Category: ARTS & LIFESTYLE

Researchers in China have said the Coronavirus outbreak in China could have spread from bats to humans through the illegal trafficking of pangolins. Pangolin is the world’s only scaly mammal, which is prized in Asia for food and medicine. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said pangolin is one of Asia’s most trafficked mammals, although protected by international law, because its meat is considered a delicacy in countries such as China, just as its scales are used in traditional medicine. South China Agricultural University, which led the research, said in a statement…

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The acting Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, has received another batch of Libyan returnees on Thursday night at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, late on Thursday night. They are 161 in number from Mtiga in Libya. He said the returnees were brought via Al Buraq Air Boeing 737 aircraft with flight number UZ 189 and registration number 5A-DMG. The Nigerians were brought by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and European Union on the platform…

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By Justina Njoku The Lagos State Bus Services Limited has deployed additional 65 buses on Lagos roads to cushion the effect of transportation hardship experienced by Lagos residents following the ban on motorcycle and tricycle in the state. The ban took effect on February 1, 2020. Lagos State have since the administration of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu (now National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress – APC) introduced partial or permanent ban on the menace of that sector of the transport sector. Managing Director, Lagos State Bus Services Limited, Idowu…

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*Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu (left), and the banned crude means of transport in Lagos ————————————————————————————————– Following the recent ban on the use of motorcycle (Okada) and tricycle (Keke NAPEP) as means of transportation in Lagos State, the state’s Police Command said it has impounded not less than 188 motorcycles and 78 tricycles. The command also disclosed that 40 persons were arrested for refusing to comply with the ban on motorcycles and tricycles in certain areas by the state government. Bala Elkana, the state Police Public Relations Officer, said in…

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By Justina Njoku The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called on the state governors in the country to domesticate and start the full implementation of Medical Residency Training Act. The association made the call in a communiqué jointly signed by its President, Dr Aliyu Sokombo, and Secretary-General, Dr Bilqis Muhammad, at the end of its NEC meeting on Sunday in Abuja. The association urged the state governments to capture funding of the Medical Residency Training for residents in the state tertiary teaching hospitals during their budgetary allocation just…

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Imo State Governor, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha receiving Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo at Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri on Thursday January 9, 2020. The Vice President was in Imo State to attend the burial of Pastor Ebenezer Ewuzie, the Rector of Redeemers’s International Leadership Academy, at Okwelle, Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State

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Germany is marking the 30th anniversary since the fall of the Berlin Wall today (November 9, 2019) with a series of events to commemorate one of the defining moments of modern European history. The breaching of the wall on November 9, 1989, followed a peaceful and popular uprising across the then communist East Germany amid moves among nations in Soviet-controlled Central Europe to break away from Moscow and shift toward Western-style democracies. About 200 events have been held over the last week in Berlin alone, including footage beamed onto a…

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Mr Nnamdi Ndu, Chini CEO —————————————————————————————————— CHINI Africa has emerged silver winner at the recently held 2019 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity’s Andrea Suez Representative of the Year Award in London. The award was given to the Nigerian firm in recognition of CHINI Africa’s innovative ideas to engage the Nigerian market. The representative of the year award is judged against four main criteria including: Brand Ambassadors, Creative Marketing Activity, Engagement with Young Lions and Business Results. The award is open to Cannes Lions representatives in 92 countries who promote…

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Administrator Achim Steiner of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has stated that new digital technologies are emerging and offering quicker, smarter solutions to tackle the world’s toughest challenges. The UNDP chief said from artificial intelligence to drones, mobile money, and blockchain, digital innovations were already helping the world address poverty, hunger, climate change, conflict, and disease; adding that the world needs nothing less than to reinvent and reimagine what development looks like in the context of this technological revolution. Steiner said: “But 49 per cent of the world still…

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A judge in the United States of America (USA), it has been reported has ordered rapper, Dwayne Michael Carter Jr, better known as Lil Wayne, to pay $150,000 in damages. TMZ, reports that the “Lollipop” rapper was accused of allegedly orchestrating a fake concert that was promoted under his name. Court documents obtained by the site, said Lil Wayne was being sued by Ramin Natan for breach of contract and fraud. The judge ruled in favour of Natan in a default settlement because Wayne didn’t tend to the lawsuit. Now…

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