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MTN Group yesterday, in Johannesburg, South Africa, announced it would be the first African company to offer Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect to business customers across multiple countries on the continent. The new service will leverage the extensive footprint of MTN’s Global MPLS network, to provide customers with connectivity between their data centres or businesses and the AWS EU Ireland region. This will give enterprises across Africa a dedicated link with which they can access the flexible, scalable and reliable AWS cloud. “The relationship with Amazon Web Services is an important step in our plans to address the needs of enterprise customers in emerging markets, particularly Africa,” says MTN Group Chief Enterprise Officer, Mteto Nyati. “As MTN Business, our purpose is to enable and inspire growth on the continent. We believe that by working with a global technology leader such as Amazon Web Services, MTN will be better placed to enable customers

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday disowned former Minister Labaran Maku, who claimed his support for dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), saying he cannot be involved in anti-party activities. Maku contested for the governorship candidature in Nasarawa State last year, but lost The President said he had at no time had any discussion or encourage him to join another party. He said in Lafia, Nasarawa State yesterday that the PDP does not encourage anti-party activities and he would never flout the party’s rules and regulations as the leader of the party, insisting Maku was on his own. He thanked the crowd that welcomed him at the Lafia Township Stadium for believing in him. He assured that the mineral resources in the state would be tapped amid dwindling oil prices and in line with the administration’s policy to diversify the economy, adding that Nasarawa will be one of the areas the central government will w

For anyone who has not read Professor Charles Soludo’s article in the Vanguard (online version) on January 25 2015, I would encourage them to do so. It is littered with abusive and unbecoming language. It shows how an embittered loser in the Nigerian political space can get so derailed that they commit intellectual harakiri by deliberately misquoting economic facts and maliciously turning statistics on their head to justify a hatchet job. We hope all the intellectuals in the international circles in which Professor Soludo has told us he flies around in will read what a Professor of Economics has chosen to do with his intellect. In this one article Soludo has shamelessly pandered to so many past leaders that Nigerians are asking one more time – what position is Soludo gunning for now? He claims in his article that he has had his own share of public service, yet he has failed twice in his attempts to be Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential candidate of v

My attention has been drawn to the release of General Muhammadu Buhari "certificate" and many people were sending me pictures of this certificate. I thought that should finally end the brouhaha about the ?#?BuhariGate?, but on taking a better look and some little research, it was obvious the certificate is a fraud. Look exactly like those ones produced by Oluwole magicians! Now let's analysis the certificate in 5 bullet points: 1. Observe that there is NECO written on top of the result. It's worth noting that NECO was created in April 1999, by Abdulsalam Abubakar. 2. Secondary schools in Nigeria during Buhari era ended at form 5 not form 6 as shown in the certificate. 6 years secondary school education started in Nigeria in 1989 - 1990 academic year. 3. The certificate also showed Ministry of Education, Katsina state. Katsina State was created on 23 September 1987 from Kaduna State. 4. The certificate also had Mohamed Buhari instead of Muhammadu

1) Wake up 30 minutes earlier each day. Enjoy the fresh air & avoid the mad rush. 2) After you open your eyes, tell yourself today is going to be another wonderful day. 3) Sit on the bed and feel the ground. Then, think about your future/ long term goal. Tell yourself that today you are going to be one step closer to your dream. 4) Check today’s schedule. 5) Have your yummy breakfast. 6) Before you leave the house, look into the mirror once more and tell yourself you look awesome. 7) Smile to everyone you meet. 8) Help at least 3 people without expecting any return. 9) Give compliments to people when people around you have done a great job. 10) Focus on one thing at a time. 11) Leave the company on time. It’s time for yourself and your family. 12) Feel the sky the moment you step out the building. There’s no need to rush. 13) Listen to the music and read a book that touches your heart. 14) Give yourself some “me time”. Review your day. Ask yourself “what

While I was working in a muslim mosque as an imam, as a parish priest, I preach in my parish that Jesus Christ is not God, for me, God was only Allah, and I believed Allah never got married, so no sons for Allah. So I preached there that Jesus is not God. Then somebody ask me, who is Jesus?’’ from the crowd. Maybe a muslim, but he asked me, who is Jesus?’’ I was preaching he is not God, but the question is who is he? To know who is Jesus? I read the entire Koran once again: 114 chapters, 6666 in the Koran when I read it, the name of prophet Muhammad. I found it in Koran 4 places, but the name of Jesus I found in 25 places. There itself, I was a little confused. Why does the Koran give more preference to Jesus? And second thing, I could not see any woman’s name in Koran: the Prophet Muhammad’s mother’s name, or wife’s name, no, in the Koran, there is only one woman’s name that i found is Mariam, the mother of Jesus no other woman’s name. And in the holy Koran

Kaduna State governor Ramalan Yero has been caught on tape allegedly addressing his supporters and urging them to inflict violence on the All Progressives Congress should his team be affected during the elections. Premium Times reports that they have obtained an audio recording of the Governor apparently addressing his supporters and threatening violence against the APC and its prominent member, former FCT Minister, Nasir El-Rufai. Speaking in the Hausa language, Governor Yero vowed swift “revenge” against anyone “born of woman” should they attack the PDP team in the state. “If you are born of a woman, please pelt us with stones, when we go out for campaigns. We dare you to destroy or burn our vehicles. Burn our house. I swear by Allah, anyone who does any of these things, we will revenge,” he claimed. Governor Yero appears “furious” on the tape, according to Premium Times, and threatened to stop El-Rufai from entering Kaduna State henceforth. “If I say you