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IMF And Ukraine Reach Tentative $5.5bn Aid Deal

December 9, 2019 2:38 pm

The International Monetary Fund said Saturday it had reached a “staff-level” agreement with Ukraine on a new $5.5 billion, three-year aid program for the war-scarred country.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said she was “pleased to note that IMF staff has reached agreement with the authorities” on the deal, adding it was “subject to IMF management approval.”

Georgieva said she spoke by telephone on Saturday to President Volodymyr Zelensky and commended him on “impressive progress” on reforms and “sound economic policies.”

“The President and I agreed that Ukraine’s economic success depends crucially on strengthening the rule of law, enhancing the …

Funke Akindele Loses Dad

December 9, 2019 9:01 am
Nigerian actress and filmmaker Funke Akindele has lost her dad.
The “Jenifa Diary” actress took to her Instagram page today to announce the passing away of her father. She posted a photo of herself with her late father who was a retired school principal, along with the caption:

“Dad!!! May your soul Rest In Peace!! I tried Dad! I did!! We love you but God knows best!!! #iwishicanturnbackthehandsoftime”

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Funke Akindele has over 100 films to her credit as actress, writer, and producer. She came into the limelight after starring

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Sowore: APC Attacks Atiku, PDP For Condemning Buhari, DSS

December 9, 2019 5:23 am

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday rebuked the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for condemning the Buhari government and the Department of State Services (DSS) over last Friday’s court invasion.

Recall that DSS operatives on Friday re-arrested Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow campaign, a situation that has generated local and international criticisms.

In a statement Sunday night, Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC National Publicity Secretary, said Atiku and the PDP chose to present and spread concocted alternative facts and lies on the incident.

It said the presidency has clarified that the DSS does not necessarily need …

MTN Nigeria Announces One-Day Kid CEO

December 9, 2019 5:22 am

MTN Nigeria has announced 14-year-old Ademuwa Ifeoluwa of Chrisfield College, Ikorodu Lagos as its first one-day kid CEO. Ademuwa became one-day CEO after emerging winner of the maiden edition of the Lagos State Private Schools Spelling Bee Competition sponsored by MTN Nigeria. He was announced winner following five months of fast-paced competition that attracted participation from 70 secondary schools in the State.

On Thursday, December 5, 2019, Ademuwa assumed the role of Kid CEO for one day at the company’s headquarters in Ikoyi, Lagos. The highlight of his day was when he welcomed dignitaries to the 5G demonstration at the …

Spectranet To Enhance Customer Experience

December 9, 2019 5:21 am

Spectranet 4G LTE has launched an innovative product called the Car-Fi, targeted at premium internet customers and designed to enable internet services/broadband on the go.

The Spectranet Car-Fi is the first of its kind since the commencement of internet service offering. Spectranet Car-Fi is a thumb-sized, integrated 4G mobile wireless router that takes power from the car lighter socket. Once it is powered, the device can convert 4G signal to Wi-Fi signal, thus connecting up to 10 phones, tablets and other Wi-Fi enabled devices. The Car-Fi draws power from the car battery ensuring continuous availability of internet services on-the-move.

With …

ASUU To Sanction Members Over IPPIS Enrolment

December 9, 2019 5:20 am

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set to sanction its members in about seven universities who defied its directives and enrolled into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System(IPPIS).

It, however, added that notwithstanding the defiance by some of its members in the University of Benin (UNIBEN); Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife; Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State and University of Nsukka, Nsukka, it recorded about 90 per cent compliance with the union’s directive for lecturers to shun the IPPIS enrollment.
The Chairman of ASUU, Usman Dan Fodio University , Sokoto, Dr. Abubakar Sabo Yabo, told THISDAY that …

NY: Queens Bishop Confesses To Sexual Abuse Of 12yr Old Boy

December 8, 2019 1:25 pm

The spiritual leader of a Queens church was busted for sexually abusing a pre-teen parishioner across nearly three years, with the accused predator confessing his sins to the victim in a recorded confrontation, officials charged Friday.

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A four-page criminal complaint described the victim meeting with Bishop Jesse Milagrosa on Oct. 28, 2018 to discuss the childhood abuse and record the creepy cleric’s admission to the alleged crimes.

“That was my mistake,” the bishop told the victim, according to the complaint. “If you want to report this, I’ll pay the consequences. I

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NY: 54Yr Old Falls From Six-Storey Building In Chinatown.

December 8, 2019 1:25 pm

A 54-year-old man who witnesses said was taking a smoke break died Saturday in a fall from a six-story building in Manhattan’s Chinatown, police said.

Police were called to the rear of the building on Eldridge St. near Hester St. about 9:15 a.m. where they found the victim sprawled on the ground.

The man's body was found in the rear of the building on Eldridge St.
The man’s body was found in the rear of the building on Eldridge St. (Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News)

The man died at the scene. His name was not immediately released as cops tried to track down family members.

Witnesses told police that he was smoking

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NY: Woman Dies After Drunken Fall Onto NYC Subway Tracks

December 8, 2019 1:23 pm

A woman drunkenly tumbled onto subway tracks and was fatally struck by a train in Brooklyn early Sunday, despite her friend’s best efforts to save her, cops said.

The 30-year-old victim fell off the Broadway Junction A/C train platform around 12:20 a.m., according to police. She tumbled between two subway cars on a Manhattan-bound A train as it began to roll away from the station, said MTA spokesman Shams Tarek.

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NY: Outrage As Teacher Tells Pupils Santa Isn’t Real

December 8, 2019 1:23 pm

Holiday spirits in one Brooklyn first-grade classroom got doused in ice water Monday when a teacher told his young pupils Santa Claus doesn’t exist, according to a report.

A substitute teacher at Public School 321 in Park Slope ruined Santa and the tooth fairy in one fell swoop while doing some age-inappropriate myth-busting during a lesson on “convincing,” angry parents told News 12 Brooklyn.

One first grader came home asking, “’but that’s not right, right?’” his concerned mom told News 12.

“Stuff like this, that their parents lie to them, I think is damaging to kids,” the mom said.

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NY: Man Falls Off Bronx Fire Escape, Plunges To His Death

December 8, 2019 1:20 pm

A Bronx restaurant delivery worker fell to his death from the fire escape of his Bronx apartment building early Thursday, and his distraught family is demanding answers.

Police believe Gerardo Villano, 24, slipped on a patch of ice on the fire escape of his building on Grand Concourse near E. 178th St. in Mount Hope and plunged four stories to an interior courtyard at about 5:20 a.m. He was declared dead at the scene.

“We don’t know what’s going on. We don’t know who he was with or what happened,” said his brother, Carmello Villano, 32. “We want a full

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