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Monday, June 3, 2013
D'banj's Most Expensive Item
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Asa Involved in An Accident
Popular Nigerian French singer-songwriter and recording artiste Bukola Elemide, popularly called “Aṣa” was involved in road accident in Nashville, Tennessee in the U.S.A.
And she tweets about it, read her tweets below
Obasanjo Exports Cassava Bread To Tanzania
Mr. Obasanjo, a goodwill ambassador for the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, recently took the bread to Tanzania where he publicly munched the bread with the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Mrisho Jakaya Kikwete.
Former President Benjamin Mkapa of the United Republic of Tanzania also ate the bread for the first time. The leaders supported the innovation, noting that it would bring several benefits to the continent.
The 40 per cent cassava bread was first developed by IITA in Nigeria, as part of efforts to boost the utilization of cassava and create market for farmers.
“There is no difference between this bread and the normal bread we are used to,” he added.
Mr. Obasanjo encouraged the Tanzania President to promote the use of cassava in confectionaries in his country to transform agriculture. He noted that the use of cassava flour in bread would stimulate the demand for the root crop, create jobs and, more importantly, make farmers proud.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Bomb detectors installed at Lagos motor parks
This is GOOD NEWS for us in Nigeria, especially in Lagos State. Bomb and metal detectors are being installed at public motor parks in Lagos State for screening of vehicles going into the parks, passengers using any of the public motor parks, especially those for inter-state travels, will also have their luggage screened.
This was made known by Mr. Tajudeen Agbede, the State Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Union, at a press conference in Lagos on Monday.
He said, “At one of our meetings with the Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola, I did promise that our union would put in place measures to boost security in motor parks to avoid recurrence of the incident in Kano State motor park where members of Boko Haram sect bombed the park, resulting in the death of many people,” he said.
"They are to make sure that all vehicles entering the parks are screened with metal and bomb detectors already provided"."They are also mandated to screen all bags and luggage to avoid any unpleasant situation."
Okagbare Jumps 7.14m At Diamond League In Qatar
Okagbare's jump was good enough for the silver medal, as the London 2012 Olympic Games' gold medalist, United States' Britney Reese, leaped to world leading 7.25 metres for the crown. Reese' jump is also the meet's record in the event.
Another American, Janay Soukop Deloach, took the third position with a 7.08 jump, while Nigerian-born American, Funmi Jimoh, came fourth with 6.92 metres.
Okagbare, who is the world leader this season in 200 metres race, is also listed for the 100 metres event.
The 2013 IAAF Diamond League kicked off yesterday at the Hamad Bin Suhaim Stadium in Doha.
List of YouWin! (Women) Winners Second Edition
The second edition of YouWiN!, flagged off on September 3, 2012 by President Jonathan. This edition targets women entrepreneurs because of the low female participation in the 1st edition. Submission of concept notes for YouWiN! Women closed on October 28, 2012. 65,970 applications were received. Candidates were selected based on their scores and trained in 18 venues in the six geo-political zones in January and February, 2013. Following the trainings, the web platform was opened for submission of stage 2 business plans from March 2 to March 25, 2013.
Now the Results are out You can view them here.
Inform your family and friends who participated to check their names.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Roberto Mancini sacked as Manchester City manager
Roberto Mancini has been sacked as Manchester City manager after three-and-a-half years at the helm.
City thanked Mancini for the job he had done, with chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak saying: "Roberto's record speaks for itself, he secured the love and respect of fans.
Here is a quote from City, "He has done as he promised and delivered silverware and success."
City added in their statement that it was "a difficult decision", explaining it was "the outcome of a planned end of season review process that has been brought forward in light of recent speculation".
The 48-year-old Italian replaced Mark Hughes in December 2009, winning the FA Cup in 2011 and City's first top-flight league title for 44 years in 2012 - a year to the day before his sacking.
Mancini was critical of Manchester City officials for failing to deny the newspaper reports that surfaced on the morning of Saturday's FA Cup final stating he would be sacked and replaced by Pellegrini.
City were beaten by Ben Watson's 90th-minute header at Wembley as Wigan, struggling to avoid relegation from the Premier League in 18th place, became the lowest ranked team to win the FA Cup since West Ham in 1980.
Mancini's assistant, Brian Kidd, is to take temporary charge of the team for their final two matches of the Premier League campaign and their post-season friendlies in USA.
