Twitter has said that it looks forward to Nigeria lifting the suspension on its services after an advanced negotiation. The Federal Government banned Twitter on June 5 after the microblogging site deleted a remark from President Muhammadu Buhari’s account. Over two months after, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said that the social […]
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Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday in Benin, said that the security situation in the state was relatively calm, adding that efforts were ongoing to sustain it.He stated this while reviewing the state security situation for the month of July, after a joint security meeting with all heads of various security agencies in the […]
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Three new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of global Solidarity clinical trials to find effective treatments against COVID-19, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Wednesday. The therapies — artesunate, imatinib, and infliximab — will be tested on hospitalised COVID-19 patients in 52 countries under the Solidarity PLUS programme. There have […]
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A July 2014 file photo shows the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, California. Photo: AFP Nigeria’s minister for information Lai Mohammed Wednesday said social media giant Twitter has agreed to open an office in the country, months after it opened its first African office in Ghana. “I know that one of the conditions that we […]
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Lionel Messi has been reunited with his old Barcelona team-mate Neymar in an all-star attack at Paris Saint-Germain, but the question now is whether the arrival of the Argentinian superstar could actually push Kylian Mbappe out of the French giants. PSG’s plan is to have the three forwards playing together in an all-star attack that […]
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Vehicles to pay N200, N500 per trip Exemption for diplomatic, military vehicles, tricycles, motorcycles The Federal Government on Wednesday announced the reintroduction of toll plazas on selected dual carriageways across the country. This development is coming 18 years after former President Olusegun Obasanjo dismantled all toll plazas on federal roads across the country in 2003. […]
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Lionel Messi’s Paris Saint Germain’s jersey.sold out in 30 minutes after the football club displayed them for sales on its website. When our correspondent visited the website, only limited women’s and kids were available for sale at over €100. The men’s shirt sold for €107.99 (£92) when available for sale. The club made available for […]
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A businessman, Ali Numan, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly insulting Adamawa State Governor. Ahmadu Fintiri. Magistrate Japhet Ibrahim Basani of the Chief Magistrate Court 2 ordered the remand of Numan, who was arraigned for insulting Fintiri on social media. Numan had on the 11, 12, 13, 17, 20, and 29 of July […]
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Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, has said the insecurity challenges facing the country were triggered by the high level of corruption and an unstable economy. Owasanoye said this when the Commandant-General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi paid a courtesy visit […]
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The Federal Government on Wednesday says consistent testing and non-compliance to non-pharmaceutical interventions are responsible for high reported cases of COVID-19 at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said in Abuja that scaling up of COVID-19 testing in various orientation camps across the country […]
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