News & Developments
Google Announces its First Product Development Centre in Africa
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced its first Product Development Centre, which will be opened later this year in Nairobi. ...
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Business owners in Ilora abandoned in agony after a year without electricity
ILORA ––– one of the basic means to the human race in life is electricity, which plays a vital role...
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COVID-19: Nigerian Federal Government Lifts Midnight Curfew, Crowd Restriction At Weddings, Concerts, Others
According to a new revision by The Federal Government through the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, the committee introduced...
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State of Affairs: What’s happening in Nigeria today
Not only are Russian troops and torment spreading into more Ukrainian cities, the transcontinental country has just defaulted on its...
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The French ambassador to Mali has been expelled following “hostile and outrageous comments”
After a comment by the French ambassador describing Mali's transitional government as "hostile and outrageous," Mali demanded the French embassy...
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8 deaths & 50 injuries recorded at Africa Cup of Nations Match in Cameroon
On Monday the 24th of January, there was a stampede at the Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon. According to videos...
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The fashion world mourns Thierry Mugler’s passing at 73
Manfred Thierry Mugler, a French fashion designer, died at the age of 73. This was announced on his official Instagram...
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The Nigerian economy lost approximately $250,600 every hour during the Twitter ban. What Nigerians had to say
On Wednesday, January 12th, 2022, at approximately 11:00 p.m., the Nigerian government through a government official stated that the ban...
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Andre Leon Talley dies at 73. A brief remembrance of his life and times
Andre Leon Talley died in a White Plains, New York hospital. The fashion star died at the age of 73,...
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The Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution’s Year Long Report Condemns Military For 2020 Lekki toll Massacre
Late last year, Nigerian protesters took to the streets of Nigeria to protest (peacefully) demonstrators for nearly two weeks over...
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In search of a new dispensation: Chronicling the rapid rise of Nigerian emigration
In the same week Nigeria celebrated the 61st anniversary of its independence, social media was abuzz with pictures of its citizens...
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Orders Twitter Ban To Be Lifted On A Few Conditions
On Jun 5th, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari blocked access to Twitter’s services in Africa’s most populous country, saying the platform....
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Nigeria’s ongoing Twitter ban reiterates the country’s barely existent democracy
"Questioning the morals, motives and actions of a nation-state is not an expression of hatred for that nation,"Stewart Stafford, author...
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AbokiFX suspends publishing of daily foreign exchange rates
In the late hours of September 17, 2021, foreign exchange rate publishing platform, AbokiFX published a statement on Twitter, saying...
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African Countries With The Cheapest Mobile Data Plans
Africa is easily becoming one of the top internet-savvy continents in the world due to a steady increase in internet...
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Nigerian Fintech Platform Kuda Bank, raises $55M at a $500M valuation
Kuda Bank, the London-based, Nigerian-operating startup has grown to be one of Nigeria’s foremost mobile-first, personalised and often cheaper set...
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Burna Boy Adds His Third BET Award To His List Of International Awards
Burna Boy is definitely the African star of the moment, the African giant has been on a roll of international...
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Botswana Has Found the World’s Third-Largest Diamond
On June 1st, Botswanan diamond firm Debswana unearthed a 1,098-carat stone that it described as the third-largest of its kind...
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Spotify Launches Clubhouse Clone, called ‘Greenroom’
The tech industry over the years has basically thrived on companies 'stealing' each other's features and improving on them to...
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Nigeria is the 66th country in the world to restrict social media
The study conducted by English privacy protection company Surfshark shows that Nigeria became the 66th country that has restricted social...
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