Have you heard of “Super Tuesday”? Do you know what it stands for? Read through the article below to get the clear view of America’s Super Tuesday! Super Tuesday is the first day in which the U.S. presidential candidates will participate in a primary that includes 12 states. Prior to this, the candidates campaign one state at a time, with the field of candidates shrinking as the process moves along. Super Tuesday provides the remaining candidates a chance to win multiple states and many delegates to the party’s nominating convention – the official scorecard by which a race is actually won.…
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Will Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge become the Most Anticipated Smartphones Yet? That was the question that comes to my mind when I read an article on BlogsRelease website titled “7 Reasons Why the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge are the Most Anticipated Smartphones Yet”. Do you think they will be? Read the full content below and share your opinion! What do you think makes a good smartphone? Groundbreaking features? High-powered performance? Extraordinary design? In short, a good smartphone is one that answers to the needs and demands of the user. Right? Created for today’s mobile lifestyle, the Samsung Galaxy…
My heart bleeds for Cross River State. My heart bleeds for my people. I condemn in strong terms the rehabilitation of the only Federal government road in the Cross River State rather than reconstructing a new road. I will expect that government reconstructs the road rather than putting it up for rehabilitation. That road requires an overhaul reconstruction and not wasting funds on rehabilitating the road. The Calabar-Ikom-Ogoja road does not need any further repairs, what the road needs is reconstruction. How do you rehabilitate a road that is over 40 years? It is rather unfortunate that the road has…
Representing H.E. Mrs. Aisha Buhari, Wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, at the General Assembly of the Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA), the Wife of Nigeria’s Senate President, and Founder-President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), H.E. Mrs. Toyin Saraki, has called for increased funding of, and accessibility to, proven interventions that prevent and treat pneumonia. Introducing the Every Breath Counts campaign – a new global pneumonia campaign that aims to raise awareness of the need for increased funding and improved policies for pneumonia interventions, Mrs. Saraki disclosed that pneumonia, the number one…
Self-esteem is a person’s emotional evaluation of one’s worth. It is a judgment of one self and attitude towards a person and how the individual behaves or thinks about his/her self. Self esteem is a disposition that a person represents their judgment of worthiness. The feelings of inferiority complex and worthlessness are wide spread today in our world. Many people today in our society think lowly about themselves. They possess little or no sense of personal worth, value or importance. Many people have been covered by poor self esteem. Many people are covered by the oppressive image of poor self…
Nigeria ranks 1 for internet usage but 7 for internet affordability. With 54-nations and a population of 1.1 billion people experts predict that by the end of 2017 more than 900 million people – about 64% of the population – are likely to own a mobile phone, with some researchers estimating penetration could reach 80% by 2020. Owning a mobile phone is one step away to connecting to the internet. When you consider that just 1% owned a mobile in 2000, the rate of growth seems all the more astonishing. Carmudi Nigeria carried out a research on the price of…
As the world of Bitcoin was celebrating a positive end to 2015, a shock announcement on January 14th left the Bitcoin news forums in a frenzy and the currency in freefall as it dropped 15% of its’ value in under a day. Today it seems it has been unable to properly recover from the drop, languishing just marginally above where it was this time a fortnight ago at $373 per BTC. Last year, with the US federal exchange increasing their base rate and announcing plans to continue to do so throughout 2016, and with Oil and Commodity prices in freefall, Bitcoin…
On the 23rd of January 2016 the Princess Stella Oduah Foundation; a foundation founded over 12 years ago by the Senator representing Anambara North Senatorial District, Senator Stella Oduah organized a Talent Hunt Competition at various locations in Anambra North Senatorial District. The talent hunt had hundreds of youths and sports enthusiasts who converged at the venues to participate or watch the competitions. It was observed by journalists and all present at the opening event that the participants were equipped with various sports wears comprising of attractive Jerseys, Boots and Track suits by the organizers; the Princess Stella Oduah Foundation.…
With the recent outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) has taken rapid steps to elevate awareness of this deadly disease and its prevention. Having already claimed at least 41 lives of the nearly hundred reported cases in at least 10 states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa has released info-graphics and behavior change communications to equip the general public with critical information that can potentially save lives. An acute hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus, Lassa fever can be transmitted through contact with an infected rodent or contact with the…
Senator Emmanuel Andy Uba, who is representing Anambra South Senatorial District, has refuted allegation that he was involved in the rigging of the last gubernatorial polls in Ekiti State. The Senator in a statement issued from his office in the National Assembly today said he had nothing to do with the 2014 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State or any other election in the state in particular and the South-west geo-political zone in general. “I have always deliberately defined my area of influence and political interest. While as a Senator of the Federal Republic and democrat, I take interest in Nigeria…
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, last week broadcasted via his Twitter account that he had requested from the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, to look broadly into reviewing the restrictions in the Forex policy that has placed, according to Saraki, a huge discomfort on millions of Nigerians, particularly the SME owners. “After series of engagements with SME owners who are affected by the current CBN policy on Forex, the Senate has advised CBN to review” Saraki said. Coincidentally, this mind-rubbing between the Senate President and the CBN governor happened on the eve of the visit of the International Monetary…
Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River State, in his recent New Year message or broadcast to the people of the state, in a lucid, succinct and articulate manner marshaled out a 14-point projects and programmes that are to be the cardinal focus of his administration this year. Thanking the people for the huge support his administration received so far and encouraging Cross Riverians to have absolute confidence and believe on their god given potentials to collectively turn the state into an Eldorado of prosperity, he used the occasion of the New Year message to lay bare his development agenda and…
Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, has disclosed that Nigeria and the United States (US) are to commence technical cooperation in geological data to improve the Nigerian solid minerals sector. He stated this when the US Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency James Enstwistle paid him a courtesy call. The minister said some of the issues confronting the Nigerian mining sector are the quality of the data available to determine the size of what the country has and how the country can use bankable data for potential investors. He said the Federal Government has approached the US to assist the country in this…
Mr. Ahmed Idris, The Accountant General of the Federation, has restated his commitment to continue with already instituted reforms aimed at improving public financial management in the Treasury Office. He gave this assurance yesterday, 6th January, when he met with the team of Budget Support Mission from the World Bank at the Treasury House in Abuja, to discuss how to ensure the effective implementation of the 2016 Budget of the Federal Government. While recalling the various technical and financial support the Country had received from the World Bank over the years, the Accountant General of the Federation described the World…
Mr. James Ocholi (SAN), the Minister of State Labour and Employment, urged Nigeria’s Resident Doctors to support the Federal Government’s efforts at ensuring industrial peace and harmony in the health sector. The Minister stated this when he received an award of Ambassador of Conscience and Notary Personality from the Association of Resident Doctors, FCT chapter in his office. He stated that the award will spur him to further contribute to the welfare of Nigerian workforce. While speaking further, Ocholi reiterated the commitment of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to the promotion of decent employment and enhancement of welfare of the…
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, has called on the nation’s broadcasters, under the aegis of the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON), to support the Federal Government in the war against terrorism. The Minister, while speaking at a meeting with representatives of BON members in Abuja on Thursday, said the Federal Government is launching a National Security Awareness Campaign “as part of efforts to provide the missing civilian component of the war against terrorism.” “Specifically, the campaign is aimed at sensitizing Nigerians to the need to support the military, which has discharged itself creditably in the battle, as well as to own…
In a bid to put a stop to the activities of Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria, the Federal Government has solicited the cooperation of the United Kingdom in controlling cross-border movement of small arms and other weapons. The Minister of Interior, Lt Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (Rtd), while speaking when he received the Head of West African Conflict and Security Team in his office, Miss Catherine Weiss, called on the team to collaborate with Nigeria in maintaining peace in the North Eastern part of the country. The Minister said that the Ministry of Interior is saddled with the responsibility of providing stability…
On Monday, January 4, 2016, the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja through Justice Kudirat Jose, convicted and sentenced one Tajudeen Folaji to seven years imprisonment. The convict was found guilty on one count charge of unauthorized sale of shares and stealing contrary to Section 390(8)(b)of the Criminal Code Law, Cap C17, Vol. 2 Laws of Laws of Lagos State 2003. While Folaji is to spend the next seven years in prison, his company, First Alstate Securities Limited, where he was the managing director was fined N20 million by Justice Jose. Folaji was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…
On Thursday, January 7, 2016, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has docked one Ibrahim Akut Baba, the Care-taker Chairman of Kaura Local Government in Kaduna State, before Justice Tukur Muazu of the State High Court sitting in Kaduna on one count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence. The petitioner, Alhaji Auwal Ibrahim of Rahusa Investment Limited, Sabon Hunkuyi, Kaduna State alleged that, sometimes in 2011, the accused informed him that, he had secured for him a contract for the supply of gas at N200, 000.00 (two hundred thousand naira) per truck and that, he should advance him…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, January 7, 2016 through Justice A. R Mohammed has granted bail to a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and ex-minister of defence, Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed and his son, Bello Abba Mohammed who are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 4-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and money laundering. Mohammed, and his son, Abba, are being prosecuted by the anti graft agency for their alleged role in the diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms through the office…