BY AYO OLOWO Designed for both iOS andAndroid, the Google Translate app is adding 20 new languages. You’ll be able to translate to and from English with Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian. For Hindi and Thai, you’ll be able to do […]
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A 22-year-old British Airways stewardess died suddenly in a hotel in Angola. Emily Dunn, (circled) who had a suspected heart condition, was found dead in her room in Angola after she failed to arrive for a flight back to Heathrow, London, on July 16. Emily had only started with BA in May and had told […]
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Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has approved the appointment of Mallam Aliyu Muhammed Salisu as his Special Assistant on Persons with Disabilities. This was contained in a press statement issued by his media aide, Mr Samuel Aruwan, in Kaduna today. According to the statement, Salisu, who hails from Sabon Gari, Zaria, holds a Diploma […]
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The Imo state police command have arrested and paraded a notorious kidnapper identified as Henry Chibueze aka “Vampire”. Vampire was arrested after a failed attempt by him and his gang members to kidnap judges of the Imo state tribunal who were lodged at Disney Hotels, along Onitsha Owerri Road recently. According to reports, security operatives […]
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The Nations The reported death of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, took another dimension on Wednesday with the claim by the town’s traditional council that the monarch is alive. The foremost traditional ruler was said to have died in a United Kingdom hospital Tuesday night. The Ooni died of an undisclosed ailment at […]
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Man, identified as Jacob Nwachukwu from Abala in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, has cut off his wife’s left hand over allegation of infidelity. The man’s wife, Mrs Nwadiokeonu Nwachukwu, is now at a hospital in Aba, while her severed hand had been taken to her husband’s village at Abala for burial. The […]
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BY AYO OLOWO Member representing Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo federal constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon. Linus Okorie has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take note of the natural law of ‘what goes around comes around,’ further stating that if Buhari decides to be unfair to his predecessor, he should expect similar treatment when he leaves office. […]
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Three PDP governors will accompany the president of Nigeria, Muhamadu Buhari to Cameroon on a two-day visit to build a more effective regional coalition against Boko Haram. The governors are Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, Mr Darius Ishaku of Taraba and Ben Ayade of Cross River State. They will be joined by three of their […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration is close to ending the sharp practices in the oil and gas sector. The perpetrators will be named, he said. Buhari, who spoke on his vision for a greater Nigeria on “Good Morning Nigeria”, a Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Abuja, pragramme, said oil was still being […]
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The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Rivers State, Mrs. Gesila Khan, yesterday, denied allegation by the All Progressives Congress, APC, that she was bribed with N700 million to rig elections in the state in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In a statement by her lawyer, Mr Selekeowei Larry, SAN, the Rivers REC said she […]
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