Gunmen kill 2 Imo traditional rulers at stakeholders’ meeting
The security situation in Imo State worsened on Tuesday as gunmen invaded a meeting venue and shot dead two traditional rulers. The names of the affected victims are Eze E. Duruebere of Okwudor autonomous community and Eze Sampson Osunwa of Ihebinowerre autonomous community, both in Njaba. The Police Command has confirmed the killing of the two traditional rulers at Nnenasa in...
Facebook to settle $14.25m claims over U.S. employment infractions
Facebook will pay up to $14.25 million to settle civil claims brought by the U.S. government that the social media company discriminated against workers and violated other federal recruitment rules, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. The two related settlements were announced by the U.S. Justice Department and Labour Department. The Justice Department announced last December that it was filing a lawsuit that...
Police to Lagosians: No street protest to mark #EndSARS anniversary
Any form of street protest in commemoration of the #EndSARS anniversary in Lagos State is forbidden. This is the position of Lagos State Police Command. The Command’s spokesperson, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, in a statement on Tuesday, said the police would only allow an indoor or virtual event for the commemoration of the #EndSARS anniversary. It denied granting approval for any street protest...
How my successor’ll emerge, by Bishop Oyedepo
Sequel to succession crisis rocking the Synagogue Church of All Nations after the passage of its senior pastor, Prophet Temitope Joshua, the presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has disclosed how his successor will emerge after his retirement. In a short video clip trending on social media picked from the Church’s Covenant Hour of Prayer,...
Congresses: Amosun, supporters not loyal to APC – Party’s spokesman
The newly elected Publicity Secretary of the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tunde Oladunjoye, on Tuesday, declared that the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, and his loyalists are not loyal members of the ruling party. Oladunjoye, who accused Amosun and his followers of plotting to cause chaos and throw the state into...
#EndSARS: Mr. Macaroni, Falz, activists to embark on car procession
A memorial car procession to mark one-year anniversary of the #EndSARS protest on Wednesday has been announced by rapper, Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana and comedian Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr. Macaroni Falz and Mr. Macaroni are dominant figures in the October 2020 #EndSARS protest. The duo took to their respective verified Instagram pages to share e-fliers of the car procession and...
Penalties: Google to lose percentage of $240m Russian revenue
For repeatedly failing to delete content deemed illegal, Russia on Tuesday said it would fine U.S. tech giant, Google, a percentage of its annual Russian turnover. This is Moscow’s strongest effort yet to rein in foreign tech firms. The communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, said Google had failed to pay 32.5 million roubles ($458,100) in penalties levied so far this year and that...
C/River teachers lament, provide chalks to teach in schools
Teachers in state-owned primary and secondary schools in Cross River on Monday lamented that they provided chalks by themselves to be able to teach. Speaking to newsmen in Calabar, one of the teachers said many community schools in the state had not have chalks in the last five years. He said teachers were angry at the situation and decided to join in...
Consensus for National Secretary tears South-East PDP apart
The arrangement by the South-East stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to produce a consensus candidate for the position of national secretary in the forthcoming national convention seemed to have suffered a setback. Two aspirants from the zone – Senator Samuel Anyanwu from Imo and Okey Muo-Aroh from Anambra – had submitted their nomination and expression of interest forms. Anyanwu,...
Troops neutralise 28 terrorists in Borno
Troops of the Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have eliminated 20 Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists at Chabbal area in Jere Local Government Area of Borno. Eight other terrorists also met their waterloo. Four terrorists were eliminated at the Forward Operating Base (FOB), Wulgo in Borno while another four insurgents were killed...
