About a week after an earthquake that has left more than 2,000 people dead, Haiti is still reeling and aid groups are struggling to respond.
NPR reports that Aid agencies say they're trying to get aid to the quake zone as quickly as possible. But roads were blocked by the quake, a key highway is controlled by gangs — and then Tropical Storm Grace hit earlier this week.
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Nigeria's former President, Olusegun Obasanjo spotted paying homage to the new Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwaste lll.
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| Larry Elder is one of the leading Republican candidates in a recall election that could unseat California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP) |
Nearly two decades before conservative radio host Larry Elder joined the long list of candidates who could unseat California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in the state’s second recall election in history, Elder suggested that venture capitalists have the right to ask women whether and when they intend to have children as a way to “protect” their “investment”, the Washington Post reports.
“Are there legitimate business reasons for
a venture capitalist to ask a female entrepreneur whether she intends to have
children? Hell, yes,” Elder wrote in his 2002 book.
But the man believed to be Newsom’s top contender didn’t stop there, the report states further, adding that in several other sections of “Showdown: Confronting Bias, Lies and the Special Interests That Divide America,” Elder suggested that women who choose to have children are not “dedicated” to their jobs and are unable to give an “all-hands-on-deck commitment” to work. In another passage, Elder went after former acting Massachusetts governor Jane Swift (R) for taking on the new role after giving birth to twins, claiming that “to tell women they can run a state, have family and children, and be equally attentive to all — is a lie.”
The Managing Director/CEO, Development Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Tony Okpanachi, represented by Executive Director, Ijeoma Ozulumba, DBN Chief Operating Officer, Bonaventure Okhaimo (Right), and Managing Director/CEO, Rural Electrification Agency Ahmad Salihijo (Left) at the Rural Electrification Scheme/DBN MOU signing ceremony aimed at increasing access to finance for the development of mini-grids across the country.
The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) was conceived by the Federal Government of Nigeria to address the major financing challenges facing MSMEs.
A Nigerian, Adeyemi Opebiyi, has sued the United Kingdom for allegedly turning him back from entering the country after he had been granted a visa and had flown from Nigeria to the Manchester Airport, Punch reports.
According to the report, Opebiyi, who described himself as the Head of Operations, Sabi Micro Finance Bank Ltd, said on arriving at Manchester Airport on March 14, 2021, he was stopped by the UK Immigration official, who insisted that he must be interviewed before he could be allowed into the UK.
The report stated further that Opebiyi claimed that he was made to wait for eight hours at the immigration desk before he was eventually interviewed by an Immigration officer, who asked him to draw the logo of Sabi Micro Finance Bank Ltd, among other things, as a way of verifying his claim that he works with the financial institution.
A grandma, reportedly aged 61, is engaged to her 24-year-old lover.
This story which has already rounded the
internet has it that Cheryl McGregor and Quran McCain, from Rome, Georgia,
United States took to Instagram to announce their engagement with supportive
photos and videos particularly, revealing where McCain got down on one knee
inside a restaurant to ask Cheryl to marry him.
"She said yes. You make me a simp but I love you and it’s nothing but forward from here," the caption on the Instagram post reads.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has announced it will engage local town criers to help in spreading its message against human trafficking.
Speaking on Friday, August 13, at the
agency's headquarters in Abuja while hosting a delegation from the
International Organisation for Migration led by its Country Chief of Mission,
Franz Celestin, NAPTIP’s Head, Press and Public Relations Unit, Stella Nezan,
made the revelation in a statement titled, ‘NAPTIP, IOM set to improve
collaboration to tackle human trafficking and irregular migration.’
According to the statement, the agency’s Director-General, Basheer Muhammed said NAPTIP's mandates touch various families in the country.
Leaders of All Nation’s Christian Assembly (ANCA), have opined that God is not happy with Nigeria due to the daily rise in cases of kidnapping, banditry and other crimes.
According to the clergymen, killings and kidnapping have become the order
of the day in the country, a situation that is not common among animals.
In a press conference on Friday, August 13, the Council Chairman of ANCA, Mr. Sunday Oibe said that the country is bleeding and needs help.
FROM THE IG DESK OF PAUL PLAY
I TRIED TO KEEP QUIET but I got to say this . ThE ENTERTAINMENT industry is now full of ENVY, HATE, PRIDE and unwarranted RUDENESS.
How much will it really COST u to post
your colleagues advert ? It doesn’t cost you anything , it’s not going to
affect your brand or make your fans run away . I’ve been away from the game for
quite a while but I’m sad to realise how terrible things have turned .
It’s like they PREFER TO HELP U WHEN YOURE DEAD . 0post your picture and organize sbows to celebrate your passing. HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE FOR THE CELEBRITIES WHO PASSED when they were alive ?
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| Oba of Benin, Ewuare ll |
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II has welcomed a set of quadruplets from his fifth wife, Queen (Oloi) Aisosa Ewuare II into the Benin Royal Family, Vanguard reports.
According to the report, Oba Ewuare made
the announcement at his palace on Friday in Benin amidst jubilation from
guests.
The news of arrival of the quadruplets which are three boys and a girl, according to Premium Times’ report, was delivered in a statement posted on the Oba of Benin’s official Facebook page on Friday night by Frank Irabor, the Secretary of the Benin traditional Council where he described the birth of the babies as an “unprecedented and historical event” in the Benin Royal family.
The identical twin, Chidimma and Chidiebere Aneke a.k.a Aneke Twins yesterday celebrated their birthday with a victory message via IG:
If it had not been the LORD who was on our
side, when men rose up against us:
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when
their wrath was kindled against us:
Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
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| Lionel Messi, Professional Footballer |
Where is Messi going next after the Barcelona contract collapse? You tell us ...
