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Sudan is set to devalue its currency to 18 Sudanese pounds per dollar in January next year from the current exchange rate of 6.7, the finance minister said on Tuesday. The International Monetary Fund urged Sudan earlier this month to float its currency to boost growth and investment, but the government has ruled out a market-determined exchange rate. The devaluation which includes the customs exchange rate – the rate used to calculate customs duties – is timed to take place when the 2018 budget begins, in the first week of January, Finance Minister Mohamed Othman Rukabi told Reuters. Traders said…

Thirteen girls of Comprehensive Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State have died of snake bite, hunger and malaria in Boko Haram custody, Wall Street Journal, WSJ, has reported. A total of 276 girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents from their school in Chibok in 2014. Of the total number, 163 are now free; while 57 fled in the early days after their abduction, three more escaped later, and a Swiss-coached mediation secured 103. WSJ report said, “Of the remaining 113, at least 13 have died,” officials say. “Some were felled by malaria, hunger or a snake bite. “The majority…

George Weah, former football ace, is new president of Liberia. Weah won the elections in Liberia Wednesday after clinching 12 out of 15 counties to become that country’s 25th president. The senator of Montserrado County – once named Fifa World Player and winner of the much coveted Ballon d’or – defeated his 73-year-old opponent, Vice President Joseph Boakai in a landslide victory in results announced in Liberia on Wednesday morning. “I am deeply grateful to my family, my friends and my loyal supporters who contributed to our campaign during this extremely long election season,” Weah said on twitter before the…

The perfection of a man is based on his ability to distinguish between facts and fiction through deductive reasoning — Socrates. There have been many counter narratives on the reason why EFCC arrested Innoson and equally we have seen GTB response on its running battle with Innoson and his company Innoson Nigeria Ltd. According to C.P Scott, “Comments are free but facts are sacred”. Now that this fight has become an open issue and the public is yearning to know the truth concerning the issue Innoson has with GTB, I will in a three (3) part series of articles reveal…

China will become the world’s next “super power” in 2018, a blind mystic who many claim predicted 9/11 and the rise of ISIS, had predicted. Bulgarian Baba Vanga – who died in 1996 at the age of 85 – is well known among conspiracy theorists who believe she foretold natural disasters and global events long before they occurred. By then, China would predictably overtake the ruling United States of America. The country has economy that is steadily expanding over the last few years. In 1970, the country made up just 4.1 per cent of the total world’s economy but this…

The Federal Government has been accused of deliberately creating fuel scarcity to intimidate Nigerians into accepting a raise in pump price. Ayodele Fayose, the Governor of Ekiti State, who made the accusation Monday, said the federal government intended to increase the pump price, but did not know how to go about it. Fayose while supervising the sale of state government assisted petrol at N145 per litre to the people at Alade filling station, along Iyin road Ado-Ekiti, said the gesture was in fulfilment of the promise he made on Sunday. He said: “It is time for Nigerians to take me…

Nigeria and other African teams could win the World Cup before the end of the 20th century, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pelé, a football legend, has predicted. Pele believes it is possible for the Super Eagles and other African representatives to claim the World biggest football prize. The Brazilian, who was a three-time world champion told RT when asked about the possibility of African countries winning the World Cup before the end of the 20th century, said: ”I said so, because it’s amazing how many talented Africans are playing around the world, but when the time comes…

A 27-Year-Old Jetsun Pema of Bhutan is the world’s youngest living queen. She became a queen at 21 when she married King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan, 31 in 2011. Queen Jetsun Pema and King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan (aka Dragon King) both previously studied in England. The queen attended Regent’s College in London, where she studied international relations, psychology, and art history, while the King studied at Oxford University. They share a love of art, and were once been dubbed the “Will and Kate of The Himalayas”. In April 2016, the King and Queen welcomed the…

For many women, turn-ons aren’t just about a man’s looks, independence and sense of humor–there are some unpredictable things that turn them on as well. So, what are some of those other qualities that women find so attractive? Find out here. The Color Red Men garbed in red are proven to attract more attention from women because the color is an attention getter. The color red is also viewed as a dominant color that indicates power and masculinity, and prolonged viewing of the color causes the female body to increase adrenaline secretion and raise blood pressure. Sweat and Body Odour…

More than 30 people have died after a bus veered off a bridge and into a river in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Another 10 passengers were injured in the crash, which happened at about 6 a.m. local time in Sawai Madhopur district, 235 miles south of New Delhi. The bus rammed through the bridge’s railing during an overtaking manoeuvre, police officer B L Soni said. Rescuers had recovered 32 bodies from the river. An investigation into the crash is under way. The vehicle was on its way to the town of Lalsot after picking up passengers from Sawai Madhopur…