Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), said yesterday, that his government built three refineries, the ones in Port Harcourt, Warri, Kaduna for domestic consumption and had planned to build more refineries to export refined products, instead of giving the crude to various countries. This came as the Minister …
Read More »Unlawful Detention: Suspects Sue FG, Demand 1bn
By Thompson Yamput Two suspects being detained at the Military Special Task Force (STF) Headquarters in Jos, Plateau have sued the Federal Government and the task force in High Court, demanding N1 billion as general damages for breach of their fundamental human. Zakka Dung and Joel Sunday also prayed for …
Read More »Easter Promo: Ecobankpay Offers Special Discount To Shoppers
Ecobank Nigeria Limited has announced special discount for shoppers using the EcobankPay option to pay for their goods and services during the Easter holidays and will run to the end of April 2019. EcobankPay is a digital QR code/ Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) that enables payments using the mobile …
Read More »Facebook Plans To Use AI To Respect Dead Users
Facebook has said it is working on using artificial intelligence to prevent a common and upsetting problem: receiving notifications about deceased friends and loved ones. The company said it hoped to stop the “painful” experience of getting suggestions to invite dead people to events, or to wish them a happy …
Read More »APC Trashes PDP’s Petition, Reminds Atiku Of Cameroon’s Plebiscite Of 1961
The ruling party, APC has finally responded to the long petition submitted at the court of Appeal by the opposition PDP and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar praying the court to nullify the election of APC’s Mohammodu Buhari as the original winner of the February 23rd, 2019 Presidential election. The …
Read More »Trump, Obama, Serena Praise Tiger Woods As Tiger Roars Back To Life
World leaders and some of the most decorated sports figures alike flooded social media on Sunday April 14, 2019 to congratulate American Tiger Woods after he clinched his fifth Masters title. “Congratulations to @TigerWoods,” tweeted U.S. President Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump), who earlier this year played golf with the Woods. “A …
Read More »Nigerian Govt Begins Work On Nigeria-Seme-Benin Road Project
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says the Federal Government has approved commencement of work on Nigeria-Seme-Benin Republic road project. Mr Hakeem Bello, the Special Adviser to the Minister on Communication, made this known in a statement on Sunday April 14, 2019 in Abuja. Fashola was …
Read More »Suspected Cultists On Rampage, Behead Two, Kill Three Others In Lagos
Residents of Alasiya in Abraham Adesanya Estate area, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, were thrown into panic on Sunday as a suspected clash by rival cults left five corpses on the streets. Eyewitnesses, said the clash started around midnight, adding that two of the five corpses …
Read More »Release Our Children, Parents Of Chibok Schoolgirls Beg Boko Haram
At the fifth anniversary of the abduction of Chibok Schoolgirls by Boko Haram, parents have fervently appealed to insurgents to release the remaining girls. Some of the parents who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday April 14, 2019 in Maiduguri narrated the ordeals of their daughters …
Read More »How Mohamed Salah’s Wonder-Strike Helped Liverpool Beat Chelsea
Mohamed Salah’s wonder-strike helped Liverpool beat Chelsea and ensured they remain two points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League. Almost five years since Liverpool’s title chances were ruined by a 2-0 defeat in the same fixture, the hosts kept themselves in the hunt for a …
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