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Stella Damasus, Daniel Ademinokan Launch ‘Mon Afrik TV’ Renowned Nollywood thespian, Stella Damasus, has partnered with award- winning filmmaker and director, Daniel Ademinokan to launch the test transmission of their online television station called “Mon Afrik TV.’’ According to Stella, Mon Afrik TV is a blend of BET, MTV, E-ONLINE, NBC and CW Network all rolled into one but with 100% per cent African content. She said, “that is what we have created and we want Africans all over the world to see this as their own medium of expression, not just another TV station,’’ she said. On his part, Ademinokan said Mon Afrik TV will fill a big vacuum, and also serve as respite for less content providers who can’t afford the fee of other television stations. “We see no reason why a struggling producer who could barely afford to raise the capital to make his or her TV show should also look for money to pay the TV stations for airtime. “After that, they have to convince...

UEFA Champions League draw Arsenal have been drawn against Barcelona while PSG will face Chelsea in the Champions League last 16. The Gunners have been knocked out at the last 16 stage in the last five consecutive seasons and will have to overcome the holders, whom they lost to back in 2011 having held a 2-1 first-leg lead, if they are to break that trend. Chelsea’s tie against runaway Ligue 1 leaders PSG is a repeat of the 2014-15 last 16 clash, with Laurent Blanc’s side having come out on top over the two legs on away goals as they held the Blues to a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge. Gent (BEL) v VfL Wolfsburg (GER) AS Roma (ITA) v Real Madrid (ESP) Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) v Chelsea (ENG) Arsenal (ENG) v Barcelona (ESP) Juventus (ITA) v Bayern Munich (GER) PSV Eindhoven (NED) v Atletico Madrid (ESP) Benfica (POR) v Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) Dynamo Kiev (UKR) v Manchester City (ENG)

No fewer than 500 unemployed graduates in Kano are currently undergoing three days training on career development and entrepreneurship skills. Mr Peter Papka, the Director, Graduate Internship Scheme, made the announcement on Thursday in Kano at the commencement of the training. He said that after the training, the graduates would be expected to develop action plan that would guide them in the next few years of their lives. “It is expected that from this training, those of you who have not begun to plan for their exit should do so without further delay. “This is a call to those about exiting to refocus their energies into being employers of labour as against being an employee. “Opportunities for being an employee in an organisation are getting slimmer and more stiffly competitive,’’ he said. Papka expressed optimism that the skills and experience the trainees would acquire during the training would place them in a position to contribute meaningfully to natio...

Blatter Says He Was Close To Death Recently In Hospital Sepp Blatter, the suspended FIFA President said he was `very close to death’ when he was hospitalised earlier in the month, over problems owing to stress. Blatter said in an interview on Monday in Zurich that he was between `the angels singing and the devil lighting the fire’. He said in the interview in which extracts were made available ahead of Wednesday’s full broadcast, that it was the angels who sang. Blatter, 79, said “the pressure was enormous’’ in his job lately as FIFA has been battered by corruption allegations and probes’’. Blatter himself was suspended in early October after the start of a Swiss criminal probe against him on suspicion of mismanagement and a “disloyal payment’’ made to UEFA chief Michel Platini, who is also suspended. Both face bans from football as the investigatory chamber of FIFA ethics committee has filed its reports to the adjudicatory chamber at which it has called ...

Oil Price: Economic Gloom To Persist – World Energy Report The International Energy Agency (IEA), in its November report, has predicted that the economic downturn plaguing Nigeria and some other countries as a result of the massive tumble in the global price of crude oil would have to persist, even all through 2016. The doomsday prediction is scarier for Nigeria, which operates a mono economy that is dependent on oil. From a global demand of 1.8million barrels per day (mb/pd) in 2015, IEA, in the report released on Friday, said the demand for oil would plummet to an abysmal 1.2 mb/pd by next year. This weak demand, the agency says, would be worsened by oversupply in the world market from both OPEC and non-OPEC countries- a situation that can see a country such as Nigeria, not finding any buyer for its crude oil in the global market. At the moment, the oil glut has seen to a 1.6million barrel supply surplus in the oil market in the past two years, whereas t...

Paris Attack: BBOG Group Commiserates With France The #BringBackOurGirls group has joined the world in condemning the terrorists’ attack in Paris, France and commiserated with the French government and families of the victims of the attack. In a series of tweets from the leader of BBOG, Oby Ezekwesili’s twitter handle, the group said “Paris attack is yet another reason to ponder what our world has become. We stand with and pray for the people of France, be comforted.” Meanwhile, one of the terrorists involved in the Friday night’s attacks in Paris has been officially identified as a Parisian, according to local media reports in France. The man, who was killed at the Bataclan, was identified from his fingerprints and was from the southern Parisian neighbourhood of Courcouronnes. French reports say that the man, who was around 30 years old, was already known to French anti-terrorist authorities prior to the Friday night’s attacks. Also, a Syrian passport has b...

Russian Woman Injured In Acid Attack In India – Police Indian police said on Friday in New Delhi that acid was thrown on the face and shoulders of a 23-year-old Russian woman in India, causing severe burns. Police said Darya Prokina was hospitalised after her landlord’s son allegedly attacked her with sulphuric acid on Thursday night in the northern city of Varanasi. Police Officer, Akash Kulhary, said the woman and the suspect, who were in a relationship, had an altercation after she revealed plans to return home. He said the suspect had fled and the police were searching for him. “Prokina came from Moscow some four months ago and was studying Indian classical music in Varanasi. “She holds dual Russian and Bulgarian citizenship,’’ he said. Meanwhile, the Kolkata-based non-profit Acid Survivors Foundation of India, has said that India records 100 to 500 acid attacks every year. The foundation said victims were largely women and the most common reasons for ...

Supreme Court Stops Saraki’s Trial At CCT Abuja, — Nov 12, 2015 11:15 am | Leave a comment The Supreme Court on Thursday stopped the ongoing trial of President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over false declaration of assets. The federal government has given an undertaking to the Supreme Court not to proceed with the criminal case against the Senator Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Counsel to the federal government, Mr. Rotimi Jacob SAN, gave the undertaking after the apex court agreed to expedite the hearing of the case.

Australia Convicts 2 Persons For Female Genital Mutilation — Nov 12, 2015 2:25 pm | Leave a comment A court in Australia on Thursday convicted first mother and nurse for carrying out female genital mutilation. The women, a mother aged 38, and a nurse aged 72, were found guilty of mutilating the clitorises of two sisters aged seven and six. According to a media report, the convicts were members of a religious sect, called Dawoodi Bohra, a Shia Islamic group with about a million followers around the world who mostly live in India and Pakistan. It said the Australian leader of the sect, Sheik Shabbir Vaziri, 59, was found guilty of being an accessory after the fact to the illegal procedure. The report said the young girls told police about the mutilation performed on them two years after the event. It said the police tapped the phones of the sect and found they planned to send other girls from Australia to India to be cut. It said the three members th...

Blatter In Hospital, Says No Intention To Quit Agency Report — Nov 11, 2015 3:36 pm | Leave a comment Suspended Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) President, Joseph Blatter, is in hospital with an undisclosed illness but insists he will not quit. His adviser, Klaus Stoehlker, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Zurich. “He is in the recovery stage, the doctors say that he can work again from next Tuesday onwards,” Stoehlker said. He did not reveal the reason for Blatter’s hospitalisation but said “he told me that his head and heart are ok.” Blatter, 79, was last week told by doctors to rest and was hospitalised at the weekend, according to Stoehlker. It would be recalled that Blatter and European Football Association (UEFA) President, Michel Platini, were provisionally suspended for 90 days on Oct. 8 by FIFA Ethics Committee in connection with a “disloyal payment” Blatter was also suspected of mismanagement in one other case...

Employee In Court For Allegedly Stealing N6.2m — Nov 12, 2015 3:22 pm | Leave a comment An employee of Embassy Dry Cleaning and Laundry Services, Lagos, Jonathan Odize, on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N6.2 million from the company. Odize, 34, who reside at No. 4 Tim Unity Road, Ikeja, is facing a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, ASP Samson Ekikere, told the court that the offences were committed within the months of May, June, July, August, September and November. Ekikere said the accused was responsible for receiving money from customers and remit it to the company account. He said Odize worked at No. 7, Olayinka Bamgbose Street, a branch of Embassy Dry cleaning and laundry services. “Odize systematically siphoned the company resources by failing to keep payment records and converting payments to his personal use. “He ...

Employee In Court For Allegedly Stealing N6.2m — Nov 12, 2015 3:22 pm | Leave a comment An employee of Embassy Dry Cleaning and Laundry Services, Lagos, Jonathan Odize, on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N6.2 million from the company. Odize, 34, who reside at No. 4 Tim Unity Road, Ikeja, is facing a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, ASP Samson Ekikere, told the court that the offences were committed within the months of May, June, July, August, September and November. Ekikere said the accused was responsible for receiving money from customers and remit it to the company account. He said Odize worked at No. 7, Olayinka Bamgbose Street, a branch of Embassy Dry cleaning and laundry services. “Odize systematically siphoned the company resources by failing to keep payment records and converting payments to his personal use. “He ...

The authorities of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) have released the approved academic calendar for the first semester, 2015/2016 academic session. AAUA Academic Calendar. Week 1: Dec 13th-19th 2015 Resumption of fresh students Resumption of 400l students(Post Siwes) Week 2: Dec 20th -26th 2015 *Resumption, screening, registration continues *Orientation for fresh Students *Resumption and Registration for returning students Week 3: Dec 27th 2015 – 2nd Jan 2016 *Faculty based course exposition *Vice Chancellor’s Test *Lecture begins for fresh students Week 4; Jan 3rd – 9th 2016 *1st Continuous Assessment Test *Lecture continues Week 5; Jan 10 – 16, 2016 *Lecture Continue *End of Registration and closure of edu portal Week 6: Jan 17 – 23, 2016 *Lectures Continue *Matriculation Week 7; Jan 24-30, 2016 *Resumption of 300/400 level Education students *Senate (Examinations) *Lecture Continues Week 8: Jan 31 – 6th Feb 2016 *2nd Continuous ...

Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT second batch admission list for the 2015/2016 academic session is out. This is to inform all the prospective students of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) that don’t have their names listed on ESUT 1st admission list that the second batch admission list is out for good. ESUT second batch admission list is now available on the university admission status checking portal. Go to http://www.portal.esut.edu.ng/Modules/ Admission/ConfirmAdmissionStatus.aspx to access your ESUT admission status. You would be required to supply your JAMB registration number and Post UTME result checker PIN in order to access your admission status. Recommended: ESUT School Fees Schedule. ANSWERNOTE Team congratulates all the candidates that made it to ESUT admission 2 nd batch admission list.

New Transport Minister Urged To Concentrate On Shipping Agency Report — Nov 11, 2015 3:55 pm | Leave a comment The Nigeria Shipowners Association (NISA) on Wednesday urged the new Minister of Transport, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, to concentrate on shipping. The President of NISA, Capt. Niyi Labinjo, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said Nigeria could realise from the shipping sector as much as between two to three trillion naira yearly. The mariner explained that in terms of foreign exchange earnings, the nation could earn 15 to 20 billion dollars yearly, or even more. The ship owner explained that shipping could also provide employment for well over one million Nigerians. He advised that the focus should not, therefore, only be on the railways, stressing that it should be all encompassing. Labinjo said that if government ignored shipping investments, operators would be forced to go to Ghana, Equitorial Guinea or A...

I Don’t Want To Be President Again – IBB Abu Nmodu — Nov 11, 2015 4:10 am | Leave a comment Former Military President, Gen Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has disclosed that he will not contest for the presidency of the country in 2019 as he has quit partisan politics. IBB also declined the request by the opposition People Democratic Party (PDP), asking him to participate in the rebranding conference of the party. In a statement personally signed by him yesterday and made availably to Answernote, IBB stated that he publicly quit partisan politics since 2011 when he clocked 70 years, saying that he would not renege on the promise. The statement reads in part, “I wish to make some clarifications concerning the invitation extended to me on the scheduled PDP Rebranding Conference slated for Thursday, 12 November 12, 2015, aimed at repositioning the party after its poor outing at the last elections. While I welcome the invitation to the event as a mark of respect as...

Buhari Inaugurates Cabinet, Assigns Portfolios Agency Report — Nov 11, 2015 3:27 pm | Leave a comment President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore in 36 ministers to form his cabinet at the Council Chamber of the Aso Rock and assigned them portfolios. The swearing-in, which was done in nine batches, was witnessed by two guests each of the appointees, some governors and chieftains of APC. The president, who is also a minister, described the event as a milestone and added that since his inauguration in May, he had been optimistic of bringing high quality persons into his cabinet. He said the choice was deliberate to appoint square pegs in square holes to avoid the mistake of appointing those who would not perform. He said the government would continue to implement its policies decisively. The president said the government was determined to diversify the economy to make the agriculture and solid mineral sectors major revenue earners. “The primary aim is to a...

Importance of chemistry in our daily life Everything is made of chemicals. Many of the changes we observe in the world around we see that caused by chemical reactions. Chemistry is very important because it helps us to know the composition, structure& changes of matter. All the matters are made up of chemistry. In our every day like various chemical are being used in various from, some of those are being used as food, some of those used clanging etc. 1 Element in the Human Body Body is made up of chemical compounds, which are combinations of elements. Probably know body is mostly water,  which is hydrogen and oxygen, 2. Health Care and Beauty: The diagnostic tests carried out in laboratories, the prognostic estimations, medical prescriptions, pills, the vaccines, the antibiotics play very vital role in health monitoring, control of diseases and in alleviating the sufferings of the humanity. Right from birth control to enhancement of life expectancy...