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The latest ranking of billionaires released yesterday by Forbes Magazine showed that Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has dropped down to 26th position from the 23rd position he occupied since March this year.
The business magnate, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, with substantial interests in sugar, flour, cement and now oil, also had his real time net worth reduced to $23.7bn from $25bn, according to the Forbes ranking.
Other Nigerians on the billionaires list are Globacom’s Mike Adenuga, BUA Group’s Abdulsalam Rabiu and fashion designer turned oil tycoon, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija.

Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale has been named welsh player of the year for the record 4th time.
Indeed, in winning the award this year, the Real Madrid man becomes the most awarded Welshman of all time, surpassing John Hartson and Mark Hughes, both of whom won it twice.
The most surprising stat from the Welsh FA’s report is that 13-time Premier League winner Ryan Giggs won it just twice.
Ashley Williams was also named the club’s player of the year, with Swansea being Welsh club.

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After indications emerged that the Federal Government might ban the selling of Nigerian delicacy “ponmo” (animals’ hides and skins), Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Leather Science and Technology (NILEST) explained why consumption of such food might by dangerous.
Hides and skins, or ponmo
Speaking October 7 on the issue, Dr Isuwa Adamu warned Nigerians against consuming the popular dish, P.M. News reports with reference to the specialist’s interview with NAN.
Adamu said consumption of the product as meat substitute was dangerous to health.
“In fact, it is not advisable for you to consume ponmo in the sense that some of the animals killed and used for ponmo actually have skin diseases. Some of these skin diseases are such that boiling them ordinarily, may not kill the bacteria.”

The expert disclosed how sick animals with chemicals stuffed in their skin become food.
“Some of the animals because of the ailments that they have gone through, are sometimes treated by way of injection with chemicals. People don’t allow these chemicals to complete its cycle and be removed from the body; they sometimes go ahead to kill these animals. So, if you consume the ponmo, the tendency is that you are consuming the chemicals directly because the skin part of the animal retains most of the harmful substances.”
Adamu said that NILEST insisted that the authorities limit consumption of ponmo, adding that the institute also worked with people to raise awareness to the issue.
He urged the Nigerian authorities to introduce policies, which would be enforced to reduce ponmo consumption in the country adding that it would improve the quality of raw hides and skins available.

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The International Monetary Fund says Nigeria and other West African countries will lose a combined sum of $40bn in their Gross Domestic Products if governments fail to curtail the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease on time.
According to IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook released on Tuesday, sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth remains strong and should accelerate to 5.8 per cent in 2015 but if the Ebola outbreak in its western corner is protracted or spreads it will have “dramatic consequences” for the zone.
The Fund said Africa should repeat 2013’s growth rate of 5.1 per cent this year and then accelerate in 2015 as infrastructure investments boost efficiency and the service sectors and agriculture flourish.
The 2015 forecast was an improvement on the 5.5 per cent growth for the overall region projected by the IMF in April.
“This overall positive outlook is, however, overshadowed by the dire situation in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, where the current Ebola outbreak is exacting a heavy human and economic toll,” the report’s Sub-Saharan Africa section said.
“Should the Ebola outbreak become more protracted or spread to more countries, it would have dramatic consequences for economic activity in the west African region,” the IMF added.
In a separate report, the World Bank said that without a scaled-up response, transportation, cross-border trade, supply chains and tourism in West Africa could be “severely disrupted”, costing the region as a whole tens of billions of dollars.
“With our estimates of the impact of West Africa alone, even in a less tragic case, the lost GDP is likely to run into the billions,” David Evans, Senior Economist of the World Bank’s Africa Division, said.
“And in a worse case, we have even higher numbers (more than $40bn),” he told the Reuters Global Markets Forum.
The security situation in several parts of Sub-Saharan Africa remained fragile, the IMF said, noting rumbling internal conflicts in South Sudan and Central African Republic.
Growth in South Africa, the continent’s most advanced economy, had been lacklustre, hit by protracted strikes, low business confidence and tight electricity supply, the IMF said.
But it saw “muted recovery” taking hold in 2015 through improving labor relations and gradually stronger exports that would push South African growth to 2.3 per cent from a forecast 1.4 per cent this year.
By contrast, Nigeria – the continent’s top oil producer which overtook South Africa as its biggest economy this year after a dramatic GDP rebasing – is forecast to expand seven per cent this year and 7.3 per cent in 2015, the Fund said.
Some African economies had been able to increasingly tap capital markets, with recent sovereign bond issuances in the Eurodollar market largely oversubscribed, the report said, citing maiden issues by Kenya and Ivory Coast.
African currencies had also generally stabilized after weakening in 2013, with some exceptions.
The IMF report singled out Ghana’s cedi, whose continued downward pressure reflected “domestic policy slippages”, and Zambia’s kwacha, which fell heavily in the first half of the year before recovering some lost ground.

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Nigeria’s active internet users currently stands at over 48 million, Dr Peter Jack, the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said.
A statement issued by NITDA’s Head of Public Affairs, Mrs Hadiza Umar in Abuja on Tuesday, stated that Jack made the assertion in a speech at the global media meet in Dubai.
The meeting was preparatory to the Global Information Technology Exhibition Week 2014.
Jack said, “In Nigeria, with over 48 million regular internet users, various activities are being carried out online.
“We are currently measuring the impact of the plan and implementation level in preparation for review next year.
“ICT contributes over 8 per cent to the Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product and is now growing at 7 per cent annually.
“Our target is to grow the ICT industry to a point where it contributes up to 15 per cent to the GDP within the next three to five years.”
The director-general explained that NITDA had developed a national Information and Communication Technology Strategic Plan with a timeline of 2010-2015.
According to him, the implementation of the plan is ongoing in sectors, such as education, agriculture, health, governance and the judiciary.
Other areas are human capital development and national security, among others, which have propelled the level of development in the ICT sector, he said.
Jack said, “Specifically, we have embarked on some smart initiatives which include national e-government master plan and strategy.
“The others are the Tinapa Knowledge City, with a full-fledged IT Park and Software Development Centre and we also plan to site a Reverse Engineering Centre in the facility.
“The Lekki Smart City Initiative, Lagos Innovation City and the Lekki Software Development Academy, which is planned to house a software incubator and accelerator, are among the initiatives.
“There is the iDEA Hub, which is our pilot programme in software incubation and innovation and Software Development and Testing Centre.”
(NAN)

Bamzydon:
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please i need the code help a brother out.

TONYE001:
MY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION

1. The soup was thick and heavy. This may be due to the grated garden eggs, the ogba, and of course, the egusi...

2. The soup had a "seedy" appearance which was obviously due to the garden eggs used,

3. There was a unique, pleasing taste the garden eggs offered, it gave the egusi a different taste from the usual,

4. The overall taste of the soup was FANTASTIC! (as confirmed by my colleagues).


Conclusion: I may not be wrong if I call myself an Experimentalist. I love trying out new things...just for the fun of it.

My garden eggs, cabbage, and egusi soup stunt was a huge success. In fact, one of my colleagues had to eat it twice that evening!

I encourage fellow Nairalanders to give this a try at home, I'm sure you all would enjoy it.

Nairalanders, over to you... Your comments please...

Moderators, kindly help me push this to the Frontpage, please... Thanks, in advance..

And part which made me laugh.(Moderators, kindly help me push this to the Frontpage, please... Thanks, in advance..)

I smell a little truth here

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the General Overseer (GO) of the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, for dissociating himself and the church from the offensive and divisive audio CD that is being circulated by certain political Pastors.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said by his action, the GO has again exhibited his characteristic exceptional leadership and shown what religion should be about, which is love, rather than hate and incendiary statements.
It particularly expressed satisfaction that the GO specifically asked the RCCG Pastors to ignore the contents of the audio CD, especially all the references to political parties, including the APC.
”The GO’s statement, in his response to the APC which had written to protest the divisive and corrosive statements contained in the audio CD, which has been smuggled into some RCCG parishes, made it clear that the RCCG is neutral and apolitical, and that it prays for all irrespective of political persuasion or creed.
”We in the APC are delighted at the GO’s prompt action and statement that the RCCG did not endorse divisive comments in any form or shape, that it has sons and daughters in all political parties, and that the allegations contained in the audio CD are wickedly false, unsubstantiated, ill-conceived and mischievous.
”Equally satisfying is the GO’s directive asking everyone in possession of the audio CDs to return them, and the directive to the Church’s Pastors to communicate such to their respective congregations immediately,” APC said.
On the obviously-sponsored audio CD, produced by one Pastor Bosun Emmanuel, the party wondered why a man of God will engage in outright lies to propagate hatred, incite Christians against Muslims so brazenly, as if the adherents of both religions are not children of the same God, and then use the platform of the church to campaign for the PDP while seeking to destroy the APC.
”In a country where the citizenry, whether Christians or Muslims, have been shortchanged by greedy, selfish and clueless political leadership, a Pastor went on record as saying President Goodluck Jonathan has performed 100%, while at the same time demonizing and denigrating the APC as an ‘Islamic Party’ without a scintilla of proof. Much as he struggled to couch his inflammatory and discordant message in flowery lies, it is clear that he was sponsored to inseminate lies to shore up the dwindling fortunes of the ruling party
”Where in the world has an Islamic Party been led by a Christian? Where in the world has the membership of an Islamic Party been populated by Christians and Muslims? Why would a Pastor whose primary purpose is to preach the Gospel (good news) now make himself available, for whatever reason, as a tool to disseminate lies and bad news?
”Had this Pastor any sense of history, he would have realized how the propagation of hatred, as he is currently doing, led to the killing of over 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda in 1994. This Pastor made it seem as if the terrorists called Boko Haram are fighting the cause of Nigerian Muslims, when he knows deep down that this evil group has not spared Muslims either.
”We have said it repeatedly: Boko Haram is a clear and present danger to Christians as it is to Muslims. Boko Haram is as dangerous to the rich as it is to the poor, it is as dangerous to the North as it is to the South. Simply put, Boko Haram is an enemy of Nigeria and all Nigerians, irrespective of their religion or ethnicity, must unite to defeat the terrorists,” it said.
APC appealed to Nigerians of all creed and ethnicity to repudiate politicians or politicians in religious garb who may be seeking to divide them on primordial basis, especially as the general elections are fast approaching.

hummerwise:
So?

thanks i just got it.

Endougs:
Please help

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[quote author=hummerwise post=26913683]If you are a member and not a guest,yu shoudnt be asking this questions.

each time i try this is what i get

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Please how do u quote someone.

While Ms. Whitman, who became chief executive in 2011, depicted the historic decision as a natural part of her five-year turnaround plan, she had previously resisted the idea of breaking up the company.

HP was one of the world’s top buyers of semiconductors and other computer parts, she had argued, giving it pricing power superior to its rivals.
Dividing in two, she said on Monday, “will provide each new company with the independence, focus, financial resources, and flexibility they need to adapt quickly to market and customer dynamics.” This will make HP more competitive, she said.
Ms. Whitman will retain much power at both companies. She will be chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and will serve as non-executive chairman of HP Inc. Patricia F. Russo, currently a director of HP, will be chairwoman of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. Dion Weisler, now head of HP’s printing business, will be president and chief executive of HP Inc.
The company also said its financial analysts’ meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, had been postponed.
“HP’s board and management have made a brilliant value-enhancing move at the perfect time in the turnaround,” Ralph V. Whitworth, founder of Relational Investors and a former chairman of HP’s board, said in a statement on Monday.

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Hewlett-Packard confirmed on Monday that it planned to break into two companies.
The company, considered a foundational institution of Silicon Valley, said in a news releasethat it intended to divide itself into a company aimed at business technology, including computer servers and data storage equipment, software and services, and a company that sells personal computers and printers.
Both companies will be publicly traded.

The business-oriented company will be called Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, while the PC company will be called HP Inc. and will retain the company’s current logo. The transaction is expected to be completed by October 2015, the end of HP’s fiscal year, the company said.
In a statement, Meg Whitman, HP’s chief executive, said the company was splitting up to “more aggressively go after the opportunities created by a rapidly changing market.”

When are u going to complete ur story philfearon.
Don great bad things.

How did that put money in my pocket

God I need that kind of brain.

[quote author=Lacomus post=26763330]Asa, 2face n Brymo are the only Nigerian artist that I recommend for younger generation. [Don't Forget Faze His music are inspirational.
*reality check
*originality
*Good Wife

just to mention a few]

Don't Forget Faze His music are inspirational.
*reality check
*originality
*Good Wife

just to mention a few

She is not my kind of musician .
Asa rocks

Reading your story your done some great bad things still on page 11.

Happy #Independence #Day To My Great Nation NIGERIA.

#NIGERIA Is Just A Name Without Me And You Let't Put Aside Our Religious Belief And Build A Better NIGERIA.

LONG LIVE FEDRAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

If the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor, Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has his way, he will not want to live up to hundred years.
The 72 year old preacher doesn’t mind living up to 90, but being hundred for him, ” is not necessary.”
Pastor Adeboye gave his opinion on longevity last Sunday, while delivering the sermon at the 60thbirthday of the founder and president of Living Faith Church worldwide, a.k.a Winners Chapel, Bishop Oyedepo.
‘’When I marked 70 and people prayed that I would be up to 80, I said amen. When they said I would be up 90, I said well, amen. But when they said 100, I didn’t say amen.
“I didn’t because I don’t know what offence I would have committed for God to keep me up to 100 in this sinful world when a crown of glory is awaiting me in heaven.
‘’I wouldn’t mind to be 92 though, so that I will be alive to preach when Bishop Oyedepo is 80. But to live up to 100, I don’t know about that,’’ Pastor Adeboye said, noting that every birthday is a reminder that ‘’our days are numbered.”


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