Month: August 2024
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South African Hawks Committed to Fighting Serious Crime
Read More: South African Hawks Committed to Fighting Serious CrimeThe National Head of South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya, this week assured South Africans that the Hawks, as the directorate is known, are committed to the mandate of “investigating, preventing and combating national priority offences”. Lebeya was speaking during a media briefing to outline progress and milestones achieved during…
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South Africa’s Johan Rupert Becomes Africa’s Richest Person
Read More: South Africa’s Johan Rupert Becomes Africa’s Richest PersonJohan Rupert, the South African billionaire and chairman of Richemont, the luxury goods conglomerate, which owns brands like Cartier and Montblanc, has dislodged Aliko Dangote as Africa’s richest man. This follows a decline in the Nigerian industrialist and owner of the Dangote Group’s net worth by over one billion dollars ($1bn). Empirical data According to…
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Are You Abrosexual?
Read More: Are You Abrosexual?What does ‘abrosexual’ mean? TikTok users are educating others on “LGBT terms you may not have heard of before,” with more and more people identifying as being abrosexual. You must have heard of bisexual, asexual, heterosexual, and homosexual. To many, it is an abomination to talk about LGBTQ+, not to mention supporting or having anything…
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Voice of Nigeria to Start Broadcasting in Chinese Language – DG
Read More: Voice of Nigeria to Start Broadcasting in Chinese Language – DGVoice of Nigeria (VON), Nigeria’s statutory external radio broadcasting station, is working in partnership with China to begin broadcasting in Mandarin. VON Director General, Mallam Jibrin Ndace, disclosed this on Saturday evening in Abuja, while speaking at a dinner organised by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) group of ambassadors and high commissioners. Ndace said…
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Look Before You Marry!
Read More: Look Before You Marry!Look before you marry so you don’t lose everything after you marry! Here are examples of popular soccer stars who lost almost everything to their wives in divorce or separation settlements. Emmanuel Eboue Ivorian soccer star, Emmanuel Eboué, spent most of his career, from 2005 to 2011, with Arsenal of the English Premier League, playing…
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Who Wants to be a Billionaire?
Read More: Who Wants to be a Billionaire?Do you want to be a billionaire? Who doesn’t? You can be one if you follow these 8 ‘SIMPLE’ RULES! Watch and share, please.
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How Chidimma Adetshina Got into the Miss Universe Nigeria Pageant
Read More: How Chidimma Adetshina Got into the Miss Universe Nigeria PageantHow Chidimma Adetshina Got into the Miss Universe Nigeria Pageant It is no longer news that Chidimma Adetshina, the Nigerian model who withdrew from competing in this year’s Miss South Africa Beauty Pageant at the top finalists’ stage, was invited to contest in the Miss Universe Nigeria Pageant. What may not be common knowledge is…
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Andropause: What it’s all about
Read More: Andropause: What it’s all aboutNEWSPLUS TIT BITS Andropause is defined as “a syndrome associated with a decrease in sexual satisfaction or a decline in a feeling of general well-being with low levels of testosterone in older men.” Some call it the Male Menopause. It is common knowledge that erectile dysfunction is not a palatable topic among men. Erectile dysfunction…
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The Edo 2024 Gubernatorial Election and the Debate Imperative: Part 2
Read More: The Edo 2024 Gubernatorial Election and the Debate Imperative: Part 2One may ask, “How do we know that Senator Okpebholo will allow the people currently speaking for him to manipulate him for their personal benefit if elected?” It is simply because he said so himself in the public space. He pledged at the APC State Secretariat Benin City on Tuesday 30th January 2024, when he…
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Edo 2024 Gubernatorial Election: The Debate Imperative By Tony Ekata
Read More: Edo 2024 Gubernatorial Election: The Debate Imperative By Tony EkataThe Edo State 2024 off-season gubernatorial election is barely one month away. Each passing day comes with renewed campaign vigour by the candidates and their supporters. It is difficult to say if the campaign frenzy is more on the ground or on social media platforms, where friends are turning into temporary enemies because of different…
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Power and Insularity: By Tony Ekata
Read More: Power and Insularity: By Tony Ekata“I’m not worried about the exchange rate they are pursuing because your salary should be in Naira and you are not an importer or exporter, are you?” – APC National Leader, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu I am worried. Very worried. It’s long past midnight where I am and I’m unable to sleep. I had been…
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How to Be An Indispensable Employee
By Tony Ekata Congratulations! You’ve crossed the interview hurdle and secured the job you’ve always dreamt of. Now it’s time to prove to your employers that they made the right choice by impressing them and possibly making yourself indispensable. How do you do that? Here are 22 professional tips to guide you: Be an expert…
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TODAY’S ANIMAL FARM By Tony Ekata
My son has just put Matric behind him, and I am very happy – perhaps happier than him. For one, the haunting spectre of having to cough up some seven thousand rands (about 500 US dollars) to re-enrol the National Senior Certificate examination, if he had failed, has been put to rest. In addition to…
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NIGERIA: PARADISE LOST? By Tony Ekata
First published January 5, 2017 The tale is told Not by a few About days of yore When our land was covered with dew And with milk and honey. The days when money was not our problem but how to spend it: When a few naira flew you to New York and back. The…
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