November 4, 2019

Socialmedia Apps: Right Way For Business Positioning

Socialmedia Apps: Right Way For Business Positioning

November 4, 2019 11:15 pm

By Onyeka Chiemelie

 

What we call madness sometimes is doing the same exact thing repeatedly and expecting a total, different result. It is like waiting for an aeroplane in a ship harbor. It will never happen.

The picture below this post is not in tandem with the subject of discussions but there is a vintage similarity.

People are usually like herds, going steeply into the ditch without questioning their habits, routine and modus operandi especially as regards business and lifestyle. It is what we do as a daily routine that eventually prelates success.

The crowd mentality is a terrible …

Vardy Playing With A Smile, Says Leicester Boss Rodgers

Vardy Playing With A Smile, Says Leicester Boss Rodgers

November 4, 2019 3:41 pm

Jamie Vardy is playing with a smile on his face after “little adjustments” helped him rocket to the top of the Premier League goalscoring charts, according to Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers.

The 32-year-old former England marksman took his tally to 10 league goals with the Foxes’ second goal in their 2-0 win over Crystal Palace on Sunday which took them back into third place in the Premier League.

Leicester is ahead of Chelsea on goal difference and six points clear of fifth-placed Arsenal, whom they host next weekend, in the early battle for a place in next season’s Champions

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Barty Tops End-Of-Season Women’s Ranking

Barty Tops End-Of-Season Women’s Ranking

November 4, 2019 3:40 pm
Ashleigh Barty of Australia tops the end of season women’s tennis rankings released Monday, a day after her triumph in the WTA Finals in Shenzhen, China.With 7,851 points, Barty, who has topped the rankings since early September, eclipsed second-placed Karolína Plíšková (5,940 points) by almost 2,000 points.

Naomi Osaka (5,497) held on to third place from Simona Halep, who moved up one spot to fourth on 5.462 points.

Barty dominated Elina Svitolina in Sunday’s final in Shenzhen, winning 6-4, 6-3 to collect the richest prize in women’s tennis of $4.4

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Sudan PM Talks Of Peace On Maiden Trip To Darfur

Sudan PM Talks Of Peace On Maiden Trip To Darfur

November 4, 2019 3:35 pm

Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said Monday his government was working toward bringing peace to war-torn Darfur as he met hundreds of victims of the conflict who demanded swift justice.

Hamdok’s one-day visit was his first as prime minister to the devastated region, where a conflict that erupted in 2003 has left hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced.

He met victims of the war in the town of Al-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur state, which houses several sprawling camps where tens of thousands of displaced have been living for years.

“We want justice! Send all criminals of …

Man Gets Six-Month Jail Term For Stoning Policemen

November 4, 2019 3:33 pm
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates Court on Monday sentenced a 30-year-old unemployed man, Sulaimon Agboola, to six months in Kirikiri Correctional Facility, Apapa, Lagos, for stoning police officers on duty.
Chief Magistrate M.O. Tanimola sentenced Agboola after he pleaded guilty to five counts of conspiracy, unlawful society, assault, breach of the peace and possession of hemp.

Tanimola, however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N40, 000.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Inspector Aondohemba Koti told the court that the defendant conducted himself in a manner likely to cause

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Supreme Court Strikes Out Ex- CJN Onnoghen’s Appeal

Supreme Court Strikes Out Ex- CJN Onnoghen’s Appeal

November 4, 2019 3:33 pm
The Supreme Court on Monday struck out a referral appeal praying the court to determine the constitutionality or otherwise of the removal of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria.
The referral appeal filed by Dr Samuel Nwawka was struck out by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, who led five justices after the appellant failed to appear and was not legally represented.
Nwawka had approached the Apex Court to invoke section 22 of the Supreme Court Act to determine Constitutional questions relating to the ways and manners the Federal Government caused the removal of Onnoghen’s as CJN through an ex-parte
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Woman Found Dead In Landslide After Storm Batters France

Woman Found Dead In Landslide After Storm Batters France

November 4, 2019 3:28 pm

A 71-year-old woman was found dead Monday after being engulfed by a landslide in the French city of Nice, as the south of the country counted the cost from a brutal storm.

Storm Amelie brought freak winds, downpours and monster waves to southern France over the weekend. The woman, 71, who died in her own back yard, was the only reported fatality.

The storm dropped trees on roads and railway tracks and ripped loose live electrical wires, leaving tens of thousands of people without power for hours on end, authorities said.

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Mali Declares Three Days Mourning After Army Base Attack

Mali Declares Three Days Mourning After Army Base Attack

November 4, 2019 3:22 pm
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Monday declared three days of mourning after a militant attack on an army base killed more than 40 soldiers last week in one of the deadliest strikes on the country’s military.
Islamic State-allied militants claimed Friday’s attack on Indelimane base in the northeast of the country near the border with Niger, which authorities say killed at 49 soldiers.

It was the latest assault on target Mali’s military which is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency that began in the north and spread to the centre of the country. At least 40 troops were

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Moon, Abe Hold ‘Friendly’ Talks On ASEAN Sidelines

Moon, Abe Hold ‘Friendly’ Talks On ASEAN Sidelines

November 4, 2019 3:20 pm
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday held their first talks for more than a year on the sidelines of a regional summit in Thailand, Moon’s office said, with the neighbours’ relationship in dire straits.

Ties between Seoul and Tokyo — both of them US allies facing the twin challenges of nuclear-armed North Korea and an increasingly assertive China — are at rock-bottom over a dispute related to Japan’s use of forced labour during World War II, with the countries trading retaliatory sanctions.

Moon and Abe held a “very friendly and serious” dialogue that

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Buhari Signs Amended Deep Offshore Act In London

Buhari Signs Amended Deep Offshore Act In London

November 4, 2019 3:19 pm
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in London signed the amended Deep Offshore Act.

“Today I signed into law the amended Deep Offshore Act. Nigeria will now receive its fair, rightful and equitable share of income from our own natural resources for the first time since 2003,” Buhari said in a statement signed by his spokesman Garba Shehu.

“In that year oil prices began a steep increase to double – and at times – triple over the following decade.

“All this time Nigeria has failed to secure its equitable share of the proceeds of oil production, for all attempts to

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300 Attacks On Ebola Health Workers In DR Congo This Year

300 Attacks On Ebola Health Workers In DR Congo This Year

November 4, 2019 3:18 pm
Health workers battling an Ebola outbreak in DR Congo have been attacked 300 times, leaving six dead and 70 wounded since the start of the year in three provinces, authorities said on Monday.
The Democratic Republic of Congo declared an Ebola epidemic in August 2018 in the conflict-wracked eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri, bordering Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.

The highly contagious fever has so far killed 2,185 people, according to the latest official figures, but health workers have faced attacks and threats.

The latest attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday after a Congolese radio

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BWW Workers Fired After They Asked Black Diners To Move

November 4, 2019 12:23 pm

An unspecified number of employees have been fired from a suburban Illinois Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant after they allegedly asked a mixed-race group of people celebrating a child’s birthday to move because a regular customer did not want to sit near black people.

The group of 18 would-be customers of a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Naperville, Illinois, about 30 miles west of Chicago, had just been seated at the restaurant when, two members of the party said, they were asked to move because of the color of their skin, reported the Naperville Sun.

It was about 8:30 p.m. on

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