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One of Nigeria ’s largest online mall,  Konga.com  has shown its appreciation to seventy (70) long-term customers in its Customer Appreciation Programme. The program wrapped up Konga’s activities to mark its third anniversary in July. Each lucky customer was rewarded with a free shopping voucher worth between N5, 000 to N20, 000. Konga Senior Managers paid surprise visits to present some of the N20,000 vouchers to beneficiaries across  Lagos .  Sonia Nwakanma  said: “ Konga is my best online mall for shopping; their customer service and delivery time are the best when compared to other online malls. I adore Konga and would keep shopping from them .” Sonia Nwakanma

Tracy Morgan received a round of applause from the Yankeee Stadium crowd as he was spotted watching the game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees on Tuesday. The actor proved he is truly on the mend following his life-threatening car crash in June last year as he attended the packed out baseball game held at the Yankee Stadium. Joined by his fiancée Megan Wollover and his two-year-old daughter, Maven Morgan, the funny-man appeared to be in great spirits as he watched the action down below.

A few hours after his appointment was announced, the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has assumed duty as the Chief Executive of the corporation. This is contained in a statement signed by Ohi Alegbe, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, on Tuesday, in Abuja. It said that a brief handover ceremony was held at the NNPC Towers to mark the assumption of office. It added that until his appointment, Mr. Kachikwu was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of Exxon Mobil (Africa). Mr. Kachikwu, in the statement, expressed gratitude to his predecessor, Joseph Dawha, for his hard work in holding the corporation. He pledged to work assiduously in achieving the president’s growth aspiration for the oil and gas industry. The statement noted that Mr. Kachikwu was a First Class Graduate of Law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Nigerian Law School. It added that he also ha...

Two children died when a passenger boat capsized after colliding with a fishing vessel in Lake Victoria in western Kenya. A local official said fishermen responding to distress calls had rescued 21 of the 23 people on board the passenger boat and recovered the children's bodies. There were no casualties on the fishing vessel, which also capsized. The accident happened at about 02:00 on Wednesday morning (Tuesday 23:00 GMT). A Kenya Red Cross team has been helping in the rescue effort and giving first aid to survivors. Fishing boats are often to be found on Lake Victoria in the small hours because the waters are calm at that time, Kenyan media say. Earlier reports had suggested the passenger boat was carrying 200 people. But a local government official downgraded that figure to 23, and this was confirmed by a boat owner who responded to the distress calls. Both boats have now been recovered from the lake. ....culled.

Former President GEJ about to board a flight at the Port-Harcourt airport

Recently, Aminu Gamawa a c onsultant on Law, Politics, Business & Conflict Resolution  and   Co-Founder of Collaborative Development Partners,  posed this question on social media . "Recently Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon have suffered repeated suicide attacks by women, girls and even men disguised as females. Last month, Chad banned the full-face veil after series of Boko Haram suicide bombing carried out by attackers disguised as women wearing veils. Cameroon followed suit by also banning burkas and face-covering veils in the aftermath of suicide bombings by females in burkas and veils, that killed many people in the Northern part of the country. Is banning the full-face veil a good counter-terrorism measure? " Should Nigeria do same? What do you think guys? Aminu Gamawa

Caitlyn Jenner  was immediately overcome with support by fans following the release of her Vanity Fair cover, amassing more than one million followers on her new Twitter account in just four hours. However, not all of the 65-year-old's loyal social media followers (which now amount to 2.78M) are tuning into her E! series I Am Cait, as the fledgling show is already suffering a ratings slump. Entertainment Weekly  claimed on Tuesday that Sunday’s hour had only 1.3 million viewers, which was a drop of more than 50 percent from the show’s premiere. Scroll down for video  Ratings slump: Caitlyn Jenner's docuseries I Am Cait faced a 50 percent drop in ratings with its second episode, bringing in only 1.3 million viewers after the premiere, which had 2.7M