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Watch Davido As He Plays Poor Farmer In This Beautiful Love Story, ‘Aye’

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Watch Davido As He Plays Poor Farmer In This Beautiful Love Story, ‘Aye’

This is arguably one very great Nigerian video as Davido drops the flashy lifestyle for a video with a rich Nigerian content. Davido’s fourth single off his forthcoming sophomore album is directed by Clarence Peters. The video is shot in a rural setting and tells a tale of love between different classes.
Davido plays a poor farmer who falls in love with the prince’s love interest. Aye shows Davido at his best, showing raw talent in a different direction, cultural, and entirely refreshing.

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Online Retailer, Jumia Launches Outlet In Uganda

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Online Retailer, Jumia Launches Outlet In Uganda

Leading online retailer JUMIA has continued its continental expansion by launching its outlet in Uganda, East Africa.

The company which has over the years delivered quality services will extend same to Uganda, as it provides a wide range of products ranging from fashion to beauty, home appliances, electronics, mobile devices, among others.

“We want to offer all Africans a variety of assortments with a high quality for best prices. After our launch in Nigeria, Morocco, Kenya, Egypt and Ivory Coast in less than one and a half years we are eager to expand our success story to Uganda. We see the same potential here and are more than happy to provide every citizen in Uganda with a secure, convenient and stress-free online shopping experience,” said Co-founder of JUMIA, Jeremy Hodara.

Customers can have the JUMIA experience on the company’s country website jumia.com.ug and have purchases completed online delivered directly to their doorsteps before payment is then made, a method the company calls ‘Cash-On-Delivery’ (COD).

JUMIA, which is now present in six African countries, is a member of the Africa Internet Holding (AIH), a company that prides itself as the largest, fastest and most successful African Internet Group.

Moyes Claims Vidic’s Exit Is A Mutual Decision

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Moyes Claims Vidic’s Exit Is A Mutual Decision

32 years old Serbian football and skipper of English side, Manchester United, Nemanja Vidic will be leaving the club at the end of the sason and Manchester United manager, David Moyes has termed the decision a mutual one.

Vidic had on Friday announced that he would leave when his contract expires at the end of the current season.

“This is something we all mutually agreed together,”

“I think it was the right decision for club and player. He has been a brilliant servant for United”,  Moyes said

Vidic joined the Red devils in 2006 in a £7m move from Spartak Moscow.

Speculations suggest that he will join Italian giants, Inter Milan next season.

APC Registration To Be Extended In Borno State

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APC Registration To Be Extended In Borno State

The Borno chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has revealed the party would consider the extension of the ongoing membership registration to ensure wide coverage in the state.

This was revealed on Friday by the Interim Chairman of the party,  Sen. Kaka Yale. He made it clear that the security challenges in the state would not affect the conduct of the exercise, but that an extension might be necessitated by the delay in beginning the exercise in the state.

Budweiser Dumps FA Cup Sponsorship

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Budweiser Dumps FA Cup Sponsorship

The English Football Association (FA) has confirmed it needs a new sponsor for the FA Cup after Budweiser decided not to renew its £9m-a-year deal.

The current deal with the US drinks giant expires at the end of the season, and the search is on for a replacement for the 2014-15 competition.

Before Budweiser, the FA Cup’s lead sponsor for five years was the energy giant E.On.

The FA’s commercial director, Stuart Turner, said:

“The FA Cup retains a special place in English football and it remains an important competition, not just in England but across the globe. Next year the FA Cup will move to the BBC’s platforms and we are very excited about its future.”

Budweiser is a sponsor of this year’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and has also signed up for the tournaments in 2018 and 2022.

 

Actress, Uche Iwuji’s Marriage Crumbles

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Actress, Uche Iwuji’s Marriage Crumbles

The  marriage of Juwon Lawal to Nollywood actress, Uche Iwuji has come to an end. This has been confirmed by their publicist.

Speculations have been rife in the past months that the marriage was troubled but the couple put it off as just mere rumours.

The statement below confirms the sad break-up

“This should serve as the official statement confirming the end to the marriage formalized on Friday, November 16th 2012 between the CEO of ABD Fuels Plc, Mr. Juwon Rasak Lawal and actress Uche Iwuji.

Already, the court processes are on to give a legal seal to the separation.

Mr. Lawal was in Europe on a business tour when the story first broke through the media. This was the reason why he could not react appropriately to it, plus the fact that he felt the event could be redeemed.

Although, he would not want to talk about the reasons for the separation, Mr. Lawal is not married anymore to Miss Iwuji. And he will like to treat his estranged wife’s case as “once a friend, always a friend.”

– Status & Living Media – Publicist

Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey, Janelle Monae, Tamar Braxton, Smokey Robinson, Karen Clarke Sheard and Wayne Brady

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Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey, Janelle Monae, Tamar Braxton, Smokey Robinson, Karen Clarke Sheard and Wayne Brady

Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, Janelle Monae, Tamar Braxton, Smokey Robinson, Karen Clarke Sheard and Wayne Brady are set to bring down the house at this year’s “BET Honors” 2014 with a series of powerful and magnetic performances.

 

Honouring distinguished African Americans performing at exceptional levels, this year’s BET Honors will celebrate the achievements of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, Motown Records founder and creator of the smash hit MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, Berry Gordy, entertainment trailblazer, Ice Cube, American Express CEO & Chairman, Ken Chenault, and visual artist, Carrie Mae Weems.

 

Hosted by actor and comedian, Wayne Brady, the “BET Honors” will premiere on Friday 28 February 2014 at 23:00 CAT.

 

Rev. Al Sharpton, Joe Morton, Ludacris and Mack Wilds are scheduled to present at this year’s show, which has become a staple in BET history by celebrating extraordinary African-Americans including Cicely Tyson, Jamie Foxx, Iman, Herbie Hancock, Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, Sean “Diddy” Combs, alongside memorable past performances by Trey Songz, Ne-Yo, Yolanda Adams, Keyshia Cole, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige and Patti LaBelle.

 

Stephen Hill, President of Music Programming and Specials, BET Networks, and Lynne Harris Taylor, Vice President of Specials, BET Networks are executive producers of BET Honors 2014, along with Jesse Collins of Jesse Collins Entertainment.

 

 

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NSE Trades 273.137m Shares Worth N3.18b

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Investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday traded 273.137 million shares worth N3.18 billion in 5,065 deals.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was against the 261.840 million shares valued at N2.71 billion traded in 4,700 deals on Thursday.

The All-Share Index appreciated by 7.34 points or 0.02 per cent to close at 40,773.50 from the 40,766.16 recorded on Thursday.

The Market Capitalisation, which opened at N13.067 trillion, grew by N3 billion or 0.02 per cent to close at N13.070 trillion.

NAN reports that UACN and Dangote Cement topped the price gainers’ chart with N2 each to close at N69 and N240 per share respectively.

OkomuOil trailed with N1.45 to close at N42.45 per share,

ConOil gained 98k to close at N50.98, while Presco appreciated by 37k to close at N43.99 per share.

On the other hand, Nigerian Breweries led the losers’ table by 93k to close at N154 per share.

Oando followed with a loss of 88k to close at N21.83, while Zenith Bank shed 77k to close at N22.23 per share.

Ashaka Cement dipped by 37k to close at N19.11, while Access Bank depreciated by 29k to close at N8.79 per share.

The financial services sector remained the investors’ delight as Diamond Bank emerged the most traded stock, accounting for 26.79 million shares valued at N183.23 million in 68 deals.

Zenith Bank followed with 22.69 million shares worth N508.02 million traded by investors in 377 deals, while FBN Holdings traded 20.47 million shares worth N294.34 million in 555 deals.

Rabi’u Kwankwaso Constitutes 100-man Panel To Fight Street Begging In Kano

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Rabi’u Kwankwaso Constitutes 100-man Panel To Fight Street Begging In Kano

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The Kano State Government said on Friday that it had constituted a 100-member task force Committee to enforce the Street Begging Prohibition law in the state.

The Director-General of the state Hisba Board, Dr Abba Sufi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano.

Sufi said, “The state government has set up a committee, consisting of 100 members, to arrest any beggar found violating the law.

“The law will become effective as soon as Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso inaugurates the empowerment programme for physically-challenged persons in the state, this month.

“As soon as the law becomes effective, the committee will commence its operation in the state.”

According to him, the state government has commenced the screening of all physically-challenged persons in the 44 local government areas of the state, in preparation for the training it planned for them.

“Government has planned to train them in various trades and empower them with capital, to enable them to establish their own businesses.

“As of now, a total of 480 beggars are found to be on the streets of Kano, while no fewer than 10, 000 others are in various local government areas,” Sufi said.

‘It’s Been An Awesome Year’ Omotola Thanks Her Fans As She Celebrates 36th Birthday

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‘It’s Been An Awesome Year’ Omotola Thanks Her Fans As She Celebrates 36th Birthday

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Award winning Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde today celebrated her 36th birthday and she took to instagram to say thank you to her fans for the support over the years..

Here is her message

“So sorry I’m doing this late! Oh my… It’s been an awesome day! Week! Year so far!!! Thanks for all your Birthday greetings and prayers! I feel so loved and am truly grateful. Love always, Omosexy .??????????”

The actress also known as Omosexy was born on 7 February, 1978 into the family of Mr and Mrs. Shola Jalade.

Nat’l Conference: 20 Political Parties Protest Exclusion From Nominating Delegates

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20 political parties are aggrieved by the decision of the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue approving only parties with members at the national assembly to participate in the forth coming national conference.

The national chairman of Progressive Peoples Alliance, Mr. Peter Ameh, Friday condemned the decision and vowed to go to court to protest their exclusion from nominating delegates to the national conference, despite satisfying all the necessary conditions.

Addressing journalist, the parties led by Ameh said they had received the mandate of other parties for PPA to sue for itself and on behalf of others.

Ameh said PPA was the platform on which ex-Governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State. He stated that Governor Theodore Orji of Abia state as well as Senator Uche Chukwumerije contested and won elections before defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party.

Also, the man currently representing Ekenemo 2 State Constituency, Victor Prezi of Bayelsa State House of Assembly is a member of the party, he said.

“Our party has satisfied every provision to be part of the conference. One of the conditions is that a party must have a NWC, National Executive Committee with Headquarters in Abuja and we have State and Ward Executives.”

“If you want to go by the provision of Section 78 (2) of the Electoral Act (as amended), our party has also satisfied that condition because it does not require that a man must win House of Representatives election for us to become a parliamentary party.

“The State House of Assembly is also a parliamentary election. We have a member in Bayelsa State House of Assembly who came in the 2011 election. There has snot been any election in which we have failed. We have participated in the governorship elections in Sokoto and Ondo states and other elections. That can be verified from Independent National Electrical Commission.”

“We will use every lawful means to be able to ensure that members of our party will not be oppressed in a very unjustly manner.” Ameh lamented.

January 2014: Apapa Customs Command Generates N19bn

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The Apapa Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday in Lagos said it generated N19 billion revenue in January.

The Comptroller of the command, Mr Charles Edike, said in a statement that the revenue generated in January dropped from the N20.2 billion realised in December, 2013.

Edike said that revenue collected for the Federation Account was N9.3 billion, while N9.5 billion was collected for the non-Federation Account in January.

He said that the revenue was realised from the payment of duty on imported sugar, wheat grain, wheat flour, levy on iron, seven per cent port levy and other taxes.

Edike said that the 20 per cent duty collected on rice importation during the period was N30.9 million against N1 million generated from the source in December, 2013.

He said N235 million was generated from the Negotiable Duty Credit Certificate (NDCC) during the period, while N10 million was realised from the seven per cent charge on NDCC.

NAN reports that the NDCC is a payment document for the importation of raw materials.

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