The death toll from a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey rose to 29 as rescue workers raced against time Saturday to find survivors under the rubble. The magnitude 6.8 quake struck on Friday evening, with its epicentre in the small lakeside town of Sivrice in Elazig province, and was felt across neighbouring countries. The Turkish […]
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The Christmas edition of one of Nigeria’s most anticipated parties – The Funky Brunch Lagos turned out an incredible and impressive massive crowd of upwardly mobile and luxury lifestyle lovers with over 3000 guests across Nigeria with a high concentration of celebrities, millennials, upwardly mobile gentlemen and women in entertainment, corporate, art and government from […]
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Dr Ebenezar of Amuzu Hospital, a herbal medicine practitioner, has advised men to ejaculate 21 times every month, and not less than five times every month, to avoid prostrate cancer. Ebenezar, who provides alternative and holistic health service, in a Twitter video circulating online, emphasized the need for men to have sex frequently, to safeguard […]
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Wuhan, a Chinese city of nearly nine million people, has announced that it would temporarily shut public transport as it struggles to halt the outbreak of a new virus. Bus, subway, ferry, and long-distance transport networks will shut down from 10:00 local time on 23 January, while the city’s airport and train stations will be […]
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In developing economies, the key to socio-economic growth is access to finance, but the challenge is to increase loans to individuals and SMEs without suffering the fall-out of bad debt. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) increased the minimum loan-to-deposit ratio (LDR) of commercial banks from 60 percent to 65 per cent in the latter […]
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The Chairman, United Bank for Africa(UBA), and Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony Elumelu has advocated massive private capital investment as well as increased support to youth development as catalysts for driving the much needed economic growth on the continent. Elumelu said this while speaking on a panel at the UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020, in London. […]
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Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the official launch of a flagship product UBA Connect, a service that enables the customers of the bank to conduct traditional banking transactions at any UBA branch in the 20 African countries where the bank operates. The service, which is available to both […]
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Embattled President Donald Trump of the United States of America, may sign an executive order expanding visa restrictions to seven countries including Nigeria. It is expected that the affected countries will be Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Trump administration might not place full visa bans […]
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria will play Cape Verde, Central African Republic and Liberia in the qualifiers of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. According to a tweet via the team’s Twitter handle, the four teams are in Group C for the African qualifiers. The group phase qualifiers will get underway in March this year, which […]
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The Lagos State Government has debunked the list of restricted routes for commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke Marwa) currently in circulation. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, said in a statement on Tuesday, that no definite action had been taken on the operations of commercial motorcycles and tricycles in the state. […]
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