Two bitcoin traders were robbed at gunpoint at their home in rural England when armed criminals forced them to carry out cryptocurrency transfers. Danny Aston and his girlfriend Amy Jay, who jointly run a cryptocurrency trading company, were forced to…
A MAN GOT A LIFE-SAVING KIDNEY TRANSPLANT THANKS TO A T-SHIRT HE WORE AT DISNEY WORLD
A New Jersey man in desperate need of a kidney transplant got the lifesaving operation he needed after his plea for help went viral. Rob Leibowitz, a 60-year-old single father of five from New Jersey, was suffering from chronic kidney…
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NIGERIA CAN’T RELY ON RISING OIL PRICES, MINISTER SAYS
Africa’s top oil producer is learning to ignore crude prices, Nigeria’s Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said. “We’ve gotten to a point where we don’t care,” whether prices will be sustained at the level that they have recently risen to, Adeosun…
JAVIER MASCHERANO LEAVES BARCELONA TO JOIN HEBEI CHINA FORTUNE
Javier Mascherano has joined Chinese Super League club Hebei China Fortune after eight years at Barcelona. The 33-year-old joined Barca from Liverpool in 2010 for £17m after spells at West Ham, Corinthians and River Plate, and will leave on 26 January. The…
CANCER COULD SOON BE SPOTTED BY TECHNOLOGY ‘SEVERAL MONTHS’ BEFORE IT OCCURS
The chief executive of Nokia said biomarkers spotted by wearable devices can predict cancer Rajeev Suri said his team is working on a scanning sleeve for patients to wear He predicts 5G will enable connected ambulances and remote surgery The…
EX-MUSLIM GIRL IMPRISONED FOR CONVERTING TO CHRISTIANITY
A young Nigerian student is sitting in prison after leaving Islam and converting to Christianity. Nabila Umar Sanda, 19, grew up in a Muslim home but began learning about Christianity while attending school at Bingham University in Karu. She befriended…
TRANSVANGARDE: A GLOBAL CONVERGENCE OF ARTISTS
Described as art exhibition of contemporary art by outstanding artists from all over the world, Transvangarde shows at October Gallery, London from 1 February – 3 March 2018 Tian Wei, Golnaz Fathi, Laila Shawa, Alexis Peskine, Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, El…
A.R.T. BRINGS VOICES OF NIGERIAN WOMEN TO THE STAGE
On Friday, Jan. 26, “HEAR WORD! Naija Woman Talk True” opens at the American Repertory Theater in Harvard Square. Written and directed by Ifeoma Fafunwa, the play of vignettes explores female stories of resistance in a patriarchal society. Fafunwa says,…
NIGERIA’S DEBUT N100BN SOVEREIGN SUKUK
The DMO was established in 2000 to centrally coordinate the management of Nigeria’s debt, which was hitherto handled by a myriad of establishments in an uncoordinated fashion, leading to inefficiencies and confusion. It coordinates the issuing of government-backed securities and fixed-income bonds…