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Nigeria no longer Import Rice??.Facts or fiction? Part 1.

On the 12th of November, 2018 the Nigeria minister of information and culture , lai Muhammad made a remarkable statement at the special town hall meeting on agriculture revolution in jigawa state, the statement "Rice importation in the country has dropped to about 90 percent ", claiming that Nigeria is no longer a dumping ground for imported rice from India and Thailand. This news came as a shock to many Nigerians, Some were delighted about the news and praise the B uhari led administration for its effort in agriculture and its effort in diversifying the economy indeed to many the government has fulfilled the promises it made to the citizens when it took power  3 years ago. Rice is the De-facto Food consumed in every part of the country, its a food that is not distinguished by  class, consumed both by the lower class, the middle class and the uper class, and it is no news to ordinary  Nigerians that much of the rice they are eating came from outside the country part...

Royal Wedding In Pictures

The day of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's nuptials dawned bright and sunny as the world turned its attention to Windsor and awaited a first glimpse of the bride departing from the nearby Cliveden House Hotel. Markle and her mother, Doria Ragland, travelled the nine miles to Windsor Castle - where the prince and his best man, the Duke of Cambridge, waited with the 600 guests in St George's Chapel. From the royal arrivals to the much-anticipated reveal of Markle's dress and the couple's first kiss, see all of the  Royal Wedding  pictures below. Crowds descend on Windsor ahead of the royal wedding.

The Cultural Highlights Of 2018

As 2018 rounds up, we look back on the year in culture - from the stirring speeches to the films and television that had everyone talking. The Awards Season The red carpet turned black this year, as awards season attendees rallied to support the Time's Up and Me Too movements following the accusations against Harvey Weinstein and others at the end of 2017. Time and again, the stars stepped out to shine a light on the treatment of women and issues of sexual harassment and abuse in the industry In addition to the black dress code, the Golden Globes in January also saw eight of Hollywood's best-known actresses invite an activist as their guest for the evening - from Emma Watson, who was accompanied by Marai Larasi, executive director of Imkaan, “the only UK-based, second-tier women’s organisation dedicated to addressing violence against black minoritised women and girls”, to Meryl Streep, who was joined by Ai-jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance...

Raf Simons Exits Calvin Klein

C alvin Klein is parting ways with its chief creative officer,  Raf Simons , less than two years after the designer showed his first collection for the brand. Simons first joined the American label in August 2016, prior to which he held the role of creative director at  Dior . His departure is effective immediately, and reportedly comes more than eight months before his contract was due to expire. "Both parties have amicably decided to part ways after Calvin Klein Inc. decided on a new brand direction which differs from Simons’s creative vision," said parent company PVH in a statement. Consequently, the brand will not be showing on the February 2019 New York Fashion Week calendar. The break-up will not come as a surprise to many. While Simons's tenure undoubtedly put Calvin Klein back at the forefront of fashion, infusing its Manhattanite minimalist sensibility with political edge in a series of shows which challenged the status quo and questioned what it m...