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Senator Natasha lauds NDDC, NLNG partnership on local content
Senator Natasha lauds NDDC, NLNG partnership on local content
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- December 5, 2023
- 6:05 pm
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district has commended the pact between Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), to develop local content capacity.
Both NDDC and NLNG recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to leverage shared aspirations and collaborate on diverse fronts in the delivery of sustainable development projects in the region.
She gave the charge on Thursday during an interactive session between Senate Committee on Local Content and the NDDC Managing Director, Samuel Ogbuku.
As the Chair, Local Content Committee, Natasha tasked the NDDC on the need to not only build capacity and equip their workforce but also engage them efficiently.
“NDDC should consider being the primary recruiters of their trained workforce. Artisans or skilled professionals such as ICT workers can be absorbed by NDDC contractors, which in turn, will enable the commission reach the most vulnerable and neglected youth,” she said.
She also pledged to partner with NDDC on building a database of artisans within the country to strengthen the workforce and by extension achieve microeconomic growth for Nigeria.
“Local Content Committee intends to deploy innovative thinking for positive results, thus, we are building a database of carefully profiled artisans who have been trained by NDDC, SMEDAN, etc.; and work modalities to have the oil & gas companies, as well as government contractors, recruit from the pool of verified workforce.
“This would help curb unemployment by keeping the jobs locally. Such a project would also help the Local content board, NDDC and other agencies monitor and evaluate the performance of our collective capacity-building efforts towards achieving a common microeconomic growth for Nigeria and Africa at large,” she added.
In his remarks, the NDDC MD accepted her proposal and looks forward to a synergy with the Local Content Committee to develop strategies, and in turn, engage trained workforce for employment opportunities.
BLACKPINK’s Rosé Joins First Lady Jill Biden for Mental Health Event at Apple HQ
K-pop superstar Rosé said Friday (Nov. 17) at a mental health awareness event hosted by First Lady Jill Biden that it’s important for the world to understand that famous people grapple with emotional struggles, too.
“I think that would be very great, for everybody who works under the public eye,” she said, perched on a slate gray couch at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, Calif., after hugging the first lady, who thanked her for coming.
“I do feel like some of the things I do is just never enough, and no matter how hard I work on something, there’s always gonna be somebody who has their own opinion or who enjoys taking control of the narrative,” she said. “And so, that comes to me as a sense of loneliness.”
She said it was important to talk about such things, however difficult it may be.“Just as we feed ourselves for better health and fitness, mental health can only be maintained equally — if not more intentionally — as our physical well-being.”
The discussion was part of several events hosted by Jill Biden for the spouses of Asia-Pacific leaders in California this week for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
“People who are older — we never, ever spoke about mental health,” Biden said. “There was shame attached to it. But what I find as a teacher — and having my own younger grandchildren in their twenties — I think they’re much more open to talking to one another, I think there’s far less shame.”
The event was moderated by Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. Apple CEO Tim Cook opened the event but blanked briefly when the teleprompter went out.
“Don’t you hate that? I hate that,” Biden said. Cook recovered, telling the crowd he’d “go ahead and ad-lib,” then thanked everyone for coming and introduced the first lady.
Cook later defended his tech company’s privacy standards when Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail of Malaysia mentioned how artificial intelligence and manipulation can affect mental health, asking the CEO about protections on technology to protect people’s private information.
“If you’ve ever had an Apple watch, you are being watched all the time,” she said. “Absolutely not actually,” Cook responded. “We believe that privacy is a fundamental human right.” Kim Keon Hee, the first lady of South Korea, Rachael Marape, the spouse of the prime minister of Papua New Guinea, and Louise Araneta-Marcos, the first lady of the Philippines, also attended.
2Kesha Removes Diddy’s Name From ‘TiK ToK’ Lyrics Onstage After Cassie Lawsuit
In light of Cassie’s recent lawsuit against Diddy, Kesha is reassessing the lyrics of her breakout hit single “TiK ToK.”
The 36-year-old musician, who is currently on her Only Love Tour, hit Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium on Saturday night and performed “TiK ToK” as the second song in her set. In the 2009 song’s opening line, Kesha sang, “Wake up in the morning feeling just like me” — a clear change from the original lyrics: “Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy.” The pop star continued the song with no additional lyrical changes.
The lyric change comes a day after Cassie Ventura and Diddy (real name Sean Combs) settled her lawsuit against the music mogul, in which the “Me and U” singer sued Diddy for over a decade’s worth of alleged abuse. The lawsuit claimed that the singer was subject to multiple physical beatings and was coerced into “sex acts with male sex workers” as Combs masturbated and watched. Other complaints in the court filings stated that when Ventura tried separating from Combs in 2018, he “forced her into her home and raped her while she repeatedly said ‘no’ and tried to push him away.”
Ventura and Combs’ settlement occurred just 24 hours after the filing, a decision that she said allowed her to “resolve this matter amicably on terms that I have some level of control.” The statement — issued late Friday night by her attorney, Douglas Wigdor — continued, “I want to thank my family, fans and lawyers for their unwavering support.”
Combs responded with a statement of his own, adding, “We have decided to resolve this matter amicably. I wish Cassie and her family all the best. Love.” On Nov. 19, the producer’s lawyer, Ben Brafman, noted that “a decision to settle a lawsuit, especially in 2023, is in no way an admission of wrongdoing” and “does not in any way undermine his flat-out denial of the claims.”
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1Kesha Removes Diddy’s Name From ‘TiK ToK’ Lyrics Onstage After Cassie Lawsuit
In light of Cassie’s recent lawsuit against Diddy, Kesha is reassessing the lyrics of her breakout hit single “TiK ToK.”
The 36-year-old musician, who is currently on her Only Love Tour, hit Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium on Saturday night and performed “TiK ToK” as the second song in her set. In the 2009 song’s opening line, Kesha sang, “Wake up in the morning feeling just like me” — a clear change from the original lyrics: “Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy.” The pop star continued the song with no additional lyrical changes.
The lyric change comes a day after Cassie Ventura and Diddy (real name Sean Combs) settled her lawsuit against the music mogul, in which the “Me and U” singer sued Diddy for over a decade’s worth of alleged abuse. The lawsuit claimed that the singer was subject to multiple physical beatings and was coerced into “sex acts with male sex workers” as Combs masturbated and watched. Other complaints in the court filings stated that when Ventura tried separating from Combs in 2018, he “forced her into her home and raped her while she repeatedly said ‘no’ and tried to push him away.”
Ventura and Combs’ settlement occurred just 24 hours after the filing, a decision that she said allowed her to “resolve this matter amicably on terms that I have some level of control.” The statement — issued late Friday night by her attorney, Douglas Wigdor — continued, “I want to thank my family, fans and lawyers for their unwavering support.”
Combs responded with a statement of his own, adding, “We have decided to resolve this matter amicably. I wish Cassie and her family all the best. Love.” On Nov. 19, the producer’s lawyer, Ben Brafman, noted that “a decision to settle a lawsuit, especially in 2023, is in no way an admission of wrongdoing” and “does not in any way undermine his flat-out denial of the claims.”
11Tate McRae Electrifies With ‘Greedy,’ Debuts Ballad ‘Grave’ on ‘Saturday Night Live’: Watch
The 20-year-old pop star launched her two-song set with “Greedy,” which caught fire on TikTok before crossing over on the charts. The track currently sits at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. During the performance, McRae showed off some killer dance moves on sports bleachers while leading a squad of fellow dancers.
“Greedy” will be featured on the singer-songwriter’s sophomore album, Think Later, which is scheduled for release on Dec. 8 through RCA Records.
For her second song, following an introduction from second-time host Momoa, McRae slowed things down with the debut of new ballad Grave,” which was teased at the end of her music video for “Exes.” Wearing a see-through black dress, the Canadian-born artist delivered the emotional track amid a moody setting with fog and a dark backdrop.
McRae has had seven Hot 100 hits, including two this year. The singer also had seven charted songs on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart, including “You Broke Me First,” which reached No. 2 in April 2021.
She will make her Billboard Music Awards debut on Sunday (Nov. 19) by performing “Greedy.” Performances and awards will roll out across BBMAs and Billboard social channels, as well as via BBMAs.watch, on Sunday beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Watch McRae’s SNL performances below. For those without cable, the broadcast streams on Peacock, which you can sign up for at the link here. Having a Peacock account also gives fans access to previous SNL episodes.
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