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Every blue-eyed person is a descendant of one single human

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  Featured Image Credit:   Geoff Smith / Alamy Stock Photo/Tim Whitby / Alamy Stock Photo Everyone in the world with blue eyes can actually trace their lineage back to one person who lived thousands of years ago. If you go back far enough up your family tree, you'll probably find out that you're related to some  pretty interesting  people. Unless your entire family has spent all of eternity living in a cave far removed from civilisation, then there's a pretty good chance that at some point at least one of your ancestors was important enough to have their own Wikipedia article. No matter who you're related to, it's still you that makes you unique but there's still traits you'll have in common with plenty of people around the world. Some people are able to find pretty much exact copies of themselves  by just wandering around in the big wide world, but for most, it's more just a similarity of characteristic. Someone living thousands of years ago was the fir

It's Finally Happening! Africa Is Splitting Into Two Continents

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  New photographs have shown how Africa is physically splitting apart. Scientists say that this will eventually lead to the formation of a new ocean and give rise to a new continent. In today's video, we will explore what will happen to the world we know, after Africa splits. Discover more from  The Archaeologist

I’m a one-woman type of guy – Adekunle Gold opens up

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  Popular Nigerian singer and songwriter, Adekunle Kosoko, popularly known as Adekunle Gold has revealed that he is a “one-woman type of guy” while celebrating the ‘few’ faithful men in the world.   AG Baby as he is fondly called made this known in a recent interview with Famous TV. The singer said that he is a shameless lover man, and that faithful men like him are scarce in the world.  He said, “I just want to talk about how I’m a one-woman type of guy and a shameless lover man. And I feel like there are still a few of us left in this world. So, yeah let’s celebrate it.” The singer who is happily married to his songstress, Simi also shared how he manages his family and musical career. “It is crazy. I mean, I’m still in the early stages, yea. But I’m learning every day to prioritize, like, family more. And when it’s time to work, I mean we work, right? Like, I’m on a work trip now, I don’t feel the need to check in all the time, you know? I know when they will be up. So, I make sure I

Executive of the Week, Asa Aika

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Executive of the Week, Asa Aika: How Davido’s ’Timeless’ Rewrote the History Books and Soared to the Top of the Charts “Every time we’ve dropped an album, we’ve always set new records,” says TurnTable Executive of the Week – Asa Asika. For the past few months, albums from heavyweight Afrobeats artistes have consistently raised the bar for the biggest debut weeks on several streaming platforms in Nigeria. Burna Boy’s ‘Love, Damini’ held the biggest debut for both Spotify and YouTube in Nigeria while Asake’s ‘Mr. Money With The Vibe’ held records for Apple Music, Audiomack, and Boomplay. But Davido’s ‘Timeless’ didn’t just break these records, it took the bar to a different stratosphere. For the Spotify debut week record, it took the album only 24 hours to surpass it. For the Boomplay debut week record, it took only four days to shatter it. It took longer to break the records for the remaining platforms but it inevitably did before the end of its first seven days of release. In the en

Meet the OPay Mafia

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Some OPay staff. Source: Twitter  The African tech ecosystem is slowly maturing. Older startups are  investing in new ones,  and employees at these older startups are leaving to start their startups. Last year, TechCabal covered the  former employees of Paystack (Paystack Mafia) who left the payments fintech to start their businesses. This year, we discovered that several alumni of  OPay  (OPay Mafia), the Chinese-backed fintech, have also gone on to start companies that are currently building tech-enabled solutions for Africa.  Some of these companies have either raised funding or have been accepted into global accelerators like Techstars, validating the problems they are trying to solve. OPay landed in Nigeria in August 2018 after paying  an undisclosed fee to acquire  a controlling stake in PayCom, a fintech company founded by Telnet Nigeria. In less than five years, OPay has established itself as a dominant player in the Nigerian fintech space and has produced several founders and

Hakimi: Don’t expect independence when you marry a teenager – Actress, Mary Njoku

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  Nollywood actress, Mary Remmy Njoku has reacted to the divorce saga between Moroccan footballer Achraf Hakimi, 24, and his ex-wife, Hiba Abouk, 36 Recall that news recently broke on social media about how Hakimi dribbled his ex-wife, Hiba Abouk in their divorce process by putting all his assets in his mother’s name to deny the mother of his two kids a juicy divorce settlement. Reacting via her Instagram page, the thespian faulted Hakimi’s wife for marrying a teenager and expecting him to be independent of his par rents. She said the contracts putting Hakimi’s fortune in his mother’s name were probably signed when he was still a teenager. She wrote, “How do you marry a teenager and expect him to be independent of his parents? An African teenager. “There is no sane African mum who will let go completely of her teenage child.” In another post, Mary Njoku said a teenager is his mother’s son while a man is his wife’s husband. She wrote, “Every successful teenage athlete, there is a mum, d

Akwa Ibom Assembly passes state map establishment bill into law

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  Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, on Thursday, passed into law the Bill to provide for a Map for the State and other matters connected therewith.  The new law, which is cited as the Akwa Ibom State Map Establishment Law 2023, was passed during the plenary and is expected to take effect from April 13, 2023. This followed a report of the Joint Committee on Lands and Housing, Boundary and Conflict Resolution and Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, presented by its Chairman, Sir Udo Kierian Akpan (Oruk Anam). According to the report, the Bill sponsored by Hon. David Lawrence (Eket) will help reduce agitations and communal conflicts, enhance and promote development within the mapped-out boundaries. The report further stated that “The Bill will enhance cultural affinities of the people within the boundaries and make for easy identification and placements. It will also assist in the proper identification and allocation of resources domiciled in the component units.” Sponsored Ads⚠️ L

I no longer have manhood – Bobrisky reveals

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  Popular Nigerian cross-dresser and social media personality Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, better known as Bobrisky, has revealed that he no longer has male genitals. The controversial celebrity disclosed this recently in a social media post. According to him, he now has thick thighs with a sexy shape. He wrote, “I no longer have a manhood, just thick thighs with sexy shape that come with a v.” The 31-year-old has openly declared being a transgender woman and LGBT personality despite the law in Nigeria stating that same-sex relationships are punishable by up to 14 years imprisonment. On 8 July 2021, the cross-dresser revealed a new physical appearance after surgery to become more feminine.

Tinubu is dead, Sanwo-Olu reacts

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Former Head of Service in Lagos State, Alhaji Rafiu Tinubu is dead.   Tinubu died in Abuja on Wednesday at the age of 75, after a brief illness. A statement signed by Mr Gboyega Akosile, Chief Press Secretary to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, described Tinubu’s death as a huge loss to the state and the nation in general. Sanwo-Olu sympathized with Tinubu’s family, the deceased’s friends and associates, saying: “Alhaji Tinubu’s demise came at a time the nation and Lagos in particular needed his wealth of experience the most.” “As experienced administrator per excellence, we certainly will miss the late Alhaji Tinubu’s counsel on matters of importance in the state civil service.” The Governor said people of the state would always remember the “laudable achievements” of the former top civil servant, who, he said, served the state meritoriously for 26 years before he rose to become the Head of Service. Sanwo-Olu said: “We can’t forget the contributions of late Alhaji Rafiu Tinub