Twitter’s blue ticks were reinstated on some media, celebrity, and other high-profile accounts Saturday, a move protested by many of the recipients.Once a free sign of authenticity and fame, blue ticks must now be bought by subscribers for $8 a month, Twitter says.Non-paying accounts that had a blue tick lost
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has said that 23 persons have been reported dead from cerebrospinal Meningitis within one week in two states of the federation. The ugly development, according to the country’s disease control and prevention agency, occurred between March 27 and April 2, 2023. The centre
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THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced that Direct Entry registration exercise would continue on Saturday, 6th May, 2023, when the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME and the national census exercise would have ended.“This development is to accommodate the conduct of the Board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination,
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Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, says he used funds from his private law practice to acquire his property in the country and abroad.Keyamo said this in reaction to a claim that he acquired a US home for over $300,000 shortly after he was appointed minister in
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THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has dissolved its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), which was established in September of last year.The Council was chaired by the Plateau State governor, Simon Bako Lalong, with James Faleke serving as the Secretary.The announcement of the dissolution was made via a statement jointly signed by
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday departed Abuja, for the United States of America where he is scheduled to deliver a Special Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) in Philadelphia.According to a statement issued by media aide to the Vice President, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo’s lecture on Monday with the theme
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a widower, Ahmed Ariyibi and a divorcee, Silifat Akanbi at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) Lagos for alleged drug trafficking.The Director, Media and Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.Babafemi said the
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As part of its expansion programme in the international routes, Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, has started to fly direct, nonstop to Israel.The airline commenced scheduled operations into Tel Aviv on April 20, 2023, from Lagos and Abuja.At the inaugural flight ceremony held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the
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Tony Elumelu led Transcorp Hotels Plc is planning to spread its tentacles to the country’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos and has begun planning to build a five-star hotel in the upmarket Ikoyi neighbourhood of the state.The facility, a 300-room hotel towering 20 storeys, will also feature a 21-storeyed office block,
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The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has informed the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Nigeria, Ambassador Wouter Pomp, on the significance of Nigeria’s presidential declaration in the recognition of ownership and an order vesting custody and management of repatriated looted Benin artefacts to the Oba of Benin.Recall that the
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