Nearly 4,000 homes have been destroyed and more than twice as many damaged in the Durban area after a week of punishing rains and mudslides. The death toll is now 448, with about four dozen people unaccounted for. President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa estimated that last week’s catastrophic flooding displaced more than 40,000 people. Hundreds of people have been killed and dozens are unaccounted for. The rain has stopped in Durban. The sun has risen and clouds have lifted from the lush green hills. But people here are only just beginning to process the complete devastation around them. A…
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…Blames It On Account Sharing Richard Ginika Izuora Netflix has confirmed losing a good number of subscribers for the first time in more than a decade in Q1 2022, according to subscriber numbers. Netflix is down more than 200,000 subscribers, and the losses are set to continue. Netflix was expecting to add 2.5 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2022, but did not hit that target. The suspension of its business in Russia cost it 700,000 subscribers, and without that loss, Netflix would have added 500,000 paid global users, which is still well below its projections. In the United…
Richard Ginika Izuora The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has confirmed the return of 158 Nigerians from Libya. The Returnees which composed of 49 adults female, 7 female children and 5 female infants also have 83 male adults, 6 male children and 8 male infants, this brought the figure of 61 females and 97 males altogether. Out the Returnees, 4 were brought back with various degree of health challenges, 3 of them are females, one of the lady had a serious burns, two other ladies serious mental health issues and the only young man with fractured leg. The Returnees who…
Richard Ginika Izuora The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has visited the Eti-Osa Driver’s License Centre of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to renew his driver’s licence on Tuesday 19th April, 2022. The Governor was received by the Sector Commander Lagos Sector Command, Corps Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide in company of some Senior Officers of the Corps who took the Governor through the tripartite processes necessary for the biometric capture. Reacting to the ease and smoothness of the entire processes, Governor Sanwo-olu was quoted as saying it was “Very impressive, the entire staff were courteous. They all displayed…
Yemisi Izuora Union Bank of Nigeria has received the highly acclaimed award for the Best Trade Finance Platform Initiative, at the recently concluded Middle East & Africa Banking Innovation Awards 2022. The Middle East & Africa Banking Innovation Awards, organised by The Digital Banker, is a prestigious award program designed to recognise the world’s best-in-class commercial banks – across the Middle East and African region, that blend technology and innovation, to deliver superior products and service for improved customer experience. Speaking on the win, Mr. Peter Amadi, Head, Trade Products Union Bank, said: “We are honoured to be recognised by…
Francesca Odimgbe The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that the 1st Global Conference on Cultural Tourism and Creative Industry, to be held in Lagos 14-17 November 2022, will be a trailblazing event. The Minister gave the assurance in Madrid on Tuesday when he signed the hosting agreement for the event with the Secretary-General of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili, in the Spanish capital. He said the signing of the agreement is the clearest indication yet of Nigeria’s commitment to hosting a successful conference, officially entitled ‘1st UNWTO Global Conference on Linking…
Joyce Onwuka Oyo State Governor,’ Seyi Makinde on Tuesday, reaffirmed the commitment of his administration to sustaining religious harmony and peaceful coexistence in the state. The Governor, who stated this while delivering a keynote address at the 8th annual Omi tuntun Ramadan lecture, held at the Government House Arcade, Agodi, Ibadan, explained that nobody can divide Oyo State people along religious lines. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that Governor Makinde also denied insinuations that his administration has been unfair to the muslim community in Ogbomoso zone. The governor maintained that the…
…Unveil N250M Data Center Francesca Odimgbe Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has performed a groundbreaking ceremony of a $250million hyperscale data center in Lekki axis of the State. The facility is owned by Kasi Cloud Limited. Sanwo-Olu at the event assured that his administration is deeply committed to the rapid transformation of the Lekki corridor and other industrial hubs in the State. He said his government is committed to using education and technology, which is the second pillar of the THEMES development agenda, as a tool to create a 21st Century Lagos that the people of the State dream…
A diaspora group has said that the outstanding performance of Dr Akinwunmi Adesina as Minister of Agriculture and President, African Development Bank (AfDP) was sufficient for him to join the 2023 presidential race. The group, known as the Diaspora Support Group of North America and Europe, in a statement on Monday, called on all Nigerians to unitedly demand that Adesina joins the race to become President. The statement, signed by Dr. Tony Bello, Chairman and Founder, Shine Bridge Global Inc., Chesapeake-Virginia, USA, said that Adesina had distinguished himself. According to the group, President Olusegun Obasanjo, was in a Vanguard publication…
Legal icon and elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola, says an interim government should replace the current administration at the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari tenure in 2023. Babalola told a news conference in Ado-Ekiti on Monday that the interim government should be in office for six months to chart a new course for Nigeria. He stressed that the 2023 elections should be suspended until Nigeria has “a new-look peoples’ Constitution which should provide for part-time legislators and non-executive president’’. Babalola said that members of the interim government should be drawn from all living former presidents and vice-presidents; some selected ministers…