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MultiChoice- Africa’s biggest storyteller is proud to announce a brand-new Pan-African lifestyle channel on our DStv platforms, HONEY, on DStv channel 173. As part of our ongoing effort to enhance our customers’ viewing experience and delight them with additional content, MultiChoice is thrilled to bring this latest venture in African storytelling. HONEY launches on Friday, 12 February 2021 and will be available for Premium Compact Plus, and Compact. HONEY is a bold, unscripted lifestyle TV channel for curious and connected Africans. The channel is about celebrating and exploring African lives and loves, and the content is focused on lifestyle, fashion,…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said his administration looks forward to working with the US President, Joe Biden and his deputy, Kamala Harris. Buhari in a statement said he was optimistic that the Biden administration will provide strong cooperation with Nigeria and the African continent. “President Muhammadu Buhari warmly welcomes inauguration of Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris as President and Vice President of the United States of America on Wednesday, expressing hope that their presidency will mark a strong point of cooperation and support for Nigeria as well as the African continent,” a statement by his spokesperson,…

US President Joe Biden has begun to undo some of Donald Trump’s key policies, hours after being sworn in. “There is no time to waste when it comes to tackling the crises we face,” he tweeted as he headed to the White House following his inauguration. President Biden is signing 17 executive orders aimed at boosting the federal response to the coronavirus crisis. Other moves will reverse the previous administration’s stance on climate change, immigration and race relations. President Biden “will take action – not just to reverse the gravest damages of the Trump administration – but also to start…

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has made his first appearance since Chinese regulators cracked down on his business empire. His absence had fuelled speculation over his whereabouts amid increasing official scrutiny of his businesses. The billionaire met 100 rural teachers in China via a video meeting on Wednesday, according to local government media. BREAKING: Alibaba founder Jack Ma, who had not been seen in public in nearly 3 months, appears on video, saying: “We’ll meet again after the epidemic is over” pic.twitter.com/aFQyDWB7wQ — BNO News (@BNONews) January 20, 2021 Alibaba shares surged 5% on Hong Kong’s stock exchange on the…

Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th US president, ending one of the most dramatic political transitions in American history. “Democracy has prevailed,” he said after taking the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts. Donald Trump – who has not formally conceded the presidency to Mr Biden – snubbed the inauguration ceremony, in a departure from longstanding precedent. The new president has announced a raft of measures reversing Trump policies. Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice-president ahead of Mr Biden. She is the first woman – and the first black and Asian-American person – to…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, opened its case in the ongoing trial of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, and three others when it presented its first witness, Mohammed Babansule, a relationship manager with the First City Monument Bank, FCMB. In his examination-in-chief, the witness, who is the account manager of the Sixth defendant, Josmon Technologies Ltd, told the court that the account opening form and other documents submitted to the bank showed that the fourth defendant, Apeh, is the signatory to the account. In addition, Babansule…

One building collapsed in a central Madrid explosion, a Reuters reporter saw, with smoke coming out of the building and rescue workers evacuating elderly people from a nearby nursing home. A reporter for TVE public broadcaster said several had been injured, without giving details. A witness told Telemadrid broadcaster that there was at least one person trapped inside. Emergency services could not immediately confirm if there had been injuries. A police spokeswoman said the area was being evacuated but could not confirm the source of the explosion. Nashville Explosion: Police name suspect La Sexta TV quoted government sources saying it…

PEBEC receives Cost of Compliance Report Council condoles Dr. Oduwole on father’s transition In a renewed attempt at further deepening the reforms of the nation’s business environment, the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC, has resolved that CEOs and Heads of some Federal Government regulatory agencies be presented with the outcome of a recent survey that exposes major pitfalls in the operations of the agencies. The Cost of Compliance Report which was presented to the Council at its first virtual meeting of the year on Tuesday revealed persistent corruption, duplicity of functions, poor service orientation, and several anti-business disposition in…

A 29-year-old internet fraudster, Ademola Adebukola alias “Holy Ghost” has been convicted on four counts of cheating and attempt to cheat by a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. Justice Adenike Akinpelu convicted and sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment on each of the counts after he pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The sentences are to run concurrently from September 14, 2020. The court also ordered the forfeiture of the convict’s iPhone 5 and Dell Laptop, being the instrumentalities used to perpetrate…

Joe Biden is to be sworn in as US president, taking the helm of a nation wracked by political division, economic anguish and an unrelenting pandemic. Alongside him, Kamala Harris will make history when she is sworn in as the nation’s first female vice-president. Some 25,000 troops will guard the inauguration ceremony in Washington DC, which has been fortified after a deadly riot at the Capitol earlier this month. Donald Trump will leave the White House for the last time, bound for Florida. He will not be attending the inauguration ceremony. Ahead of his inauguration Mr Biden on Wednesday set…