Bill Gates, the fourth richest person in the world and a self-described nerd who is known for his early programming skills rather than his love of the outdoors, has been quietly snatching up 242,000 acres of farmland across the U.S. — enough to make him the top private farmland owner in America.
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Bill Gates Buys Acres Of Land For Agric, He Is Now A Farmer
Bill Gates, the fourth richest person in the world and a self-described nerd who is known for his early programming skills rather than his love of the outdoors, has been quietly snatching up 242,000 acres of farmland across the U.S. — enough to make him the top private farmland owner in America.
Yoweri Museveni Declared Winner Of Ugandan 2021 Election
The 76-year-old was declared winner of the polls after defeating ten other candidates including major challenger, Bobi Wine of the National Unity Platform.
Friday, January 15, 2021
Ebonyi University Lecturer Dies While Doing Taxify Services
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Donald Trump Impeached For The Second Time, May Be Disgraced Out Of Offic
Donald Trump became the first US president to be impeached twice. The House voted to impeach Trump on incitement of insurrection, after the president incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol last week, resulting in five deaths.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Former Lagos Military Governor Ndubuisi Kanu Is Dead. Aged 78
Former Military Governor of Imo State, 1975, and Lagos State, 1976, Rear Admiral Ndubisi Kanu, (Reted), is dead.
The ex-administrato
The cause of his death is yet to be confirmed.
He was aged 78.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Ivanka Trump Plans To Attend Joe Biden Inauguration' Against Her Father's Wishes
Ivanka Trump had plans to attend Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20 - much to her father's chagrin, according to a White House insider, in order to save her aspiring political career as the White House plunges further into chaos and is being dubbed a 'circus on steroids.
'Ivanka is worried that her promising political career is in jeopardy and she's doing whatever she can to save her reputation,' the source says.
But President Trump was up in arms about Ivanka's decision.
'He said it's an insult that she would even want to engage with the crooks that are trying to bring him down,' says the insider, adding that Trump said the family must stand together and put on a united front.
'The president told his daughter that her presence at the inauguration will cost her
The History / Origin Of Stingy Men Association Of Nigeria
It's no longer new to everyone on social media that a new movement has gone viral on the Internet: #stingymenassoc
Many people don't know the reasons or cause of this movement while some might be aware already.
A twitter user, @StingyMenPro posted on his page the story and reasons behind the #stingymenassoci
Friday, January 8, 2021
49-Year-Old Elon Musk Is Now The Richest Person In The World
Elon Musk, the outspoken entrepreneur behind Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, is now the richest person on the planet.
A 4.8% rally in the electric carmaker’s share price Thursday boosted Musk past Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ranking of the world’s 500 wealthiest people.
The South Africa-born engineer’s net worth was $188.5 billion at 10:15 a.m. in New York, $1.5 billion more than Bezos, who has held the top spot since October 2017. As chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, Musk is also a rival to Bezos, owner of Blue Origin LLC, in the private space race.
The milestone caps an extraordinary 12 months for Musk. Over the past year his net worth soared by more than $150 billion in possibly the fastest bout of wealth creation in history. Fueling his rise was
Atiku Sells His Shares In Intels For $100million, Relocates To Dubai
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has divested from Integrated Logistic Services (INTELS) Nigeria Limited, the country’s largest logistics company that provides comprehensive integrated services for the nation’s oil and gas industry, THISDAY learnt at the weekend.
Intels spokesman, Mr. Tommaso Ruffinoni, said Atiku exited the company with his family as at December last year.
The former vice president was said to have sold his interests through a series of transactions executed by his family Guernsey Trust, in deals that began in December 2018 and concluded last year.
Atiku was said to have sold his shares in Intels to Orleal Investment Group, the parents company of Intels, for various amounts totalling over $100 million in the deal that spanned two years.
FCMB'S MD, Adam Nuru Goes On Vacation As Probe Begins
This was disclosed in a statement by the bank on Tuesday.
The statement read, “ We are aware of several stories circulating across several media platforms about our bank’ s Managing Director, Adam Nuru; a former employee , Mrs Moyo Thomas, and her deceased husband , Mr Tunde Thomas.
“ While this is a personal matter, the tragedy of the death of Mr Tunde Thomas and the allegations of unethical conduct require the bank’ s board to conduct a review of what transpired, any violations of our code of ethics and the adequacy of this code of ethics .
“ This is already under way . During the period of the review, the managing director has
NNPC Is Looking For $1Billion Loan To Repair Port Harcourt Refinery
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is in talks to raise about $1 billion in a prepayment with trading firms to refurbish its largest refining complex at Port Harcourt. The Port Harcourt complex consists of two plants with a combined capacity of 210,000 bpd. In 2019, the Port Harcourt plants including other refineries lost some N167 billion ($439.47 million).
Sunday, January 3, 2021
Super Eagles Player, Paul Onuachu Gifts Electricity To His Community In Imo
“Bro, guess what… I have lived to see the first time electric light showed in our village…as I am talking to you now, the joy and celebration is massive in the entire village as NEPA brought light few seconds ago… football has given us light through Onuachu”
Friday, January 1, 2021
Endy Edeson Wishes You A Healthy & Successful New Year 2021.
After a year of the pandemic, which brought with it, lockdowns, economic insecurities and anxiety, the world has entered a new beginning in 2021. People across the globe bid adieu to 2020, and welcomed the new year with hopes of happiness and prosperity.
20,000 Nigerian Youths To Be Empowered By A Software & Logistics Firm, NAIRAXI
With the ongoing unemployment and lack of job opportunities in Nigeria, an indigenous mobile transport and logistics "on-demand" Software company” called NAIRAXI has assured Nigerian youths of its commitments in areas of empowerment and job creation for over 20,000 youths and 5,000 driver-jobs in FCT, as it projects $2bn dollars annually to support the nation's economy. This was announced during a training and workshop conference, witnessing the participation and presence of partner organisations including the federal Road Safety Corps-FRSC, newly signed up Drivers and key stakeholders in the transport and "on demand" industry.
Full Text Of Buhari’s 2021 New Year Message To Nigerians
NEW YEAR SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
1ST JANUARY 2021
My fellow countrymen and women,
First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty who saw us through the year 2020 and has given us the opportunity to witness the start of another new year. We especially thank God because the year 2020 was one of the most trying years since our existence as a Nation.
Dangote Aliko's Girlfriend In Tears As He Breaks Her Heart & Dump Her
The lady identified as Bea Lewis on Instagram took to social media in the last hours of 2020 to reveal she once dated the billionaire and how she actually feels now.
Careful of dragging him so bad, she said she however learnt about business from him and bought two properties in between.