NEWS

This Photo Captures Hot Tea Flash-Freezing At -31 Degrees

The image of Markus Siivola was taken by photographer Michael Davies , who gave BuzzFeed some background on the location, and what went into capturing the amazing shot. I live in the remote fly-in community called Pangnirtung in Canada’s High Arctic. Between sunrise and sunset we have only 2.5 hours of light. (Not all usable). Around 1 p.m., I jumped on my skidoo along with my friend Markus and we drove 45min up to the top of a nearby mountain where the light (Which is almost always pink near the solstice) would hit the hills. (more…)

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LIFESTYLE, NEWS

Apple Confirms Kim Kardashian’s Kimoji App Did Not Break App Store

Kimoji Yesterday, Kim Kardashian revealed a new app:Kimoji. The collection of emojis (designed by BuzzFeed’s very own Jen Lewis) let you communicate in the lingua franca of Kardashian. It costs $1.99 and basically provides access to an additional keyboard of Kim-specific emojis. People wanted it. LOTS of people. So many people that something went wrong, and people complained they couldn’t get the app from Apple’s App Store. (more…)

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NEWS

Nigerian Senate embarks on fresh constitution review

The senate on Tuesday set up a 38-member committee to commence a fresh process for the amendment of the 1999 constitution amendment. Announcing the constitution of the committee at plenary in Abuja, Senate President Bukola Saraki said the committee would be headed by Ike Ekweremadu, deputy president of the senate. He said the committee would gather facts from stakeholders across the country as part of the process, urging its members to concentrate on issues that would de-emphasise recurrent expenditure. (more…)

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NEWS

Breakdown of the 2016 Budge

GDP Growth Rate Projection 4.37% Revenue Projection 3.86 Naira Deficit 2.22 trillion Naira (equivalent to 2.16% of Nigeria’s GDP) Oil Related Revenues 820 billion Naira Non-oil Revenues 1.45 trillion Naira  Projected Independent Revenues 1.51 trillion Naira Capital Expenditure 1.8 trillion Naira (30%  of total budget) (more…)

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