In a chat, he said the North is disappointed at the President’s performance, adding that the leader Nigeria deserves in…

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Ahmed Musa off to firing start at CSKA Moscow

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Ahmed Musa has got off to a flying start at former club CSKA Moscow after he scored in a friendly against FC Nordsjaelland of Demark. Nigeria star Ahmed Musa has returned to the Russian army club CSKA on loan from Premier League side Leicester City, where he has failed to settle down after a big-money transfer two years ago. And he could not have dreamt of a better start when he put the Russian club in front after 33 minutes against Nordsjaelland. It’s a start that will lift his confidence…

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