I Am In The Presidential Race To Represent The Youths – Jerry Gana - Politics -

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Former Information Minister, Professor Jerry Gana, has said the youths mandated him to be in the race for 2019 presidential elections.

73 year old Professor Gana, who made this known while answering questions from journalists in Minna, Niger State yesterday, said the youth of the country had given him their mandate and had been supporting him too.Professor Gana who is contesting for the Presidency under the platform of Social Democratic Party, SDP said: “I am a surrogate of the youths, the youths asked me to aspire and they have pledged to support me and they have started supporting me.”

He said for now, the country needed the combination of elders and youths in governance for survival and progress of the country.“You cannot read experience in the books but you can acquire it from the elders and this is why we need to blend the youths and the elderly ones to move the country forward because this will amount to a wise combination,” he remarked.He called on the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, to really live true to its name by being independent and transparent in the conduct of the 2019 general elections.

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Man Defrauds Stanbic IBTC Bank Of N60 Million - Crime -

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An Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on Wednesday arraigned one Tajudeen Oladega for allegedly obtaining the sum of N60 million from Stanbic IBTC under the pretext of constructing a filling station.

Sgt. Kehinde Omisakin, the Prosecutor, told the court that the accused committed the offences sometime in 2016 at Stanbic IBTC Bank, Idejo St., Lagos.

According to the prosecutor, the accused approached the bank for a loan of N60 million for the construction of a petrol station.

“When it was, however, time to pay back, the accused presented various cheques, which were all dishonoured for lack of sufficient funds,” he said.

The offences, he said, violated Sections 312, 319 and 419 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.

However, the Chief Magistrate, Mrs O.A. Komolafe, granted the accused to a bail of N10 million with two responsible sureties each in like sum.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.

The case was, thereafter, adjourned till Oct. 25, for mention.

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Children Surprise Their Dad With The Car He Sold To Pay For Their Mom’s Treatmen - Family

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When his wife, Laura, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer 17 years ago, Wesley Ryan sold his cherished white 1993 Ford Mustang GT to help pay for her medical bills. .

His son, Jake, said that selling the car was “one of the biggest sacrifices I’ve seen him have to make for us, for all of us. I know how much it broke him in half seeing that car drive away from him. A day I’ll never forget.” .

With so many years passed, Wesley, 47, had no idea what was about to happen when his wife and kids blindfolded him in a department store parking lot earlier this month, then broke down in tears when they revealed the Mustang on the back of a flatbed truck. .

The touching moment was captured on video with the Zac Brown Band song “My Old Man” playing in the background, and posted to Jake’s Facebook page. .

Jake told the San Antonio Express-News that he came across the car while perusing Craigslist a couple of years ago, but couldn’t close a deal. When it popped up again recently, he, his sister, Jeni and her boyfriend all chipped in to buy it. .

In a sad twist of fate, the seller was letting it go because her own mother had contracted ovarian cancer and they needed the money for treatment. .

Wesley told the Express-News that what his children did for him "shows where they are: they are balanced human beings. .

My wife and I have succeeded, we've raised productive adults, it's the strongest, most powerful feeling that a parent can have."

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 5:45PM EDT

Tiny ‘Humiliated’ To Learn T.I.’s Still Following Bernice Burgos On Instagram: How She’s Retaliating

Ouch! Tiny Harris found out that her man T.I. still follows his alleged side chick Bernice Burgos on social media, and she’s fuming. Here’s how she’s getting back at him.

Here we go, again. Tameka ‘Tiny’ Harris, 43, and husband T.I., 37, are once again on the rocks, after the rapper flat out refused to unfollow Bernice Burgos, 38, on Instagram.“Tiny is not happy that T.I. refuses to unfollow model Bernice Burgos, it’s a real sore spot for her. Tiny no longer follows TIP on Instagram, and the fact that he won’t unfollow Bernice is a big part of why she won’t follow him. It’s her way of retaliating,” a friend of Tiny’s told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY. “That’s about the only real stand she could take because T.I. does not react well when she gives him ultimatums,” the friend added. 

One can hardly blame Tiny for being so angry – Bernice is the same woman that T.I. was previously accused of cheating with! “She’s been trying her best not to let something as petty as social media break-up her marriage, but hearing about T.I.’s drama with Meek Mill over Bernice, it has brought all her anger and frustration to the surface,” the friend continued. “It’s extra humiliating because all her friends are questioning why her husband is still following this side-chick, and Tiny has no good answer. It really hurts that T.I. won’t show her the simple respect of totally cutting Bernice out and it makes her question if there could still be something going on.” HollywoodLife reached out to reps of both Tiny and T.I. for comment.

The source also revealed why it’s so hard to get TIP to just hit that unfollow button. “T.I. refuses to be told what he can and can not do. He tells Tiny he’s a man, and he can follow anyone he wants on Instagram. There’s no doubt he loves Tiny with all his heart, but when she tries to tell him what to do, it really pushes his buttons. T.I. swears Bernice means nothing, but so far no matter what Tiny says he refuses to stop following her, no way. The way he sees it, he can look, as long as he does not touch.” Clearly, Tiny does not agree with that sentiment! 

The bad blood between Tiny and her man comes just days after, Meek Mill, 31, posted a selfie to his Instagram with the caption, “don’t come to me about no ho!” Once fans figured out that Meek was talking about Bernice, all bets were off. Quick-witted fans of both artist came to the conclusion that Meek was beefing with T.I. over the model, proving that TIP still has feelings for his old flame. This is one love triangle that isn’t going to last though, if Tiny has her way.

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Two young women arrested for selling weed edibles at a Church event (Photos)

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Two Georgia women were on Friday arrested after officials caught one of them selling marijuana edibles at a local church event.

The women, Ebony Cooper, 28, and 26-year-old Leah Pressley were arrested at a church in Savannah, Georgia, during an event for entrepreneurs, with vendors selling various items from booths, the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team said in a Monday statement.

Ebony Cooper who was one of the vendors “was openly selling the edibles in addition to other items,” the CNT said, noting the items included marijuana-infused “cereal treats, brownies, and puddings.”

When Officials then searched Pressley’s car they found “a large amount of edibles and more than $1,000 in cash,” the CNT said, adding a firearm, “which agents believed Cooper had in her possession while selling the items on church property,” was also seized.

The duo were booked on felony drug charges and taken to the Chatham County Detention Center.

26-year-old Nigerian, Silas Adekunle becomes the highest paid robotics engineer in the world

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Silas Adekunle, a 26-year-old Nigerian, credited for building the world’s first gaming robot, has just become the highest paid in the field of Robotic engineering. He achieved this feat after signing a new deal with the world’s reputable software manufacturers, Apple Inc.

The robotics engineer was also named as “Someone to Watch in 2018” by the Black Hedge Fund Group. Adekunle is currently the founder and CEO of Reach Robotics, a company developing the world’s first gaming robots.

He also recently graduated with a 1st class degree and has four years’ background in robotics. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Adekunle studied in Nigeria before relocating to the UK as a teenager. After completing his secondary school education, he proceeded to the University of the West of England where he graduated with a first class graduate in Robotics. In 2013, he founded Reach Robotics and developed a lot of experience on robotics within a space of four years. 

Adekunle was also a team leader of Robotics In Schools programme, a programme which encourages and pays attention to students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The programme encouraged him to develop robotics to make education more entertaining for STEM students. In 2017, MekaMon, he released the world’s first gaming robot, with the special ability to customise the gaming bot to perform personalised functions.

The initial launch of Mekamon sold 500 bots, generating $7.5 million, according to The Guardian. Following this feat, Adekunle received support from various organisations including London Venture Partners ($10 million) and in the same year, his company, Reach Robotics signed a deal with Apple securing exclusive sales in Apple stores. “Impressed by the quality of his robots and their ability to show emotion with subtly-calibrated movements, Apple priced his four-legged “battle-bots” at $300 and has put them in nearly all of its stores in the United States and Britain. “Early customers skew towards male techies but a growing number of parents are buying the robots for their children to get them interested in STEM, Adekunle told Forbes in an interview this year.

The young entrepreneur who once indicated that the secrets to his success are “balance, shared ideas, time management and being oneself”, was recently listed in the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe: Technology. Adekunle, who has taken over the world with his inventiveness, is currently located at the Bristol Robotics Lab which is said to be the best robotics research centre in the UK.

Abuja All White Pool Party 4th Edition In Pictures - Events -

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The city of Abuja was practically held spell bound recently as the Abuja all white Pool Party took centre stage at Sandralia Hotel, in jabi.

The first major pool party organised by Peace Ambassador Agency attracted the high and mighty in the corridors of power in the entertainment circle of the capital city including arrays of former and reigning beauty queens.

In truth, it was a rare gatheri‎ng of Abuja residents in their celestial adornments as they danced and celebrated the 4th Edition of the A White Pool Party in a very unique style with headline showbiz entrepreneurs, pageant producers, comedians and representatives of corporate brands.

The celebration continued with an after party at Crave Cubana, where the blend of excitement and pool party success joy ignited another round of passion for drink and dance which continued.

Indeed, it was a great pullout from the Peace Ambassador Agency who over the years in Abuja has been staging crowd pulling events. Even as at writing this, the 2018 Edition of Miss Ambassador For Peace pageant Grand finale has started Gaining Momentum as it is set to hold on 22rd September At the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja tickets already selling.


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New report by the Bill Gates foundation says, 'over 40% of world’s poorest people will live in Nigeria, Congo by 2050'

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A new report by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has revealed that more than 40 percent of extremely poor people in the world will be living in Nigeria and DR Congo by 2050.

In the 2018 goalkeepers report released, yesterday, the foundation said by 2050, Nigeria will have 152 million people in extreme poverty, out of a projected population of 429 million. It blamed this on the lack of investment in human capital to correspond with the increasing population growth.

Nigeria is currently the seventh most populous country in the world with an estimated population of 198 million. The annual report, produced in partnership with Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, IHME, at University of Washington, tracks progress being made on the United Nations sustainable development goals, SDGs. In June, Brookings Institution reported that Nigeria had overtaken India as the nation with the highest number of poor people, with 87 million of its citizens in extreme poverty.

International Monetary Fund, IMF, had also said in March that Nigerians are getting poorer due to the lack of coherent and comprehensive economic reforms. The goalkeepers report said while more than a billion in the world have lifted themselves out of extreme poverty since 2000, “extreme poverty is becoming heavily concentrated in sub-Sahara African countries.” “By 2050, that’s where 86 per cent of the extremely poor people in the world are projected to live. The challenge is that within Africa, poverty is concentrating in just a handful of very fast-growing countries. “By 2050, for example, more than 40 percent of the extremely poor people in the world will live in just two countries: Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria. Even within these countries, poverty is still concentrating in certain areas.”

The foundation said to address the poverty crisis, adequate investment would need to be made in young people, especially in areas of education, health and human capital development. “Investing in young people’s health and education is the best way for a country to unlock productivity and innovation; cut poverty, create opportunities and generate prosperity,” the report added.