Cambridge Analytica, the British marketing analytics firm, announced Wednesday that it was closing and would file for insolvency in Britain and the United States after failing to recover from the Facebook data scandal. The decision follows weeks of intense pressure on the company, hired by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, after allegations emerged it may have […]
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Team Nigeria made a quick recovery to their shock 1-3 loss to Slovakia with comprehensive win over Bulgaria and Australia to arrive in the knockout stage of the men’s second division of 2018 ITTF World Team Championships holding in Halmstad, Sweden. Unlike Nigeria, Egypt men and women teams are in race to be safe from […]
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Shareholders of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) strongly commended the Board and management for Transcorp’s impressive contribution to transforming the Nigerian power sector, through its power subsidiary, Transcorp Power. The commendations were received at the 12th Annual General Meeting of Transcorp, held on April 30th 2018, at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The shareholders were responding to Transcorp’s […]
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The Majority leader of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmed Lawan, has stated that since Donald Trump has confirmed that the US has received $496m from Nigeria for fighter jets, the issue of impeaching President Muhammadu Buhari has been put to rest. Some members of the house of representatives had called for the impeachment of the president […]
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The visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to U.S. President, Donald Trump, has yielded the finalisation of negotiations to repatriate more than $500 million (about 190 billion Naira) of Nigeria’s looted money traced to the U.S. Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, told the correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington, […]
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Following reports that there was a fire outbreak at the headquarters of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Abuja on Tuesday evening, the apex bank has come out to debunk the claim. The incident was said to have started around 6:30pm but firefighters brought it under control after 30 minutes. The billows of smoke […]
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Quite a number of people were killed in a suicide attack in Mubi, a town in Adamawa state. Confirming the incident, the chairman of Mubi North Local Government, Alhaji Musa Bello, said the blasts occurred around 1 30 pm. “All I can tell you for now is that I am on my way to the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recruitment of 6,000 additional policemen as part of fresh measures to address the nation’s security challenges including the farmers/herdsmen clashes across the country. The President made this known in a special interview session with Voice of America, Hausa service, in Washington, United States on Tuesday morning. President Buhari, who […]
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has reacted critically to the statement made by US President Donald Trump’s comments on the killing of Christians in Nigeria. During a joint press conference with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, Trump said the US will not accept the attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria. Reacting to the US president’s […]
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The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, said action taken by the Senate in the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege is unlawful and unconstitutional. The Attorney General gave this view while making a submission yesterday in the hearing of the suit by Omo-Agege challenging his suspension by the […]
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