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''Amazing feeling to have won this award again. Want to dedicate to my family, my friends, my teammates and coaches from both Real Madrid and Portuguese NT and everyone who supported me'' - Christiano Ronaldo

PRESIDENT BUHARI VISITS MAUSOLEUM OF TURKEY’S FOUNDING FATHER, LAUDS RELATIONS BETWEEN NIGERIA, TURKEY President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Ankara, the capital of Turkey, laid a wreath at the mausoleum of Turkey’s founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, before meeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Palace. Accompanied by Nigeria’s Ambassador to Turkey, Iliyasu Paragalda and other senior government officials, President Buhari laid the wreath in red and white colours of the Turkish flag at the tomb of Ataturk and later observed a minute silence. Afterwards, the President signed the official Anitkabir memorial Book of Honour at the Misaki-i Milli Kulesi (National Pact Tower), within the precincts of the mausoleum, and toured the museum. He wrote: ‘‘It is an honour and privilege to visit Anitkabir, the mausoleum of a great patriotic, visionary and courageous leader who shaped modern Turkey, during my official working visit to Ankara and the nin...

The Lion and the Ranger (Part 2) __Are you following tracks or creating new ones? Source: Strive Masiyiwa When I was in the US recently, I decided to drop in and visit one of our key partners, a company called Roku. This company supplies the specialized decoder for Kwesé Play that allows us to digitally "stream" all our Kwesé TV channels, plus services like Netflix and 100 others so far. It can only be used with a fibre optic cable in the house and is better than a satellite decoder. Roku is one of the revolutionary companies coming out of Silicon Valley. (Roku itself came out of Netflix).  Small by U.S. standards, Roku dominates the likes of Apple in this market segment. It has over 38m users in the U.S. alone. (It recently listed in the US and is now worth over $2bn!) One of the challenges when you approach new companies that have new products is that they'll often tell you they aren't ready for global expansion. (And when they do begin to expand, Afr...

TOP 10 FACTS ABOUT THE IBIBIO PEOPLE IN NIGERIA The Ibibio are a people of southeastern Nigeria. They are related to the Anaang, the Efik and Igbo peoples. During colonial period in Nigeria, the Ibibio Union asked for recognition by the British as a sovereign nation (Noah, 1988). The Annang, Efik, Ekid, Oron and Ibeno share personal names, culture, and traditions with the Ibibio, and speak closely related varieties of Ibibio-Efik… #1 Position in Nigeria They are regarded as the most ancient of all tribes in Nigeria. Robert McKeon believes that the Ibibio are the indigenous native tribe from which other small tribes like Qua Ibom and Calabar descended from. After Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo they are considered as the 4 th largest tribe in Nigeria. #2 The Fattening Room This is an ancient practice in Calabar and among the Ibibio people even though it is gradually becoming extinct. It is a place where young women are prepared for womanhood. It used to be regarded as a...