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Nigerian Kehinde Wiley to paint Obama’s portrait

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Former U. S. president Barack Obama, has picked Nigeria’s Kehinde Wiley, to paint his official presidential portrait. The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery while making the announcement said Wiley is an exciting choice for the presidential portrait. Wiley, a hip-hop portraitist  is known for lush, larger-than-life portraits that overlay black street culture with European classical motifs. The 40 year-old New York-based artist, born to a Nigerian father and an African American mother, will have a novel spin on the traditionally formal composition. Wiley has painted rappers LL Cool J in the…

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Taliban kill 69 Afghans in multiple attacks

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Taliban suicide bombers struck government targets in many provinces of Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 69 people, including a senior police commander. Scores of others were wounded in the rampage. The deadliest attack hit a police training centre attached to the police headquarters in Gardez, main city of Paktia province. Two Taliban suicide car bombers paved the way for a number of gunmen to attack the compound, officials and militants said. At least 21 police officers were killed, including the Paktia provincial police chief, with 48 others wounded, according…

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Shell opens electric vehicle charging in UK

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Oil major Royal Dutch Shell has launched a fast-charging -service for electric vehicles at three Shell service stations near London and in northern England. The company said on Wednesday that the service would charge most electric vehicle batteries from zero to 80 per cent within half an hour. The project is the oil major’s first foray into fast-charging-electric-vehicles, whose use is set to grow with consumers’ demand for cleaner cars. Shell will expand the service further in Britain and into the Netherlands and the Philippines, the company said. The launch…

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Oil price rises towards $59

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Oil prices rose on Wednesday, lifted by a fall in U.S. crude inventories and concerns that tensions in the Middle East could disrupt supplies. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at 58.27 dollars at 0131 GMT, up 39 cents, or 0.7 per cent from their last close – and a third above mid-year levels. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at 52.08 dollars per barrel, up 20 cents, or 0.4 per cent and almost a quarter above mid-June levels. Traders said that prices were…

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Delta 2019: Okowa, Utomi, Ogboru and the Ibori factor

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently released the 2019 election timetable. The governorship election is slated for March 2, 2019 along with the State Assembly elections, while the Presidential and National Assembly are on February 16, 2019.That is less than sixteen months (only 480 plus days) away. Deltans, along with Nigerians, are looking forward to the elections with great anticipation. There is no gainsaying the fact that Delta State is a microcosm of Nigeria. The oil rich state is still a coveted price for any party. Currently, the State…

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Fire guts petrol minister Kachikwu’s house

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The residence of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, was gutted by fire on Sunday. The house is located on an unnamed estate in Asokoro, Abuja. It was gathered that security personnel and some residents who were around at the time of the incident were able to put out the fire, which was said to have been caused by a suspected electrical fault in the minister’s room. Sources told our correspondent that Kachikwu was not at home at the time of the incident A source said, “The…

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Davido speaks on those who accused him of killing Tagbo

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Singer, Davido says he has forgiven those who accused him of complicity in the death of his friend, Tagbo Umeike. Davido has made headlines the last fortnight, over the deaths of Tagbo and DJ Olu. Actress Caroline Danjuma had accused him of being involved in the demise of the former. Davido has been to the police station for questioning and released CCTV footage of the night Tagbo died. The OBO crooner has now said it is time to move on and “get back to the music”. He wrote on Snapchat:…

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Kanu Nwankwo launches N1b lotto

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Nigerian football legend Kanu Nwankwo has launched the N1 billion Jackpot Lotto to Support Kanu Heart Foundation which was inaugurated in 2000. The foundation has helped not just people in Nigeria, but also paid for 538 children to be treated at facilities throughout the world Kanu, a philanthropist launched the biggest lotto in Africa to raise funds for the foundation to help build a specialist cardiac hospital in Abuja. The jackpot starting at N1 billion and will be run in conjunction with AfroMillonsLotto (www.AfroMillionsLotto.com). It offers twice-weekly draws with bigger…

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Fela: The Abami Eda 20 years on

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How time flies. It is now 20 years gone when we watched an obviously distressed Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, a former Minister of Health and the elder brother of Fela announcing on National television the death of the renowned maestro. The announcement of the professor, who is now late also, took the nation by surprise because not much was heard of his illness before the announcement of his death. Fela’s popularity took the nation by storm in the early 1970s and those of us who were coming of age then and…

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Rapper Nelly’s rape accuser wants case dropped

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A woman whose rape accusations against hip-hop star Nelly led to his arrest wants the case to be dropped, saying she felt unsafe amid the scrutiny. The singer and rapper was arrested on October 7 in the northwestern state of Washington but was released without any charges and vehemently rejected the allegation. A lawyer for the woman, in a weekend statement, said the accuser was asking authorities not to prosecute him and said that she would not testify further. The lawyer, Karen Koehler, said her client could not maintain her…

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