Woke Soyinka Hale and Hearty

Wole Soyinka

Rumours on many social media sites were that Wole Soyinka had passed on. But this news has been confirmed to be untrue as the Nobel prize winner is hale and hearty.

In fact PM news can confirm that he is presently in Los Angeles, United States, promoting his new book titled  ”Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth.” Wole Soyinka says this new latest book is his gift to Nigeria.

How African Teams will Qualify for the Worldcup

A total of 5 five African teams will qualify for the 2022 world cup.

Qualification format

First round:

 28 teams ranked between  27th and 50th played home-and-away over two legs. 14 winners advanced to the second round.

Second round: 

40 teams comprising 14 teams from the first round plus the first 26 ranked African teams. The teams are divided into 10 groups of 4 teams each. The team that tops each of the groups after all matches have been played will advance into the 3rd round.

Third round: 

The ten second round group winners will play home-and-away over two legs. The five winners qualify for the World Cup.

World Cup Qualification: Super Eagles Remain in Pole Position

Super Eagles Players Celebrating

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have survived a Central African Republic scare to still remain favourites to quality from group c. The have 9 points from 4 matches closely followed by Cape verde  with 7 points. The team that finishes top of the group qualifies for the final round.

Recall that on 7th October the Super Eagles lost surprisingly to the Central African Republic (CAR) at home. The match was destined to finish with points shared but Karl Namnganda stole 3 points for CAR with his injury time strike. But the Super Eagles revenge with a 2 nil victory in the second leg.

Nigeria must win their 2 remaining matches to guarantee qualification form group c

How to make Cocoa Powder from Cocoa

Cocoa powder

Cocoa is used to make chocolate. This article will briefly expand the procedure of how you can make cocoa powder for a nourishing chocolate drink at home.

Major items you need are:

1.Cocoa

2.Cooker

3. Frying pan ( for roasting)

4. Blender

Procedure

  1. Break the Cocoa pods and extract the seeds into a container.
  2. Wash the seeds to remove the fleshy content around it. 
  3. Sun dry the seeds for about a week.
  4. Roast the dried seeds in a frying pan. When the cocoa seeds are well roasted it gives  off a nice smell and popping sounds.
  5. Let the seeds cool then remove the outer shells of the cocoa seeds.
  6. Next put these roasted cocoa seeds into a blender and blend moderately.
  7. There you have it, your cocoa powder is ready to prepare a nice Chocolate drink.

Note. If you over blend the roasted cocoa seeds it turns into a cocoa paste or chocolate paste. 

Facebook Chooses Profit over Safety, says Whisleblower

Frances Haugen

Frances Haugen, former Facebook product manager, the whistleblower says Facebook is prioritizing profit over the safety of its users.

She claims that the company promotes harmful and misleading content to keep views engaged. She told the US Senate that the company has a lot of information at its disposal to analyze content and promote only those that are beneficial to people but it doing very little in this regard.

She is asking the  Senate to regulate but not ban Facebook.

‘Shocking evidence’ has she implies, have been submitted to the senate to back up her claims.Recall that yesterday Facebook and all its associated sites were completely down for over 5 hours. People were left stranded. It is reported that the company has lost over 7bn dollars because of that incident alone. Their Stocks also fell by 5 percent.

Facebook, Messenger, Whatsapp and Instagram are down

Today Monday 4th of October 2021, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger are not accessible. It occured around 4pm Nigerian Monday, 4th October, 2021 and its 9pm now and these apps are still off. 

The management have reported in their Twitter handle that they are working to restore normalcy.

Over 3 billion people worldwide use these services and it must be very frustrating now.