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City of Houston, Texas, USA, proclaims Oct. 25 as FITCC Day

Lagos, OcT. 28, 2023 -The City of Houston, Texas, USA, has designated Oct. 25 as “Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect Day.” Mayor Sylvester Turner, in a statement, said that the designation was in recognition of Fidelity Bank Plc’s commitment to fostering bilateral trade and economic development between the city of Houston, Texas and Nigeria. The proclamation reads in part: “Whereas, The Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect summit committed to fostering bilateral trade and economic development between the city of Houston and Nigeria. The City of Houston commends Fidelity …

Foreign General News Vogue

Google selects 25 African startups for $4m grant

Lagos, June 20, 2023 – Google for Startups (GfS) on Tuesday announced the 25 African-based startups selected for this year’s $4 million Black Founders Fund. The Black Founders Fund, now in its third year, aims to help tackle systemic racial inequality in Venture Capital (VC) funding by providing equity-free grants and mentoring to early-stage Black-led high-growth businesses across Europe and Africa.  The selected cohort of 40 startups from Europe and Africa, includes 25 African startups that embody the diverse entrepreneurial spirit across the African continent. Startups led or co-founded by …

General News Vogue

South African Johann Rupert displaces Dangote as richest African

Lagos, June 19, 2023 – South African Johann Rupert has displaced Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian billionaire businessman, to become Africa’s richest man. Forbes Magazine announced this on Sunday. Rupert became the richest man in Africa after his net worth increased by $1.3 billion from $10.7 billion to $13.5 billion. Rupert’s net worth is currently $12 billion according to Forbes Real-time Global Billionaires Ranking, while Dangote trails behind him with a net worth of $10.8 billion as of Friday. Dangote’s net worth dropped due to the recent operational charges on the …

Entertainment Vogue

Khosi wins Big Brother Titan reality show

Johannesburg, April 2, 2022 -Khosi has won the $100,000 grand prize winner in the Big Brother Titans reality TV show which ended on Sunday. Kanaga Jnr and Tsatsii emerged as the first and second runners-up, respectively. Khosi, 25, is from KwaZulu-Natal, but she lives in Johannesburg South Africa. The journalist had said during the premiering of the show that ‘talkative’ and ‘open-mindedness’ suit her profession The ‘Ziyakhala Wahala’ edition premiered on January 15, 2023 brought housemates from Nigeria and South Africa under one roof. BBTitans was held in South Africa …

Entertainment Politics Vogue

I was born to donate my body parts to Williams – Prince Harry

Lagos, Jan. 13, 2023 – The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry says he came to this world with the main purpose of serving as a spare for his elder brother, Prince William, who is the Prince of Wales. Harry said this in his autobiography ‘Spare’ which hit the bookshelves across the globe Tuesday, according to Daily Mail. He said he grew up knowing that the purpose of his existence was to donate organs such as kidneys or offer blood transfusions to William, should anything bad happen to him. “I was …

General News Vogue

God’s Speed and Haste-Driven Humanity

*By Paul Ejime Almost from infancy, humans are made to think and believe that “time waits for no one” and that “time is of the essence,” hence the idiomatic expression “to make hay, while the sun shines.” With this emphasis on haste, the exhortation “to make haste slowly,” is considered an afterthought, such that impatience virtually controls most human thinking and activities. Thanks to human inventions dating back more than 6,000 years, time and timekeeping, have evolved from manuscripts to clocks of the modern civilization and the present digital era. …

Politics Vogue

“I did not approve tweet on death of Deborah Samuel”  – Atiku

Lagos, Dec. 12, 2022 – Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, says his tweet condemning the murder of Deborah Samuel, a student who was allegedly lynched for blasphemy in Sokoto, was deleted because he did not approve of it. Deborah, a Christian 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, was killed by fellow students in May 2022 for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. After the alleged lynching of Debora,  Atiku was said to have tweeted:  “There cannot be a justification for such gruesome murder. …

Investment Vogue

Afreximbank announces $1bn funding to boost African creative art

Abidjan, 29 November 2022 – Prof. Benedict Oramah, the President of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has announced a funding package of US$1 billion to support  Africa’s creative industries under the auspices of the CANEX. Oramah announced the new package at the opening of a three-day event of CANEX organised by Afreximbank in partnership with the Government of Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. The CANEX WKND brought together about 3 000 cultural and creative talents, as well as investors, industry leaders, government representatives, and the media from Africa and the Diaspora, at the …

Vogue

Android L Will Keep Your Secrets Safer

And when we woke up, we had these bodies. They’re like, except I’m having them! Oh, I think we should just stay friends. You’ll have all the Slurm you can drink when you’re partying with Slurms McKenzie Hey, tell me something. You’ve got all this money. How come you always dress like you’re doing your laundry? Yes, if you make it look like an electrical fire. When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all. I just want to talk. It has nothing to do …

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50 Tips and Insights About Productivity, Happiness, and Life

And when we woke up, we had these bodies. They’re like, except I’m having them! Oh, I think we should just stay friends. You’ll have all the Slurm you can drink when you’re partying with Slurms McKenzie Hey, tell me something. You’ve got all this money. How come you always dress like you’re doing your laundry? Yes, if you make it look like an electrical fire. When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all. I just want to talk. It has nothing to do …