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See Why Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Wear Same Shirt Everyday

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During a public question and answer segment at the Facebook headquarters few days ago, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder has revealed why he wears the same shirt every day. The tech guru who wears the same brand of shirt to work, adorns same to any function irrespective of how important the event might be.

Ibukun & OC Ukeje’s Trad & White Wedding! Photos

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We are so excited to be bringing you the first photos from Nollywood actor OC Ukeje‘s traditional wedding to Ibukun Togonu Bickerseth! The two of them had their traditional wedding this morning at The Youth Church Hall, Hoare’s Memorial Methodist Cathedral, Yaba, Lagos.

Two Feared Dead, 20 Injured in Akwa Ibom Stadium Stampede

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Two persons were feared dead and 20 others injured in a stampede at the entrance of Akwa Ibom International Stadium on Friday during its inauguration yesterday. The News Agency of nigeria (NAN) reports that crowd control was a difficult task in spite of the road blocks mounted some kilometres away from the stadium.

Dazed and confused, the music industry still hasn't found what it's looking for

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Taylor Swift removed all of her music from Spotify days after releasing her fifth album, "1989." "Everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand experiment," she said. "And I'm not willing to contribute my life's work to an experiment that I don't feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists and creators of this music." The future of the digital music business is still uncertain Taylor Swift recently pulled out of streaming service Spotify Next Big Sound uses social data to predict future hits "Streaming is the way of the future," says Soundcloud co-founder

Aliko Dangote Now Ranks 37th In The World

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Less than 24 hours after Nigerian billionaire business mogul, Aliko Dangote, rose to the 23rd position on Forbes Magazine’s ranking of World Richest Person, the President of Dangote Group has dropped 14 places to become the 37th in the world. Dangote was said to be worth $25 billion on Thursday, 6 November, 2014, but in the latest ranking published on Friday, 7 November, 2014, the first black person to be so ranked has seen his wealth dropped to about $21 billion. According to the ranking, Bill Gates still remains the richest person in the world with a net worth of $82 billion. He is closely followed by Carlos Slim Helu & family with a net worth of $82 billion.

US Troops In Nigeria To Curb Boko Haram

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Reports say no fewer than 40 soldiers from the United States arrived Nigeria yesterday, to assist in curbing the activities of the dreaded Boko Haram sect. New Telegraph quoting highly-placed sources at the Army Headquarters (AHQ) reports that the US troops were sighted at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Abuja in combat gear. It could however not be ascertained if they were ground troops or merely security experts and intelligence specialist. “I can confirm to you that about 40 US military personnel, all in combat gear, have arrived in the country. “In fact, they arrived at the DHQ today (yesterday), and I’m sure they met with the military high command, for briefing and other necessary operational issues,” one of the sources said.

FG Offers Sierra Leone N42million Worth Of Ebola Drugs

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The Nigerian government has offered drugs and supplies worth more than $249,000 (about N42million) to Sierra Leone, the Ministry of Health said on November 6, 2014, Thursday. According to the health ministry’s spokeswoman, Ayo Adesugba, this offering was made apart from a $3.5m donation promised by PresidentGoodluck Jonathan toward the fight against Ebola scourge in the West Africa sub-region. “Nigeria made the donation at the request of the government of Sierra Leone,” the statement said. Adesugba also noted that Nigeria had already mobilised and trained over 600 health workers as volunteers to support the containment effort in affected countries within the region under the leadership of the Economic Community Of West African States. It would be recalled that Nigeria was recently declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization (WHO), having recorded no new cases of the highly contagious disease after six weeks since 31 August. Doctors Without Borders medical staff fights Ebola i...