Author: Chijioke Emmanuel

Yayoi Kusama turns 90 this month. And the Japanese artist has much to celebrate. She is the most famous living female artist in the world. Time magazine named her on its “100 Most Influential People” list, and a feature-length documentary about her remarkable life has been making the festival rounds. Tickets to a recent exhibition at The Broad in LA, which featured two of her popular “Infinity Mirror Rooms,” sold out within an hour. More than 5 million people have visited her shows since 2014 — and once inside, they flood Instagram with amazing photos of art that feel more…

British voters want Theresa May to resign as prime minister following the humiliating defeat of her Brexit deal, and for MPs to block no deal while voting to extend Article 50, according to an exclusive snap poll. The POLITICO-Hanbury poll of 500 Britons, carried out in the hours after the U.K. prime minister’s deal was overwhelmingly rejected for a second time Tuesday evening, reveals widespread discontent with the amended agreement May brought back to the Commons. The survey also shows growing support for no-deal and a second referendum — as well as for remaining in the EU. Most strikingly, there…

Airlines in multiple countries including China airlines have suspended the use of Boeing’s new 737 MAX 8 aircraft over concerns about its safety. The move follow’s Sunday’s crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane to Nairobi which crashed six minutes after take off from the Ethipian capital killing all 157 on board. The plane was new, having been inaugurated in November. It is the second Boeing 747 Max to have crashed shortly after take off in the past five months, Previously in October a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max crashed shortly after taking off killing 189 passengers and crew. The China-based-Caijing…

According to the 2019 Forbes billionaires’ list released this week, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world,With an estimated fortune of $131bn (£99bn) he is the wealthiest man in modern history.But he is by no means the richest man of all time. Well, That title belongs to Mansa Musa, the 14th Century West African ruler who was so rich his generous handouts wrecked an entire country’s economy. “Contemporary accounts of Musa’s wealth are so breathless that it’s almost impossible to get a sense of just how wealthy and powerful he truly was,” Rudolph Butch Ware, associate…

American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin set a breaking record as the first to claim 15 World Cup wins in a single season with a slalom victory on Saturday in Spindleruv Mlyn in the Czech Republic. The 23-year-old finished in one minute 38.98 seconds to secure her 15th triumph of the campaign. Though, she was initially frustrated in her attempt to break the record during the giant slalom Friday, finishing third behind Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova, but her disappointment was short lived. “Yesterday in the second run I was pushing really hard,” Shiffrin said after claiming the win. “It was enough to…

The Female Artists Association Of Nigeria headed by Chinze Ojobo in collaboration with her partners; Nike Gallery, Chinese Cultural Centre, Alliance Francais today, Friday, celebrated the International Women’s Day with an art exhibition captioned “BALANCE FOR BETTER ; WOMEN UNITE”. With some creative collection of paintings, textiles, sculptures and ceramics. The President, Chinze Ojobo says “Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world”. According to her, the United Nations began celebrating International Women’s Day on the 8th of March 1975. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in…

Globally, March 8 is marked an International Women’s Day which is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regards to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political. Sinach is a Nigerian born award winning songwriter, vocalist and a specially anointed International worship leader of our time. She is known globally for several gospel hit songs which includes, ‘Way Maker’, ‘I Know Who I Am’, ‘Great Are you Lord’, ‘Rejoice’, ‘He did it Again’, ‘Precious Jesus’, ‘The Name of Jesus’, ‘This Is my Season’, ‘Awesome God’, ‘For…

The Georgia Senate voted Thursday to approve a measure that would give the state control of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport , a move that Atlanta’s mayor said is tantamount to declaring war on the city declaring. The bill’s Republican supporters say switch is needed to protect the state’s economic engine from corruption and mismanagement, and the indictment Wednesday of a longtime Atlanta contractor on bribery charges added fuel to the fire. The measure, Senate Bill 131, passed by a 34-22 vote despite stiff opposition from Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. City officials say the airport has become the world’s busiest, and one of the most efficient, under Atlanta’s oversight.…

Mark Zuckerberg has said he believes secure, private messaging services will become more popular than open platforms. Mr Zuckerberg outlined his vision to transform Facebook into a “privacy-focused platform.” This is because,The social media giant has come under fire for a series of privacy scandals. The CEO and founder detailed his overarching vision for how to make the service more secure, including encrypting messages. He also teased plans to integrate its various services, including WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, and said there will be a bigger emphasis on ephemeral content. Facebook owns Messenger and WhatsApp, but message encryption limits its ability…

. Life became easier for mathematicians and users of the hand-held electronic calculator with the help of Jerry Merryman with two other men who invented the little contraption that changed computing forever! well, he has died at age 86. His death was confirmed today to CNN by his wife, Phyllis, She said Merryman died February 27 after a brief illness. He had been hospitalized since late December following complications related to pacemaker surgery. History has it that, Merryman was a young engineer at Texas Instruments in 1965 when he was put on a team that included fellow engineers Jack Kilby…