Turkey jails U.S. scientist

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 A scientist who works for U.S. space agency NASA was sentenced to jail in Turkey, for having link with an Islamic cleric that planned to topple Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration. Dogan news agency reported on Friday that Serkan Golge, a dual U.S.-Turkish national, was sent to prison for seven-and-a-half years. The U.S. State Department condemned the verdict. The 37-year-old was convicted of having links to Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based Islamic cleric. The Turkish government blames Gulen for orchestrating the 2016 failed military coup, charges the cleric denies. Golge was arrested…

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Trump’s speechwriter Sorensen resigns

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Two days after a White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter left his position, another staff, this time, a speechwriter, David Sorensen, is resigning amid domestic abuse allegations. The cause of Sorensen’s exit is similar to that of Porter whom ex-wives accused of physically abusing them. “Before we were contacted by the media, we learned last night that there were allegations,” said Raj Shah, principal deputy secretary. “We immediately confronted the staffer, he denied the allegations and he resigned today.” Sorensen, a well-known GOP operative in Maine, worked as a senior…

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LA Police ready to prosecute Weinstein for sexual assault

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Police in Los Angeles have submitted three sexual assault cases against disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein to prosecutors, the District Attorney’s Office said on Thursday. “Three cases were presented to our office on February 1 by the Los Angeles Police Department regarding Mr. Weinstein and are under review,” spokesman Greg Risling said in a statement, without offering further details. The office is also believed to be reviewing two other possible cases previously submitted by the Beverly Hills Police Department. Dozens of Hollywood women -– including Ashley Judd, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate…

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Iyanya confirms exit from Mavin Records

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Over a year after joining Don Jazzy‘s Mavin Records from Made Men Music Group, singer Iyanya has revealed that he is no longer part of Jazzy’s set-up at Mavin. Speaking on a Wednesday morning interview with Beat FM, Iyanya explained that there was no beef and he just felt it was time to move on. He further disclosed that he has joined the newly formed Temple Music which houses Bisola, Jeff Akoh, 9ice, DJ Jimmy Jatt and others. He said, “I’m now signed to Temple Music but I’m a Mavin for life. It was not a beef. I was there and…

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Beyonce’s light skin boosted career–Dad

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Mathew Knowles, father of American Singer Beyonce, a.k.a Queen B, says her light skin has helped her to become more famous. Knowles has been speaking about how racism is still an issue in the music industry, and why he believes his daughter’s music career has been raised by her being a light skinned black woman. Knowles who managed Queen B’s career up until 2011, was discussing how colourism affects aspiring artists trying to break into the mainstream. He argued that it’s ‘no accident’ that most black women played on the…

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Osinbajo inaugurates Nestlé Milo’s N4.1bn factory in Ogun

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The Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday urged multinational companies to domicile their factories in Nigeria for the sustainable growth of its economy. Osinbajo said this as he inaugurated Nestlé Nigeria Plc’s N4.1 billion Milo-Ready-to-Drink (RTD) factory at Agbara in Ogun. He said that international companies operating in the country should take a cue from Nestlé Plc’s expansion drive to domicile their factories in Nigeria as it remained the preferred destination for investment in Africa. “We are grateful to Nestlé for these significant investments, particularly for locating its factories in rural…

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Ronaldo speaks on Neymar winning Ballon D’Or

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Former Brazil striker, Ronaldo de Lima, has said that his compatriot, Neymar, has “everything to be happy” at Paris Saint-Germain and is close to winning the Ballon d’Or. “I haven’t really spoken about it with him, but I think he has everything here to be happy,” Ronaldo told SFR Sport. “He’s in a marvellous city. He’s in a team that plays very well, who’ve had a good start to the season. Perhaps he’s under a lot of pressure, but he’s used to it. I think this project is incredible. “He…

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World’s most powerful rocket in maiden flight to Mars

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The world’s most powerful rocket, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, blasted off Tuesday on its highly anticipated maiden test flight, carrying CEO Elon Musk’s cherry red Tesla roadster toward an orbit near Mars. Screams and cheers erupted at Cape Canaveral, Florida as the massive rocket fired its 27 engines and rumbled into the blue sky over the same NASA launchpad that served as a base for the US missions to Moon four decades ago. “Wow, did you guys see that? That was awesome,” said SpaceX commentator Lauren Lyons as applause thundered through…

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INEC to hold Presidential poll last: National Assembly

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The National Assembly Conference Committee on Electoral Act (amendment) Bill on Tuesday adopted the re-ordered sequence of the 2019 General Elections, making presidential poll the last election  to be conducted. The House of Representatives had few weeks ago amended the Electoral Act 2010 with the inclusion of section 25(1). This was to reorder the sequence of the elections, to commence with National Assembly, followed by Governorship and State House of Assembly and climaxing with the Presidential. This re-ordering runs counter to the sequence announced  by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) late 2017,…

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Delta govt harmonises taxes to boost revenue

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Chief David Edevbie, the Delta Commissioner for Finance, says the state’s decision to harmonise taxes and reduce tax consultants is to improve accountability and boost revenue from taxes. Edevbie made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba on Tuesday. He said that the adoption of Electronic Treasury Receipt was helpful in eliminating time lags and minimising leakages of funds in revenue collection process. Edevbie said that the state government was beginning to focus on the informal sector/unregulated economy, especially the micro informal sector.…

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