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The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, July 20, and Wednesday, July 21, 2021, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. This was disclosed in a statement by the permanent secretary, Shuaib Belgore, on Thursday in Abuja. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, […]
Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has announced the launch of a trial aimed at freeing its users from smartphones. In a blog post on Wednesday, Facebook engineers said the new feature would allow for the hugely popular service be used on multiple “non-phone” devices without needing to connect to the smartphone app. “With this new […]
Nigerian fast rising artist, Mohbad, has dropped a new tune with video titled “Feel Good”. This is his first release for the year 2021. This comes after the release of his EP in 2020. Listen and download:
Australian Olympic basketball star Liz Cambage pulled out of the Tokyo Games Friday, citing a struggle with her mental health fuelled by the thought of “terrifying” isolation in the Olympic bubble. Cambage — a stalwart of Australian women’s Olympic basketball team, the Opals — said she could not confidently compete on the world stage […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it will auction the Fifth Generation Technology (5G) spectrum by the Fourth Quarter (Q4) of 2021. Executive Vice-Chairman (EVC) of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, disclosed this at the maiden International Conference on Information and Engineering Systems (ICIES) on Thursday at Nile University, Abuja. The News Agency of […]
The Warri Uvwie and Environs Development Agency,WUEDA, has wrapped up plans to commence the construction of drainages to tackle the flooding experienced at Maka street, Azubuike street and Omimi link road, along Refinery road Effurun. Director General of the development Agency, Ovuzorie Marculy who disclosed this during an inspection exercise on Wednesday assured residents […]
Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area in Delta State, Dr. Michael E. Tidi, has insisted on the profiling of occupants of Arewa settlement (Hausa Quarters) in Ubeji, Warri, saying his administration is determined to know the kind of businesses the occupants do in the make-shift structures. Dr. Tidi, made the declaration, Wednesday July […]
Two Nigerian soldiers were on Tuesday shot dead in Enugu, Nigeria’s South-east, the Nigerian Army has said. The spokesperson of the army, Onyema Nwachukwu, said in a statement on Wednesday that the two were killed during a gun battle between troops and some members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the security arm of […]
The Senate has passed a bill that seeks to establish an Electoral Offences Commission bill. The bill, if signed into law, will empower the commission to investigate electoral offences, prosecute electoral offenders and maintain records of all persons investigated and prosecuted. The legislation also prescribes a 20-year jail term for offenders found guilty of […]
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the pro-Biafra group, IPOB, has spoken for the first time from detention since he was arrested in Kenya and brought back to Nigeria about three weeks ago to face treason trial. He is detained in the facility of Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS, in Abuja. Mr Kanu’s special […]
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