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Chinese firm to employ 2,000 Nigerians

The Federal Government on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a Chinese firm, Huawei. According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the MOU provides 2000 Information and Communication Technology trainee jobs to young Nigerians next year under the “Huawei’s Seeds for the Future Programme.” Nigeria’s Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige; and Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, whose ministries would select the 2000 trainees, signed the MOU on behalf o

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Golden Globes: The snubs, surprises and latest reactions to the nominations

The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. has announced its nominees for the 2016 Golden Globe Awards. "Spotlight ," " The Revenant ," " Carol ," " Mad Max: Fury Road ," and " Room "received Golden Globe nominations for dramatic film, while " The Martian ," " The Big Short ," " Trainwreck ," " Joy " and " Spy " took the motion picture comedy or musical category nominations early Thursday morning. Follow the aftermath of the nominations as we note the snubs, surprises, and reactions. Hosted by Ricky Gervais , the 73rd Golden Globes will be presented Jan. 10 at 5 p.m. Pacific on

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Sosoliso Flight 1145 and Nigeria’s worst air disasters

Sosoliso...    December 10 may just be another day for millions of Nigerian, but for some it symbolises sorrow and tears, a day that left scars. The reason? On December 10, 2005, a DC-9 plane operated by Sosoliso Airlines crash-landed in Port Harcourt resulting in the death of 108 of the 110 people aboard the plane. According to reports, many of the victims survived the crash, but died in the resulting fire due to poor emergency services at the airport. The fact that sixty-one secondary school pupils from Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja were aboard the flight made

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