MTN Strike 'Imminent'

MTN Strike 'Imminent' | ITWeb The operator's management is "incapacitated to engage meaningfully on labour issues", says the Communication Workers Union. ~ by Paula Gilbert Click here for the report.

Me, Myself & I: Who Are YOU?

 Me, Myself & I: Who Are YOU? 
Los Angeles author shares what you need to know about your Body, Mind, and Spirit. Book signing: Saturday, August 20, 2016, at 2 p.m. Barnes & Noble, Del Amo Center, Torrance, California

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif., Aug. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Many people working in high stress related jobs and careers are finding that achieving life balance is difficult. Accomplishing goals and building strong interpersonal relationships including one's love life can be a challenge. Author Jay Payne has studied, researched, explored and developed concepts and tools that can help one attain and maintain a balanced life.

South Africa is the Worst Country in the World for Drunk Driving

• Chart: The Worst Countries In The World For Drunk Driving | Statista

Source: STATISTA.

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Economist GMAT Tutor's $25,000 MBA Scholarship Contest Is Now Open

 Economist GMAT Tutor's $25,000 MBA Scholarship Contest Is Now Open 
$25,000 scholarship will go to the highest scorer on Economist GMAT Tutor's online-simulation exam

Ignorance is Destroying More Lives in Nigeria Than Corruption and Terrorism

Nigerian voters collecting political bribes of foodstuffs.  

Ignorance is destroying more lives in Nigeria than corruption and terrorism.

The ruling class will continue to cheat and exploit the poor masses who have become willing pawns in the political chess of Nigerian political rulers.

The masses know how to make more noise than sense.
They attack themselves from the street to the internet over their political support for or against political office holders who are power greedy title chasers and not nation builders.

Video: Igbo Man Demands for Money, Yoruba Man Asks for Change and Hausa Man Watches

Igbo Man Demands for Money, Yoruba Man Asks for Change and Hausa Man Watches 

An Igbo Obioma street tailor demands payment from Gbenga, a Yoruba customer in a house in Lagos and the Hausa sitting on a motorcycle simply looks on. From "Lagos is Working" documentary film by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Publisher/Editor of NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series distributed worldwide by Amazon Books. https://www.amazon.com/author/ekenyerengozimichaelchima .

Igbo Obioma itinerant street tailors in Lagos are disappearing and many Hausas from northern Nigeria are now seen with the traditional Singer 99K sewing machines carried on their shoulders on the streets of Lagos.

UK Armed Forces in Nigeria and Somalia To Combat Terrorists

UK Armed Forces Deployments Tackle Security Threats in Africa

LONDON, 05 August 2016 / PRN Africa / --

The UK is playing a substantial role in tackling security threats across Africa, with deployments in Nigeria and Somalia.

Around 30 British troops have recently arrived in Somalia to bolster a United Nations mission, while a 35 strong RAF team have been training Nigerian personnel helping to fight Boko Haram.

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An RAF Short Term Training Team have been advising the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in how to defend their airbases from threats such as that from extremist group Boko Haram.

African Speakers Want AU Member States To Ratify Malabo Protocol

 The Prime Minister of Lesotho, Rt Hon Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili opens the 8th Conference of Annual Speakers at the PAP headquarters in Midrand, South Africa.
 
African Speakers Lobby for A Stronger Continental Assembly -Want AU Member States To Ratify Malabo Protocol

ARUSHA, Tanzania, 05 August 2016 / PRN Africa / -- The 8th Annual Conference of Speakers has opened in Midrand, South Africa. In attendance at the two-day Conference whose theme is from “Adoption of the African Union Treaties in particular the new Protocol of the PAP” are over 30 Speakers from the National Assemblies and Regional Parliaments in the continent.

Where is Burundian Journalist Jean Bigirimana?

Where is Burundian journalist Jean Bigirimana?
Burundi journalist missing for two weeks

NEW YORK, 05 August 2016 / PRN Africa / -- The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about the welfare of Burundian journalist Jean Bigirimana. The journalist's news outlet says he has not been seen or heard from since July 22.

Simone Ashley Manuel Makes Epic Olympic Games History for Blacks

Simone Ashley Manuel Makes Epic Olympic Games History for Blacks

 Simone Ashley Manuel (born August 2, 1996) is an American competition swimmer specializing in sprint freestyle. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won two gold and two silver medals: gold in the 100-meter freestyle and the 4x100-meter medley, and silver in the 50-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. In winning the 100-meter freestyle, a tie with Penny Oleksiak of Canada,

Manuel became the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic gold in swimming and set an Olympic record and an American record.

Manuel also holds three world records as a member of a relay team, and she is a two-time individual National Collegiate Athletic Association champion, becoming one of the first three African American women to place in the top three spots in the 100-yard freestyle event in any Division I NCAA Swimming Championship. Since 2014, she has attended Stanford University where she swims for Stanford Cardinal.

Source: WIKIPEDIA.

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