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Aliko Dangote who is the owner of Dangote Group was at the weekend, rated among the 100 most powerful people in the world by Forbes Magazine. Aliko Dangote ranks as #71 most Powerful People in 2015. He was #68 in 2014 He also ranks as #67 Billionaires in the world 2015. He is #1 in Nigeria  and #1 Africa's 50 Richest (2014). President of Egypt, Abdel el-Sisi, is the only other African listed apart from Dangote and he was placed at number 49. Aliko Dangote and US President Obama are the only black people on the list. Top 10 most powerful people in the world are: 1. Vladimir Putin 2. Angela Merkel 3. Barack Obama 4. Pope Francis 5. Xi Jinping 6. Bill Gates 7. Janet Yellen 8. David Cameron 9. Narendra Modi 10. Larry Page The list continues... 13. Warren Buffett 14. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 16. Francois Hollande 19. Mark Zuckerberg 20. Jamie Dimon

World Shipowners’ Association (WSA) has appointed Nigeria-born Forbes billionaire and President of Slok Group, Orji Uzor Kalu as interim president of the body. Kalu, an eminent businessman and former governor of Abia State will occupy the position pending the election of substantive officials at the proposed Marine Conference scheduled for Greece in Q3 2017. The maritime industry globally is set to meet its full potential following the unveiling of an umbrella body for all national, regional and international associations of ship owners called World Shipowners’ Association (WSA). The association which was established in furtherance to the adoption of the agreement of the international maritime round table (IMRT) held in Washington DC, USA, on Monday, October 2, 2015, had in attendance mainly owners of container ships, bulk carriers, tankers, fishing vessels, barges, specialized ships and ferries from 29 countries, including the United States of America, Canada, United Ar...

Photos: Woman gives birth while on a plane flying from Taiwan to LA The unnamed 32-weeks pregnant woman was flying from her home country of Taiwan to Los Angeles with China Airlines when she went into labour. According to reports, when her water broke six hours into the 19-hour flight, panicked staff called for medical assistance on the flight. Fortunately, a doctor responded and was able to successfully deliver the baby girl while being filmed. Amira Rajput, a passenger on same flight who filmed the video praised the new mother. "The woman is tough as nails," Amira Rajput told ABC. "People were super quiet and calm so that this woman could have a stress-free experience." The plane then made an emergency landing at the Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, where mother and daughter were taken to hospital. The plane continued its journey to Los Angeles, after being refuelled. Both mother and child are reported to be in a good condition.The natio...

97 killed in twin bomb blast in Turkey today (photos) 97 people were killed and over 400 others injured after two powerful bombs went off near the main train station in Ankara, the Turkish capital this morning where a peace rally calling for an end to the renewed conflict between the Kurdish PKK organization and the Turkish government. About 14,000 people were in the area as at the time of the explosion. Two suicide bombers are believed to have caused the blasts. Following the attack, for which no group has claimed responsibility, bodies lay in front of the station on Hipodrum Street and paramedics tended to the injured as a police helicopter circled overhead. Bodies strewn on sidewalks, with injured people lying on the ground.

Jonathan to lead a 33-nation election observer mission in Tanzania The Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Yahya Simba has revealed that former President Jonathan will be leading a 33-nation observer mission to the Sunday, October 25, General Election to be held in Tanzania. The mission is made up of observers from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas and the Pacific. Simba made this known in Dar es Salaam, the Tanzanian capital, while speaking at a meeting jointly organised by the UN and the government of Tanzania on the event of the former’s 70th anniversary which will be commemorated next week. Former Mozambican President, Armando Guebuza will lead the African Union (AU) observer team, he added.

It’s Official!! Google Releases Download Links For Android 6.0 Marshmallow The long anticipated Android 6.o is finally here and Google apparently kept with their promise. Google has just posted factory images of Android 6.0 Marshmallow. This is currently only meant for Nexus devices listed below: Nexus 5 Nexus 6 Nexus 7 (2013) Nexus 9 and Nexus Player Owners of the aforementioned devices should simple head to the Google Developer Page to download and manually install Android 6.0 on their devices. For those that want it now, here’s a tutorial on how to manually install Android 6.0 . Meanwhile, for the patient ones, OTA updates will be rolled out anytime from now. I wonder how long it would take for Android One devices to see this update too. Source:- Mobility Arena

Dangote makes Bloomberg's 50 most Influential people in the world Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has been named among the 50 most influential personalities in the world by Bloomberg , a business and financial news media in the US. The list consisted of CEOs, world leaders as well as religious leaders. According to Bloomberg, those who made the list are businessmen & women who "build companies and assemble fortunes. They run banks, or hope to disrupt them. They shape economies and spread ideas. They manage money and wield the clout that goes with the billions of dollars they invest.” Read what was written about Dangote after the cut .. He’s feted like royalty. He has businesses ranging from cement to sugar to energy in a dozen sub-Saharan countries. He’s a fixture at elite gatherings such as the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. No African has ridden the continent’s halting march out of poverty toward potential prosperity as spectacularly a...

Man trying to flee country hidden inside suitcase caught by airport security A man has tried to escape a country by hiding inside a suitcase to evade airport security checks. The man can be seen being dragged inside a heavy bag by a friend at the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Peru's capital Lima. But officials say the man, who was also wearing a rucksack, began acting nervously so he was questioned and asked to open his bags. After remonstrating with security staff and trying to find an excuse not to open the bag, he eventually gave up and unzipped the large black bag. The man trying to flee was curled up in the bag and was greeted by a sniffer dog as he casually stepped out, knowing his attempt had failed. Police said the man hidden in the case was trying to flee the Peru and both men have since been arrested. They were taken to another part of the airport where they were questioned and identified, although their names have not yet been revealed.

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"UN appeals for help for Boko Haram displaced; Nigeria a no-show"- Reuters Ms Shonibare is right after all. This report below by Reuters confirms that U.S. and European Union diplomats were disappointed Nigeria Government didn't send anyone to the event. The United Nations, Chad, Niger and Cameroon appealed on Friday for help for millions of people in the Lake Chad Basin region forced to flee the violence of Boko Haram and hit with repeated droughts and floods that have brought malnutrition and disease. But while the radical Islamist militants operate out of Nigeria and U.N. aid chief Stephen O'Brien said that is where most people have been displaced by their attacks, Nigeria did not send anyone to the United Nations event. U.S. and European Union diplomats said they were disappointed that Nigeria did not attend the event chaired by O'Brien on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. The Nigerian U.N. mission was not immediately available to comment on its a...

Photos: Innocent children being paraded by their parents to support Alshabaab terrorist group Imagine this! More photos after the cut...

Photo: Pope Francis stumbles while boarding a plane at JFK airport Aww! He's 78, someone should have been around him...

President Obama threw a spectacular state dinner for Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday night and his wife Michelle Obama stole the show! Michelle Obama who wore a $2,300 dress to meet the Pope this week opted for a black, off-the-shoulder mermaid gown created by Chinese-American designer Vera Wang. A powerhouse line-up of diplomacy, big business and Hollywood made Obama's guest list for the extravagant feast at the White House to honor the visit of president Xi. The black-tie affair was not only attended by top-level politicians from both countries - with the likes of Facebook and Apple bosses Mark Zuckerberg and his pregnant wife, Priscilla Chan, and Tim Cook joining the two presidents at the top table for the glitzy event.

Russian authorities have opened an investigation against U.S. technology company Apple over its inclusion of gay emojis in its operating system, according to police documents published by Russian news site Gazeta.ru. A controversial Russian law which came into force in 2013 banned the public display of a wide range of LGBT symbols and images, classifying them as dangerous for promoting "nontraditional family types" to children. Under this law, often referred to as the law on "gay propaganda," police in Russia's Kirov region have opened an administrative case to investigate whether the emojis available on Apple's products that portray same-sex couples, or characters carrying LGBT Pride flags, are in violation of Russian law. The case was opened after local attorney Yaroslav Mikhailov filed a complaint in August with the local prosecutor about the emojis included on Apple's iOS 8.3 operating system. According to the documents published by Gazeta, Kirov...

Speaking during evening prayers at St. Patrick's Cathedral New York, Pope Francis told the excited Nuns that he loves them. "What would the Church be without you? Women of strength, fighters, with that spirit of courage which puts you on the front lines in the proclamation of the Gospel. To you, religious women, sisters and mothers of this people, I wish to say 'thank you,' a big thank you... and to tell you that I love you very much."he said. More photos after the cut...

According to reports, ISIS members executed 19 women for refusing to have sex with its fighters. A Kurdish official claimed that the women were being held hostage in Mosul, Iraq, when they were rounded up and shot dead this week for refusing to be sex slaves to ISIS fighters. "They were put to death because they refused to 'participate in the practice of sexual jihad,' a spokesman for the Kurdish Democratic Party in Mosul told Iraqi News

A 25-year-old mom allegedly murdered her own father and her daughter, hid their remains in a neighbor's shed, then made up a story about them running off to Georgia. Cheyanne Jessie killed her 50-year-old father Mark Weekly and her 6-year-old daughter Meredith, then waited more than a week before reporting them missing, detectives say. The pair's remains were found in plastic boxes on a neighbor's property in Lakeland, Florida, late Saturday night, some 200 yards from Weekly's home. Investigators claim she killed Meredith because she was getting in the way of her relationship with a new boyfriend. It is not clear why she would have killed her father as well. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the bodies were found after officers smelled the stench of death. Both were said to have stab wounds and gunshot wounds. Officials said the two were last seen on July 18, though Jessie did not report them missing until this Saturday. Jessie's story seemed suspicious from...

A leopard that injured five villagers in a savage attack in India has been beaten to death with sticks and burned. Forest authorities said that the shocking incident took place in the Kalgaon area, in the Sivasagar district of the northeastern Assam state, as the villagers were collecting firewood. The 7-year-old, fully-grown leopard is reported to have suddenly charged the group in a desperate attack. The villagers said that to ‘save their lives’, they attacked the savage big cat with sticks and beat it to death. 5 of the group were injured in the attack. Indian leopards are under threat of extinction due to poaching for their skin. Villagers also regularly kill the cats when they stray near settlements. A female leopard was beaten to death just weeks ago in a village in West Bengal’s Purulia district. Villagers were reported to have spotted the animal near the village and attempted to chase it. But in its fear, the animal ran into the village instead of away ...

A violent beggar choked a West Side man into unconsciousness in Central Park’s Ramble in a hellish mugging that underscores the famed park’s skyrocketing robbery stats. “If you scream I’ll kill you,” were the last words the 53-year-old victim heard Thursday night as the fiend’s arm tightened around his throat and he collapsed to the ground, cops said. Upon regaining consciousness about half an hour later, the victim found that his wallet was gone. His backpack, which held glasses, keys, gift cards, jewelry and cash, was also gone, cops said. News of the brutal mugging had park-goers on edge Saturday. “I am hungry. Do you have any money?” the suspect asked. The victim tried at first to brush the beggar off, telling him he had no cash and walking away. But the mugger, who appeared to be around 35 years old, 5-foot-8 and weighing 160 pounds, jumped him from behind. He was still at large Saturday night. NY Post

3 months ago, Mr. Price, 31, announced he was setting a new minimum salary of $70,000 at his Seattle credit card processing firm, Gravity Payments, and slashing his own million-dollar pay package to do it, but has fallen on hard times as a result of his bold move. He wasn’t thinking about the current political clamor over low wages or the growing gap between rich and poor, he said. He was just thinking of the 120 people who worked for him and, let’s be honest, a bit of free publicity. The idea struck him when a friend shared her worries about paying both her rent and student loans on a $40,000 salary. He realized a lot of his own employees earned that or less. Yet almost overnight, a decision by one small-business man in the northwestern corner of the country became a swashbuckling blow against income inequality. The move drew attention from around the world — including from some outspoken skeptics and conservatives like Rush Limbaugh, who smelled a socialist agend...