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Nigeria could earn billions in foreign currency from its 47 million tonnes of cassava tubers produced annually, a university don, Prof. Aloy Ezirim has said. Ezirim, a lecturer in the Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Friday. Ezirim said that Nigeria rather than producing cassava for food consumption alone should produce it for both industrial purpose and for consumption. “Diversification of the nation’s economy can take the country to the Promised Land, and this can be achieved by producing cassava for industrialised purposes, which is presently in global demand. “Nigeria is the largest producer of cassava tubers in the world but cassava produced in the country is processed and consumed locally in various forms with little set aside for export. “Today, cassava has over 2,000 uses i...

Bonang Matheba might be friends with Toke Makinwa, but she sure did not take proper tips on how to write a best seller. The popular South African TV girl and Radio personality recently released her first book ‘Bonang from A to B’ and although the sales have reportedly been good, according to her, South African people who paid and have read the book - came for her wig, dragging her on twitter. Why? The grammer in the book has been described as mediocre and style of writing; amateurish. See some excerpts from the book and more tweets below.

Andrew Okoth Calvin Phillip, the suspected killer of his girlfriend was nabbed along the Uganda-Kenya boarder last night trying to escape to Nairobi. Police had launched a manhunt for the suspect after they discovered the body of his girlfriend Fahima Natoolo, an employee of Tropical Bank of Africa, Kampala, Uganda. According to Police sources, Natoolo was murdered on Sunday morning. Okoth had asked her to spend a night with him at his home in Mbalwa Nabwojjo, a Kampala suburb. At the time of arrest, he had injuries on his right arm and left leg. Fahima and Okoth have a child together and had separated, but kept in touch for the sake of the child. See previous report here More photos below...

  Brazilian striker, Neymar has just been unveiled by Paris Saint-Germain following his £198million move from Barcelona. The striker who sealed a five-year contract deal with the French club, will earn a weekly pay of  £500,000 (£26 million a year). At the press conference held this afternoon, Neymar said: ‘The club has a very similar ambition to mine, I want a bigger challenge. My heart made this decision, that is why I am in front of you today to help this team. ‘Being a star did not impact my decision, it is down to me wanting to find a new challenge. I am looking for something new. This is what PSG want, and they deserve it. ‘I leave a lot of very good friends behind, but that’s football. You make friends wherever you go, and that’s the main thing. It was the right time to leave and look for something different. Being the most expensive player is not a burden, I am happy. 'I spoke with Brazilian players here at PSG, and they were happ...

Amy Colle Dieng A popular Senegalese singer is in police detention over “offensive” remarks widely shared online attacking President Macky Sall and the organisation of recent elections, police and local media said Friday. Amy Colle Dieng, a popular “Mbalax” artist, was arrested on Thursday, a police source confirmed to AFP without specifying why. But audio of her lashing out at the president has been creating a social media storm in recent days. Dieng is also heard declaring her support for ex-president Abdoulaye Wade, who stood as an opposition candidate in last Sunday’s legislative elections, and she criticises administrative errors that marred the vote. Prosecutors instructed police to arrest the artist after becoming aware of the recording, Le Soleil newspaper reported, describing her diatribe as “disrespectful” and “offensive”. Dieng’s case comes after four people were charged in June with “offending...

A massive fire has broken out at Dubai's 1,105ft tall Torch Tower. According to reports, the fire is said to have started at around 1am local time, before shooting up one side of the 86-storey building. Video captured from the scene and circulating on social media shows the flames illuminating the night's sky with debris falling down onto the streets below. Dubai authorities however say the building has been evacuated, no casualty recorded yet. The same skyscraper was devastated by fire in 2015 and the building's flammable cladding, which was similar to that used in Grenfell Tower, was blamed for fuelling the flames. The Torch Tower is the fifth tallest residential building in the world and stands at more than 330 metres (1,105 ft).

Allen was arrested for partially strangling his ex-girlfriend on April 13 last year, and two months later, while facing prosecution over the attack, chased her into a coffee shop as she was trying to get away from him. A winner of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” was jailed for a year Thursday for attacking his girlfriend and throwing a glass vase at another woman, prosecutors said. Joshua Allen, 28, of North Hollywood, pleaded no contest to felony counts of willfully injuring his girlfriend after a prior conviction and assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said in a statement which did not name the victims. The 28-year-old dancer, who lives in North Hollywood, was sentenced to 12 months in a county jail with five years of formal probation. He was ordered to undergo a year of domestic violence counseling and to stay away from the victims for 10 years. Allen was ...

The decomposing, beheaded body of a youth in the Gbamaramatu kingdom in Delta state, Solomon Ikoto, who has been missing for some weeks, was reportedly discovered inside the Warri river in Delta state yesterday August 3rd. According to Gbaramatu Voice, a cousin of the deceased, Peter Ebime, identified the beheaded body as that of 37 year old Solomon Ikoto who went missing since July 13th. Peter said that the outfit that was seen on the body of the deceased was the same outfit his deceased cousin wore when he left their house the night he went missing. He said the deceased and himself lived in the same house. 38-year-old Solomon and 37-year-old Samuel Monday were declared missing on July 13th after they were reportedly abducted while going about their businesses along the Ovwian/Aladja river in Delta State. One of the leaders in Gbaramatu kingdom, Sheriff Mulade, accused the youths in a neighboring community, Aladja, of mastermin...

Blac Chyna who is said to be making more money than her 2nd baby Daddy, Rob Kardashian, stepped out in a white outfit that showed off her unerboob. The mom of two is close to ending her custody battle with Rob K. seemed carefree as she posed for photos.

The Nigeria Police force have arrested gangs of vicious and notorious suspected kidnappers terrorizing Abuja-Kaduna Highway. Not only was large caches of arms and ammunition recovered, but a whole lot of properties forcefully taken from their victims were found.   The kidnappers' dens, hideouts, camps and other black spots in the forest along Abuja-Kaduna Highway were stormed and raided by the Police within the last few days and in the process three (3) victims were rescued unhurt from the gangs without payment of any ransom, and they have been reunited with their families.    Some of the victims have identified most of the suspects as the people that kidnapped them. Also, all the suspects were said to have confessed and admitted to the various criminal roles they played in the commission of the crimes. They will be arraigned in court after investigation is over.    

The Katsina state police command have arrested 45-year-old Hassana Sabiu pictured left for conniving with her daughter, 25-year-old Qamariya Ismail(right) to kill her baby which she had out of wedlock. According to DailyTrust, the accused persons were arrested after the corpse of Qamariya's baby was found inside a dust bin at Madugu House on Yahaya Madaki way in the state. Neighbors who knew that she was pregnant raised eyebrows when they saw the corpse of the baby in their neighborhood.  The state police command’s spokesman, DSP Isah Gambo, who confirmed the incident, said the dumped corpse of the baby was traced to Qamariyya who was known to pregnant. When she was arrested and interrogated, she confessed that her mother, Hassana, who knew about her unwanted pregnancy, helped her in throwing the baby inside the garbage-can. The mother, however, denied any wrongdoing. According to her, Qamariya had a still born of a seven-month child that had to b...

The Federal Government has granted 'Pioneer Status' or tax holiday to music, movie and others in the Creative Industry, in a landmark move aimed at transforming the industry to a creative economy and creating jobs. In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the decision to grant the industry 'Pioneer Status' is in fulfillment of the promise made by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, represented by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, at the opening of the Creative Industry Financing Conference in Lagos 17-18 July 2017. The 'Pioneer Status' is granted to companies making investments in qualifying industries and products as tax holiday from the payment of corporate income tax and withholding tax on dividend from pioneer profits for an initial period of three years, extendable for one or two additional years. The 'Pioneer Status' for the Creative Industry covers...

LL Cool J Rapper LL Cool J is set to become the first hip-hop artist to be celebrated at the Kennedy Center Honors, one of America’s top awards in the arts that marks its 40th anniversary this year. Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan, soul singer Lionel Richie, television writer and producer Norman Lear, and dancer and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade are the other 2017 honorees, organizers announced Thursday. The awards ceremony at the Kennedy Center will take place on December 3 and will be the first under President Donald Trump. Traditionally, the honorees are received at the White House before the event. LL Cool J, whose real name is James Todd Smith, was hailed by Kennedy Center chairman David Rubenstein for having “taught the world how to rhyme as one of the pioneers of the Hip Hop phenomenon.” The 49-year-old New Yorker is seen as one of the pioneers of pop rap and was the first rapper to gain...

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