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Akon: I Invested $1Bn To Provide Electricity For Africa

January 24, 2020 2:07 am

Senegalese American vocalist Akon born Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam (/ˈeɪkɒn/; born April 16, 1973) is known for his R&B-style vocals, which are featured in his own hit songs as well as collaborations with hip-hop artists. He is a songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and actor.

Akon has been in the stardom spotlight since 2007 and is regarded as one of the top acts to emerge from Africa. He recently talked about his $1 billion investment in a Chinese company to provide electricity to Africans on his verified Facebook page.

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Enyimba Economic City To Provide 600,000 Jobs – Ikpeazu

November 27, 2019 8:02 am

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has spoken on the steps his administration is taking to ensure the Enyimba Economic City, located on a 9400-hectare of land fully takes off. He explains that the city which would be a hub, has the full backing of the Federal Government, the African Development Bank and Afreximbank. He says investors who set up manufacturing companies in the city will get space and manufacture goods and export for free. They would enjoy tax holidays and also enjoy the possibility of repatriating 100 percent profits.

African Development Bank (ADB) decided to create a platform for …

Kogi, Bayelsa: Airforce To Provide Cover For INEC Staff

October 31, 2019 8:50 pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said that the Nigeria Navy and the Nigeria Air Force are to give cover for their staff in the November 16 gubernatorial elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states.

According to INEC, given the history of election violence in the two states, they have requested for the services of the Navy and the Airforce to provide security cover for it’s personnel on duty.

The Commission has also announced that it has banned some ad-hoc staff who abused the trust reposed on them during the 2019 general elections.

Speaking at a dialogue session with …

‘PSC Law Could Provide Extra $1.5b To Fund 2020 Budget’

October 23, 2019 3:15 am

The Deputy Leader of the Senate, Senator Robert Ajayi Borofice, told journalists that the commended Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract (PSC) law will give Nigeria additional US$1.5 billion for funding the 2020 budget, and warned that the National Assembly will resist attempts by oil companies to create crisis in order to disrupt concurrence of the bill by both chambers.

The PSC bill enjoyed the fastest legislative approval. What informed such speed and will other bills get the same treatment?

This is an arrangement that has been there for years and the problem of not benefitting from …

Provide land for RUGA, presidency urges states

August 5, 2019 12:46 am

The Federal Government at the weekend urged states to make land available for the controversial RUGA settlement, even as it said N2.258 billion was allocated for the initiative in the 2019 budget.

Disclosing the position of the government when he hosted Akwa Ibom State indigenes from the Law School, Abuja, Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters to the President, insisted that the word ‘RUGA’ does not derive from Hausa or Fulani but is an acronym for Rural Grazing Area (RUGA), and is not intended to foist any religion or ethnic group on other sections of the country.…

Garden snails provide ‘cure’ for antibiotic resistance

June 27, 2019 12:18 am

Scientists have employed garden snails to fight antibiotic resistance, cancers, scars and skin blemishes, and to produce faster-acting insulin.

Until now, the slime of the Giant African Land Snail (GALS) also called African land Tiger snail (Achatina achatina) has been employed by traditional medicine practitioners in the treatment of asthma and hypertension.

The Gastropoda or gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, are a large taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca. The small grey snail, Cryptomphalus aspersa also called Helix aspersa, is one of the over 20 edible species of snail found in Europe and North America.

Snail meat …