Tech billionaire, Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda Gates have announced divorce after 27 years of marriage. In a joint statement Monday, the couple announced they’ve decided to end their marriage, saying, “Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives.” They continue, “We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in the next phase of our…
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The Defence Headquarters has dissociated self from any anti-democratic utterances and positions as well as pledged loyalty to the President Muhammadu Buhari and the 1999 Constitution as Amended. The Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, stated this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the attention of the military high command had been drawn to a statement suggesting that current political leadership should hand over power to the military for the purpose of restructuring. He said that the statement was purported to have been made by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Robert Clark. “The Nigerian…
Prof. Abba Isa Tijani is the Director General/Chief Executive of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM). A former Head of Department of Fine Arts and coordinating Head of Department of Creative Arts, University of Maiduguri, he midwifed the collaboration between Universities of Maiduguri, Cape Coast, Ghana and Hildesheim in Germany and until his appointment, has been the Executive Board Director and Head of the DAAD-funded project SDG Graduate School- “performing sustainability; cultures and development in West Africa”. The professor of Museology and Anthropology was the immediate past Director of the Centre for the Study and promotion of Cultural…
Nathaniel Enyinnaya a.k.a Purest Angel is a Fashion Designer, fashion Illustrator and serial entrepreneur. In this interview, the indigene of Ikwuano LGA Umuahia, Abia State speaks on his flair for entrepreneurship, his role models, and the fashion industry in Nigeria. Excerpts: Tell us about yourself? It’s a pleasure being here. I am Nathaniel Enyinnaya a.k.a Purest Angel (a childhood nickname I am popularly called). I am a Fashion Designer, fashion Illustrator and serial entrepreneur. I am an Indigene of Ikwuano LGA Umuahia, Abia State. (Speaks dialect praises) Umu Abia kwenu! Interviewer adds: Wow, we should say ‘HIA’…
Not all Nigerians earnestly believe there is a need to entrust the youths with leadership positions; not all Nigerians think Nigerian youths are smart but lack adequate mentorship, funding and facilities. However, one man who earnestly believes in Nigerian youths is Prince Godswill Edward, 7th son and Prince of His Royal Majesty, Ovia Usa 1 of Usumutong Kingdom and the Paramount ruler of Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State; His Royal Majesty Ovia Elder Solomon Osim Edward JP. In this interview, the “King of Youths” talks about his confidence in youths and the need for a leadership shift…
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual report. The 2020 Internet Crime Report includes information from 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime—an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019—and reported losses exceeding $4.2 billion. State-specific statistics have also been released and can be found within the 2020 Internet Crime Report and in the accompanying 2020 State Reports. According to the report, Nigeria is ranked 16th worst affected country. Other countries that ranked better than Nigeria are Pakistan, China, Columbia, and Hong Kong. Apart from Nigeria, South Africa was also listed among the ‘worst’ 20. South Africa…
A Milan court on Wednesday acquitted energy company Eni, its chief executive and Royal Dutch Shell in the oil industry’s biggest corruption case revolving around the $1.3 billion acquisition of a Nigerian oilfield a decade ago. The sentence, read out in court by judge Marco Tremolada, came more than three years after the trial first began and after 74 hearings. Tremolada said the companies and defendants had been acquitted as there was no case to answer. Rulings in Italy can be appealed and only become enforceable once they are final. The Federal Government said it was surprised and disappointed by…
Tanzanian President John Magufuli is dead, his deputy Samia Suluhu has announced after weeks of uncertainty over his health and whereabouts. In a televised address to the nation last night the vice president said the 61-year-old president had died of a “heart condition”, which he has suffered for a decade, at a hospital in Dar-Es-Salaam. Magufuli had first been briefly admitted to the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute on March 6, but was subsequently discharged, Hassan said on state television. But he was rushed to hospital again on March 14 after feeling unwell. After the death was announced, opposition leader Zitto…
By Justina Asishana, Minna The Niger State House of Assembly has directed the Committee on Education and Legislative Compliance to probe the non-release of the National Examinations Council (NECO) results of over 30,000 students who sat for the 2019/2020 Senior Secondary School Examinations (SSCE). The directive was due to the motion on a matter of urgent public importance raised by the member representing Bosso Constituency, Mallam Malik Madaki Bosso, during the plenary. The Nation had reported that over 30,000 students risked being denied admission due to their inability to access their NECO results as a result of debts owed the examination…
The Models Invasion and MAA awards grand finale which held at Sheraton hotel Abuja has become the talk of the city. The event which took place on Sunday the 13th of December 2020, took the city by surprise and everyone was amazed at the structure of the event amidst the COVID-19 pandemic with all protocols observed properly. However the event which was a success wasn’t just by a day’s work. It took persons to make sacrifices and commitment to the entire project. This event was produced by Saint Oshos entertainment and was massively supported by several brands and persons and…
