Tag: New york
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Kannywood actress, Rahama Sadau honoured in New York
Kannywood actress, Rahama Sadau has been honoured by the Women Illuminated Film Festival paralleled to the United Nation’s 62nd Annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), in New York. The inaugural festival, highlighted works of women filmmakers, Features, documentaries. Rahama who was honoured as a ‘shining light’ of the Gwen Luminary on Monday shared…
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12 killed in New York apartment fire
Twelve people were killed, including an infant, and four were critically injured on Thursday in a fire that swept through several floors of an apartment building in the New York City borough of the Bronx, Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed. The cause of the fire, on Prospect Avenue, near Fordham University and the Bronx Zoo,…
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Buhari leaves New York, now in London
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, has said his principal arrived the United Kingdom safely. Buhari departed New York earlier on Thursday where he attended the 72nd United Nations General Assembly. The Presidency had hinted before President Buhari left the country that he would travel through London on…
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Buhari departs Abuja for New York on Sunday, to meet US President, Donald Trump, others
…To be accompanied with Governors Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara) and Dave Umahi (Ebonyi) …To address 72nd United Nations General Assembly President Muhammadu Buhari is to leave Abuja on Sunday for New York to join other world leaders at the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 72). The Special Adviser to…
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Panic as Nigerian doctor kills one, injures six at New York hospital
There was tension on Friday as a Nigerian medical doctor, Henry Bello, barged into the Bronx Lebanon Hospital Centre, New York, United States with an armed rifle, killing one and injuring six others. According to the New York Police Department, Bello also opened fire on himself and died in the process. The suspect, aged 45,…
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Reps uncover $15bn unremitted oil, gas revenue
House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating allegedly missing 17 billion dollars crude oil and Liquified Natural Gas revenue, on Monday uncovered 15 billion dollars unremitted revenue into Federation Account. The trace of the alleged missing fund believed to have been stolen and diverted to a foreign destination, was contained in the two documents submitted…
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Grammy Awards returns to New York after 14 years
Revered music awards, The Grammies will be heading to New York in 2018 after more than a decade in Los Angeles, the organizers revealed. The 60th edition of the awards will take place on January 28 at Manhattan’s Madison Square Arena, where it was held in 2003. This move to take the event staged at…
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Blue Apron put IPO plans on hold to focus on financials
Meal-kit delivery company Blue Apron Inc. has put preparations for an initial public offering on hold, people familiar with the matter said, delaying selecting bankers while it focuses on improving its financial metrics. After starting to interview banks in September to advise on the IPO, Blue Apron has pushed back formally hiring underwriters until some…