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Nigeria’s returnees from Libya recount experience
Faith Oboh, 22, is the third in a family of 12 persons; the first daughter in a polygamous family who lost her mother before he finished her secondary school’s education.
Oboh is among the more than 200 returnees from Libya who had to undergo documentation organised by the Edo Anti-Human Trafficked and Illegal Migration team.
Any perspective observer in the venue of the event would not require a seer to imagine the seriousness of the thought she had in that mood; looking as if her world had collapsed.
Her appearance looked as someone who has been cast out without any chance to succeed in life and deep in her thought was uncertainty and, somewhat, bleak future.
Saying some words unwillingly, she took courage to recall that she was a hair stylist but extreme poverty informed her decision to go through the desert of Libya in December, 2016 to seek “fortune’’ elsewhere.
“From the proceeds I made from hair braiding in Nigeria, I paid N500, 000 to someone who introduced me and facilitated the journey to Libya.
“My ultimate goal was to get to Italy by crossing the Mediterranean Sea but the unexpected event occurred; the engine of the boat conveying us developed fault amid the high sea and we got stranded for more than 12 hours.
“Men and women, including children occupant of the boat, became prayer warriors amid tears with the wave becoming stronger and more dangerous before the captain of the boat called the Libyan police for rescue.
“We later ended up in the camp to face hostility from Libyans; I went through a horrifying experience within the one year I spent in that country.
“As I speak with you, I do not know the whereabouts of my sponsor and I do not know if she is alive or dead,’’ she said.
Stating another bitter experience, Ms Blessing Braimah, a 34-year old mother of four, said she left a thriving petty business and her children for “plum job’’ promise in a foreign country.
Braimah said she borrowed N600, 000 to embark on the journey thinking the trip would turn around the life of her family.
She alleged that her husband estranged her with the children, the condition that tempted her to seek help beyond Nigerian shores.
“It was a horrible experience in Libya because the place is like a war zone where you never can tell what will happen to you in the next minute,’’ she said.
Braima said she and others were put in a prison in Tripoli, saying, “it was a terrible experience; from the journey through the desert, the sound of guns everywhere, to living terrible life at the camp.
“I would have been home before now, but it is not a journey you embark on like that; you just don’t go to the park and say you are coming home to Nigeria.’’
For Osaze Imafidon, another returnee, his life would never remain the same as his journey to Libya has left him with a disability — walking with the support of crutches.
Imafidon said he sustained a gunshot injury that led to the amputation of one of his legs, insisting that, “I was shot at not because I am a criminal, but it’s the normal way of life in Libya where people openly display guns.
“It’s no longer seen as illegal; you can be shot at any time with the slightest of provocation by the locals.
“No life of any black person means anything to them; they come into your apartment at will and cart away your belongings and if you dare raise your voice, you will be lucky to be alive.’’
In the light of this, Mr Solomon Okoduwa, Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Godwin Obaseki on Anti-Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration says the gruesome expressions of the returnees from Libya raise concerns.
Okoduwa regretted that illegal migration to other countries by Nigerians to seek “greener pasture’’ had taken lives of the number of youths, especially from Edo.
He blamed parents and guardians, accusing them of a deliberate encouragement, which in most cases, force their children and wards to undertake such trips.
According to him, this has become a cultural problem in Edo, where it is now a norm that if you don’t have your ward abroad, you are missing out.
“This is why these parents go to the length of even selling their property, in some cases, houses, just to see their children travel to Europe.
“Again, some of these parents seek the support and collaboration of traffickers well known to them to assist their children in travelling out,’’ he observed.
Similarly, the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Yinka Omoregbe, said the state government had determined to tackle human trafficking and irregular migration in the state.
“We want our people going abroad to do so responsibly and not going there to suffer or go through the horrifying experience.
“The major pre-occupation of the government now is to reintegrate the returnees; 150 of them had already been trained on various skill acquisition programmes.
“The governor has approved the N100 million seed grant and 150 hectares of land as the returnees’ starter’s pack on farming,” he said.
Corroborating her claim, Mr Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser to the governor on Media, alleged that NAPTIP and other agencies charged to cater for victims of human trafficking had not been forthcoming as expected.
He noted that NAPTIP ought to have advised the government on the need to provide transport fare for those being airlifted to the country so that they would not be stranded on arriving in Nigeria.
According to Edo government, the state is developing a new tripartite arrangement with oil companies, the state government and host communities to encourage corporate social responsibility programmes.
He said this would replace the conventional bilateral model and create a better, valuable investor-community relationship and effective service delivery to communities.
Source: NAN
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Osinbajo panel to meet Miyetti Allah
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World Hijab Day: Stop opposing Muslim women’s right to modest dressing —MMPN
The Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN) has called on those showing opposition to Muslim women’s use of the hijab to exercise restraint and embrace the spirits of tolerance and understanding.
The organisation made the call in a statement by its National President, Alhaji Abdur-Rahman Balogun, in which it felicitated with Muslims and non-Muslims alike on the occasion of the 2018 World Hijab Day.
It said its call became important in view of the subjection of Muslim ladies to “ridicule, intimidation, harassment and frustration” for dressing “modestly” in accordance with the dictate of Islam.
The World Hijab Day, which is celebrated annually on February 1, MMPN emphasised, is designed to convince the world that hijab is not a mere headscarf but an injunction to the believing Muslim women from their Creator.
Reaffirming the basis for the wearing of hijab by Muslim women and girls, the organisation quoted the Qur’an as saying: “And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof. That they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty….”
It said: “We are calling for tolerance and understanding from our non-Muslim brethren who detest Muslim women donning the hijab, which is in compliance with the commandment of Allah, the Creator of all mankind.
“Many Muslim ladies are subjected to various forms of ridicule, intimidation, harassment and frustration by intolerant colleagues, bosses, neighbours and even government offices for dressing in line with their faith.
“Despite the country’s multi-religious status, Section 38, Sub-section 1 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended guarantees that “every person shall be entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion (either alone or in community with others and in public or in private) to manifest and propagate his religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance.”
“Our support for Miss Firdaus Amasa and her colleague, Miss Aisha Zubair, over the hijab brouhaha during the December 2017 Nigerian Law School call to bar ceremony is hereby reaffirmed and we insist on justice for them and others who were discriminated against for wearing hijab.
“We also use this opportunity to commend the courage of the House of Representatives in organising a public hearing into the matter on February 6. We implore all stakeholders who believe in equity, justice, fairness and equality to attend and share their experiences.”
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Ubong Friday hails Akwa United’s determination in FC Ifeanyi Ubah draw
The Promise Keepers’ attacker has showered encomiums on their determined effort to pick a point against the Anambra Warriors
Ubong Friday hails Akwa United’s determination in FC Ifeanyi Ubah draw
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Plateau United will bounce back from Kano Pillars’ setback – Boboye
The Peace Boys handler has challenged his players to return to winning ways this weekend after their loss to Sai Masu Gida
Plateau United will bounce back from Kano Pillars’ setback – Boboye
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Tech: One chart shows how successful the iPhone X is — and Apple investors love it (AAPL)
Apple stock rose over 3% in after-hours trading.
- Apple announced on Thursday that the average price of an iPhone is nearly $800, or about $100 higher than it was last year.
- The increase is due to the $999 iPhone X, which Apple says is its best-selling iPhone.
- Apple stock rose over 3% in after-hours trading.
Apple set records on Thursday when it reported December quarter earnings, driving the price up 3% in after-hours trading.
It seems odd, at first glance: Apple actually missed Wall Street targets on iPhone shipments over the crucial holiday quarter. So why the exuberance?
One chart gives even Apple's detractors reason to be optimistic about the world's most valuable public company:
This chart shows the average price worldwide that an iPhone is selling for, and it just made a huge jump. The average iPhone now costs nearly $800.
The big jump is because of the $999 super-premium iPhone X, which costs nearly $240 more than the iPhone 7 Plus, which was previously Apple's most expensive phone.
"Honestly speaking, there's no comparison in the revenue, it's hugely different," Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC in a post-earnings interview on Thursday evening. "In a positive way, obviously."
Although some analysts believed that Apple's increased price tag for its nicest phone might drive customers away, that doesn't seem to be the case. Cook told CNBC that the iPhone X has been company's best-selling device every week it's been available, while the less expensive 8 and 8 Plus appeal to those who don't want to pony up $999 for a phone.
Basically, Thursday's earnings proved that Apple has the room to raise prices. Now the question for investors is how much higher they can go.
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Politics: There’s been a mysterious change in Trump's demeanor — and no one knows why
President Donald Trump has spent a couple of weeks being relatively subdued — and his poll numbers have spiked in the process.
- President Donald Trump has been much more subdued since the "shithole countries" news cycle.
- He has delivered six speeches in the past couple of weeks without stepping on his intended message.
- On Twitter, he's been much more restrained.
President Donald Trump has been relatively subdued in recent weeks — and his poll numbers have spiked.
The trend can be traced back to the passing of the news cycle about his "shithole countries" remark from the middle of last month. In the weeks that followed, he has only posted a handful of acerbic or unnecessary tweets — virtually unprecedented for such a length of time — and delivered a series of speeches that remained on message.
It's a frequent occurrence for Trump to initiate a days- or weeks-long news cycle on a subject unrelated to the message he and his administration were trying to drive home.
And the trend has been noticed by observers.
"I have noticed," Alex Conant, a Republican strategist and communications director for Sen. Marco Rubio's 2016 presidential campaign, told Business Insider in an email. "The president's shown more message discipline in the last month than he did in all of 2017. It's directly correlated with general improvement in his poll numbers."
Conant is right about the correlation between Trump's weeks of relative calm and the improved polling. On Thursday, Trump's approval rating reached its highest point in months, according to the RealClearPolitics aggregate of polls.
Trump began February with a 41.5% approval rating in RCP. It was his highest rating since he hit 41.7% on September 24, and it was just the second time his average rating was 41.5% or higher since mid-May.
'It's very clear that he's cognizant of not stepping on himself and not stepping on his own news cycle'
The improved rating came on the heels of three polls published following Trump's State of the Union address. Both an Economist/YouGov poll and a Monmouth University survey found Trump's approval rating to be 44%, while a right-leaning Rasmussen poll put Trump's approval rating at 45%.
The State of the Union address itself polled well among an audience that was skewed a bit more conservative than the voting populace at large and featured Trump touting his first-year accomplishments in addition to calling for revitalizing US infrastructure and overhauling the immigration system. In addition to that speech, which saw Trump stay firmly on message, the president has delivered five speeches since mid-January that have all remained on point.
They included remarks on tax cuts and the economy at H&K Equipment outside of Pittsburgh, his speech at the March for Life, the address he delivered at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the swearing in of Alex Azar as Health and Human Services secretary, and his Thursday speech to House and Senate Republicans at their retreat in West Virginia.
Each of those addresses were a far cry from what most are accustomed to seeing from Trump along the campaign trail, during rallies, or even during similar speeches he's delivered while occupying the Oval Office.
"I think he has gotten a lot better at driving a message," a former White House official told Business Insider. "He's always been extremely talented at putting a message out there, but I think he's gotten really good at letting something just stay out."
"It's very clear that he's cognizant of not stepping on himself and not stepping on his own news cycle," they added. "I think that's what we've seen recently where he's left a little bit of room for people to breathe. The State of the Union happened and I think after it, a lot of people were expecting some sort of tweet that would step on that news cycle. That didn't happen."
Indeed, that wasn't the only time the president decided to remain a bit calmer on Twitter during this time. Save for a couple of tweets about "Cryin" Chuck Schumer, responding to a comment from music mogul Jay-Z, and commenting on the text messages sent between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, the president hasn't sparked much — if any — news with his tweets since the middle of last month. He even went three days without tweeting at all, save for one post that was clearly set up by a staffer.
Again, that's virtually unheard of for a stretch of time that long. And it's during a time when plenty is going on in the background.
The Russia investigation is seemingly reaching a climax, with officials such as FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe being shown the door, a potentially explosive Republican memo from the House Intelligence Committee causing tension between the White House and Justice Department, and reports that Trump himself has sought to push out Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein or even special counsel Robert Mueller.
Plus, there was a three-day government shutdown that occurred during this time. But Trump was able come out on top, at least in the short term, by staying on the sidelines.
The former White House official said they did not know if there was a specific triggering event that led to the sudden change in Trump's demeanor, but added that the president is "reaping" the benefits of such a change.
"I think he figured out really quickly that a big important thing in politics is to not step on your own message, to not step on your own good news cycle," the former official said. "I think he's been very effective over the last couple days and weeks at doing that."
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Thursday, 1 February 2018
Sources: USMNT forward Rubio Rubin signs with Liga MX side Club Tijuana
The 21-year-old American forward will be hoping to revive his career after two tough years that have included injuries and little playing time
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Money Rituals, Magun, Love Potions: We can not confirm or deny if these three traditional practices are real
There are reports of persons whose sexual organs have been wedged together because of 'Magun" and men who got their wealth through rituals.
Millenials may be a bit eager to deny it but the truth is that Nigerians are more spiritually-inclined than many cultures.
In modern times, that spirituality is translated into religion, which is why pastors have more money than regular, hard-working members of society and there’s a church or a mosque on every other street.
Way back, traditional religions provided answers to our most pressing questions and situations. Depending on the tribe or locale, Nigerians had a system of beliefs based on using the physical or natural to affect the supernatural.
The pastors of the times were the dibia or native priest. Instead of prayers and fasting, they would prescribe fetish practices to solve problems and remedy scenarios.
As Africa Magic Yoruba may have shown you, some of the practices were downright nasty and desperate, and depending on what you want to believe, the aftermath could be disastrous.
Here are 5 such practices that have made it with us into the present.
(1) Love Potions:
Before Bollywood and Mexican Tele-Novellas, the idea of love and intimate relationships had been romanticised in our culture, mostly because they could blossom into different things.
Like the saying goes, it takes two to tango, but sometimes, one person just wants to sit down and plug the music in their ears.
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This is where love potions come in. If you’ve seen a Nollywood movie or two, you know how this works. The interested party goes to a priest who gives him/her a fetish, talisman or substance to make the other person fall in love with her.
Sometimes, she needs to make vegetable soup and pour the potion inside of it. Other times, all it takes is for the unlucky object of her affection to see her with the talisman applied on her face and he is hitched forever.
Love potions used to be the cause of many marital disputes in the past, and even now, there are many who claim that they are still used by persons who want another to fall in love with them in the hope that they will get some sort of financial security or just pride.
The problem is that, at least in the depictions we’ve seen, the kind of love that love potions bring is extreme.
(2) Magun:
“Magun” loosely translates into “don’t mate” or “do not climb”. That alone should give you an idea if what it does. The fetish has been used for years to discourage women from being promiscuous in relationships and nab spouses who have extra-marital affairs.
Parents would take their daughters to native priests who would ‘install’ the fetish in their daughters to prevent them from having sex before marriage.
Husbands would also do it to prevent their wives from having intercourse outside their marriage.
When one has sex with a woman who has magun, the results can be hilarious and deathly.
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Sometimes, the philanderer supposedly begins to crave water, when he finds it, he drinks until his body can take no more. It is also said that the magun makes some men take to their heels until they’re exhausted and pass out.
There is another variant where the sexual organs of the woman and her lover are wedged together until they find someone, usually a priest, who has the antidote.
Recently, there have been reports of incidents where lovers are wedged together, supposedly because of magun.
3) Money Rituals:
The pursuit of wealth is a natural instinct that everyone, at some stage or the other, begins to come to terms with. Most times, wealth comes from hard work or just sheer luck. But for one who is impatient and too anxious about their chances, the easy way to wealth often involves traditional practices.
There are many tales of persons who suddenly stumble on wealth through means that you can only call diabolical.
The biggest evidence you will get that money rituals exist is from Nollywood, but in reality, many would swear that they have seen or know of someone who makes money through blood rituals.
There are many ways by which money rituals are said to work; in some cases, it takes joining a cult and taking a blood oath.
That oath means the member is sworn to secrecy and whatever they need to do to make money must be done.
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Sometimes, the ritual in the term “money ritual” becomes all too real. Many young men and women have been caught with human body parts and other substances ostensibly to be used for rituals.
In the South-West, it is believed that people naturally have their own fortunes. But if you are not careful, someone with sinister motives can use your fortunes for their purposes by giving you fetishes in food or doing something as basic as rubbing your head.
There may be few vivid cases to show that this is real but who can argue when so many people have confessed to gaining their wealth through rituals in the past.
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Finance: What US presidents looked like when they were young
Photos of US presidents from when they were young.
It's hard to picture what American presidents were like before they left their marks on domestic and foreign policy.
Here we've collected old photos of US presidents to give a little taste of who they once were.
Not every president is listed since photography wasn't widely used during the United States' earlier history. The photos are shown in reverse chronological order — starting with current US President, Donald Trump.
US President Donald Trump as a child.
The photo caption reads: "Who knew this innocent kid would grow into a monster? #TBT #Trump"
Barack Obama with his grandparents, Stanley Armour Dunham and Madelyn Dunham, in New York in the 1980s.
George W. Bush sits between his parents George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush in Rye, NY, 1955.
Bill Clinton spent his childhood in Arkansas.
George H. W. Bush, captain of the Yale baseball team, in 1947.
Ronald Reagan, then a 27-year old actor, in 1938.
Here's Jimmy Carter at age seven in 1932 in Plains, Georgia.
Gerald Ford on the University of Michigan football team, 1933. The team won two national championships and his teammates voted him MVP. A fellow football player remarked that his teammates "felt he was one guy who could stay and fight for a losing cause."
Source: The Michigan Alumnus, Volumes 79-80.
Richard Nixon played the violin in his high school orchestra.
He could also play saxophone, accordion, and piano. Later when president, he presented Duke Ellington with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on the musician's birthday, and then both played and sang 'Happy Birthday' for him.
You can see a clip of Nixon playing "Happy Birthday" for Ellington here.
Source: History.com, The White House Historical Association
Lyndon B. Johnson at his family home in the Texas hill country near Stonewall, Texas, 1915.
After finishing a year of college, he taught at a primarily Mexican-American school in southern Texas. Recalling the experience after he signed the Higher Education Act of 1965, he said, "I shall never forget the faces of the boys and the girls in that little Welhausen Mexican School, and I remember even yet the pain of realizing and knowing then that college was closed to practically every one of those children because they were too poor."
Source: History.com, " target="_blank"Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966."
John F. Kennedy swimming in the backstroke event for the varsity swimming team at Harvard, where he was a student, 1938.
U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife-to-be Mamie Geneva Doud, 18, pose on a Sunday morning in November 1915, one month after their first meeting.
Postcard photo of Harry S. Truman taken in France during World War I. On the other side of the postcard it said, "Given to John A. Hatfield in France in 1918 – returned to Harry S. Truman in January, 1962."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt playing with a bow and arrow circa 1890.
Three years later, his father took him to meet then-president Grover Cleveland, who told FDR: "My little man, I am making a strange wish for you. It is that you may never be president of the United States."
Source: PBS
Herbert Hoover at the age of seventeen when he was attending Stanford University.
He entered the university in 1891, the year the school officially opened, and he attended with free tuition, according to AP.
Calvin Coolidge, then-Governor of Massachusetts, milks a cow at his father's home in Vermont, July 14, 1920.
Then-Senator of Ohio Warren G. Harding at age 33 in 1889.
He opposed the League of Nations and supported high tariffs, but otherwise didn't take many strong stands on issues while in the Senate.
Source: History.com
Woodrow Wilson, circa 1875. Wilson's diplomatic actions during and after WWI have left their mark on virtually all US foreign policy from the end of that war to today.
Theodore Roosevelt ranching and hunting in the Dakota Territory in 1885.
When he was younger, TR had a weak heart and was advised by a doctor from going up the stairs too quickly. "Doctor," he replied, "I'm going to do all the things you tell me not to do. If I've got to live the sort of life you have described, I don't care how short it is."
William Howard Taft's class photo from Yale College, 1878.
Not only did Taft become president, but he was also later the Chief Justice, which makes him the only person to hold the highest seat in both the executive and judicial branches of US government.
Source: History.com
William McKinley, aged 15, circa 1858. He enlisted in the Union Army as a private after the Civil War began, and ended with the rank of brevet major.
An early and undated photograph of Grover Cleveland. He's the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Benjamin Harrison, probably photographed during his college years, circa 1850.
His grandfather, William Henry Harrison, was elected president (although he died from pneumonia 31 days into office) and his great-grandfather, Benjamin Harrison V, was one of the Founding Fathers.
Chester Arthur, then a young lawyer, before his marriage to Ellen Herndon in 1859.
A few years earlier, he successfully represented a black woman, Elizabeth Jennings Graham, who was denied a seat on a streetcar in New York City due to her race. This helped lead to the desegregation of all New York transit systems in 1865.
Source: History.com
James A. Garfield, circa 1847. His father died when he was two years old, and so he earned money for school by driving canal boat teams.
Source: The White House
Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife on their wedding day, December 30, 1852.
Later, he was nominated to run for Congress while he was still in the Army during the Civil War. He accepted, but would not campaign, saying: "An officer fit for duty who at this crisis would abandon his post to electioneer… ought to be scalped."
Source: The White House
When he was younger, Abraham Lincoln would read anything he could get his hands on. Occasionally, he would walk for miles to borrow a book he hadn't yet read. Here he is in his 30s when he was a member of the House of Representatives.
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Monchi reveals why Roma snubbed Daley Blind offer
The Netherlands international was linked to a move to the Italian side towards the end of the transfer window but the club opted for Jonathan Silva
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Finance: United is cracking down on people with emotional-support animals in the wake of peacock incident (UAL)
United Airlines has updated its requirements for emotional-support animals.
- United Airlines has adopted tighter regulations for emotional-support animals.
- The new rules will go into effect on March 1.
- Service animals are not subject to the new regulations.
United Airlines announced on Thursday that it will institute tighter regulations regarding emotional-support animals.
"In an effort to better balance protecting our employees and customers while accommodating passengers with disabilities, we are expanding our existing policy regarding emotional-support animals," the Chicago-based airline said in a statement.
The new policy, which will go into effect on March 1, comes days after a passenger attempted to bring a peacock on board one of United's planes as an emotional-support animal. Delta Air Lines announced last week that it will also tighten regulations for emotional-support animals.
United's current policy requires passengers to provide 48-hour notice and a letter from a mental health professional.
Starting March 1, United will require 48-hour notice, an "enhanced" letter from a mental health professional, confirmation that the animal has been trained to behave properly in public, and an acknowledgment of responsibility for the animal's behavior. The airline will also require a health and vaccination form signed by the animal's veterinarian.
According to United, customers whose documentation has already been approved will not be subject to the new policy. However, any additional reservations will be subject to the new requirements.
Those traveling with service animals will also not be subject to the new regulations.
In addition, the airline also published a list of animals that have been banned from the cabin of its aircraft. The list includes hedgehogs, ferrets, insects, rodents, snakes, spiders, reptiles, sugar gliders, non-household birds, exotic animals, and animals that have not been properly cleaned or that carry a foul odor.
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Finance: Apple investors are holding their breath ahead of earnings (AAPL)
Investors will be watching for the company's guidance around sales of the iPhone X.
- Apple shares are flat ahead of earnings.
- Investors will be watching for the company's guidance around sales of the iPhone X.
- Watch Apple trade in real time here.
Apple is set to report earnings from its holiday quarter after the bell on Thursday, and investors are sure to be watching the results closely.
Shares of Apple are little changed at $167.46 in the hours before the report is set to cross the wires. Wall Street is expecting adjusted earnings of $3.84 per share on revenue of $87.302 billion, according to Bloomberg data.
GAAP earnings have been a bit of a hiccup for other tech companies that have reported earnings lately, as the new tax law has forced many companies to absorb one-off costs. Facebook reported a beat across every earnings measure except for GAAP earnings on Wednesday and saw its stock drop about 5% before recovering.
BMO Capital Markets made a splash on Wednesday when the firm issued a rare downgrade of the stock. BMO said it was concerned that the high price of the new iPhone X, which will be included in the earnings report for the first time, is driving down demand and stretching the pricing limits of the smartphone.
Shares of Apple have lagged so far this year, and are down 2.68%, compared to a gain of 7.57% by the S&P 500 Information Technology index.
Millennials don't seem to share the same reservations as Wall Street. Young investors on the trading apps Robinhood and Stockpile are loading up on shares ahead of the report.
Learn more about what to expect from Apple's report here.
Finance: Apple investors are holding their breath ahead of earnings (AAPL)
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EFCC Chairmanship: Senate has powers to reject Magu – Court
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EFCC Chairmanship: Senate has powers to reject Magu – Court
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Coalition for Nigeria: What Obasanjo said during registration [Full statement]
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NUT threatens strike over salary arrears, infrastructural decay
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Stop using our name for your political movement – Group tells Obasanjo
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Finance: Millennials are loading up on Amazon ahead of earnings (AMZN)
The e-commerce giant is expected to post revenues in excess of $58 billion for the holiday quarter.
- Millennials are extremely bullish on shares of Amazon ahead of its earnings report Thursday afternoon.
- Users on trading apps Robinhood and Stockpile are buying up shares quicker than their older peers.
Amazon is scheduled to report fourth quarter earnings after the closing bell Thursday.
Wall Street expects the e-commerce giant to post adjusted earnings of $1.83 per share on revenues of $59.836 billion for the holiday quarter.
Wall Street analysts have a bearish target of $1,403 for the stock — 2% below the $1,439 price where shares were trading Thursday morning — but millennial retail investors are much more bullish, data from multiple trading platforms show.
On Robinhood, the trading app popular with millennials, young investors are buying shares of Amazon 44% more than they are selling them.
"Investors who live in tech hubs appear to be even more optimistic,” Dr. Sahill Poddar, Data Scientist at Robinhood told Business Insider. "Those based in Silicon Valley and Washington State, where Amazon's research facilities and headquarters are located respectively, are buying 66% more than they are selling, while investors in the rest of the U.S. are only buying 30% more than they are selling. This could be related to positive news regarding Amazon Go and Amazon's move into healthcare."
Amazon is also the most popular stock on the app Stockpile, which allows users to buy fractional shares of expensive companies, for both millennials and older investors. Investors there are buying shares 16 times more often than they are selling.
The internet is abuzz ahead of Amazon earnings. StockTwits, a platform where users discussing almost any equity or cryptocurrency send upwards of 200,000 messages a day, said messages around Amazon stock have doubled in daily volume as the company’s earnings report approaches.
“In January, sentiment for Amazon has been about 85% bullish but has started trending up into the low 90s since the start of the week going into earnings,” Garrett Hoffman, senior data scientist at the StockTwits, told Business Insider. “We saw this upward trend starting to build towards the end of last week, even before Amazon announced the Healthcare news.”
Shares of Amazon have gained 30% since the company’s last earnings report — or $206 billion of market value.
You can track the price of Amazon stock in real-time on Markets Insider here>>
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INEC To Begin Electronic Collation, Transmission Of Results
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Omotola Jalade Ekiende: Check out actress' really hot pre-birthday photo shoot
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde turns 40 this February and she has already started celebrations with the release of a cute pre-birthday photo shoot.
This February, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde will be celebrating her 40th birthday and she's got a very hot pre-birthday photo already.
The beautiful actress dropped the very cute photo on her Instagram page on Thursday, January 1st, 2018 where she looked all shades of sexy and as usual brought her class to front gear.
"Welcome to My Month People ! The #Omotola4pointO Month," she captioned the photo.
Back in January 2018, the mother of four announced that she would be turning forty on February 7th, 2018. And to mark the birthday, she revealed that a number of events have lined been up to mark her birthday.
The birthday celebration which will be a five-day event kicks off on the 7th of the February with a 'Give And Let Give To Widows And Orphans' event. This would be followed by Couples Retreat themed "Reciprocative, Respect, Mental Health And Avoiding Slavery In Marriage" on the February 8th, 2017.
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As part of the five-day event, there will be a Renaissance Trip To Trace The Beginning Of Slavery on February 9th, 2018 which will be followed by a Symposium on "Mental Slavery And The Emancipation Of The Black Race" on February 10th, 2018. The climax of the 5-day event will be on Sunday, February 11th, 2018 with a ball themed "The Omosexy Ball."
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is one of the most talented actors to have come out of Nollywood, from her debut in 1995, the beautiful actress has gone to become not just one of the best but most influential celebrities of our time.
She has in her two decades of acting gotten nominated and also won a number of awards, most recently was the ‘Best Actress' award by the Nollywood Travel Film Festival in Toronto, for her role in the movie, ‘Alter Ego.’
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde is married to pilot, Captain Mathew Ekeinde and they are blessed with four lovely children.
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Racism? 3 Turkish nationals arraigned for murder of young Nigerian man
The deceased who was studying at a school in Cyprus, was reportedly kidnapped from his vehicle.
A court in Cyprus has arraigned three Turkish nationals for the murder of a young Nigerian man, Kennedy Toomwabwa Dede.
The deceased, 28, was studying at an academic institution in Famagusta before he was killed. He was found dead in the Çanakkale Pond according to the police.
Law enforcement officers confirmed that Dede was kidnapped and murdered on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. He was reportedly attacked by eight people who forcefully took him from his car.
The presiding Judge Gökan Asafoğluları gave an order for the accused, Zekeriya Kurucu, 22, Ozan Korkurt, 18, and Burcu Çelik, 16, to be held in police custody while an investigation is carried out.
In addition, the police has successfully apprehended four other suspects, Nidai Sanli, Onur Kurkurt, Simge Dagdur, and Aydan Sel in connection with the death of the Nigerian man.
Kennedy Toomwabwa Dede's death is one in many cases of deaths that have come to African migrants in the European countries mostly facilitated by racism.
Nigerian woman laments about racism in Germany
In Germany, a Nigerian mother, Abiemwense Audrey Osa, has lamented over her son's terrible experience at a racist German school which saw him discriminated against because he is African.
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The woman made her concerns known via a post on Instagram, Naij News reported.
In her text, the disturbed mom called for an intervention at the Linden-Grundschule Elementary School, where a teacher named Mrs. Schulz advised pupils in her class to stop interaction with the victim, who is the only African native in the institution.
This was after she showed her class a video of Africans going through sufferings known to their continent.
According to Osa, this treatment has discouraged her child from visiting school.
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