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No Nigerian City Among the 20 Most Violent Cities in the World
No Nigerian City Among the 20 Most Violent Cities in the World
In spite of the widespread poverty and unemployment and the dreadful Boko Haram terrorists on rampage in the northern states in Nigeria, no Nigerian city is listed among the 20 most violent cities in the world and Cape Town is the only city in Africa on the list according the report by Statista.
Out of the world's 50 most violent cities, 41 are in Latin America including 21 in Brazil. The Mexico Citizens Council for Public Security releases its findings on the homicide rate in cities with populations over 300,000 every year. This infographic shows the world's top 20 cities, with Caracas, Venezuela, in first place with 119.87 homicides per 100,000 residents in 2015.
San Pedro Sula, Honduras (111.03 homicides per 100,000) came second with San Salvador, El Salvador (108.54 homicides per 100,000) rounding off the top three. The majority of the violence in Latin America can be attributed to drug trafficking, gang warfare and political instability.
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Sunday, January 31, 2016
Transfast Executives To Speak at Remittance and Mobile Money Expo, Nigeria
Transfast Executives To Speak at Remittance and Mobile Money Expo, Nigeria
Finalist for "Best Remittance Service" Award
NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Transfast, the global funds transfer company, announced that two of its executives will speak at the 6th Annual Remittance and Mobile Money Expo, to be held Feb. 2-3 in Lagos, Nigeria.
Komal Rathi, COO of Transfast.com, will speak on "Remittance 2.0: The Digital Customer's Journey for Value," and Global Marketing Director Jay Vix will address attendees on the topic of "Digital 2.0: Be Social, Think Global and Respond Local."
Komal Rathi, COO of Transfast.com, will speak on "Remittance 2.0: The Digital Customer's Journey for Value," and Global Marketing Director Jay Vix will address attendees on the topic of "Digital 2.0: Be Social, Think Global and Respond Local."
My Dear Brother In-Law, Former President Goodluck Jonathan, You Failed Nigeria
My Dear Brother In-Law, former
President Goodluck Jonathan, stop all these your PR Stunts overseas
arranged by PR agents for your image laundering.You failed woefully and was rejected at the presidential election on March 28, 2015. And made history as the incumbent president to lose at a presidential election in the political history of Nigeria.
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Igbo Obioma Itinerant Street Tailors in Lagos Are Disappearing Every Day
During the recce for my "Sights and Sounds of Lagos" tourist documentary series, I met one of the remaining Igbo Obioma tailors in Lagos on December 29, 2015 who said Hausas are taking over their traditional Obioma street tailoring business, because many of them have outgrown the business and the younger generation of Igbos don't find it attractive and lucrative in the fast developing world of the 21st century. But he said the few of them still in the street tailoring business are making more money than the monthly salaries of many graduates with diplomas and degrees. He said a hard working Obioma can make as much as N2, 000 daily from about 30 customers, because there are many poor people with torn clothes to stitch and it is the safest affordable trade that does not require power supply or fuel and they are not harassed by street touts or law enforcement agents who extort money from other self employed professionals like transporters, street traders and others.
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Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́, Father of Modern Democracy in Nigeria
As the first Yoruba Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, he conducted a peaceful presidential election in 1979 and restored Nigeria to democratic rule with the Second Republic after more than 12 years of military rule.
Chief Olúsẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́'s Books
On 1 October 1979, Obasanjo handed power to Shehu Shagari, a democratically elected civilian president, hence becoming the first military head of state to transfer power peacefully to a civilian regime in Nigeria. In late
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Friday, January 29, 2016
“Africa's Next Challenge”: In TV Debate, Adesina, Kagame and Desalegn Underscore Urgent Need To Power Africa
“Africa's Next Challenge”: In Televised Debate, Adesina, Kagame and Desalegn Underscore Urgent Need To Power Africa
“One hundred and thirty-seven years after Thomas Edison developed the lightbulb, the simple lightbulb, Africa is in the dark. It doesn't make sense,” Adesina said Thursday. “With electricity, you can have industrialization, you can create jobs, create SMEs. Then Africa will not be known for the darkness of its cities. Everywhere will be bright.”
Kagame said there was political will behind the New Deal, and underscored the key role of private sector investment in lighting up and powering Africa. “Leaders in government and leaders in business are speaking the same language with a sense of urgency, that something must be done,” said the Rwandan President. “Energy can lead us to many other things, whether it is in manufacturing, or growing of industries in different sectors. Energy is essential. In Africa, we have huge potential in various sources of energy. All the ingredients are there. We need to move very fast.”
For his part, Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, said the lack of universal access to energy was holding back Africa's development potential. “Africa has huge opportunity and it is becoming a global pole for growth. Energy is the main challenge in Africa. The main challenge is to have a quality, reliable energy source that makes industrialization possible. In my country, we have witnessed double-digit growth for the past 12 years. The need for energy is growing by 25-30%, which is beyond the growth rate in the country. It means that we need to move very fast in energy development if we want to move even faster in development.
“I appreciate what the African Development Bank has launched, the vision of the President,” Desalegn continued. “Africa has huge green renewable resources. We have to harness this potential at this time. We need the private sector to come in and engage in developing this potential.”
Hans Vestberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ericsson Group, the Swedish telecommunications giant, which has been doing business in Africa for 120 years, said two things are crucial for economic growth and sustainable development on the continent. “One of them is universal access to electricity, which is extremely important. The other is the technology, which is spreading across the whole continent. Right now 80% of Africans have a mobile phone, which is amazing considering how quickly it has gone. But that is slow compared to what we are going to see in the next five years. We'll go from 70 million people in Africa having access to the internet to 700 million in 2021.”
This technology leapfrogging is enabling Africans and African governments to start using technology to transform industry and transforming society, through the provision of digital healthcare, digital education – all key elements to inclusion. “It is a unique opportunity that Africa has at this moment,” said Vestberg. “That's why I'm excited.”
But, first and foremost, the need for universal access to electricity on the continent must be addressed, the panelists agreed.
“Roughly 645 million people [in Africa] do not have access to electricity,” said President Adesina. “An additional 700 million people do not have access to clean cooking fuel. These are numbers we know. And we think that this is not acceptable.”
SOURCE African Development Bank (AfDB)
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If PDP is Full of Wolves, APC is Full of Wolves in Sheep Clothing
He who comes into equity must come with clean hands, but APC cannot come with clean hands.
If PDP is full of wolves, APC is full of wolves in sheep clothing.
Now you wonder why Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo who is a lawyer is speechless over the unconstitutional arrest and detention of Sheikh Ibrahim El Zakzaky, leader of the Shi'a Muslims Islamic Movement of Nigeria after his sons and hundreds of his followers, including harmless children and women were attacked and massacred by the Nigerian Army on December 12, 2015.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Samsung, Apple, Huawei, Lenovo-Motorola and Xiaomi Top Global Smartphone Shipments
Strategy Analytics: Global Smartphone Shipments Hit a Record 1.4 Billion Units in 2015
BOSTON, Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments grew 12 percent annually to hit a record 1.4 billion units in 2015. Samsung maintained first position and captured 22 percent global smartphone marketshare.
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