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Seventy-six people died when a chartered plane carrying members of a Brazilian soccer club crashed on the outskirts of Medellín, Colombia, the authorities said early Tuesday. Five of the 81 people onboard survived, according to Brig. Gen. José Gerardo Acevedo, the police commander for the area surrounding Medellín, news agencies reported. Colombia’s civil aviation agency said the flight was operated by a small airline, LaMia, and was carrying members of the Chapecoense de Brasil soccer club. The team was traveling from Bolivia to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana tournament when the plane crashed around 10 p.m. on Monday. The aircraft was carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members, according to a statement issued by the Medellín airport. Search and rescue efforts were hampered by low visibility and difficulty in reaching the site. The authorities said the plane had reported electrical problems as it flew near the towns of La Ceja and La Unión, in...

Former Peoples Democratic Party, Board of Trustees, BoT, Tony Anenih has disclosed how former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, emerged as the party’s candidate in 1999. This was contained in his recently released book, “My Life and Nigerian Politics.” According to Anenih, the former President told him, “you should take me to Aso Rock but how you do it is not my business”. He said, “We got the first notice (as PDM leaders) through Lt General Aliu Mohammed, later national security adviser, that General Olusegun Obasanjo was interested in the PDP presidential candidacy and would like PDM’s support,” he wrote. “Seven PDM leaders met at Bolingo Hotel that morning and agreed to support Obasanjo mainly because of his stature, inspiring role in Nigerian politics, his voluntarily handing over to civilians (Shagari in 1979) and also because of his good relationship with Shehu Musa Yar’ Adua. “When his campaign outfit needed some strengthening and strategy, he called ...

Acclaimed Africa’s biggest blogger, Linda Ikeji, has turned down the sum of two million dollars ($2m) partnership investment into her recently launched social networking site, Linda Ikeji Social (LIS). According to a reliable source inside the Linda Ikeji Media brand, Linda, 36, turned down the deal after owning up to her team that she is oblivious of the value of $2million in her new business since it is a new brand. The investors were said to have proposed to own a percentage of the new social networking site for the value of $2million after seeing how fast the site is catching on. Linda IkejiLinda Ikeji The investors suggested that she use the money in massive advertisement for the new brand and for technical support but Linda turned it down. Another source close to Linda Ikeji revealed that this is not the first time she will turn down a major investment into her online business, as few years ago, she also rejected a major seven digit investment into her blog which...

President Jacob Zuma on Friday took up the cause against abuse‚ pledging that his government is determined to use all resources at its disposal‚ to make the country safer for women and children. "What is of serious concern is that most women are attacked by men they know and in most cases men they are intimate with - their husbands or partners‚" Zuma said. "We are losing more and more women at the hands of their violent intimate partners." The president encouraged women to speak out‚ and not to accept abuse. "The danger about living in an unattended violent relationship is that it intensifies over time until it leads to death. "Violence against women has been declared a priority crime by government. Women must not be scared to report the perpetrators to the police." Zuma was speaking at the launch of the National Dialogues on Violence Against Women and Children‚ and the Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of...

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is observed across the world on November 25 every year. The day holds great significance, especially in India, where women face gender violence almost every day in various forms — from child marriage, dowry killings human trafficking to rape and domestic violence — largely due to deep-rooted patriarchal mindsets and sexist attitudes that view them as second-rate citizens. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), about 35,000 rape cases were reported across India in 2015. In 95.5% of these cases, the victims knew their alleged rapists. Another 4,500 cases were filed last year, reporting attempted rape. These numbers show the prevalence of just one of the many crimes that Indian women suffer in their daily lives. Indians have become so inured to heinous crimes like rape — we easily digest rape stories with our breakfast — that we have turned blind to the other not-so-physically-violent crimes...

Latching on the state of the nation, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Wednesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to rise to the challenges posed by the current recession in Nigeria, noting that orders, wishful thinking and blame game would not solve the hapless state of affairs in the country. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, during his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari, at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday, April 7, 2016.Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, during his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari, at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday, April 7, 2016.Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, during his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari, at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday, April 7, 2016. Obasanjo also examined the manner the issues of corruption, proposed external loan, and recession among others were being responded to by the Federal Government and commended the government on the anti-graft war but regretted that the government had no comprehensive po...

Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama called for unity in his final Thanksgiving address Thursday, just weeks after what he called the "sometimes divisive campaign" came to a close. "As a country, we've just emerged from a noisy, passionate, and sometimes divisive campaign season," Obama said in his weekly address. "After all, elections are often where we emphasize what sets us apart. We face off in a contest of 'us' versus 'them.' We focus on the candidate we support instead of some of the ideals we share ... But a few short weeks later, Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter our differences, we are still one people, part of something bigger than ourselves." For his part, President-elect Donald Trump, in his holiday message released yesterday, called for national unity as well and he vowed to bring the country together in common purpose. But the wounds from the election are still fresh and liberal leade...

To say that Microsoft has heavily promoted Windows 10 would be a gross understatement. The company went above and beyond to push its latest operating system and harassed users with constant notifications, pop-ups, alerts and other nagware. Not too long ago, Microsoft started pushing intrusive notifications alerting users that Google Chrome drained their device's battery life faster than the Microsoft Edge browser. In fact, Microsoft said that Edge was the best browser for battery life, but it didn't stop there. Windows Tips Earlier this month, Microsoft started a blatant Windows 10 promotion that urged Google Chrome users to switch to Microsoft Edge. Microsoft served these suggestions as Windows Tips notifications, but instead of getting tips on how to navigate the OS or use various features, Chrome users got Edge ads that Microsoft denied were ads. Microsoft is now at it again, introducing a new Windows tip that now informs Chrome and Firefox users that...

Erstwhile Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, has described former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as a great leader, who has contributed in no small measure to the advancement and sustenance of democracy in Nigeria, Africa and the world at large. Moro, who was a member of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) under the immediate past administration of Jonathan, made the statement in a goodwill message to the former President as he clocked 59 on Sunday. According to the Benue State-born grassroots politician, Jonathan recorded tremendous achievements as President through his transformation agenda, whose footprint was seen in all sectors of the economy before he left office in 2015. He stated that the ex-President laid a solid foundation upon which the country’s electoral system was rebuilt and restructured, a feat which according to him, paved way for the conduct of free and fair elections in Nigeria.  The ex-Minister further noted that the current c...

Lima, Peru:  On the surface, President Barack Obama was cool-headed, cerebral and confident, doling out parting reassurances to world leaders on his final global jaunt. Behind the scenes, his aides and Democrats back at home were a deflated and weary bunch, grimly ending Obama's tenure in a way they never imagined. The jarring gap between Obama's public face and the prevailing Democratic sentiment about Donald Trump's election was an unexpected element to Obama's final presidential trip, which included visits to Greece, Germany and Peru. Time after time, Obama opted for optimism over any sense of foreboding, and diplomatic dodges over criticism. The man whose legacy risks being devastated by Trump's election appeared to be the one Democrat who wouldn't publicly fret about its impact. As Obama hopped from capital to capital, news of the emerging Trump administration followed him, dominating news conferences and private...

By Victor Ahiuma-Young, Levinus Nwabughiogu and Dayo Adesulu President Muhammadu Buhari's 500,000 job intervention programme for unemployed graduates has finally kicked off, with successful applicants commencing work on December 1, 2016. The programme is in line with the 2015 election campaign promises of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to provide jobs for teeming unemployed youths in the country. The fulfilment is, however, coming precisely one year and seven months after the administration came on stream. The project has had several hiccups, which elicited doubts in many Nigerians about its practicability. This persisted until the Office of the Vice President where the project is domiciled, announced that it was factored into the 2016 national budget signed into law by President Buhari on May 6, 2016. To this end, a statement from the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo's office yesterday stated that "all is now set for the deployment of 200,000...

Thousands of protesters swarmed the streets of several major cities Wednesday to voice their opposition to the election of Donald Trump to the White House. Protesters in Chicago chanted "Not my president" and "F*** Trump" outside Trump International Hotel & Tower. "He's said a lot, but without a track record, it's unclear what he will actually do" "I'm here today because I'm speechless at what happened," Rebecca Gomez, 22, told NBC News. "I'm Mexican, but I was born in the United States. I'm afraid people won't care about that, though. I'm afraid they will be violent." In New York, thousands of protesters could be heard chanting and banging drums as they marched past Rockefeller Center up Sixth Avenue, barely even acknowledging the rain. "It's horrible that we have to do this," said Trevor Wheeler, 18, of North Dakota, who...

Prophesy leaves the beneficiary with a responsibility, I guess the people didn't play their part as supposed. of a truth there is a slime win between Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton but seems there is a misplacement of the "the one" who owns it. Mean while the prophesy asap.

Facebook has agreed to “pause” its plan to use data from UK users of messaging service WhatsApp for advertising and product improvement purposes across the rest of its business, after an intervention from the UK information commissioner. Elizabeth Denham wrote to Facebook in September to express her concerns over a new plan to share more data between the social network and Whatsapp. When it announced its plans back in August, Whatsapp said it wanted to explore ways for users to “communicate with businesses that matter to you too, while still giving you an experience without third-party banner ads and spam”. The plans involved using the phone number associated with a WhatsApp account to aid Facebook in targeting adverts on the user’s main Facebook profile. But, Denham wrote, she had concerns that consumers weren’t being properly protected, and that “it’s fair to say the enquiries my team have made haven’t changed that view. ...