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Etisalat Nigeria loan restructuring talks fail as lenders step in

FILE PHOTO: A customer walks out of an Etisalat shop at the Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai October 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jumana ElHeloueh Etisalat has been instructed to transfer its 45 percent stake in Etisalat Nigeria to a loan trustee after debt restructuring talks with lenders failed, the Abu Dhabi telecoms company said on Tuesday.

Time Warner will spend $100M on Snapchat original shows and ads

Time Warner and Snap Inc. have announced a new deal that will bring increased ad spending and the development of new made-for-Snapchat shows. People familiar with the deal tell TechCrunch that it is valued at about $100 million spent over the next two years. The newly created shows will span a variety of genres, including scripted drama, daily news shows, documentaries and comedy.

BREAKING NEWS

Portugal fires: Canadair plane crashes while tackling blazes. A water-bombing plane fighting huge forest fires in central Portugal has crashed, local officials say.   They say the Canadair aircraft went down near Pedrógão Grande. So far there has been no information about casualties.

400 PEOPLE TO ENJOY FREE MEDICAL SURGERY IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

The free medical surgery would cover hernia, glaucoma, breast biopsy, burn excision/debridement and other diseases.  

Arewa Youths, Says Igbo Are Worst Enemy Of Themselves

Rochas Okorocha Reacts To Quit Notice By Arewa Youths, Says Igbo Are Worst Enemy Of Themselve The governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has said that the Igbo, people in the southeast Nigeria, are the worst enemy of themselves, blaming it as reason for the failure of the tribe to assume the Nigerian presidency seat in a long while. Okorocha who appealed to the Igbo youth to have a rethink

VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY - HOW TO GAIN MORE VITAMIN D....?

WHEN you think of vitamins, chances are you think about taking a vitamin C to help prevent colds and flu, or a vitamin B for a quick energy hit, but it’s far less likely that you think about vitamin D.  Yet of all the nutrient deficiencies Australians are most likely to have, vitamin D deficiency is one of the most common. ` In fact, it is thought that up to 30 per cent of Australian adults have low vitamin D levels, especially throughout Winter. So here are some of the reasons vitamin D is so important, why we are at high risk of deficiencies and the signs and symptoms your levels may be on the low side. Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that has a key role in helping calcium be absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract to support the growth

LUNG CANCER CURE - DEATHS COULD BE REDUCED FOLLOWING THIS TREATMENT BREAKTHROUGH

LUNG cancer patients could benefit from a new discovery which could predict which sufferers could benefit the most from particular treatments.   

Apple’s iPad strategy is finally stupendously watertight

Rome was famously not built in a day. And we know now that at Apple, the iPad line-up was not intuitively streamlined until WWDC 2017 . Factoring out the formative years of iPad shortly after its birth in 2010, too many incremental releases (e.g. iPad 3 to iPad 4 in the same year of 2012, also iPad Mini) and too much tinkering with suffixes in the name

3 Things to Expect in Apple Inc.'s 2018 iPhone

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has yet to launch this year's iPhone models, but at this point, quite a lot is known about the devices. Based on what we know about the upcoming iPhone models, as well as what some of Apple's suppliers are known to have coming down the pike, I'd like to put out my initial expectations for the premium iPhone model that is almost certain to launch in 2018.

Ebola vaccine developed in Canada shows promising results

Canadian Medical Association Journal Podcast permanent link: https:/ / soundcloud. com/ cmajpodcasts/ 170074-res A phase 1 randomized controlled trial has found an Ebola virus disease (EVD) vaccine, developed in Canada, was well-tolerated with no safety concerns, and high antibodies were present in participants 6 months after immunization. The study, led by Canadian researchers, is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) .