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Emirates launches new flights to Nigerian capital, Abuja

Emirates has now connected Abuja to its worldwide network, making the Nigerian capital the airline’s 26th destination in Africa and its 144th worldwide.
Emirates flight EK785 landed at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport earlier, marking the start of the airline’s daily service to its second destination in Nigeria.
Services to Lagos were launched just over ten years ago.
“This new daily flight provides a convenient point to point service for our customers between Abuja and Dubai, and it will meet and further stimulate a vibrant market demand between the two cities.
“It will also serve our customers in Nigeria and around the network with additional connectivity and daily frequency.
“Our leisure and business passengers from Nigeria can now better connect to the Middle East, Europe, the United States and Asia via our hub in Dubai.


“Customers in Abuja can experience our A380 flagship aircraft to 29 destinations around the world, including popular ones like Beijing, Hong Kong, Mumbai, New York, Jeddah and London,” said Adil Al Ghaith, Emirates vice president commercial operations, Northern and Western Africa.
“With a fast growing economy, Nigeria is a key market for Emirates.
“We started operations to Nigeria on 2nd January 2004, with four flights a week from Dubai to Lagos.
“Since then, our operations have steadily grown with increases in both frequency and capacity between Lagos and Dubai.
“Today, we fly twice daily to Lagos and now we have added Abuja, giving us a total of more than 12,200 seats a week, which will further stimulate business and leisure travel, as well as trade,” he added.
Emirates flight EK785 departs Dubai daily at 10:50hrs and arrives in Abuja at 15:10hrs.
The return flight, EK 786 departs Abuja at 19:35hrs and arrives in Dubai at 05:50hrs the next morning.

Arik Air increases frequency on Lagos-Dakar route

Arik Air is increasing its frequency on the Lagos-Dakar route to a daily service, up from six weekly flights.
The new schedule, which will operate from February 22nd, will operate with four of the Lagos-Dakar flights routed via Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire instead of the previous routing via Banjul.
The other three flights will continue to operate via Accra, Ghana.
The Lagos-Abidjan-Dakar service will operate on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday while the Lagos-Accra-Dakar service will operate on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
With the new schedule, Arik Air will be able to provide its customers convenient access between Lagos, Abuja, Accra, Abidjan and Dakar markets.


The airline will also be increasing its frequency on the Lagos-Banjul route from three weekly to four weekly flights effective March 14th.
All the flights will be operated via Accra using a Boeing 737-700 Next Generation (NG) aircraft.
The Lagos-Accra-Banjul service will be operated on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Sunday, making Arik Air the only airline operating non-stop from Banjul to Accra.
Additionally, Abuja passengers can connect conveniently to Banjul viaAccra on all four days.

Arik Air chief commercial officer, Suraj Sundaram, commented: “Being the largest airline in West and Central Africa comes with the responsibility to meet the increasing demand from our customers to improve connectivity in the region.
“We are committed to improving these connections to facilitate the movement of passengers and cargo seamlessly across our expanding network.”

Transcorp Hilton Abuja honoured at World Travel Awards

Transcorp Hilton Abuja has been honoured with five awards by the voters of the 23rd World Travel Awards for the second year in a row.
The hotel, which is owned by Transcript Hotels, the hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria, emerged winner of the prestigious World Travel Awards for Africa’s Leading Business Hotel, Nigeria’s Leading Business Hotel, Nigeria’s Leading Hotel, Nigeria’s Leading MICE Hotel and Nigeria’s Leading Hotel Suite (the Presidential Suite) at the Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony.
The event was hosted by Diamonds La Gemma dell’est on the northern tip of Zanzibar, Tanzania, with hundreds of industry leaders in attendance.
“It is a great privilege and honour to receive World Travel Awards in five categories for the second year in a row,” said Etienne, general manager, Transcorp Hilton Abuja.
“We are delighted that our efforts at delivering world class experiences consistently are recognized and appreciated by our discerning guests.


“The awards are a fitting reward for the hard work and dedication of our Team Members,” Gailliez concluded.
World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry.
Today, the World Travel Awards brand is recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire.





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Rooney sees management in his future

Football | Premier League

Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney has revealed he wants to go into management when he hangs up his boots.
The 31-year-old, who recently became United's record goalscorer, has made more than enough money to retire and spend the rest of his life relaxing, but the England captain loves the sport too much to walk away.
"My whole life has been around football, and the minute I finish playing I would like to try and stay in the game and hopefully get the opportunity to manage," Rooney told the BBC on Friday.
"I think when you get a bit older you start to think a bit more about the game and it's something I'd love to do.
"Players who are playing in this generation do have enough money to not have to go into management, so the ones who want to do it will be successful."
Rooney surpassed Bobby Charlton's record United tally of 249 goals with his stunning free-kick that grabbed United a late 1-1 Premier League draw at Stoke on Saturday.
But after 15 years of top-flight football and 250 goals for United, Rooney admitted finding the back of the net still provides an unrivalled rush.
Rooney revealed that celebrating a goal is perhaps the sole moment in a match when a player can burst their concentration bubble to appreciate the full impact of the crowd.
"It's an amazing feeling when you score a goal," said Rooney.
"The initial feeling, it's like you're playing football under water and when you score the goal you come up for air. And you can hear the crowd, the atmosphere for that four, five seconds; it's a mad feeling."

Sir Mo Farah: Olympic champion criticises Donald Trump's US travel ban

Farah won Olympic gold in both the 5,000m and 10,000m in 2012 and 2016

Britain's four-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Mo Farah has criticised US President Donald Trump for imposing an order that leaves him unsure whether he can return to the United States.

Farah, 33, was born in Somalia but has lived in Oregon for the past six years.
Somali nationals are among those banned from travelling to the US under the executive order issued on Friday.
"It's deeply troubling that I will have to tell my children daddy might not be able to come home," said Farah.
Writing on his Facebook page, he added: "On 1 January this year, Her Majesty The Queen made me a Knight of the Realm. On 27 January, President Donald Trump seems to have made me an alien."
Farah said he believed Trump's policy "comes from a place of ignorance and prejudice" and his story is "an example of what can happen when you follow polices of compassion and understanding, not hate and isolation".
It is unclear whether Farah, who moved to Britain aged eight, will be able to return to the US.
Trump's executive order halted the entire US refugee programme and also instituted a 90-day travel ban for nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
The executive order also applies to those who hold dual nationality with one of the listed countries.
On Saturday, a US judge issued a temporary halt to the deportation of visa holders or refugees stranded at airports.

• Trump border policy: Key points

Farah does not have dual nationality or hold a Somali passport and it is understood his advisers are trying to clarify the situation with the US authorities.
The athlete is at a training camp in Ethiopia as part of his preparations for August's World Championships in London, and is not planning to return to the US for a number of weeks.
He said: "I am a British citizen who has lived in America for the past six years - working hard, contributing to society, paying my taxes and bringing up our four children in the place they now call home.
"Now me, and many others like me, are being told that we may not be welcome."

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Philip Effiong's 91st Posthumous Birthday Is Today

Philip Efiong (also spelled Effiong, 18 November 1925 – 6 November 2003) was the first Vice President and the second President of the now defunct Republic of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War of 1967 to 1970.

Photos/Video: Conjoined Nigerian twins successfully separated at U.S. hospital

Photos/Video: Conjoined Nigerian twins successfully separated at U.S. hospital

Conjoined twins from Nigeria have been successfully separated after a complex operation at a Tennessee hospital days before their first birthday.

Miracle and Testimony Ayeni were separated during 18 hours of surgery that began on November 7 and ended on November 8th at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital,.

Memphis, spokeswoman Anne Glanker said.

"Miracle and Testimony Ayeni came to Le Bonheur six months ago seeking help. They were born conjoined at the lower half of their bodies, sharing multiple organs. Connected, these girls would never be able to walk or ride a bike or even grow up to have families of their own. But last week, our expert surgical team performed a complex 18-hour surgery, successfully separating the twins. Today, their parents are able to hold them separately," the hospital said.

The twins were joined together at the pelvis, a condition that occurs in one of about 5 million births, said Dr. Max Langham, who led the surgery team.

"Without separation, their future wasn't very good," Langham said at a news conference on Tuesday. "They would grow up inconsistent, unable to walk, totally dependent for all of their care and unable to participate in the world fully."

On Wednesday, November 16th, the family had another reason to celebrate as it was the twins' first birthday. Check out all the videos on the hospital Facebook page.

Source: Facebook/lebonheur Childrens Hospital

13 year old pupil impregnates his school teacher

A teacher impregnated by a 13-year-old pupil she was having regular sex with may be spared a jail sentence. English teacher Alexandria Vera, 24, has admitted aggravated sexual assault of a child.

A relationship began after she messaged the boy after he failed to show up to class one day via Instagram Stovall Middle School in Conroe, Texas.

They were having sex on an almost daily basis, according to court documents. Vera fell pregnant by the boy before authorities found out. A warrant was initially issued for her arrest in June when she could not be tracked down. Vera handed herself into police the same day.

She has now pleaded guilty to a charge in a deal which sees the maximum jail time she can receive capped at 30 years in prison.

But her lawyer Ricardo Rodriguez told reporters they were hoping for a deferred adjudication which would see her serve probation.

According to local media reports, Vera made no effort to hide the sexual relationship and even had the full support of the pupil’s family.

They were said to be “excited about the baby” but Vera chose to have an abortion have she was arrested.

POLICE SHOOTS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS IN RIVERS STATE

An allegation has been made against men of the Rivers state police command who have been accused of shooting a protester and injuring others during a peaceful procession in Rivers state today. Read the press statement below;

The Rivers State Police Command opened fire on a peaceful procession of members of the PDP to the Rivers State House of Assembly on a solidarity visit to the Speaker of the House of Assembly , Mr Dabo Adams . The police shot one of the PDP members on his foot and injured several others at the Moscow Road Roundabout near the State House of Assembly .

As the team moved towards Government House , Port Harcourt on Thursday , the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Steven Hasso ordered his operatives to physically assault the Cameraman of Channels Television , Mr Ekikere Udom. The ACP and his operatives used their guns to batter the Channels Television Cameraman , dispossesing of his telephones and other valuables.

At the front of the Government House , Port Harcourt , ACP Hasso and his operatives also physically assualted the Chief Security Officer of Government House. They shut repeatedly into the air, the Government House security prevented them from gaining entrance .

Mr Hasso, the Rivers State Police Command Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations kept on shouting , "these APC supporters must meet Wike in Government House since they cannot go to the State House of Assembly ".

Hasso backed the APC protesters with 20 Hilux Vans, while DSS operatives in four Hilux vans was in their company .

Despite the attacks by the Rivers State Police Command , the members of the PDP marched to the Rivers State House of Assembly where they declared that nobody would be allowed to rig elections in the state .

The Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) , Mr Samuel Nwanosike said that despite the attacks by the police, the PDP members marched to the House of Assembly to show solidarity with the speaker and honourable members .

Nnamdi Kanu cheers his supporters as his bail hearing was adjourned

The Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, was arraigned at the Federal High Court Abuja, today being the 17th of November 2016... The bail hearing filed by the legal team of Nnamdi Kanu and co-defendants, Benjamin Madubugwu, David Nwawusi and Chidiebere Onwudiwe, was adjourned to 1st DEC, 2016, after much delay due to prior cases presided over by the court..

The IPOB leader who is being charged with treasonable felony -raised his hands in solidarity to the cheering crowd who gathered to support him after his bail hearing was adjourned.

Innoson manufactures vehicles for Army

The Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen T Y Buratai received the Chairman of Innoson Group Chief Dr Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma OFR today at the Tactical Headquarter of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maimalari Barracks Maiduguri, Borno State.

Dr Chukwuma went to present the latest Innoson IVM G12 designed solely for military operations. The Army Chief who was overwhelmed assured the Innoson boss that there will be many more patronages from the military especially now that the govt is looking inwards for resources and equipment to win the war against insurgency. See photos below;

Another drug peddler nabbed in South africa

28-year-old Nigerian national was arrested and charged with possession of drugs by members of the Durban Flying Squad Narcotic Drug Team in Bellair, on Monday, November 14th.The suspect appeared in the Chatsworth Magistrate’s Court earlier today.

According to the KZN police’s Col, Thembeka Mbhele, the suspect was arrested following a tip-off about drugs in the area.


"The Durban Flying Squad Narcotic Drug Team were conducting their patrols in the Bellair area near Chatsworth when they followed up information about drugs in the area.


Drugs such as rock cocaine, cocaine powder, ecstasy tablets and crystal methcathinone were confiscated from the suspect," added Col Mbhele.


The KwaZulu Natal acting provincial commissioner, Maj Gen Bheki Langa, praised the drug team for their dedication.

"The recovered drugs were intended to be sold to our youth who abuse them but with the intervention of the police, this was prevented. We appeal to the community to expose drug dealers by reporting them to the police," he said.

Photos: Check out the $5.3 million home the Obamas will move into after they leave the White House

Photos: Check out the $5.3 million home the Obamas will move into after they leave the White House

The Obamas, after Barack's tenure at the White House ends, will be moving into a lavish $5.3 million residence in a desirable gated neighborhood in Washington, DC. The house was built in 1928, with 8,200 square feet and nine bedrooms.

According to businessinsider.com, the Obamas will lease the home from Joe Lockhart, who served as press secretary in President Bill Clinton's White House, until their younger daughter, Sasha, finishes high school. See more photos from the interior of the house as you continue.