June 5, 2019

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie survives auto crash

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie survives auto crash

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has survived an auto crash on his way from Lagos to the southeastern part of the country.

The actor, in a post on social media on Wednesday, said he was driving on 100-120km/h on Tuesday when he lost control of his car just before he got to Ore, Ondo State.

“I left Lagos yesterday heading to the east, just before I got to Ore doing 100-120km, my car lost control and started veering off to the right.

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“I tried to steer it back on track and …

Germany invests €2m in Nigeria’s rice production

Germany invests €2m in Nigeria’s rice production

The German Government, with support from the Bill and Mellinda Gates Foundation, has provided two million Euros for implementation of the second phase of the Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI) in the country.

The Programme Director of CARI, Mr Jean-Bernard Lalannehe, disclosed this  to newsmen, in Abuja ,on Wednesday.

Lalannehe said the second phase of the project known as CARI-2, would be implemented in Kebbi, Kaduna and Jigawa states.

According to him, the aim is to help smallholder farmers to increase their income and provide their families and the country with high-quality rice.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports …

BMW partners Jaguar Land Rover to develop electric engine

BMW partners Jaguar Land Rover to develop electric engine

German high-end car giant BMW and British group Jaguar Land Rover announced Wednesday they are teaming up to develop a new generation of electric motors.

A joint team will be based in Munich and tasked with developing the “next generation electric drive units” which BMW will launch together with JLR.

“Cooperation between car manufacturers to share know-how and resources is important” as the automotive industry tackles “the significant technological challenges” posed by the electric cars of the future, said BMW in a statement.

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The partnership is for research and …

Africa’s confab on technology innovation to hold in Morocco

Africa’s confab on technology innovation to hold in Morocco

As Africa fosters strategies to embrace and move with digital race, a three-day conference on “Technology, Innovation and Society’’ tagged CyFy Africa 2019 has been packaged to discuss the way forward.

The conference slated to hold in Tangiers, Morocco, is designed to account for the Continent’s voices in the global discourse.

According to the Organising Committee, CyFy Africa 2019 will bring together ministers, journalists, ethicists, civil society, as well as technology leaders.

It would also assemble entrepreneurs to “curate Africa-centered conversations around data, innovation, gender, norms and new media’’.

“CyFy will be informed by African experiences and contexts — capturing …

How Nigeria can benefit from GridCodes Technology

How Nigeria can benefit from GridCodes Technology

The Federal Government recently inaugurated the Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee on the adoption of Gridcodes.

GridCodes is a technology for digital addressing invented and globally patented by Squadron Leader Adefola Amoo (rtd).

The inter-ministerial committee was setup in furtherance of a directive given by the Chairman of the Nigerian Digital Addressing Council Vice President Prof. Yemi Osibanjo, to review GridCodes Technology for national adoption by the Federal Government.

The immediate past Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, said during the inauguration that Nigeria could effectively improve governance, boost commerce, fight crime and better manage intelligence through the adoption …

Unfathomable Mercy: A full length TV drama series 11

Unfathomable Mercy: A full length TV drama series 11

By Nze Ujunwa MarkAnthony

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32. INT. RESTAURANT.DAY.

NGOZI is having her LUNCH in a CLASSY RESTAURANT and her, FRIEND, RITA walks in and she’s oblivious of her presence till the LATTER goes to her.

 RITA

Hi Dear!

 NGOZI

Hello Rita! You’re here, please join me.

 RITA

Please go ahead my dear, I will get mine.

 NGOZI

So, my dear, how’re you doing?

 RITA

Couldn’t be better, I thank God. Eh! Lately, I ran into Dan, my dear, you need to see the ride, he’s cruising in; ‘Honda, discussion continues and the way, he’s dressed like a …

Why Ghanaian authority pulls out of MoU with CRCC - Nigeria

Why Ghanaian authority pulls out of MoU with CRCC – Nigeria

Less than three months after it signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the China Railway Construction Corporation (international) Nigeria Limited,  the Ghanaian Ministry of Railways Development has pulled out of the deal.

Announcing the development in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, the ministry cited alleged breach of confidentiality as reason for the action.

The withdrawal, it was learnt, was triggered by a report titled: “CRCC to construct 560km railway line for $2bn – same cost as 156 Klm Lagos-Ibadan rail.”

Infuriated with the report because it has not signed any contract with CRCC-Nigeria on rail project, the Ghanaian authority called off …

US bars American tourists from visiting Cuba

US bars American tourists from visiting Cuba

The Trump administration clamped down on US tourist visits to Cuba Tuesday, aiming to cut the flow of dollars to a country Washington accuses of helping prop up Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

The Treasury banned group educational travel and cruise ship and private yacht visits by Americans, taking aim at the most common ways US tourists visit the Caribbean island.

The move could constitute a heavy hit on Cuba, which saw more than a quarter-million US visitors in the first four months of 2019, almost double a year earlier.

“The United States holds the Cuban regime accountable for its repression …