Blessing Okoro Nkiruka, otherwise known as Blessing CEO seems to have the solution the hate-game as she drops a message via her IG to her fans and the public:
Do you ever wonder why it’s so easy to love comedians? Because it’s easy to laugh 😂.
But people hate people like us, teachers, lecturers, intellectual people even doctors because they have to think and reason and that is hard 😂😂😂.
Japan’s Princess Mako, the emperor’s niece, has married her commoner college sweetheart on Tuesday and left the royal family after a years-long engagement beset by scrutiny that has left the princess with post-traumatic stress disorder. This has generated a lot of comments from social media users.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law a bill banning transgender girls from participating in female sports at public schools, joining a wave of similar measures emerging from Republican-controlled statehouses across the country, Premium Times reports.
According to the report, supporters of the
bill, due to take effect on Jan. 18, say it is aimed at protecting fairness in
school sports by eliminating what they see as an inherent physical competitive
advantage of transgender athletes playing on female teams.
Equal rights advocates decry such
restrictions as discriminatory, “hate”-based measures whose real purpose is to
energize hard-core social conservatives, with little or no evidence that trans
women or girls are dominating sports, the report stated further.
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| Greg Abbott, Texas Governor |
SEB gathers that seven other states have passed similar laws this year, part of a Republican-led national campaign since Idaho in March 2020 barred athletes who were assigned a male gender at birth from competing on sports teams against those assigned as female in public schools or colleges.
Japanese Princess Mako quietly married a commoner, Kei Komuro, costing Mako her royal status. She has taken her husband's surname — the first time she has had a family name, according to media reports.
According to USA Today, Mako, 30, said the marriage — delayed three years and called unfit by some — "was a necessary choice to live while cherishing our hearts.”
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(L-R) Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt, Angelina
Jolie and Shiloh Jolie-Pitt attend the red carpet of the movie
"Eternals" during the 16th Rome Film Festival. Photo Credit: Getty / AFP |
Angelina Jolie proudly showed off two of her daughters on the red carpet for the Rome Film Fest premiere of Marvel’s "Eternals" on Sunday. It was Shiloh Jolie-Pitt's wild red carpet sneakers that stole the show, USA TODAY reports.
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Murray Last, author of The Sokoto Caliphate, was a graduate student at the prestigious Yale University when he first heard about the ‘Fulani Empire’ in northern Nigeria.
That was in 1959, the year Northern Region – the jurisdiction that succeeded the ‘Empire’ – became self-governing under the rules created by colonial British government.
The young Mr Last’s African History professor, Harry Rudin, a Cameroonian, also introduced him to the Qadiriyya movement in West Africa.
FROM THE IG DESK OF RENO OMOKRI
Do you know butterflies never see their
own wings. Yet, they fly. You dont have to see God. You just have to have faith
in Him and you will fly high. Seeing is not believing. You haven’t seen wind,
electricity and the Internet. But you believe in them. Believe in God! And
don’t just believe in God. Also, believe Him. Stop believing the chatter in
your head. Instead, start seeing yourself the way God sees you and talking to
yourself that way. When you meditate on God’s Words, God’s Words will elevate
you.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has officially launched e–Naira, the Nigerian digital currency in Abuja. [PHOTO CREDIT: Bashir Ahmad] |
At the launch of the eNaira Monday, Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari said his approval was “underpinned by the fact that the CBN has been a leading innovator in the form of money they produce, and in the payment services they deploy for efficient transactions.”
The president praises the Central Bank of Nigeria for creating eNaira which is Africa’s first Central Bank Digital Currency, adding that the country will reap many benefits from the initiative.
“They have invested heavily in creating a Payment System that is ranked in the top ten in the world and certainly the best in Africa,” the president said at the event in Abuja.
Watch the cutest dancing duo do their thing in this video, curtsey of Instagram | buzzfeed:
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| La Palma Volcano: Eruption |
In a story filled by Alexander Lerche for Aljazeera, on the devastating effect of the volcanic eruption on La Palma, it’s noted that the natural disaster has severely disrupted normal life on the idyllic Spanish Island.
According to the report, authorities have evacuated nearly 8,000 people, placing them inside hotels and empty apartment buildings, and warn many more may be displaced in the coming weeks.
In the five weeks since the eruption began, lava flowing from Cumbre Vieja has reached more than 850 hectares (2,100 acres) of farmland and residential areas, the report stated further, adding that more than 2,100 homes and farms have been affected or destroyed and vital irrigation systems cut off.
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| Seyi Makinde, Governor of Oyo State |
Broadcast by His Excellency Seyi Makinde, the Executive Governor of Oyo State, After the Jail Break at Abolongo Correctional Centre, Oyo Town on Saturday, October 23, 2021
My Good People of Oyo State,
I am addressing you today to update you about recent happenings affecting the security of our state.
Last night, security operatives responded to a distress call about a jailbreak in the Abolongo Correctional Centre, Oyo Town. The correctional facility had been attacked with explosives, and some inmates were set free. Our security men were ambushed. As a result, we lost two of our security agents – A corporal of the Nigerian Army attached to Operation Burst, and an Operative of the Oyo State Amotekun Corps, Tijani Sadiq Babatunde.
Nigeria’s oldest and most reputable beauty pageant, Miss Nigeria is back this year for its 44th edition. Organized by Folio Group, the pageant has served as a great platform for empowering thousands of girls across the country since its inception in 1957.
This year’s winner will not only gain notable reputation worldwide, she will also receive a whopping sum of 10 million Naira, 1-year residence in a luxury apartment, a brand-new car, and lucrative ambassadorship deals with prestigious brands.
“This is not just a pageant. We emerged in response to the realization that given the right platform, young Nigerian women can drive positive change and inspire other young women across the continent. We remain committed to those values as we head into the 2021 pageant,” explained Chairman, Board of Directors at Folio Group, Fidelis Anosike.
The World Bank has blacklisted 18 Nigerian individuals and firms for engaging in corrupt practices, fraud and collusive practices in its 2021 fiscal year 2021, a new report has revealed.
A list of debarred individuals and firms was presented in a new annual report titled World Bank Group Sanctions System FY21.
The debarments were made by the World Bank Sanctions Board, World Bank Chief Suspension and Debarment Officer and the African Development Bank.
On Catch-Up this week we have our spotlight on the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), a pride of many when educational institutions are mentioned across the globe.
The spotlight is designed to feature the Institution’s history and of course, its mission and vision statements.
The greatness and popularity of the Obafemi Awolowo University is by no means an accident. Founded in 1962 as the University of Ife but rechristened by the Federal Military Government as the Obafemi Awolowo University on May 12, 1987, in honour of one of its most distinguished founding fathers and eminent nationalist, politician, lawyer, stateman and former chancellor, Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo.
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife is one of three Universities established in Nigeria between 1961 and 1962 as a result of the report submitted to the Federal Government in September, 1960, by a Commission it appointed in April 1959 under the Chairmanship of Sir Eric Ashby, Master of Clare College, Cambridge, to survey the needs of post-secondary and higher education in Nigeria over the next twenty years. On 8th June, 1961 the Law providing for the establishment of the Provisional Council of the University was formally inaugurated under the Chairmanship of Chief Rotimi Williams.
I’m a beautiful nubile girl and almost like taking everything after my grandma I believed it was time I had a place for someone special in my heart. Yea, you know what I mean.
So, I got married to this charming gentleman without the slightest doubt about doing the right thing. Suddenly, like magic we started having the pretty young ones of our own.
But when I later turned around to dekko at the world around me I immediately realized I had no sisters in it. Majority of those who should be my sisters naturally share my characteristics in every way except one thing for certain – they never have the slightest desire for marriage. So, what’s happening to my one big feminine family?
Reno Omokri sends a message to his followers via his IG: Before praying to God for prosperity, you need to demonstrate to Him that you have self control. Because, if God prospers you in your present state, without self control, you will just get money and excitedly buy something expensive that kills you. Always remember that the difference between who you are today and who you want to be tomorrow will be determined by what you do now. If you do the same things you did yesterday, tomorrow will come and meet you the same as today. No self development means no wealth development.
So, what's your take on this?
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Colin Powell has died of COVID-19 related complications.
The first Black secretary of state was 84.
Colin rose through the ranks of the armed
forces in a decades-long career that culminated in his service as the 12th
chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the highest-ranking military appointment
in the Defense Department.
Powell died Monday at Walter Reed National
Medical Center despite being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, family said.
Colin Powel rose from a humble background to one of the most powerful positions in US government.
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A resident carries a dog from his destroyed
house after flashfloods in Thodupuzha in India's Kerala state on Saturday [Appu
S Narayanan/AFP] |
SEB learnt that at press-time, at least 25 people have died and more than 2,000 have been evacuated after days of heavy rainfall brought flash floods and landslides in the state of Kerala in southern India, sweeping away houses, cars and bridges.
The state’s disaster management authority said the deaths bring the number of monsoon-related deaths in one week to 35, Washington Post reports.
The Heads of Advertising Sectoral Groups (HASG) have endorsed the full implementation of the new Advertising Industry Standards of Practice (AISOP) guidelines, Punch Newspapers reports.
*Excerpts from press statement*
▪️New guidelines will not affect contracts signed before the effective implementation date, but explained that new contracts between advertising agencies, media houses and advertisers will be based on the new guidelines.
▪️Advertisers have the freedom to start the agency selection process
with a large number of agencies and are at liberty to carry this out in stages.
▪️Payment of the pitch fee will apply from the final strategy stage of
the selection process and limited to a few agencies depending on the
advertisers’ capacity to pay.
▪️Media establishments are encouraged to engage stakeholders before
any rate increase, taking into account that advertisers and agencies have
numerous options of media channels.
▪️In the event of a post-engagement rate increase, the guidelines recommend the communication of a 30-day notice to clients/advertisers before implementation.
ABC NEWS reports a 7-foot tall statue of #Harambe erected in front of New York City's Charging Bull by a social media platform under development. The company says the statue "represents the millions of everyday people who struggle under a system that enriches wealthy elites." What do you think?
Hundreds of people wearing only white body paint have walked across a stark desert expanse near the Dead Sea, part of the latest photography project of American artist Spencer Tunick, Guardian reports.
Seb learnt that over 200 people covered
only in white body paint modelled for Tunick as volunteers of ages between 18
and 70. They had lined up across the desert near the Dead Sea in rows of 10 on
Sunday and awaited instructions from the artist, who was perched on a ladder
with a megaphone and a camera.
The 54-year-old photographer visited the spot in southern Israel as a guest of the tourism ministry to portray for the third time the shrinking Dead Sea via nude subjects.
Jacky Wright, the London-born corporate vice-president and chief digital officer at Microsoft US, was given this year’s top spot on 14 October by the Powerlist 2022, the annual list of the UK’s most powerful people of African, African-Caribbean and African American heritage, Guardian reports.
According to the report, Marcus Rashford, the footballer and campaigner, came in second place while Anne Mensah, vice-president of Content UK at Netflix, was third. The Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya is a new entrant to the list, in fourth.
Read more from the report below:
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| Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari |
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, stressed the readiness of the federal government to de-emphasise dependence on foreign supply of military weapons to fight security challenges facing the nation by commencing local productions.
To this end, he has instructed the Ministry
of Defense to create a modest military industrial complex for the local
production of weapons to meet some of the requirements of the country’s armed
forces.
The President made this disclosure in his
opening remarks at a two-day Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat,
organised to assess progress made towards the achievement of the nine key
priorities of his Administration.
According to him, the establishment of the industrial complex would address Nigeria’s over-dependence on other countries for military equipment and logistics.
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| Nigeria's Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo |
Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo has called on well-meaning Nigerians to join hands with the government to provide adequate care for homeless children saying government alone cannot do it.
According to him, the provision of adequate welfare for vulnerable women and Children in the Society should be collectively shouldered by government and spirited individuals.
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Grammy-award winning singer, Adele has come back from her break to release a single, Easy On Me’, which has not only been trending on charts and social media but racked in over 19 million views on YouTube less than 12 hours after release, SEB gathered.
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Sky News reports that Adele's new album is the singer's way of explaining her divorce to her son but she says there won't be any 'raging parties' to celebrate.
“No Time to Die,” the latest installment in the James Bond movie franchise, shot straight to number one in North America’s box office on its opening weekend, netting $55.5 million, according to industry watcher Exhibitor Relations, Channels Television reports.
According to the report, the United Artists
film, the last to feature Daniel Craig as 007, sees Ian Fleming’s spy hero
dragged out of retirement to face off against old foes Blofeld, the criminal
network SPECTRE and Safin, played by Rami Malek.
Last week’s leader “Venom: Let there Be Carnage,” was knocked down to second place with a haul of $31.7 million, making a total of $141 million for its first two weeks, the report states, adding that the Sony film stars Tom Hardy as investigative journalist Eddie Brock whose symbiotic bond with an alien named Venom gives him superpowers. Brock must stop serial killer Cletus Kasady, played by Woody Harrelson, who has broken out of prison after merging with another alien.
Mohammad sat in the smaller grocery store where he worked and flipped through the pages of a notebook, filled with a long list of customers indebted to the shop, Arise News reports.
“More and more people are struggling with
money and asking us to let them pay later,” the 30-year-old Syrian refugee from
Deraa told Al Jazeera, as a growing fuel crunch has led food prices to
skyrocket.
“We have to try to be patient with them.
Things have become much worse with the fuel crisis over the summer.”
According to the report, the small shop is located in the heart of Beirut’s semi-industrial Karantina neighbourhood, a stone’s throw away from the destroyed port, adding that many of the shelves at the shop were packed, but that is because people are simply focusing on household necessities, Mohammad said.
Jeremiah meets with Mercy and falls in-love with her. “A beautiful gem of a lady”, he sings her praises round the clock. He finally succeeds in taking her home for the first time to have a long awaited romantic night. Arriving his apartment Mercy dashes into the rest-room for a quick bath. But after her bath, according to Jeremiah, the all-time beautiful lady he had met suddenly turned ugly. So what actually happened? Your guess is as good as mine.
‘SEX APPEAL’ is what you either have or you don’t, and no amount of ‘make-up’ can give it to you.
Make-ups can either embellish or mask. But more often than not ladies use it for the former. Some ladies overdo it to the point of masquerading the face.
NEWMAN is an arrogant fellow. He’s wretched and so are his parents. But his arrogance makes LULU, a local champion believe he’s comfortable and well connected. Afraid of having a rival in the person of Newman, Lulu immediately hires a thug to torture him as way of warning and to prove supremacy. But then the thug accidentally murders him in the process. Lulu soon finds out about the tragic death but shows no feelings until the thug finds out that the deceased was poor and came from a very wretched background. Lulu then believes Newman’s death was a big mistake.
Now, this is not a true life story. But if
you were to do a resolution for this story what would it be? Yes, rack your
brain on it guys.
On Catch-Up this week we are spotlighting on Lipton. Yes, that all-time-available pleasant tea most of us can’t do without.
Lipton is a British brand of tea, owned by
Unilever. Lipton was also a supermarket chain in the United Kingdom, later sold
to Argyll Foods, after which the company sold only tea. The company is named
after its founder Sir Thomas Lipton. The Lipton ready-to-drink beverages are
sold by "Pepsi Lipton International", a company jointly owned by
Unilever and PepsiCo.
In 1871 Thomas Lipton (1848–1931) of
Glasgow, Scotland used his small savings to open his own shop, and by the 1880s
the business had grown to more than 200 shops. In 1929, the Lipton grocery
retail business was one of the companies that merged with Home and Colonial
Stores, Maypole Dairy Company, Vyes & Boroughs, Templetons, Galbraiths
& Pearks to form a food group with more than 3,000 shops. The group traded
in the high street under various names, but was registered on the UK stock
market as Allied Suppliers. Lipton's became a supermarket chain focused on
small towns. Allied was acquired by Argyll Foods in 1982; the supermarket
business was rebranded as Presto during the 1980s.
Lipton produces instant soup mixes. In the 1950s in the United States, Lipton ran an advertisement campaign promoting French onion dip prepared at home using Lipton's French onion soup mix, thus helping to popularize chips and dip. Hundreds of new commercially produced varieties of dips were later introduced in the U.S.
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| Professor Kingsley Moghalu, Presidential Aspirant 2023 |
The "Third Force" is about Nigeria and Nigerians who feel that on the evidence the old established political order of the APC and PDP over the past 20 years has failed - Moghalu
On Xclusive Interactive this week, and curtesy of Arise News, we bring you the interview of Kingsley Moghalu, as he discusses his defection to a new political party and his take and stand on the 2023 forth coming elections.
Also, the same guest is featured on Focus Nigeria where he attempts to proffer solutions to the multiplicity of challenges facing Nigeria.
Yesterday, I presided over a meeting of the South-South Governor’s Forum, where we declared our unequivocal support for the state’s to collect value added taxes (VAT).
The message was posted by Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa via his social media handle.
Honestly, what did you do while Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram temporary remained inactive a few days ago? Share your experiences, guys.
Perhaps, the only way to determine the way forward for this country is to stage TWO plays, one about 'Paradise' and the other about 'Hell'. From the experiences of both certainly, we should know good from bad and successfully, define our stand on this planet earth. What do you think?
NPR reports that the New York Police Department has released footage and appealed for information after a newly installed statue of George Floyd in Union Square was defaced by paint on October 3.
The footage shows a man on a skateboard
throwing the paint as he passes.
According to the report, Nearby busts of late Congressman John Lewis and Breonna Taylor, the Louisville, Kentucky, woman shot and killed by police in 2020, did not appear to be defaced.
A broken pipeline has led to an estimated 126,000 gallons of oil leaked into the Ocean waters near Orange County, prompting Southern California officials to rapidly race to contain the damage in one of the largest oil spills in recent memory, reports USA Today.
FROM THE IG DESK OF RENO OMOKRI
When you wake prematurely at night and
can’t go back to sleep, dont stress. God allowed you to wake for a reason.
There may be things coming in your future that need intervention. You are in a
theta state. The environment is quiet. Don’t waste the opportunity. Pray! You
did not just wake up. You woke up for a reason. Apple Inc can remotely wake
your iPhone from California, no matter where you are on Earth. And God can
remotely wake your spirit man from the Ancient Heavens no matter where you are
in the Universe. Pray so you don’t fall prey!
Ahmed Joda
A TRIBUTE BY: Matthew Hassan Kukah
"... With Ahmed Joda gone, the north
is at best now a huge graveyard. Its children are now largely orphans."
The death of Ahmed Joda marks the drop of
the final leaves of the northern autumn. Ordinarily, in spring, the first drops
of the rains and moisture breathe life into the foliage and in turn, a long
process begins to ensure that fresh leaves return to the trees.
However, with the bandits and kidnappers
having taken over the region, Northern Nigeria is faced with a prospect of
self- immolation that is almost impossible to contemplate.
The region’s internal tensions commenced long ago with the death of the Gamji himself on January 15th, 1966. His rarified personage had dwarfed all around him and there were hardly any pretending deputies in sight. Everyone around the Sardauna was merely an altar server; no co-celebrants as such.
Our top editorial this moment comes from the Premium Times with a message in view of the seemingly much awaited Nigeria’s 2023 Elections and a deserving voting pattern. The story reads:
As the Conference Committee of the National
Assembly begins harmonising the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, PREMIUM TIMES
deems it necessary to reiterate the need to pass an electoral law that would
fully accommodate both electronic voting and the electronic transmission of
results. We are firmly convinced that such step would safeguard Nigeria’s
democracy.
The main purpose of the Conference Committee is to reconcile the two versions of the Amendment Bill as respectively passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Meet "The One Bel Air" – a Los Angeles megamansion that is believed to be the largest modern home in the United States, USA Today, reports.
According to Architectural Digest, the record-breaking estate has 105,000 square feet of living space, including 42 bathrooms, 21 bedrooms and a 5,500-square-foot master suite, the report states, adding that the property is also adorned with jaw-dropping features and amenities — including a sky deck, night club, several swimming pools, 10,000 bottle wine cellar, a 50-seat theater, a four-lane bowling alley.
Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar takes his family out on a holiday as he flashes a few photos via his IG with the message "Out and about on holiday with my children and grandchildren at the National Children Park & Zoo"
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We have prayed enough and God
has answered our prayers.
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God answered our prayers by
giving us large followership.
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Mega churches in Nigeria are
not available anywhere in the world.
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No church like Redeem … in the
world.
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No church like Winners … in the
world.
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No church like Mountain of Fire
… in the world.
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No church like Chosen … in the
world.
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No church like Christ Embassy …
in the world.
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No church like Deeper Life … in
the world.
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Redeem alone has over 40,000
parishes.
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Winners alone has over 30,000
parishes.
We
have prayed enough and God has answered! The church should wake up, rise up and
start playing their part in building a better Nigeria. We have the number, we
have the resources, we have everything we need to repair Nigeria from the
grassroots. The time to start is now!
This message was delivered by Pastor Femi
Emmanuel, Presiding Pastor of Livingspring Chapel International while
addressing his congregation as Nigeria marks her 61st Independence
Anniversary.
Calling on Nigerian Christians to partake
in politics from the grassroots, Pastor Femi has equally asked them to change
their prayer modes.
“So, it’s not just ‘deliver Nigeria,
Deliver Nigeria’, he said. “It should be called ‘Wake up your church’.
“Talk to your General Overseers. The church community is an imprisoned community. Our General Overseers have imprisoned us. They must release us, mobilize us, encourage us to go to the grass root. Politics is in the grassroots”, he added.
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Haitian migrants in Necoclí, Colombia, walk toward boats that will take them to the town of Acandí, across the Gulf of Urabá. The boats can't keep up with the number of Haitians looking to travel from Colombia through the jungle to Panama to eventually reach the U.S. Carlos Villalón for NPR |
NECOCLÍ, Colombia — This town's Caribbean beaches used to fill up with tourists but there's no longer room. Instead, thousands of Haitian migrants who can't afford the hotels have pitched tents on just about every patch of sand, National Public Radio (NPR) reports.
According to the report, Nearly 20,000 Haitians, who are on their
way to the United States, are now holed up in Necoclí, forming a human
bottleneck even bigger than the recent migrant logjams on the U.S.-Mexican
border.
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Tents pitched at Necocli's beach in September. About 19,000 migrants are living in the town, some staying in hotels and many other camping out on the beach. Carlos Villalon for NPR |
Bruno Noel got to Necoclí two weeks ago with his wife and 6-month-old son and notes his many compatriots speaking Haitian Creole on the boardwalk. "This is like a smaller version of Haiti," he quips, the report states further adding that Lacking visas, Noel and other Haitians are taking a roundabout, overland route to get to the U.S. Many moved to Brazil, Chile and other South American nations following Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake. But now that countries in the region have eased pandemic travel restrictions, throngs of Haitians are heading north. Many believe they will have a better chance to get into the U.S. — and to stay there — now that Donald Trump has been replaced in the White House by President Biden.
The UN food agency has launched an urgent appeal for action to reduce the amount of food that is wasted, saying lack of food, hunger and malnutrition affect every country in the world, NAN reports.
According to the report, The Food and
Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Tuesday that 17 per cent of all food
available to consumers in 2019 ended up being thrown away.
An additional 132 million people face food
and nutrition insecurity today because of the COVID-19 pandemic, FAO said,
ahead of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, on
Wednesday, 29 September.
The problem of food waste is a global one
and not limited to wealthy nations alone, said Nancy Aburto, Deputy Director of
FAO’s Food and Nutrition Division Economic and Social Development Stream,
speaking at a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
“Food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition are impacting every country in the world and no country is unaffected; 811 million people suffer hunger, two billion suffer micronutrient deficiencies – that’s vitamin and mineral deficiencies – and millions of children suffer stunting and wasting, deadly forms of under-nutrition.”
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| Nigeria's Musician, Wizkid |
Cool FM 96.9 Abuja reported few days ago that Wizkid’s ‘Made in Lagos‘ album reached number one on the chart.
According to the report, Nigerian superstar singer, Wizkid (Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun) is now holding the record of longest stay on Billboard World Albums Chart.
He tallied with Fela Anikulapo Kuti last
week.
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's ‘The Best Of The
Black President‘ album, a compilation released in 1999, spent forty-five weeks
on the Billboard World Albums Chart, making it the longest-running album on the
chart for a Nigerian singer.
However, according to current updates,
Afrobeats sensation Wizkid has broken the record by spending a total of 46
weeks on the Billboard World Albums rankings with his 2020 ‘Made in Lagos’
album.
Wizkid’s ‘Made in Lagos‘ album reached number one on the chart, while Fela’s ‘The Best Of The Black President‘ peaked at number three.
A study of reported cases of Kidnap-for-ransom in the media reveals that the crime has become perhaps the biggest security threat in Nigeria.
Tears dropped down the cheeks of Catherine Ukpekpi as she narrated her family’s ordeal. It was April and her husband, Ben, the leader of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Cross River State, had been kidnapped four weeks earlier. It was the second time in 16 months that he had been kidnapped.
Mrs Ukpekpi said the circumstances of both incidents were identical. Just as in December 2019, he was again abducted at the front of their house in Calabar, and by people she suspected were the same.
“Two days later they opened communication and said we should pay N150 million before they release my husband. I asked them N150,000 or N150 million? They said ‘madam N150 million! We abducted your husband for money. Pay us N150 million, not a kobo less. He is the NLC chairman’”.
