A young lady who lost her arm years ago had an inspiring message for her
followers after being called to bar.Susan Ofume esq, said she lost her
arm at a tender age but didn't lose her "mind and focus". She said the
loss of her arm made her vow to be extraordinary. 
She went on to advise her followers never to give up no matter what.See what she wrote below.
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A woman went on a date with an Igbo man who had been wooing her for a
long while but the date turned out to be the worst disaster date of her
life. Kandy narrated what transpired during the date on Twitter and her
narration left everyone shocked to the extent that some Igbo men replied
to apologize on behalf of the man and say they are disappointed in
himRead Kandy's narration of the date below. 
Like the proverbial mustard seed, the Loya Milk Secondary School
Swimming Competition, which started in 2016 with 10 schools, is growing
bigger and better. The event sponsored by Loya Milk, a premium brand of
Promasidor Nigeria Limited was a fascinating experience with amazing
performances by school swimmers that kept coaches and spectators spell
bound at all the host venues. 
The
third edition of the Loya Milk Secondary School Swimming Competition,
was recently held in Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Abuja and Lagos, drawing
admiration from both private and public-sector representatives. The
kids, who represented 40 elite schools in all, had fun, tested their
fitness levels and they were rewarded with premium prizes, courtesy of
Loya Milk. Participating schools had both male and female students
slugging it out for a total of 72 medals and cash prizes. The
competition was also an ‘invitation’ to host schools – Lifeforte
International School (Ibadan), Bloombreed High School (Port Harcourt),
American International School (Abuja) and Children’s International
School (Lagos) – to showcase their state-of-the-art swimming
facilities. 
Beneath
the glitz of the Loya Milk Swim Meet, as the competition is fondly
called, the experience turned out to be scouting ground of sort for the
Nigeria Aquatics Federation. Perhaps, this was never envisaged from the
inception. It turns out to be another amazing ‘perk’ for being a Loya
Milk Swim Meet contestant. Yes, the Secretary General of the Federation,
Sani Mohammed, who graced the Abuja event, said he had discovered some
young boys and girls who are good enough to represent the country in
future international competitions. The names, he disclosed, would be
filled at the Ministry of Youths and Sports Development for necessary
follow-up and nurturing. According to the Marketing Manager of
Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Mr. Abiodun Ayodeji, Loya Milk and swimming
connect naturally, hence the sponsorship. “Loya Milk provides the
essential nutrients required for a 360-degree sport like swimming,”
Ayodeji said, adding that the brand nourishes human system and enhances
fitness. 
Loya
Milk Swim Meet started in Lagos two years ago with 10 schools and has
increased in scope and reach ever since.InstaGram:@Loya_milkTwitter:
@LoyapremiumFacebook:@Loyamilk. 
Scott Chen, the president of gay dating app, Grindr, has been slammed by
the gay community for saying he agrees that 'marriage is a holy
matrimony between a man and woman.' The father of two who has a wife
made the remarks Monday in a now-deleted Facebook post.Screenshot of the
controversial post was shared by Grindr's news vertical INTO. The site
reports that the California-based CTO had shared an article on Facebook
about HTC president and CEO Cher Wang supporting anti-LGBTQ causes
through two nonprofit organizations and her attempt to influence
Taiwan's same-sex marriage decision. Responding to this, Chen shared his
views including criticizing Wang for funding organizations against gay
marriage. He also revealed that he would be boycotting any of her
smartphones and accessories from her Taiwan-based company for a
lifetime. 'There are people who believe that marriage is a holy
matrimony between a man and a woman. I agree but that's none of our
business,' Chen wrote in Chinese, which was translated by an independent
translator for INTO. 'There are also people who believe that the
purpose of marriage is to create children that carry their DNA. That's
also none of our business. There are people that are simply different
from you, who desperately want to get married. They have their own
reasons,' he added He continued by taking a jab at HTC's Wang: 'Getting
married is a personal thing, rich can't donate to the real poor hungry
war disaster that needs help? Why spend money to stop people in love
from getting married? Is nothing important in life?''Right, I won't buy
HTC Products for a lifetime, and I won't donate any money to Taiwan's
Christian groups for a lifetime!'
INTO's
Editor-in-Chief Zach Stafford wrote on Twitter Thursday: 'Today we at
INTO have learned that the current president of Grindr believes that
same-sex marriage is a ''holy matrimony between men and women.''' 'We
are reporting this as the media property owned by Grindr and will be
updating this as the story develops,' he wrote. Chen later dismissed
INTO's article, calling it 'unbalanced and misleading,' in a comment
directed to staff writer Matthew Rodriguez. 'Matthew, I wish you asked
my comments before you publish this. This article is unbalanced and
misleading. It hurts my feelings and it also hurts INTO's and Grindr's
reputation,' Chen replied. 'The reason I said marriage is a holy
matrimony between a man and a woman is based on my own personal
experience. I am a straight man married to a woman I love and I have two
beautiful daughters I love from the marriage. This is how I feel about
my marriage,' he explained. The father of two who later deleted the
controversial post after his 60-year-old conservative aunt got involved
in the 'heated discussion' added: 'I am a huge advocate for LGBTQ+
rights since I was young. I support gay marriage and I am proud that I
can work for Grindr,' he concluded.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr and music producer DJ Khaled will pay
thousands of dollars to settle charges that they violated US financial
laws. The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced the
settlement on Thursday as the US financial regulator said the men failed
to disclose payments they received to promote certain cryptocurrency
investments. The men neither admitted nor denied the claims, but
agreed to pay combined penalties totalling more than $750,000. The two
cases are the first the SEC has brought over touting violations
involving initial coin offerings or ICOs, a relatively new investment
vehicle associated with crypto-currencies. An ICO allows people to
invest in a company by buying "tokens" or "coins" that it issues.
Despite the new language, the SEC has warned investors that it views
many of the offerings as investments governed by existing securities
laws. Those rules require disclosure of payments in exchange for
publicity. In this case, the SEC said Mayweather received $300,000 to
promote three separate offerings, including one by Centra Tech, a Miami
company that the SEC accused of fraud in April. Mayweather's promotions
included a message to his Twitter followers that Centra's ICO "starts in
a few hours. Get yours before they sell out, I got mine…" Khaled was
paid $50,000 by the same company, the SEC said. The SEC said DJ Khaled
agreed to repay the $50,000 he received for the endorsement, as well as a
$100,000 fine and interest while Mayweather will repay the $300,000 he
received, as well as a $300,000 fine and interest. SEC Enforcement
Division Co-Director Steven Peikin said the cases were a reminder that
investors should "be sceptical of investment advice posted to social
media platforms, and should not make decisions based on celebrity
endorsements".
Miss
Tamarabrakemi Tonwerigha, the current Miss Nollywood Cuture &
Tourism Nigeria was caught with surprise over the week as the Miss
Nollywood Organization presented an official car to her in Yenagoa,
capital of Bayelsa State.Miss Tamara was one of the 5 Beauty Queens
crowned in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria during the contest on March 18,
2018. 
The
event which is one of the most prestigious beauty pageant in Nigeria
aimed at encouraging young girls from all works of life was graced by
popular and renowned Nollywood filmmakers across the nation and abroad,
businessmen and politicians.Speaking during the presentation in Yenagoa,
Comrade Barakumo Solomon Odede, the CEO, BK Global Movies, President,
Miss Nollywood Organization & Nollywood Honour Awards, said the
organization will continue to support creative and brilliant young girls
across the country in other to contribute to the development of
society. 
Miss
Tamara is a 200-level Linguistic student in University of Africa,
Toru-Orua, Sagbama, Bayelsa State.The queen since her coronation has
carried out several humanitarian activities and projects geared towards
ameliorating the sufferings of the less privileged in society and the
elderly.She has visited some elderly persons with gift, cash and food
items provided by the organization. 
Queen
Tamarabrakemi who has flare for fashion designing also visited some
Orphanage homes in Bayelsa State.Notably she loves singing and baking
snacks at her leisure time with an high aspirations in the pursuit of
her vision in the beauty pageant industry beyond the Miss Nollywood
platform, which serves as a springboard for her.She thanked members of
the organization for bringing her to the limelight.In her words, she
said; ''Miss Nollywood Pageant has being a big stepping stone for me,
and am so grateful to the organization, and to my boss,Comrade Barakumo
Odede for the opportunity availed me. I am a Bayelsan and I intend to
showcase the light of Ijaw Nation to the rest of the world'.'I will be
contesting for the prestigious Miss Bayelsa Pageant and when I am
crowned as Miss Bayelsa, it will give me more opportunities to showcase
our cultural heritages, values and traditions to the outside world',
she concluded. 
Miss
Tamarabrakemi Tonwerigha who is 19 years old believes that reaching out
to the elderly and the less privilege in the society should be the
focus of every beauty queen.See other photos below; 
Yesterday Banky W took to his instagram page to acknowledge Ufuoma
Ilesanmi GM of Haven Homes. Bringing to our attention the issue of how
most leadership roles in Nigeria are dominated by old men. He described
the Haven Home GM as a young, incredibly competent, brilliant and
accomplished young lady. See His post below:This Shoutout is for
@thehavenhomes.. We can talk about the MD/CEO Mr Sonuga, and how he is
one of the kindest souls I have ever met. (Pls look up my previous
#havenhelpinghands posts to see what we have done). We can talk about
how.. in a Country that has most leadership roles dominated by Old men,
their GM is a young, incredibly competent, brilliant and accomplished
lady @ufuomaukueku.We can talk about awards e.g:2014 & 2015:
Affordable development of the year2018: most innovative developer of the
year and the Real Estate Development of Excellence by (REDAN)Or we can
just talk about how top-notch their properties are.Honoured to know you,
privileged to have worked with you, and grateful to be building with
you.If you're in the market for affordable but luxurious housing, do
yourself a favour and speak to @thehavenhomes about it. You'll be glad
you did.
The bank accounts of suspects being tried in court over allegations of
corruption by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and
whose names appear on the looters list released by the Federal
government earlier this year, have been allegedly frozen on the orders
of the Federal government. This is according to a report by
TheCable. The embargo placed on the accounts is part of
the implementation of the Executive Order No. 6 on the “preservation of
suspicious assets connected with corruption and other relevant offences”
signed by President Buhari in October 2018.A former Minister who
confirmed this development, said he tried to withdraw money from his
account recently but couldn't.“I issued a cheque of N250,000 to a friend
and it was turned down. When I called my account officer, he invited me
for a meeting, where I was told there is a ‘post no debit’ instruction
on all my accounts because of the executive order. They told me I am not
the only one affected. All persons undergoing trial are affected.” a
former Minister whose name is on the looters list told TheCableRecall
that on Tuesday November 27th, former PDP spokesperson, Olisa Metuh,
told a court in Abuja that he has not been able to access his account as
the EFCC has placed an embargo on it. Metuh is among the list of
Nigerians on the looters list.On March 30th, Minister of Information,
Lai Mohammed, released the looters list following a challenge from Kola
Ologbondiyan, spokesman of the PDP.“The PDP has challenged us to name
the looters under their watch. They said they did not loot the treasury.
Well, I am sure they know that the treasury was looted dry under their
watch. Yet they decided to grandstand. This shows the hollowness of
their apology. This list is just a tip of the iceberg, and the PDP is
aware of this. We did not make these cases up. Many of these cases are
in court and the records are available.” Lai Mohammed had said shortly
after releasing the listAmong those listed were Sambo Dasuki, former
national security adviser; Dieziani Alison-Madukwe, former minister of
petroleum resources; Kenneth Minimah, former chief of army staff; Alex
Badeh, former chief of defence staff; Inde Dikko, former
comptroller-general of customs; and Bala Mohammed, former minister of
the federal capital territory (FCT).Others are Stella Oduah, a serving
senator; Babangida Aliyu, former Niger State governor; Jonah Jang,
former Plateau governor; Nenadi Usman, former minister of finance;
Bashir Yuguda, former minister of state for finance; Femi Fani-Kayode,
former minister of aviation; Raymond Dokpesi, founder of DAAR
Communications and Uche Secondus, national chairman of the PDP.
The Nigeriam army has put the figure of its officers that died in the
various attacks carried out by Boko Haram this month at 39 and not
118.In a statement issued on behalf of the chief of army staff, Sani
Usman, a brigadier general, said the 53 soldiers were wounded in the
various attacks that was carried out by members of the Islamic State in
West Africa (ISWA), a faction of the Boko Haram sect. Part of the
statement reads“In the recent weeks, Nigerian troops deployed in the
North East of Nigeria under Operation LAFIYA DOLE have come under series
of attacks by large numbers of Boko Haram Terrorists,” he
said.“Specifically, the Nigerian Army troops deployed at KUKAWA, NGOSHE,
KARETO and GAJIRAM came under attack at different times within a 2 week
period from 2 – 17th November 2018. Each of these incidents were
successfully repelled and several members of the terrorists were killed.
However, a total of 16 personnel were killed in the course of these
attacks while 12 soldiers were wounded in action and are receiving
treatment at our military medical facilities.“As you are all aware,
Nigeria is contributing troops to the Multi-National Joint Task Force
(MNJTF) which has its headquarters in N’djamena, in the Republic of
Chad. One of the Nigerian battalions (157 TF Bn), deployed under the
auspices of the MNJTF was attacked at their Base on the outskirts of a
town called METELE on 18th November 2018. During the attack, the troops
were forced to withdraw and several casualties were recorded. As at date
23 personnel were killed in action and 31 personnel were wounded in
action and have been evacuated to several medical hospitals within Borno
State. The Nigerian Army commiserates with the MNJTF at this difficult
time and wishes to state that all necessary support will be rendered to
the MNJTF to reverse this resurgence of the Boko Haram Terrorists.“The
Nigerian Army wishes to further commiserate with the families of the
gallant officers and soldiers that paid the supreme price in the course
of defending their fatherland. The sacrifices of these fallen heroes
will not be in vain. We also wish all those wounded in action speedy
recovery and assure them of our continued support and care.“The incident
of 18th November 2018, happened at a time when the Nigerian Army was
planning to hold the Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference for 2018 in
Benin City, Edo State. On account of this incident, the Conference had
to be moved from Benin City to Maiduguri to enable the Nigerian Army
leadership get closer to the troops on the ground and to better appraise
our activities, assess our performance and identify our shortcomings as
an Army.
Three members of the House of Representatives today dumped the ruling
APC while another another member of the house defected from the Peoples
Democratic Party.Abdulkabir Akinlade (Ogun State), Rabi’u Kaugama
(Jigawa State), Mohammed Ajalah (Kogi State) and Salisu Koko (Kebbi
State) all dumped APC. While Akinlade moved to the Allied People’s
Movement APM, Kaugama moved to Social Democratic Party, Ajalah to PDP,
and Salisu to SDP.Recall that four members of the House dumped the APC
for other parties last week
A recent graduate of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun State,
was involved in a fatal accident yesterday, shortly after her
convocation ceremony.Deborah, a graduate of English Language, attended
her convocation ceremony at TASUED on Wednesday, November 28. She
celebrated with her mates and took photos.As fate will have it, on her
way home, she was involved in an accident and, sadly, didn't survive it.
Some suspected cult members have killed a student of the Michael Okpara
University of Agriculture, Umuahia, Abia State.The unnamed student, said
to be a cultist, was shot dead on Monday, around 9pm at German base,
back of stadium by members of another cult group.Watch the video below.
After a long day, all you want is a comfortable and safe ride home. To
make your ride experience as pleasant as can be, we take many steps to
improve service quality. From improved driver screenings to a share your
ETA function, we’re watching out for you on every ride! 
Here’s
a snapshot of seven practical tips to make the best out of your Taxify
ride: Stay safe before your driver arrivesStay inside the building or in
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around on the side of the road with a cellphone in your hand or your
valuables at sight can be a risk. Remember, you’ll be notified when your
driver arrives, so it’s reasonable to wait inside until then. 2. Double
check the driver’s identity When you are paired with a driver, you can
see your driver’s photo, name, current rating, vehicle plate and model
on your app. Be sure to cross check the vehicle in front of you against
the one on the driver’s profile. If anything doesn’t add up, do not get
in and make a report to Taxify via the in-app support tab.3. Confirm
your payment methodUsing Taxify, you can choose between cash and card
payments. Not to be taken by surprise at any point, make sure you select
the preferred payment option before requesting a ride. For example, you
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journey.4. Keep your loved ones updatedWith safety in mind, we have a
Share My ETA function that appears on the bottom of the app, right under
your driver’s profile. You can share your current trip details with
trusted friends and family members during every ride. This makes it
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arrived.5. Forgotten item(s)Always do a quick scan of your seat and
surroundings before exiting the vehicle. Remember, your property is your
responsibility. Check that you do not leave any belongings behind at
the end of your trip. If you do, here is how you get your items back.6.
Help others have a great rideYou can help your driver better serve other
riders like yourself by ensuring that you leave your Taxify clean for
the next user. Remember, your driver has only one vehicle and you would
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us knowValuing the feedback of our customers is not just a buzzword for
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we receive your feedback is through ratings after each ride. Remember
to always rate your driver- as this helps us assess our service
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conversation with the team. Remember that you can also send an email to
Nigeria@taxify.eu. 
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