Sophia Omotola Omidiji is very proud of being born to Nigerian parents and flying the national flag of Nigeria in flying colours on and off the soccer pitch. Sophia is a Nigerian female football player for the Falconets, Nigeria's U-20 Women National team and signed to Dutch Club FC Eindhoven women team in Netherlands. See more on Women’s Soccer United..
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In Cameroon, Top UN Relief Official Calls for Increased Support To Families Fleeing Conflicts
NEW YORK, 23 October 2015 / PRN Africa / -- The most senior United Nations relief official today urged the international community to increase their support for the humanitarian response in Cameroon, which is hosting more than 310,000 people who have fled conflicts in neighbouring Central African Republic and Nigeria.
PRESS RELEASE GUBER TRIBUNAL JUDGEMENT: WE’VE BEEN VINDICATED —Rivers APC •Urges security agents not to allow Wike escape
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has welcomed the judgement of the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which on Saturday afternoon in Abuja annulled the declaration of Chief Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the April 11, 2015 governorship poll in the State. “We have been vindicated in our persistent claim that the election in Rivers State was a sham and that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) erred in declaring Wike governor. We repeat that there is no way under the heavens that Chief Wike can beat our candidate, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, in a free and fair election,” Rivers APC said in a statement issued in Port Harcourt and signed by its Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya immediately after the Tribunal judgement.
Apple iStore Ikeja Offers 50% Trade-in on New iPhone6 First of it's kind in Nigeria
Apple
iStore has confirmed that it will offer up to 50% of the latest iPhone
value when you trade in your older iPhone for a new one on any cash
purchases at iStore in Ikeja Mall.
Most exciting about this
offer is that, Apple loyalists can trade-in up to two Apple iPhones and
use the total trade-in value towards a single new iPhone. Located at
Shop L62 at the Ikeja Shopping Mall, the official Apple iStore is the
home of absolutely everything Apple ranging from iPhones, iPads to the
latest sleek MacBook.
Rotary Gives US$40.4 Million To End Polio Worldwide Rotary funding announcement will be highlighted during its World Polio Day livestream event in New York City featuring top global health experts, UNICEF Executive Director and Grammy winner Angelique Kidjo
AFRICA Nigeria
saw its last polio case on 24 July 2014. The World Health Organization
may soon remove Nigeria from the list of polio-endemic countries. When
all of Africa goes three years without a case of polio, WHO will certify
the region as polio-free. See Stories from Nigeria.
Female polio health workers providing the polio vaccine during the
National Immunization Days in Kano. Polio is a crippling and potentially
fatal infectious disease. There is no cure, but there are safe and
effective vaccines. (Credit: Diego Ibarra Sanchez). NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the heels of historic success against polio in Nigeria and across the continent of Africa, the global effort to end polio is receiving an additional US$40.4 million boost from Rotary to support immunization activities and surveillance spearheaded by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
Nigerian born British Actor John Boyega Becomes Hollywood Super Star As Star Wars 7 Preview Crashes Websites.
Nigerian born British actor John Boyega has become the talk of the town as the huge demand for advance tickets to "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" crashed the websites of several sellers last night, including AMC Theatres (NYSE:AMC) and Fandango.
I sent him the breaking news minutes after it made headlines yesterday..
Boyega himself flipped over on seeing the official trailer and talked excitedly about his leading role as Finn in the latest Star Wars epic.
He told GQ that the screenplay made him cry even before filming started.
“Finn is dope. His story is so epic. It’s a story that’s never been seen before, but it also mirrors the stories of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo. And he’s quirky and charismatic and funny. For me, he was the best character in the script.”
“They’re heavy, those things, and there’s a lot of running involved. I was trained on a high incline treadmill so when it came to it I could sprint around the desert in a leather jacket. They should do a Star Wars weight loss program.”
According the latest reports on Seeking Alpha, early ticket sales for December's Star Wars: The Force Awakens has broken IMAX records with more than $6.5M for U.S. screenings, after a new trailer of the film was aired during ESPN's Monday Night Football.
IMAX (NYSE:IMAX) said presales for The Force Awakens far outpaced first day sales for 2012's The Dark Knight Rises and Avengers and 2013's Hunger Games: Catching Fire, all in the $1M presale range.
The new movie from Disney (NYSE:DIS) will see the return of veterans Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, as well as newcomers Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Adam Driver.
Emirates Appoints Cubic Global Defense To Develop Aviation Industry’s First Virtual Training Programme
Emirates will be first commercial airline in the world to provide game-based, virtual aviation training for cabin crew
DUBAI, U.A.E., 18 October 2015 – Emirates has appointed Cubic Global Defense to develop a virtual, game-based training programme for its cabin crew. This will be the first time in the aviation industry a commercial airline will use in-depth game-based instruction with an integrated training approach.
The programme, currently in development, will complement the airline’s existing world-class training facilities at the Emirates Aviation College – Crew Training in Dubai. Using a combination of virtual learning content and gamification both online and in classrooms, the new curriculum will allow Emirates’ cabin crew to learn and practise the skills required to ensure the highest levels of safety and service on board. It will facilitate a more immersive learning experience which has been proven to increase knowledge retention by 65%.[i].
Nigerian And Ghanaian Home Video Prostitutes And Hustlers Must Stop Scavenging On Our Meagre Gambian Resources
~ By Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu, Gambian Filmmaker and Scholar on African Cinema
First of all, various Nigerian and Ghanaian media outlets reported that the President of my country HE Alhagie Yahya AJJ Jammeh has recently allocated portions of our Gambian lands to some Nigerian and Ghanaian entertainers. The fact that we Gambians have to know about this from second hand sources speaks volumes on the way we are treated as non-humans by those running our country. Jammeh is a temporal President and not the everlasting private owner of the commonwealth of our Gambian fatherland. I for one respect him and endorse his freedom to do whatever he pleases within the parameters of the Reasonable State and Realpolitik but if he touches certain red lines, I will speak truth to power without fear or favour, affection or ill-will. The senseless wastage of our scarce resources on money-hungry foreign musicians and movie stars is scratching on those red lines. I am therefore calling on the named home video peoples not to rush in developing the land that President Jammeh reportedly allocated them. For over 10 years, we have been reading reports on how Nigerian video film stars, and of late Ghanaian ones, are airlifted into the Gambia to serve as presidential event decorations. They are rewarded millions from our Gambian tax revenues without measurable lasting benefits to our creative economy. If at all the monies are from President Jammeh’s personal savings before he became President of the Republic of The Gambia on the 22 July 1994, I for one would not care. But the funds that are wasted on the Nigerian and Ghanaian hustlers are generated through our taxes and remittances and we have the right to speak out on it. After all, we are the ones sweating for the monies. The Gambian economy is on life-support at the time of writing this piece. Without our Diaspora remittances and the bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), we would have long seen a Burkina Faso-styled mass revolution by the hungry and tired Gambians. President Jammeh’s strength lies on the weaknesses and pettiness within the ranks of those fighting to end his rule. The greedy Nigerian and Ghanaian entertainers “chopping him dry” are too blinded by our free government money, free food and free sex with some local girls to see, feel or understand the silent sufferings of the voiceless Gambians.
As video becomes more mobile and more social, it is quickly becoming the most viable marketing opportunity for every business, from international corporations to local brick-and-mortar businesses.
Here are some statistics that show why video marketing is one of the best marketing opportunities in 2015 and the coming years:
· 70% of marketing professionals report that video converts better than any other medium.
· The average internet user spends 88% more time on a website with video than without.
· 64% of consumers are more likely to buy a product after watching a video about it.
· Using videos on landing pages can increase conversions by 80%.
· 59% of viewers will watch a video to completion that is less than 1 minute.
· Despite all this, only 24% of brands are using online video to market to consumers.
Source: Adelie Studios.
· Using the word “Video” in an email subject line boosts open rates by 19%, click-through rates by 65%, and reduces unsubscribe rates by 26%.
· B2B and B2C marketers both say video is in the top 3 most effective social media marketing tactics.
· 52% of marketers believe that video is the content format with the highest ROI.
· 74% of all internet traffic in 2017 will be video.
· 69% of smartphone users say videos are a perfect solution for smartphone viewing as it offers a quick way for consumers to grasp an overview of a product.
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