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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| Photo Credit: Instagram | ADELE |
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.
