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.

After years of reports that he was purchasing agricultural land in places like Florida and Washington, The Land Report revealed that Gates, who has a net worth of nearly $121 billion according to Forbes, has built up a massive farmland portfolio spanning 18 states. His largest holdings are in Louisiana (69,071 acres), Arkansas (47,927 acres) and Nebraska (20,588 acres). Additionally, he has a stake in 25,750 acres of transitional land on the west side of Phoenix, Arizona, which is being developed as a new suburb.

Yoweri Museveni Declared Winner Of Ugandan 2021 Election

 President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni of the National Resistance Movement has been declared winner of the January 14 Presidential Election in Uganda.

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.

With the declaration, Museveni is set to be sworn in on May 12 for his sixth term, which expires in 2026.

Ebonyi University Lecturer Dies While Doing Taxify Services

It was a very sad day for the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi State as the news of the death of a lecturer engulfed the university community. Mr. Kyrian Nwoke was a lecturer in the department of Physiology of the institution. As a devoted family man whose wife gave birth few months ago, Mr. Kyrian, whose salaries and allowances have been withheld by the federal government of Nigeria for over four months had to enlist his vehicle on Taxified Services. This was as

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.

Ten House Republicans voted in favor of impeachment. Their votes made this the most bipartisan presidential impeachment in US history. The final vote on the article of impeachment was 232-197.

Nancy Pelosi delivered an impassioned speech calling on members to support impeachment. “He must go,” the Democratic speaker said of the president. “He is a clear and present danger to the nation we all love.”

Kevin McCarthy said Trump “bears responsibility” for the Capitol attack but did not deserve to be impeached.

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-administrator, a chieftain of the pro-democracy group, the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, was said to have died in the early hours on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, at an undisclosed hospital after a brief illness.

The cause of his death is yet to be confirmed.

He was aged 78.

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: #stingymenassociationofnigeria. Countless of men who are celebrities have joined this movement and it's making waves on the Internet.

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 #stingymenassociationofnigeria movement which started going viral few days ago.

@StingyMenPro said that:

The movement went viral in just few days and many people don't know the reasons or cause of this gallant movement.

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

 The Managing Director , First City Monument Bank Limited, Adam Nuru, has been forced to go on leave to enable the bank to investigate the paternity allegations against him.

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).

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”

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.

The Conference/training workshop was held on the 26th of December in the Federal Capital Territory and was themed “On-demand Mobility Service in a Vehicle for

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

 Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote's alleged ex-girlfriend has called him out saying he broke her heart in 1000 pieces.

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.