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The recently concluded 2018 Power Forward Finals took place in Abuja. This fifth edition included a basketball clinic with former NBA player Jerome Williams and WNBA legend, Astou Ndiaye in attendance. This edition had students from ten (10) secondary schools who participated in the basketball programming. The schools represented were: Model Secondary School, Maitama; Rahinna […]
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The World Bank has cut its economic growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa in 2018 to 2.7% from 3.1%.
The bank stated in its 18th edition of Africaâ€
s Pulse report released on Wednesday, October 3, 2018.
The report stated that “economic recovery in the region is set to continue but at a more gradual pace. Growth in the region is projected to increase from 2.7% in 2018 to 3.3% in 2019, rising to an average of 3.6% in 2020–21.�
It attributed the cut to the sluggish expansion in the regionâ€s three largest economies, Nigeria, Angola, and South Africa.
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The World Bank said Nigeria and Angola are currently experiencing lower oil production while weak household consumption growth compounded by a contraction in agriculture negate South African economy.
ALSO READ: Like South Africa, Nigeria may slip back into economic recession
The rest of the countries in the region have been growing steadily this year including those that donâ€t depend on commodities, such as Ivory Coast, Kenya and Rwanda, the bank said.
Albert Zuefack, the World Bankâ€s chief economist for Africa, said public debt continues to rise in a number of countries in Africa exposing the countries to new risks.
He urged policy makers in the region must equip themselves to manage new risks arising from changes in the composition of capital flows and debt.
In June 218, the World Bank projected growth in Sub-Saharan Africa to rise to 3.1% in 2018 and to 3.5% in 2019, from 2.6% in 2017.
The bank had based its report on the pickup in manufacturing activity with renewed government commitments to macroeconomic and governance reforms Angola, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
It, however, said risks remain tilted to the downside, faster-than-expected tightening of monetary policy in advanced economies could dampen investor appetite for higher-risk assets in frontier markets.
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(FILES) This file photo taken on May 16, 2018 shows a figurine carrying the logo of social network Facebook in Paris. Facebook on October 2, 2018 stepped up ways to battle bullying and harassment at the leading social network. The initiative calls for new tools and programs to help users control "unwanted, offensive or hurtful experiences on Facebook," global head of safety Antigone Davis said in a blog post."Everyone deserves to feel safe on Facebook," Davis said. / AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET
Facebook on Tuesday said hackers who stole digital keys to tens of millions of accounts appear not to have tampered with third-party applications linked to the social network.
Facebook engineers analyzed logs of outside applications and found no sign of trouble, according to product management vice president Guy Rosen.
“That investigation has so far found no evidence that the attackers accessed any apps using Facebook Login,” Rosen said in a blog post.
Facebook revealed on Friday that up to 50 million accounts were breached by hackers, dealing a blow to its effort to convince users to trust it with their data.
The social network is investigating the extent of harm done when hackers exploited a trio of software flaws to steal “access tokens,” the equivalent of digital keys that enable people to automatically log back into the social network.
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said engineers discovered the breach on September 25, and had a patch in place two days later.
“We don’t know if any accounts were actually misused,” Zuckerberg said last week. “This is a serious issue.”
Attackers would have been able to meddle with Instagram or Messenger accounts linked to Facebook, but could not have tampered with the social network’s WhatsApp messaging service, according to executives.
Facebook said that it noticed an unusual spike in activity on September 16 related to a “view as” feature and determined nine days later that it was malicious.
Hackers took advantage of a “complex interaction” between three software bugs, which required a degree of sophistication, according to Rosen. The vulnerability was created by a change to a video uploading feature in July of 2017.
As a precaution, Facebook took down the “view as” feature — described as a privacy tool to let users see how their profiles look to other people.
Facebook reset the 50 million breached accounts, meaning users needed to sign back in using passwords.
No passwords were taken in the breach, according to Rosen.
Information hackers appeared interested in included names, genders, and home towns, but it was not clear for what purposes, the executives said in a telephone briefing.
The stolen tokens gave hackers complete control of accounts. Facebook is trying to determine whether hackers tampered with posts or messages.
Hackers could have also accessed third-party applications linked to Facebook accounts.
Facebook said it took a precautionary step of resetting “access tokens” for another 40 million accounts where the “view as” was used.
“We’re sorry that this attack happened and we’ll continue to update people as we find out more,” Rosen said.
The breach is the latest privacy embarrassment for Facebook, which earlier this year acknowledged that tens of millions of users had personal data hijacked by Cambridge Analytica, a political firm working for Donald Trump in 2016.
Facebook says no sign recent hack spread to other apps
A group of Northern political leaders and elder statesmen under the aegis of the North West Progressives Forum (NWPF) has adopted Sen. Ahmed Makarfi as the regionâ€s consensus candidate ahead of the People’s Democratic Party’s presidential primary. The exercise scheduled to hold on Saturday, October 6, 2018, in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. Aside Makarfi, […]
PDP convention: North-west leaders agree to back Makarfi, give reasons
PDP convention: North-west leaders agree to back Makarfi, give reasons
The governor of Lagos state, Wednesday accepted defeat in the just concluded All Progressives Congress, APC, Primary held yesterday.
Continue reading Breaking: Ambode concedes defeat, congratulates Sanwo-Olu at Vanguard News.
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Valencia's Brazilian goalkeeper Neto (L) and Manchester United's French midfielder Paul Pogba reacts after the Champions League group H football match between Manchester United and Valencia at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on October 2, 2018. The match ended in a draw at 0-0. / AFP PHOTO / Lindsey PARNABY
Paul Pogba said he was not allowed to talk after Manchester United failed to arrest their recent slump with a drab 0-0 Champions League draw against Valencia.
Jose Mourinho’s United have made their worst start to a league campaign in 29 years after an embarrassing 3-1 loss at West Ham and are already out of the League Cup.
Tuesday’s stalemate at Old Trafford was their fourth consecutive match without a win.
Many players avoided the post-match mixed zone interview area after the game to avoid awkward questions.
Pogba was among those to go through but told reporters “I’ve been told I’m not allowed (to talk).”
The French World Cup winner, who was last week told he would not captain the side again, appeared to get under Mourinho’s skin after their recent draw with Wolves by saying United should attack more.
Captain Antonio Valencia and midfielder Marouane Fellaini have both backed the manager despite the growing crisis at the club.
Valencia insisted he is “fully supportive” of Mourinho after appearing to back calls for the under-fire manager to leave.
The 33-year-old ‘liked’ an Instagram post from a fan account which said that “recently Mourinho has made watching us a punishment” and “it’s time for Mourinho to go”.
But he attempted to explain and apologise on Wednesday.
“Yesterday, I liked a post on Instagram without reading the text that accompanied the picture,” the right-back wrote on Twitter.
“These are not my views and I apologise for this. I am fully supportive of the manager and my teammates.”
“Everything will calm down when we get some wins,” the Ecuadoran added. “We are 100 per cent behind the manager.”
The players attempted to show a united front before kick-off by breaking with tradition and taking part in a pre-match huddle.
“Everyone is going in the same direction to try to improve and to do better,” Fellaini said of the on-pitch huddle. “I think we wanted to show that we are together.”
“I think we showed improvement and we have to keep going,” he added. “Everybody (was behind the idea). I think everybody is behind the manager.”
Pogba says 'not allowed' to talk after Man United stalemate
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has urged the members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to support Babajide Sanwo-Olu, winner of the party’s Lagos governorship primary.
Read » BREAKING: Ambode concedes defeat, pledges to support Sanwo-Olu on YNaija
BREAKING: Ambode concedes defeat, pledges to support Sanwo-Olu
Japan’s famous Rugby World Cup win against South Africa is to be made into a movie with Temuera Morrison – Jango Fett in Star Wars – playing Eddie Jones.
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A new website has been unveiled. The goal - to help Mormons heal and overcome porn addiction.
Over five years ago, the ministry launched a site called OvercomingPornography.org in order to help their members overcome pornography addiction. This was a replacement for an old site called CombatingPornography.org, which was launched in 2010.
According to Howard Bangerter, product manager for the Church's Welfare Services Department, the site was focused on "healing through the Atonement of Jesus Christ out of the dark and into the open with a confidential set of supporters."
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Now, the church has taken things a step further by updated their website from overcomingpornography.org to lds.org/addressing-pornography.
Unlike the old site which had a picture of Jesus and statements from church leaders, this newly updated one is all about the needs of the visitors.
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As such, the updated website has a lot of resources and videos from qualified therapists, mental health professionals, and real people.
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The site also addresses shame which is a real problem for many Christians who deal with porn addiction.
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The site offers answers to specific questions concerning pornography, as well as tips for parents on how to protect their children from the use of porn.
In the press release, Lee Gibbons, a senior product manager in the church's Priesthood and Family Department said, "We are encouraging parents to take a new, importantly different approach to protecting and preparing, responding with love and supporting their child's healing, depending upon their child's specific needs."
The site also has a video of the church's President Russell M. Nelson. In it, he says, "We are mortals; we all make mistakes. But God wants us to become more like His Beloved Son. [We can] literally become more like Him with every passing day. … We want to choose to be on the Lord's side. We want to have Him as our God and let Him know that we are His people."
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From next year, the website is expected to offer more youth-specific content.
Watch the video below to see how one Mormon couple was able to overcome porn addiction.
Pornography: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fights sexual sin
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The President of Childrenâ€s Government of Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation, Patrick Ikpeme has announced the intention of his group to build a two billion naira Children Leadership Development Institute in Lafiya, Nasarawa State. Ikpeme made this disclosure, Sunday, in Abuja, when the group addressed a press conference. He said the funds for the project will […]
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Group To Build N2B Children Leadership Institute
By Johnny Edward: Alex Iwobi is inline to make his eighth UEFA Europa League appearance for Arsenal who face Qarabag in a Group E clash on Thursday, reports Completesportsnigeria.com The 22 year old Nigeria international wore delectable smile as he boarded the plane at Luton Airport on Wednesday with his other teammates for the long-haul […]
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Massimiliano Allegriâ€s side continued their perfect start to the season on Tuesday but the defender has cautioned his teammates against smugness
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Some youths believed to be supporters of one the aspirants contesting for the Senatorial ticket under the All Progressives Congress ( APC) in the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) have stormed the APC National Secretariat in protest. The youths in possession of all kinds of harmful weapons have blocked the entrance and exit points along […]
APC primaries: Angry youths invade party’s secretariat in Abuja
APC primaries: Angry youths invade party’s secretariat in Abuja
Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, Wednesday, emerged as the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for the 2019 national assembly elections defeating his only challenger and incumbent, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege
Continue reading Emerhor emerge as candidate in Delta APC parallel congress at Vanguard News.
Emerhor emerge as candidate in Delta APC parallel congress
"Shark Tank" alumni, including the founders of Bombas and Coffee Meets Bagel, say their experience on the show was valuable even beyond the money they were offered. It forced them to think about their business more carefully, and confirmed that their business was compelling.
Few if any "Shark Tank" alums will say they didn't care about the prospect of making a deal with one of the investors.
But many entrepreneurs have told Business Insider that their experience in the tank was valuable not solely for financial reasons.
Consider Randy Goldberg, cofounder of sock company Bombas. He and cofounder David Heath appeared on "Shark Tank" in 2014, ultimately landing a $200,000 deal with Daymond John.
Goldberg said the mere act of preparing for their appearance on "Shark Tank" was useful. The cofounders compiled a spreadsheet with nearly 300 questions that the Sharks had asked other entrepreneurs, and rehearsed their answers to these questions over and over again.
"It makes you take a look and examine things and have answers to questions that you might be ignoring," Goldberg said of the rehearsal process. "It brings things out in the open."
Jack Mann, founder of earplugs company Vibes, hired a coach to prepare for his appearance on "Shark Tank," and learned a technique to help him remember his pitch. Mann said he still uses the technique — which involves associating a keyword in each paragraph of your speech with a different image — today, when he gives presentations.
Multiple other entrepreneurs who received offers from Sharks said it confirmed for them that their business idea was compelling.
Dawoon Kang, cofounder and co-CEO of dating app Coffee Meets Bagel, appeared on "Shark Tank" in 2015 and declined Mark Cuban's offer of $30 million for the entire company. Kang said she and her cofounders have no regrets about turning Cuban down — even though other people called them greedy.
Still, Kang told Business Insider, "To get Mark Cuban to benchmark us at $30 million really was a huge testament and validation of all the work that was done to build this company."
Mark Lim, cofounder of Lollaland, went on "Shark Tank" in 2012 and won $100,000 from Cuban and Robert Herjavec. Lim told Business Insider that getting "validation" was a key benefit from the experience — especially since the business was still in its infancy at the time.
The exposure that comes with appearing on "Shark Tank" — which has a national audience of about 10 million, according to the New York Post — is perhaps the most meaningful benefit.
Nikki Radzely, cofounder of baby-product company Doddle & Co, won $250,000 from Kevin O'Leary. "Going on the show was tremendous for the brand," she said, largely because it brought "awareness to parents that were looking for a better solution to soothe their baby."
Mann felt similarly, though he ultimately turned down O'Leary's offer of $100,000. The two things of most value, he said, were the investors' "acumen and experience," as well as "the obvious exposure that comes from the show."
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Manchester United are charged by Uefa over their late arrival at Old Trafford to face Valencia, which delayed Tuesday’s kick-off by five minutes.
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Ernesto Valverde thinks Barca can end their run of bad results when they take on Tottenham in the Champions League on Wednesday at Wembley
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Nigerian indigenous hip hop rapper CDQ whose real name is Sodiq Abubakar Yusuf has just released the music video for his new release ‘Flex.’ This is another party jam like any other with the beats and the rhythm that can incite lovers of the genre to appreciate the effort. What it lacks in lyric it makes up for in beats.
This is not a debut for CDQ as he has released singles like “Nowo E Soke” featuring Wizkid, Indomie featuring Olamide amongst others.
View the video below
The Nollywood Travel Film Festival (NTFF) is an initiative that seeks to promote films by Nigerians living all over the world to new and existing global audiences with the aim of creating new market places for Nigerian cinema. Now in its second edition, the festival this time will beam a spotlight on female directors in Nollywood, headlined by Blessing Egbe, Tope Oshin and Jade Osiberu.
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Oshin and Osiberu have had a busy, rewarding year, the latter winning an AMVCA for Best Director for her romantic comedy Isoken. All three directors will showcase their movies at the festival: Blessing Egbe’s The Women, featuring Omoni Oboli and Kate Henshaw, is a Lekki Wives-adjacent project portraying middle-aged women and the complexities of marriage and promiscuous relationships; Tope Oshin will premiere her young-adult queer movie We Don’t Live Here Anymore, starring Funlola Aofiyebi and Osas Ighodaro and follows the story of two teenage boys in a relationship and a fallout that could affect the course of their futures; and Osiberu will present her award-winning movie Isoken, which stars Dakore Akande and Joseph Benjamin.
“The Women has established Egbe as a filmmaker with a flair for creating realistic characters and stories likely to resonate with audiences across the world� festival director Mykel Parish said. He also added that the other two filmmakers (Osiberu and Oshin) will show the world how strong female voices contribute to the growth and development of the Nigerian film industry.
Osiberu is currently working on new projects, Nigerian Trade and Everything Scatter, and Oshin rounded up production for Up North months ago. The NTFF highlighting female directors brings back an echo of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, and its efforts to campaign for the inclusion of more female filmmakers, directors and writers, especially POC. It’s largely on this account that Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut and Netflix-bound movie Lionheart received extreme fame.
Scheduled to hold from October 26 to November 4, the NTFF is in partnership with Africa In Motion Film Festival, which is Scotland’s major annual celebration of African cinema.
Read » The future is female: the Nollywood Travel Film Festival to spotlight female directors at Glasgow on YNaija
The future is female: the Nollywood Travel Film Festival to spotlight female directors at Glasgow
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… Visits Holding Camps In Patani AS people whose houses have been submerged by flood continues to move into Holding Camps established by the Delta State Government, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has called for relief materials from the Federal Government, organised private sector and individuals to assist the victims. Governor Okowa made the call on Tuesday […]
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FLOOD: Okowa To FG: Organised Private Sector To Assist Victims
GM will join with Honda to develop a "purpose-built autonomous vehicle" for Cruise, GM's self-driving division. Honda will invest $2 billion over 12 years, with an additional $750 million invested in Cruise. Honda's equity investment raises Cruise's valuation to $14.6 billion.
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General Motors announced Wednesday that it has allied with Honda to pursue a shared self-driving future.
Honda will invest $2 billion over 12 years in the collaboration with GM's Cruise autonomous division, with an additional $750-million equity investment that brings Cruise's valuation to $14.6 billion.
GM acquired San Francisco-based Cruise in 2016 for an all-in price of $1 billion. A recent joint investment from GM and SoftBank took the unit's valuation to $11.5 billion.
The GM-Honda partnership will develop what the companies called a "purpose-built autonomous vehicle" for Cruise, intended to provide the carmakers with global scale and possible commercial applications. GM and Honda had previously announced a collaboration on battery development.
"This is the logical next step in General Motors and Hondaâ€s relationship, given our joint work on electric vehicles, and our close integration with Cruise," GM CEO Mary Barra said in a statement.
"Together, we can provide Cruise with the worldâ€s best design, engineering and manufacturing expertise, and global reach to establish them as the leader in autonomous vehicle technology – while they move to deploy self-driving vehicles at scale."
GM and Cruise have focused on a fully-integrated hardware and software solution to the challenge of establishing an autonomous ride-hailing/sharing network that can operate in urban environments.
The deal has led to the rollout of a fully-integrated autonomous electric car — the tech is being built into Chevy Bolt electric vehicles — that is being fleet-tested in San Francisco, Detroit, and Phoenix, with New York City scheduled to follow this year.
Commercialization, according to GM's president, Dan Ammann, and Cruise's CEO, Kyle Vogt, will arrive in 2019.
"With the backing of General Motors, SoftBank and now Honda, Cruise is deeply resourced to accomplish our mission to safely deploy autonomous technology across the globe," Vogt said in a statement.
"The Honda partnership paves the way for massive scale by bringing a beautiful, efficient, and purpose-built vehicle to our network of shared autonomous vehicles."
The announcement indicates that Cruise, which up to this point was operating exclusively with a fleet of Chevy Bolts, will see it's technology integrated into platforms designed and engineered by Honda.
This is a not-unfamiliar move in the global auto industry, as automakers look to share costs by working together on mutually beneficial technologies.
King Wole, a very vocal Twitter user who usually comments on music and sports wasn’t so pleased with DJ Cuppy and he wants her to know.
For the recently marked 58th anniversary of Nigeria’s Independence, the billionaire heiress tweeted her love for the country with this tweet that says, “Today, we experience the joy and pride of being called NIGERIANS! The greatest nation.”
Today, we experience the joy and pride of being called NIGERIANS! The greatest nation.
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— Cuppy (@cuppymusic) October 1, 2018
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King Wole didn’t like it and he let her know by calling her declaration “an insult to the everyday Nigerian” because “Cuppy belongs to the 0.5% mega-privileged” class.
And then he goes on to explain why Nigeria is a really terrible place.
I get really angry every year when October 1 comes around because what you see is Nigerians who refuse to say the truth about what a messed up country it really is.
How do you go about fixing something if you don’t admit it’s faulty? Are you not tired of these stupid lies?
— W�ʟᴇ� (@Kingwole) October 2, 2018
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People are struggling to eat, more families are sliding into poverty on a daily basis than one can even imagine, going out to work and coming back home is a miracle, the President and people around him are too busy focusing on re-election to worry about anything else…
— W�ʟᴇ� (@Kingwole) October 2, 2018
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And you, the child of one of the richest men in the country, who has studied abroad, lived abroad, visited multiple first world counties, can fix your fingers to call it “The Greatest�?
Does it mean you are happy with the way Nigeria is? DFPMO!
— W�ʟᴇ� (@Kingwole) October 2, 2018
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I don’t care who gets offended by this. Someone close to her has to start talking to her about this shit. She’s always coming across as insensitive.
— W�ʟᴇ� (@Kingwole) October 2, 2018
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Nigerians have been shouting “Giant of Africa” since the 60s, while other African countries are actually developing into giants. But we come online to be boasting over irrelevant rubbish daily.
— W�ʟᴇ� (@Kingwole) October 2, 2018
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In time, other Twitter users joined him in telling DJ Cuppy to essentially be quiet, because she’s too rich to relate.
Sorry I disagree to that cuppy, I personally don’t see any joy or pride in being called a Nigerian::
— Martins (@nutimart02) October 1, 2018
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Cuppy pls we are not enjoying anything, we are all just playing along… Pls if you are enjoying kindly speak for yourself… Thank you…
— Gidibwoi1952 (@AdeoluSavage) October 1, 2018
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If not that I like you I would have insulted you please stop saying nonsense Nigeria no great , rich people are the ones enjoying it
— sharon
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A number of other people stepped in to defend her though, saying the situation of the country cannot be placed on her shoulders.
Despite the hatred towards Dj Cuppy by some of you the babe hasn’t even responded to any of you, she keeps doing her thing and staying focus to her hustle. Well, one day one day una go make am vex so tay she go call one of una broke na when some of una eyes go clear, rubbish !
— Icey (@ManLikeIcey) October 3, 2018
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DJ Cuppy don’t have no say in the affairs of her country just because you feel she’s “privileged”?
When she was getting the “privilege”, what were you doing?
— Josh (@sire_liljosh) October 3, 2018
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Despite the hate some of you dish out to DJ Cuppy on a regular, she has remained calm, unperturbed and never for once insulted anyone back. A Queen, I stan
— Mazi Olisaemeka
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DJ Cuppy cannot be the cause of your misfortune. Channel your anger towards your favourite political leaders who can’t do any wrong. Their kids studied abroad too.
— Dr. DÃpò (@OgbeniDipo) October 3, 2018
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If DJ Cuppy had tweeted “Nigeria is the poverty headquarters of the entire world”, you guys would still call for her head.
This unnecessary cyber bullying has to stop. Work hard to give your kids a ‘privileged life’ too.
— Wale Adetona (@iSlimfit) October 3, 2018
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Cuppy can’t be bothered either way. Not long ago she was dragged for saying she doesn’t care much for feminism.
The difference between your opinion and suya is that I asked for suya…
LOL.
— Cuppy (@cuppymusic) October 2, 2018
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This Twitter User Is Really Angry That DJ Cuppy Called Nigeria “The Greatest Nation”
Former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, on Wednesday, emerged winner of the United Democratic Party (UDP) governorship primary elections. The primaries was conducted under the supervision of the National Chairman of the party, Chief Godwin Okoye, at Shield Hotel, Jalingo, where Alhassan got unanimous endorsement of all the 224 delegates from […]
UDP primaries: ‘Mama Taraba’ wins party’s governorship ticket
UDP primaries: ‘Mama Taraba’ wins party’s governorship ticket
Here is everything you need to know about the proposed Education Bank and tuition scheme for students in Federal Government Universities.
Outrageous? That's what almost everybody has been saying since the news broke.
But the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members across the country have been reacting to the proposed tuition increase asking Nigerians to reject the plan.
However, in case you haven't heard the whole gist, here are five things you should know about the tuition fee the Federal Government is reportedly planning to introduce.
In 2017, the Academic Staff Union of Universities went on a nationwide strike for over a month. As usual, there was a talk between the union and the government and the strike was called off. But that didn't happen without some agreements between them.
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According to Prof. Lawan Abubakar, the Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, the union and the government agreed on the revitalisation of the universities and the payment of arrears of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA).
They also agreed that the EAA be captured in 2018 universities budgets.
And lastly, the Federal Government and ASUU agreed on the need for adequate budgetary allocation to education in line with the UNESCO minimum standard of 26 per cent.
However, none of this has been met, instead, the government set up a negotiation team led by Dr Wale Babalakin to dialogue with the union.
Dr Wale Babalakin is a Nigerian businessman, lawyer and philanthropist. He is the Pro-Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG). Balakin is the Chairman of the Bi-Courtney Group of companies and he is an alumnus of UNILAG and the University of Cambridge.
Babalakin is very familiar with the Nigerian education system. He understands the challenges facing Nigerian Universities and he is one of the best analysts of the system. This no doubt explains why the FG considered him to lead the negotiating team on ASUU-FG agreements.
As a businessman, Babalakin has a capitalist view about funding education in Nigeria. He believes the government needs to create an enabling environment for private investors to provide the required infrastructure for tertiary institutions.Â
He once said: “There have been serious plans for education to be free at all levels. My position is that if thereâ€s a choice between free education and good education at all levels, I choose the latter''.
Everyone knows good education costs a lot of money. And for Nigerian students to enjoy it, their parents have to pay because according to him, it costs $3000 to train one undergraduate properly in Nigeria.
In a country where the minimum wage is N18,000, paying N350,000 for tuition in Federal Universities will be difficult for most parents. The government is aware of this and that is why Education Bank is part of the package of the proposed school fee.
The Education Bank will provide indigent students with scholarship loans throughout their academic programs in the Universities. Hope that sounds interesting?
You might have heard or read that the proposed tuition fee for undergraduates in Federal Universities would be N350,000. That is true, but some students may have to pay much more than that because N350k is just the minimum.
According to Prof Lawan Abubakar, the Bauchi ASUU Zonal Coordinator, undergraduates in Faculty of Sciences will up to N500,000.
He (Babalakin) proposed a minimum of N350, 000 as tuition fee for undergraduate students of Arts and Humanities, and N500,000, for those in Sciences, Abubakar said.
The members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities all over the country have vehemently rejected both the tuition scheme and the education bank the government is introducing to ease the scheme.
The Union have some reasons for rejecting the scheme.
According to Prof Lawan Abubakar, the union turned down the idea because ''not all the students will have access to loan, and for those who will access the loan, it is the same parents who served as sureties and subsequently pay back the loan, considering the very high rate of unemployment in the country.
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“Supposing that the student is able to secure a job after graduation, he cannot start a life while paying back a loan of 4 to 6 million Naira, as the case may be.
Another reason ASUU gave for rejecting is based on the fact that ''the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria clearly states that funding education is the sole responsibility of Governments at various levels and not parents�.
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed optimism Nigeria will soon be envied and a toast of the whole world. He spoke on Monday night in Abuja during the Independence Day Dinner and Gala Night. He hinged his assertion on the fact that Nigerians are the best and have excelled in every chosen profession and field. […]
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