On Tuesday, Merriam-Webster selected its word of the year, not some viral neologism like post-truth or selfie but a word that has been around since the Middle Ages: the pronoun they.
Pronouns are tools that people typically use with all the thought one gives to using doorknobs. Students are taught in early language lessons that every sentence needs a subject and are given a short list of usual suspects: words like he, she, you and they.
President Emmanuel Macron of France has appointed Kano-born billionaire businessman, Abdul Samad Rabiu, as the President of France-Nigeria Business Council (FNBC). The council is a private sector initiative to enhance business relations between the two countries.
Macron appointed Rabiu, Founder/Chairman of Nigeria’s BUA Group, as the inaugural President of the council at a business summit in France.
The newly inaugurated council also has Gilbert Chagoury of Chagoury Group, Mike Adenuga of Globacom and Conoil, Aliko Dangote of Dangote Industries, Tony Elumelu, Chairman UBA & Heirs Holdings, and Herbert Wigwe, CEO, Access Bank as the Nigerian members of the council.
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- Koffi Olomide is that fly grandpa everyone wants to be associated with for his open-minded sense of style
- One would pass the singer for a 40-year-old due to his colourful and casual look
- The singer's beard and nice physique, even though spotting a potbelly, ensure that he maintains a fresh look
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If you did not know Koffi Olomide's age, then you would be surprised to learn that the Congolese singer is 64 years old, though nothing in his life gives the impression that he's approaching the later stages of his career.
imgurBrenna Martin displays her graduation gift
By any standard, Dr. Seuss’ Oh, The Places You’ll Go! is a great read. And Bryan Martin, a North Carolina dad, is hardly the first parent to purchase the volume for his graduating high-schooler. But Martin managed to one-up the sublime rhymer himself, incorporating in the book’s pages 13 years’ worth of hand-written teachers’ comments and insights about his daughter, Brenna.
When Martin first told Brenna, 18, he had a present for her, she thought she “was getting some cheesy graduation card.
One of the suspects who reportedly attacked a police station at Iganna, a town in the Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo state, has been arrested. Naija News earlier reported that a Divisional Crime Officer and a suspect in the custody were killed by the unknown gunmen on Tuesday night.
The Police Public Information Officer in the state, Adewale Osifeso, in a statement on Wednesday, said the CP had vowed to apprehend those behind the attack.
The burial tagged 'The burial of the year' was the most talked-about about event for weeks in the streets and on social media. The actress, author and music veteran made this known when she penned an article for PremiumTimes. ADVERTISEMENT
"I told a friend just days before the most outrageous burial of Innyom Ezinne Uche Iyiegbu in Oba, Anambra State in July that I had given my family instructions on how to bury me when my time comes.
Winner of the Big Brother Naija ‘Level Up’ edition, Phyna, has mourned the death of a colleague, Rico Swavey. Naija News reports that Rico passed on in the early hours of Thursday, hours after another BB Naija star, Tobi Bakre started the Campaign to raise funds for his treatment.
Following his shocking demise, Phyna while mourning his death, disclosed how Rico came all the way to her winner’s party to show support.
- NASA's Raila Odinga has formally withdrawn from the presidential election, TUKO.co.ke has learnt
- Raila explained that his withdrawal from the race is the only way that Kenya can have a credible election
- Raila says that his withdrawal means that the IEBC is expected to conduct fresh nominations with the election of October 26 getting cancelled
- The opposition has been demanding that the IEBC implements the irreducible mimumums if the election will be free and fair NASA leader Raila Odinga has formally withdrawn from the fresh presidential election set for later this month.
Nigeria News3 weeks ago Wike Should Apologize To Me – Labour Party Senator, Ireti Kingibe The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Ireti Kingibe, has demanded an apology from the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, over his comments threatening to unseat...
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