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Finance: The 13 most memorable works from the 'Queen of the Curve,' who won architecture's biggest prize 13 years ago today

The late architect Zaha Hadid — known as the "Queen of the Curve" for the modern, curving designs of her buildings —had a legendary career. The Iraqi-born British architect became the  first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize  (the Nobel Prize of her field) in 2004. She also received numerous other awards and honors, including being named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DME) in 2012 and earning the Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal in 2015 — the first ever given to a woman. Hadid designed everything from a  metro station in Saudi Arabia , to the aquatics center for the 2012 London Olympics, to a  city center in downtown Belgrade  — all in her signature flowing style. One of the last buildings she designed will be completed in New York City this summer. It's  an 11-story condominium  made of steel and glass, and it incorporates a unique curvy chevron pattern. Hadid died in a Miami hospital in 2016 a...

Dogara: N/Assembly will raise teachers’ retirement age to 65

Dogara and members of the NUT Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has assured Nigerian teachers that the National Assembly will increase their retirement age from 60 to 65 years to retain more experienced teachers in public schools. Speaking when he received a delegation from the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) who paid him a courtesy visit in his office, he said the House supports an upward review of teachers’ retirement age for Nigerian children to benefit from. “We have done it for the tertiary institutions and the judiciary, so nothing should stop us from taking the bull by the horns. They say that wine gets better with age, it was the same consideration that motivated us to raise that of university lecturers,raise that of judges. So this is something we can pursue. “Thankfully, it doesn’t require constitutional amendment, it is something we can achieve by amending the existing law. That is the responsibility of the parliament and we assure you that we wi...

SpaceX taking recycling all way to orbit for NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX is taking recycling to a whole new realm - all the way to orbit. On this week's supply run to the International Space Station, SpaceX will launch a Dragon capsule that's already traveled there. The milestone comes just two months after the launch of its first reused rocket booster. This particular Dragon flew to the station in 2014. SpaceX refurbished it for Thursday's launch. The company says it's always reused Dragon parts, but never to this extent. Most of this Dragon has already been to space, including the welded frame. It will carry 6,000 pounds of cargo, including mice and flies for medical research. In this Sept. 23, 2014 photo made available by NASA, the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft approaches the International Space Station. On a June 2017 supply run to the station, SpaceX will use this capsule. The milestone comes just two months after the launch of its first reused rocket booster. (NASA via AP) While th...

How Strong Is EFCC's Prosecuting Arm? Checkout What Nigerians Have to Say About the Matter

Is the prosecuting arm of the EFCC strong enough to effectively halt the reign of corruption in Nigeria? Nigerians have spoken out about why the agency loses some of its cases. The war against corruption has had mixed results. The leading anti-graft agency – the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) – has recorded some successes with the recovery of looted assets. It has also lost some cases in recent times. Several factors are responsible for the loss of the cases, among which is the lack of water-tight evidence arising from poor investigations. Experts have blamed the trend on lack of thorough investigation, diligent prosecution and committed judiciary as primary reasons for the loss of some of the cases. Activist-lawyer Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), believes some of the cases were lost due to official negligence and lack of inter-agency cooperation. To him, if the anti-graft and security agencies collaborated well, they would help one another with the needed ev...

Photos:- MMM Surprises Nigerians, Throws Party In Abuja

MMM-Nigeria, a group for mutual financial aid and donations on Monday organised a green party show in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to celebrate Nigeria’s Democracy Day. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the party, which held at the Millennium Park, was opened to members of the group and non-members alike. Mr Seyi Bello, the President of Abuja Guiders Forum of the MMM-Nigeria said the gesture was part of solidarity by the group for Nigeria’s 18-years of uninterrupted democracy. “This party is put together to celebrate our Democracy Day and since Nigeria’s flag is green-white-green, we decided to call it ‘green party’ as a mark of solidarity. “We invited everyone to be a part of this event because friendship and unity is what this community of mutual help represents. “As a community, we do not only provide help to our members, we also extend that to the larger society as part of our social responsibility,” he said. Musicians, comedians and other entertai...

Former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani Returns To PDP After Six years

Enugu State former governor, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on whose platform on which he governed the state for two terms after six years. Reports have it that he has the plans to clinch party’s Enugu East senatorial ticket for 2019 election following alleged understanding between him and Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. Part of the agreement with Ugwuanyi, which took PDP members by surprise, was also to single-handedly pick who would become the chairmanship candidate for Nkanu West Local Government Area. Nnamani, who represented the Senatorial district between 2007 and 2011, abandoned PDP in 2011 to form the People for Democratic Change (PDC) following a disagreement with then Governor Sullivan Chime, his anointed successor. His return to the PDP came on the heels of Chime’s defection from PDP to the current ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). Nnamani, it would be recalled, used his PDC platform for his senatorial bids i...

Barca appointed new head of coach

Barcelona have appointed Ernesto Valverde as their head coach on a two-year deal, with an option for a third. Former Barca forward Valverde announced last week that he was leaving Athletic Bilbao after four years in charge. He replaces Luis Enrique, who revealed in March that he would leave the club – who finished second in La Liga – at the end of his three-year contract. Enrique led Barcelona to the treble in his first season, the domestic double in 2016 and the Copa del Rey this year. They beat  Alaves 3-1  in Sunday’s final – his last match in charge. Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu praised 53-year-old Valverde’s “ability, judgement, knowledge and experience”, adding: “He promotes young players and he plays the Barca way.” Valverde’s presentation as Barca’s new coach will take place on Thursday.      Barça fans where unal dey?

Nigeria super eagles player bought G-wagon 2017 $129,000

Super Eagles footballer Sylvester Igboun is definitely balling! The Russian based footballer  on Saturday  bought a 2017 G-Wagon SUV worth  $129,000  to use during his off season holiday in lagos. Congrats to him… Source : LindaIkeji

Spytex muzik records reavled there new signees

Spytex muzik records new signees, Bankole Emmanuel Ayobami known as Dj Banky and Salami Damilola known as damilola, are both sign to spytex muzik today 29th of May 2017. The both of them are talented, Dj Banky is one of the best djs right now in Nigeria and damilola is also one of the craziest  rapper and upcoming ,he has  good rhymes and flows.  You guys should be expecting new wonderful things from this two signees.

Ducan mighty pays for some jambite registration fee on Instagram.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board exams just got concluded and over two hundred candidates freely enrolled for the exams courtesy of the Port Harcourt first son, Duncan Mighty. The singer took to his IG page to create some sort of awareness about supporting two hundred persons to get a JAMB form. According to the singer, it wouldn’t be a bad idea. Amazingly, many Jambites had not heard of the info until some days ago when some folks resounded it. Upon knowing about such act of generosity by the singer, Nigerian youths have showered him with so much praise as well as pray for God’s blessings to be upon him. On the flip side, those who did not hear about the act have been wallowing in deep regrets, as they are wearied because they could have also been beneficiaries of such generous act. Nonetheless, the good deed has been done and people benefited. It is only hoped that all those who benefited from the act will pass the exams with flying colors, as anything short of m...

Davido send a small boy to school who kills his song 'if'wow that's really nice of him

Davido send boy who did a rendition of his popular song “If” to school. Here’s what he said: “OBO GOT YOU FOR LIFE KID!!! NOTHING MAKES ME MORE THAT U FINALLY GET TO START SCHOOL!! 30 billion for ur account oooo!!!! WE RISE BY LIFTING OTHERS!!” Hmmm! this gladdens my heart a lot mehn! What can you all say about this?

Jax Peter speaks on his forthcoming project

The C.E.O of jaxxsiworldwide entertainment /spytex muzik record  has revealed on his forthcoming project, this July/august dropping new songs and videos, the C. E. O  of the two labels has also revelved to his fans, the reason he has  not been performing at shows and even at his school, he is working on somethings but by July he will be done with it.  Jax  Peter also revelved that he is signing a rapper and a Dj which he hasn't revaled to the fans but he said the signing will soon be unveil to the fans.

G-Worldwide Act set to drop another single this may

G-Worldwide Entertainment singer Kiss Daniel is set to drop a new single, one year after his acclaimed debut album “New Era” was released. The singer made the announcement via his instagram page, the single titled “Sofa” is expected to drop on the 15th of May, 2017, exactly a year after he released his debut album. We can’t wait to hear what this single will sound like, it is been a year since we heard a new Kiss Daniel wow i know Nigerians are really expecting  this next single form kiss daniel ''sofa''

wow see how much jamb made on this year on jamb

registration for 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination closes on Friday, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said that an unprecedented number of 1.7m candidates registered for the examination. About 1.2million candidates registered for the UTME in 2015 and 2016 respectively. With a cost of N5,000 per registration form (excluding an additional N500 for the reading text), our correspondent learnt that the board raked in N8.5bn from the sale of forms. The Head of Information, JAMB, Mr. Fabian Benjamin, who said that the number of registered candidates have “never been recorded in the history of the board’’, however, noted that JAMB had put in place adequate facilities to accommodate the upsurge in the number of candidates. Benjamin, who spoke in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Thursday, noted that the board would conduct the 2017 UTME on April 13. He said, “In 2016, about 1.2million candidates wrote the examination. It was the...