June 2019

How Nigeria can benefit from GridCodes Technology

How Nigeria can benefit from GridCodes Technology

June 5, 2019 7:47 am

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

June 5, 2019 12:54 am

By Nze Ujunwa MarkAnthony

(All Rights Reserved)

 

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

June 5, 2019 12:34 am

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

June 5, 2019 12:13 am

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 …

UN chief pledges support for UNGA’s President-elect

UN chief pledges support for UNGA’s President-elect

June 4, 2019 11:48 pm

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday pledged his support to the vision of the President-elect of the 74th UN General Assembly (UNGA), Ambassador Tijani Mohammad-Bande.

Guterres gave the assurance in his statement shortly after the election of Mohammad-Bande at the 87th  plenary meeting of UNGA in New York, United States (U.S.).

The president-elect, who is Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, emerged through acclamation at an event witnessed by world diplomats and government officials from Nigeria.

Guterres said: “It is my pleasure to congratulate Prof. Tijani Mohammad-Bande as President of the 74th session of UNGA.

“Prof Bande, you bring many …

Unfathomable Mercy: A full length TV drama series 10

Unfathomable Mercy: A full length TV drama series 10

June 4, 2019 9:25 am

By Nze Ujunwa MarkAnthony

(All Rights Reserved)

 

30. INT. KEN’S OFFICE.DAY.

KEN is standing in his OFFICE, in front of a NEW DESIGN he’s making and close by on the STOOL is his LAPTOP that he punches intermittently on the KEYBOARD and a TAP comes on the DOOR and gently, it opens and NGOZI comes in clutching her HAND BAG.

KEN

Hi sweetie! You look splendid.

 NGOZI

Why didn’t you show up in church yesterday?

 KEN

You mean church?

 NGOZI

No! I mean mosque!

 KEN

I’m sorry, I was kind of busy that yesterday you.

 NGOZI

You don’t need …

Ebola cases in DR Congo break 2,000 mark

Ebola cases in DR Congo break 2,000 mark

June 4, 2019 9:08 am

DR Congo’s health ministry said late Monday that it had recorded more than 2,000 cases of Ebola, two-thirds of which had been fatal, since the disease broke out in the country’s east 10 months ago.

“Since the start of the epidemic, the total number of cases stands at 2,008, of which 1,914 have been confirmed [by lab test] while 94 are probable,” it said in an update.

“In all, there have been 1,346 deaths (1,252 confirmed and 94 probable) and 539 people have recovered.”

Read Also: Congolese journalist imprisoned for insulting governor

The ministry said it was important to retain …

$267m Abacha loot recovered from British Virgin Islands

$267m Abacha loot recovered from British Virgin Islands

June 4, 2019 8:43 am

More than $267 million traced to the family of late Nigerian despot General Sani Abacha has been seized from a British Virgin Islands bank and paid into government coffers in an American state of Jersey.

The money was a part of more than  $300 million stash the Jersey State government said on its website was “laundered through the US banking system by people including President Abacha’s son Mohammed” during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.

“On Friday 31 May 2019 US$267,751,992.02 was paid into the Civil Asset Recovery Fund,”  Jersey State said.

“This fund is managed by the Minister …

Trump forgets own gift to Queen

Trump forgets own gift to Queen

June 4, 2019 8:23 am

The US President’s memory lapse regarding a gift he’d presented wasn’t the first, as in December his eldest son Donald Trump Jr. confessed that his father was known to be something of a “regifter”.

In a saving face moment, first lady Melania Trump appeared to come to her husband President Donald Trump’s rescue during their UK state visit on Monday when he seemingly failed to recognise a pewter horse statue he had previously given as a gift to Queen Elizabeth II, writes the Guardian.

Read Also: Trump to meet with Xi Jinping at the G20 economic summit

As the Trumps

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Prosecutor requests jail term for Bouteflika-era tycoon

Prosecutor requests jail term for Bouteflika-era tycoon

June 3, 2019 3:22 pm

An Algerian prosecutor requested Monday that a business tycoon linked to ousted leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika be sentenced to 18 months in prison for “forgery”, according to an AFP correspondent.

Ali Haddad, who owns Algeria’s largest private construction company, has been detained since his arrest on March 31 while trying to cross into Tunisia, days before Bouteflika stepped down in the face of country-wide protests.

He was carrying two passports — which is forbidden under Algerian law — and is also accused of carrying undeclared foreign currency.

“This is a political trial, the charge of fraud has no (legal) basis,” Haddad’s …

Eid-el-Fitri: NSE market indices down by 0.45%

Eid-el-Fitri: NSE market indices down by 0.45%

June 3, 2019 2:57 pm

The Nigerian equities market maintained a bearish outing on Monday, having opened for the week with a loss of 0.45 per cent.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bearish trend was on the back of losses witnessed in highly capitalised equities.

NAN reports that the Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE) will close for June 4 and 5 in line with public holidays declared by the Federal Government to mark Eid-el-Fitri celebration.

Speficially, the All Share Index (ASI) shed 141.08 points, representing a dip of 0.45 per cent to close at 30,928.29 against 31,069.37 on Friday.

Similarly, the market …

Indian Airforce plane missing with 13 on board

Indian Airforce plane missing with 13 on board

June 3, 2019 1:44 pm

An Indian plane with 13 people on board went missing on Monday in the country’s remote north-east, prompting authorities to launch search operations.

The Antonov An-32, took off from the Jorhat airbase in the Assam state for the Mechuka military landing strip, in Arunachal Pradesh state.

It was carrying eight crew members and five passengers, official sources told broadcaster NDTV.

Read Also: Russian plane crash kill 41

“I Spoke to vice chief of Indian Airforce (IAF) Air Marshal Rakesh Singh Bhadauria, regarding the missing aircraft which is overdue for some hours,’’ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Twitter.

“He has …

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