The Super Eagles of Nigeria squad will face Poland national team as part of their pre-2018 World Cup friendly clash on Friday at the Municipal Stadium, Wroclaw.
The squad were pictured this week in Nigeria's new training kit made
Friday, March 23, 2018
Drake Tops New Streaming Record In Video Games
Hip-hop superstar Drake has broken a new record in streaming but this time in video games. The most streamed artist on Spotify, whose latest hit “God’s Plan” has spent the last seven weeks at number one on the US singles chart, made waves this week when he joined the streaming video-game platform Twitch.
His live stream — on which he joined the shoot-’em’-up adventure “Fortnite” with players including video-game star Ninja — drew 628,000 viewers, Twitch said, far outpacing the previous record of
Politics: Bill Gates pays a call at Aso Rock, Criticizes Buhari's Economic Policies
The present economic templates being used by the Muhammadu Buhari government do not have the ability to address the unique needs of Nigerians at present, American business magnate, Bill Gates, has said.
The philanthropist and founder of Microsoft corporation however said Nigeria has the ability to approach ‘upper middle-income status’ like Brazil, China and Mexico, but added that achieving this status depends on ”the choice Nigerian leaders make”.
Mr. Gates, at the special and expanded National Economic Council, held in Abuja on Thursday tasked Nigerian leaders to
Operator generates 10,000 wi-fi hotspots to Lagos for high-speed internet
To achieve this, Swift Network will partner with leading global brands to offer the service, which is going to be free, at designated places in the state.
With 500 hotspots already activated, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Swift Network, Charles Anudu in Lagos, told journalists that
Pressure increases on Zuckerberg to face data breach concerns
Facebook said on Friday it had blocked Cambridge Analytica from Facebook while it investigated claims the
France abduct legal action against Google, Apple for ‘abusive’ practices
France will take legal action against Google and Apple for “abusive business practices”, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Wednesday as transatlantic ties threaten to be riven by a trade war.
“I believe in an economy based on justice and I will take Google and Apple before the Paris Commercial Court for abusive business practices” against French start-ups, Le Maire said on RTL radio.
He said start-ups face conditions imposed on them when
We Are Not In Opposition To Buhari Governing For Second Term - UK High Commissioner
Paul Arkwright, the United Kingdom High Commissioner said Nigeria that his country, or any other Western nation as far as he could tell, is not against a second term run by President Muhammadu Buhari.
There has been speculation that the UK and other Western countries are not in favour of Mr. Buhari remaining in office beyond 2019.
“I am very happy to put that rumour to bed,” he said. “The United Kingdom supports a process whereby the people of Nigeria can exercise their democratic right to vote.”
Mr. Buhari has not openly disclosed his reelection plans, but
Government secure N3.532 trillion as taxes from Oil Companies
The Federal Government received N3.532 trillion as Petroleum Profits Tax and Royalties from oil companies between the third quarter of 2015 to third quarter of 2017, data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed.
Besides, oil producing states in Nigeria received N103.46 billion as 13 per cent Derivation Fund during the third quarter of 2017, as government’s total gross oil revenue within
Dollar makes bigger losses on Federal Reserve move, Trump revives trade war fears
After one of the most anticipated meetings in recent months, the central bank lifted borrowing costs, as expected, to a decade high but indicated just two more over the rest of the year, confounding forecasts of three more.
Jerome Powell, in his first news conference since
Labour Party disclaim meeting with Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.
According to the National Publicity Secretary of the LP, Ebere Ifendu, in a statement in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, the claim remained a falsehood.
He said: “The attention of the Labour party has been drawn to a story published in the Punch and some national dailies about
Brazil ready for Russia without Neymar
The most expensive football player on the planet is back home, celebrating his sister’s birthday with his famous right foot recovering from surgery in a protective boot.
But things are deadly serious in Moscow, where the Selecao play on Friday at the Luzhniki Stadium in which they will
Russia 2018: Messi gets down to Russia as Argentina pursuit World Cup glory
Lionel Messi begins his road to World Cup redemption on Friday as Argentina take on Italy in a glamour friendly, desperate to win a major international prize to crown his glorious career.
In Barcelona’s colours, Messi has experienced nothing but success, winning eight La Liga titles and four Champions League crowns, while earning FIFA’s Ballon d’Or award five times.
But pulling on Argentina’s blue-and-white striped shirt has
Stop the fantasy - Joshua tells heavyweight opponent Wilder
Should such a bout between British boxer Joshua, the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Association title-holder and American rival Wilder, the World Boxing Council champion, take place it could be one of the richest in history.
But no serious talks have yet to take place between
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
#BBNAIJA: ‘I CAN’T DATE MUSICIANS LIKE DAVIDO.. I’M A VERY JEALOUS PERSON’ — NINA
Nina Big Brother Naija 2018 housemate, on Saturday revealed why she can’t date musicians like Nigerian OBO Davido. She said this while interacting with fellow housemates, Miracle and Ifu Ennada, shortly after the nights show.
Nina said she can’t see other women hanging out with her lover because she will die.
She said, “I can’t date musicians like Davido; when I see other girls rocking him I will die. I’m a very jealous person but its not good to be jealous.”
Nina said she can’t date musicians like Davido because she is intolerate
2018 UTME: Candidates complained over use of computer
Some candidates who sat for the ongoing 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations ( UTME ) say they found the use of computers challenging.
The candidates spoke in separate interviews with our correspondent who monitored the exercise on Monday in Abuja.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ( JAMB ) on March 9 started the
EFCC freezes 30 accounts of ex-NSITF boss worth N62.3b and seizes 37 assets
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen 30 accounts and seized 37 assets allegedly belonging to the former Chairman of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund, Dr. Ngozi Olojeme. The agency had earlier linked 38 houses to Olojeme but
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Twitter plans to expand its 'verified' service to anyone
Jack Dorsey the Twitter CEO said in a livestream Thursday that the company plans to offer its blue-check-mark verification badge to more of its users, an oft-requested feature.
He said the company is working on a new process to verify people's identity and ensure credibility.
"We want to be one of the
'Black Panther' tops $1 billion at box office, joins Marvel elite
All hail the king! "Black Panther" has earned more than a billion dollars in worldwide box office receipts, Variety reported on Saturday. The film, which has been out for just 26 days, was helped over the milestone by a Friday opening in China, where it earned roughly $20 million.
Four other Marvel films have passed the
Nigerian Players Ideye and Success In Action As Barca Beat 10-Man Malaga Without Messi
Barcelona meted out Malaga following their 2-0 away win in their Spanish LaLiga clash on Saturday night.
Nigerian duo Brown Ideye and Isaac Success were introduced into the game in the 78th and 79th minutes respectively for Malaga.
Two first half goals from Luis Suarez (15th minute) and Philippe Coutinho (28th minute) were the scorers for Barcelona.
Malaga were reduced to
Tuesday, March 06, 2018
Provision of 10,000 street lights as Lagos, UK firm sign N2.52bn MoU
The state governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, while speaking at the signing of the MoU at Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, said the partnership, which also includes the provision of about 500 jobs and construction of an LED lighting and Hybrid Energy Power Assembly Plant in Epe, is estimated at $7million (about N2.52billion) to be delivered in the next 12 months.
The governor, who was represented by the Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr Olawale Oluwo, described the development was a major milestone and
India to host World Environment Day 2018
World Environment Day is a UN Environment-led global event, the single largest celebration of our environment each year, which takes place on June 5 and is celebrated by thousands of communities worldwide.
Since it began in 1972, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated across the globe.
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and Erik Solheim, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Head of UN Environment, jointly announced that India will be hosting the global World Environment Day celebrations on 5 June 2018.
According to a release on the UN Environment website, “Beat Plastic Pollution”, the theme for World Environment 2018, urges
Onigbinde At 80 as Enyeama, NFF Celebrate, Keeper Grateful For Super Eagles Opportunity
Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has thanked former Super Eagles coach Adegboye Onigbinde for giving him the opportunity to play for the senior national team.
Enyeama stated this while sending birthday wishes to the 1984 Africa Cup of Nations silver medal winning coach who turned 80 on Monday.
After taking over from the late Amodu Shuaibu as Super Eagles coach prior to the start of the
Shocking Reason New Technologies Can Spell Disaster
The warning stirs distant memories
of the recessionary year 2008 and the Dotcom bust a few years earlier.
So many companies, from startups to one-time Blue Chips, laid off
thousands of workers or simply disappeared through bankruptcy or
acquisition. Their IT teams, entrenched in dated technologies, went from
unemployed to unemployable.Foote, founder of IT workforce and
FRSC officials render assistance bydonate blood to accident victims in Osun
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Officers, Ilesa Unit, has donated blood to improve health delivery schemes as well as to save accident victims. The Federal Road Safety Commission was established on February 18, 1988
Speaking at the occasion, Mr Samuel
Oyedeji, the Ilesa Unit Commander Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said on Wednesday, that the blood donation programme was organised to mark 30th Anniversary of FRSC worldwide
He said that the gesture was to contribute to improve the
Apple could be launching new branded headphones this year
Apple is developing noise-canceling, over-the-ear headphones that would
compete with its own Beats subsidiary, Bloomberg reported Monday. There are plans to release the headphones as
early as the end of this year, though challenges with development could
delay the release, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.Similar to its efforts with the HomePod smart speaker, Apple has gone through multiple redesigns of the upcoming product and could do it again before launch, according to the sources. It could even scrap the project altogether. The new headphones would reportedly target the high end of the market and could include wireless pairing functionality.
The product would be the latest addition to it
Saturday, March 03, 2018
The Crown Prince of Saudi set to make first official trip to Egypt
The Prince of Saudi, Mohammed bin Salman is to visit Egypt in his first public foreign trip since becoming crown prince in 2017, an Egyptian official and Cairo airport sources said on Friday.
The visit, in the coming days, comes before he travels to London on March 7 and the U.S., Riyadh’s closest Western ally, on March 19.
Bin Salman purged the Gulf Arab kingdom’s economic and political elite in a crackdown on corruption in 2017, after becoming crown prince in June.
Riyadh counts Cairo among its Arab allies.
Egypt supports it in a war against Iran-backed Houthi militants in
Samsung launches new S9 phone with augmented reality features
Samsung unveiled its new flagship smartphone on Sunday with a focus on augmented reality features as it seeks to keep its title as the world’s biggest smartphone maker.The South Korean firm showcased the Galaxy S9 on the eve of the official start of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which comes after a year of flat smartphone sales.
With no other major handset maker using the
WhatsApp unveils new service to target SMEs
Social media platform, WhatsApp has launched a new service, WhatsApp Business, aimed at small businesses that have thus far been using their accounts, a move that brings it closer to monetising its free platform.
While the focus, at present, is to get small businesses on the platform for free, the firm plans to charge them in the future.The app was launched on
Nigeria Customs Service seizes N1billion contrabands, 18 vehicles
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’, Ikeja, Lagos, has seized various contrabands with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of about N1billion in February.
The Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’, Mohammed Garba, who paraded the items before journalists in Lagos, said the unit also recovered N67.9million from demand notices raised on goods intercepted, while attempting to beat the
Google introduces new job search experience
Google announced a new job Search experience that aims to help job seekers find employment opportunities. For the first time, when someone uses their phone or computer to search on Google for a job, they will see a streamlined experience letting them explore, research and find relevant, local job postings.
This launch builds on Google’s existing commitment in Sub Saharan Africa to improve economic opportunities for job seekers and employers, demonstrated through its Grow with Google initiatives. The Digital Skills for
"I will restructure Nigeria if elected" - Professor Kingsley Moghalu
Moghalu, the first aspirant from the Southeast zone to aspire for Nigerian presidency in 2019 made the declaration at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja yesterday, where he said
INEC receives 108 fresh applications for party registration
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received no fewer than 108 fresh applications from political associations seeking registration as political parties.- Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmoud Yakub, revealed this in Lagos on Thursday while speaking on “Citizen, Government and Technology’’ at a session of the ongoing Lagos Social Media Week.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the commission had in December 2017 registered 21 new parties.
The registration of the new parties brought the total number of
Nollywood Famous Actor, Saidi Balogun won Actor of the Year at Daily Independent Awards
Star actor and movie producer was full of appreciation to the organiser of the Independent Newspapers Awards after been honoured the Actor of The Year award last Sunday in Lagos with many other honourees. The colourful event, had in attendance current and former governors, including Chief James Ibori, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan.
In keeping with its avowed commitment to promoting the common good and rewarding excellence in the society, the Independent Newspapers Limited, publishers of the Daily Independent, Saturday Independent and Sunday Independent honoured Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as the Independent 2017 Man of the Year.
The governor received the award at an event on Saturday at
Fans tell BBN 2017 winner, Efe that it is a regret for voting him in
Big Brother Naija (BBN) 2017 winner, Efe has been living up to expectations from those who voted him to bang the prize winner of N25 million appeared to be a source of concern for the rapper. In fact, some of his fans, who feel he is not doing enough with his music career, despite the ovation that greeted his emergence as the 2017 BBN winner, are saying they regretted voting for the Warri-born entertainer ..
Some of them, who expressed their disapproval with Efe’s disposition to music and the slow pace with which his career is progressing, took to twitter to call out the singer and asked him to justify the confidence placed in him.
While some argued that Efe should be allowed to plan his life and
Nigeria recorded 43 deaths in two months in the lassa fever outbreak
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said in in its latest report, that Lassa fever has claimed 43 lives in Nigeria, with a total of 615 cases reported across 17 states since the beginning of 2018.
The agency in its weekly epidemiological report for Week 5 said 193 cases have been confirmed positive to the Lassa fever virus giving a case death rate of 23.9 per cent.
The report also stated that since the onset of the outbreak, there has been a high case ‘identification rate’ through the use of ‘standard case definition’ employed via the integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) strategy.
According to the report: “This is an indication of an
D'banj finally declares how he fought poverty to gain his wealth
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