Dangote Acquires Gas Processing Firm in The Netherlands

The management of Dangote Industries Limited on Sunday announced that it had completed the acquisition of Twister BV, a company in the Netherlands, as part of its strategy to meet Nigeria’s gas needs.

According to a statement by Dangote, Twister BV provides robust solutions in natural gas processing and separation to the upstream and midstream oil and gas sectors.

It said Twister’s separation capabilities were designed to augment production and streamline processes to capitalise on high-yield gas processing for maximising revenues.

Twister BV used to be owned by Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 before its recent acquisition by DIL and its partner, First E&P, the statement said.

The President, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, was quoted as saying, “This was an important acquisition for us. Twister’s cutting-edge gas processing technology is fundamental to delivering our strategy to u nlock about three billion cubic feet per day of gas in order to meet Nigeria’s gas needs.”

The Chief Executive Officer, Twister, John Young, said, “We are delighted by the confidence that the DIL and First E&P have shown in Twister to be their core provider of gas separation solutions.

“After very thorough due diligence, our technology has been recognised as a key enabler to reduce gas project costs, which is crucial in the current environment; we are excited to be part of the Dangote family of companies.”

According to the statement, based on sophisticated patented technology, Twister gas plants are typically cheaper to build and operate, compared to alternative technologies, and deliver better performance levels. The company has customers in Nigeria, Malaysia and South America.

It said, “The acquisition complements DIL’s portfolio of investments in the upstream, midstream and downstream segments of the oil and gas sector. The company will help design and build the gas plants, which will be critical in processing gas from oil fields for transportation via Dangote’s planned sub-sea pipeline for ultimate consumption by various industries and power plants.”

26-Year-Old Nigerian, Caleb Femi Appointed As London’s First Young People’s Laureate

A 26-year-old Nigerian poet and English teacher, Caleb Femi, has been named as London’s first Young People’s Laureate.

Femi was given the prestigious role by a panel of arts bodies and individual judges, including The Roundhouse, the Poetry Society and Jacob Sam-La Rose.

The poet, teacher and photographer has been given the responsibility to raise the awareness of poetry in the capital, nationally and internationally.

Spread the Word’s young laureate initiative funded by the Foundation for Future London, follows the young poet laureate for London scheme, a position held in the past by Warsan Shire, the Somali-British poet who hit the headlines for her role in Beyonce’s visual album ‘Lemonade’ and also Aisling Fahey and Selina Nwulu

The laureate will also support the development of aspiring poets and youths, through development initiatives such as Poetry Lab and raising issues that affect them in his prose.

The Nigerian teacher arrived in London at the age of seven and grew up on the North Peckham Estate, where Damilola Taylor lived before his murder in 2000 at the age of 10.

Femi, who started writing what he refers to as “grime” at the age of 16, has advice for aspiring poets.

“It’s important to read as much diverse poetry collections as possible – Indian, Caribbean and African. That will provide ideas as to where developing poets can fit in and how they can introduce something new.”

Donald Trump: Polling places are rigged

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has dug even deeper in his efforts to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the US election, saying on Twitter on Sunday that he believed the results were being "rigged" at many polling places.

His tweet came hours after his vice presidential running mate, Mike Pence, said Republicans would accept the outcome of the November 8 contest between Trump and his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.

"The election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media pushing Crooked Hillary - but also at many polling places - SAD," Trump wrote on Twitter, in the latest of a series of comments he has made over the past several days calling into question the fairness of the election.

Trump, who is trailing Clinton in opinion polls, did not provide any evidence to back his allegations of impropriety at the voting booth. Early voting and voting by mail have begun in many states.

In another tweet later on Sunday, Trump blamed "animals representing Hillary Clinton" and Democrats in North Carolina for an overnight attack on a local Republican Party headquarters in that state.

Local authorities said the building in Hillsborough, North Carolina, had been struck through a front window with flammable material and an adjacent building wall was spray-painted with a swastika and the words "Nazi Republicans leave town or else."

"Animals representing Hillary Clinton and Dems in North Carolina just firebombed our office in Orange County because we are winning," Trump tweeted.
Clinton denounced the attack as "horrific and unacceptable" in her own tweet, adding: "Very grateful that everyone is safe.

Trump, a New York businessman, who has never held elective office, has often said the electoral process is skewed against him, including during the Republican nominating contests, when he disputed the method for winning delegates to the Republican National Convention.

His latest complaint of media bias stems from allegations by women that he groped them or made other unwanted sexual advances, after a 2005 video became public in which Trump was recorded bragging about such behaviour.

He apologised for the video but has denied each of the accusations.

Three men arrested over Trinity Gay shooting

Three men have been charged in connection with a shootout police say left the 15-year-old daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay dead.

Trinity Gay died at a Lexington, Kentucky, hospital on Sunday after she was shot in the neck about 4 am during an exchange of gunfire between people in two parked vehicles in the car park of a nearby Cook Out restaurant.

Dvonta Middlebrooks fired multiple shots during the incident, investigators said on Sunday.

He was charged with wanton endangerment and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

A father and son were also charged on Sunday. Chazerae Taylor, 38, and 19-year-old son D'Markeo both face wanton endangerment counts.
 

Police spokeswoman Brenna Angel said officers don't believe Trinity Gay was in either of the vehicles involved.

Tyson Gay said he and his daughter were very close, according to Lexington TV station WLEX.

"It's so crazy. I have no idea what happened," Gay told the station.
Grief counsellors will be at Lexington's Lafayette High School on Monday for students and staff, Fayette County Public Schools spokeswoman Lisa Deffendall said. Both Gay and his daughter attended the school.

Trinity Gay was a stand-out sprinter, placing in the top five in several events at the state championships in May. Her father still holds the state record in the 100 set in 2001.

Tyson Gay competed in the last three Summer Olympics. He was part of a team that won a silver medal in the 4x100-meter relay at the 2012 London Games though that medal was ultimately stripped after Gay tested positive for steroids in 2013.

Last summer's Games in Rio featured another stinging disappointment for Gay, 33, who has battled injuries. He was a member of the American men's 4x100-meter relay team that finished third in the final before being disqualified for an illegal baton exchange between Mike Rodgers and Justin Gatlin.

The sports world has been mourning the news of the death on social media.

USA Track and Field tweeted, "Sending our thoughts & prayers to (at)TysonLGay & his loved ones as they mourn the tragic & senseless loss of his daughter, Trinity." Several of Gay's USA track teammates echoed the comment, including Natasha Hastings and Arman Hall.

Former NFL wide receiver Santonio Holmes, NBA veteran Vince Carter and tennis great Martina Navratilova have also tweeted messages of support.

Difference Between Quick Format And Full Format

The bookshelf and file system analogy

Before going into the details of this answer, one should know the basics of how a file system is built. You can treat it like a bookshelf where books represent files and a catalogue is maintained to keep a record . Let’s consider a scenario where a book will be no longer present (a file is deleted from the disk) or some books are added that aren’t listed in the catalogue. In such case, there will be an error in the system, i.e. irregularities in the catalogue.

Deleting files from a disk

When you simply delete a file from your computer, it’s just like clearing out the catalogue but leaving behind the books in their shelves. Following that, when one adds a new book to the shelf, older books are replaced by new ones. Same happens with files.

Formatting a disk

You might have come across formatting option a number of times. Whether you’re installing Windows operating system or getting rid of some nasty virus, formatting comes handy in many situations. While some people like the whole process and consider it a way to start everything new, others consider it horrible.

When formatting a disk on a Windows PC, you might have come across the option of Quick Format and Full Format. So, what choice do you make? And how to make that choice? Apart from the speed, quick and fast, what’s the real difference between the two?

Before detailing the technical differences, again, I would like to mention the bookshelf and file system analogy. Formatting can be considered similar to destroying the bookshelf and catalogue. However, if you choose the quick format option, the books are still present in the debris and one can regain them. On the other hand, full format removes the books completely. Now, let’s go in the technical details.

What happens during full format?

If you choose to go ahead with the full format option, the files are removed completely from a particular volume. Also, the hard disk is scanned for bad sectors. If found, the full format option also tries to fix the bad sector. If the fix is successful, the hard drive is made healthy again and you can again write data on it. This also creates a new filesystem table on the hard drive.

A bad sector is a disk sector that’s unwritable or inaccessible due to permanent damage. This might be due to failed flash memory transistors or damage to the disk surface.

Since the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft has started writing zeros to all data sectors. That’s why full format takes much more time than the quick format.

What about quick format?

Instead of deleting all the data (and replacing it with zeroes), a quick format only deletes the file system journaling (the bookshelf catalogue). A quick format simply destroys the journal that is used to keep a track of the file and its location on the hard drive. It doesn’t scan the disk for bad sectors and skips rebuilding the file system. After that, as you write new data, the older data gets overwritten.

Full format vs Quick format

As said above, a quick format doesn’t destroy your data. The data is still on the disk and using many file recovery software, one can undelete the files. A full format also scrubs the hard drive from scratch and rebuilds all the file structures. So, if you are selling a device or giving it away, full format is the only option you need to choose. A full format will also help you increase the disk performance, speed, and stability.

However, if your hard drive is already clean and it doesn’t have bad sectors, a quick format is suitable. If you aren’t sure about these points, perform a full format.

Klopp: Mourinho criticism are bulls***

Jurgen Klopp has described suggestions that Manchester United have had a poor start to the season as “bulls***” as he prepares to face the Red Devils at Anfield on Monday.

Jose Mourinho’s side come into the game down in seventh place in the table, three points behind Liverpool, having been held by Stoke last time out.

But Klopp has defended Mourinho’s recent record at the club insisting criticism of the Portuguese is completely unjustified.

“It’s bulls***. No, but rubbish. Who says this? He has started badly at United?” he told reporters.

They won their first [three] games. So now you are giving B grades for winning? I try to play similar football to now with my former team and when we faced Real Madrid it was unbelievably difficult to play them.

He [Mourinho] knows how successful football works. To like or not like the way he plays, why should he care? Why should he care?

How can I say who is on the way here and who is on the way there?  If I lose against Manchester United you will stand here and ask me: ‘So..what about your ways..?’ I am of course not interested and absolutely not part of the group that says Jose Mourinho was or has been a good manager.

He is a competitor. Without knowing him well, I know he will want to win this game.”

They are Man United and they have the quality and offensive players who are strong and quick and technically good. They have everything you need to play football.

“ In the end a game can change when one team goes in to the lead or something, so we don’t know exactly what they will do but I am sure they won’t come here to defend only.”

Henderson wants revenge on Mourinho

The midfielder says he will never forget his side's 2-0 defeat to Chelsea two years ago that contributed to the Reds eventually finishing the season in second place

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson wants some revenge over Jose Mourinho for hurting his team's title chances while at Chelsea in 2013-14.

Mourinho's team went to Anfield and recorded a 2-0 win in a game best remembered for Steven Gerrard's slip.

But the Portuguese tactician's outfit slowed the game down on their way to victory, with Liverpool eventually finishing two points adrift of champions Manchester City.

Ahead of facing Mourinho's Manchester United on Monday, Henderson – suspended for that game in 2014 – still remembers the encounter.

"I will never forget the Chelsea game at Anfield when we lost and we were going for the title," he told reporters.

"It was difficult to watch. We were on fire really and the way they played the game, very slow, sat in, it was very clever from Jose.

"Throw-ins, goal-kicks, they were taking forever and that got everyone worked up in the stadium.

"It worked to their advantage in the end because they got the result they came for and the one that had a big impact on the title race so I will never really forget that."

Henderson praised Mourinho for his tactical nous, with United sitting seventh and Liverpool fourth ahead of the clash at Anfield.

"It was tactically, very good from Jose," he said.

"He is a great tactician, he is a world-class manager and he has shown that in the clubs he has been at."