THEGUARDIANYoung Nigerians blame leaders for region’s woesThe 19 northern governors, yesterday, backed down on their call for clampdown on social media, even as they inaugurated a committee to work with Arewa youths and civil society organisations to develop the region. Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) and PlateauContinue Reading
Nigerians on social media on Wednesday dragged the Federal government and Nigeria Broadcasting Commission after CNN released its findings from an independent investigation carried out on the October 20 shooting incident at the Lekki tollgate. Footage released by CNN showed that soldiers shot at the End SARS protesters who hadContinue Reading
The ‘Winner of Winners’ award is a special category of this year’s Women’s Prize to celebrate its 25th anniversary premiumtimes Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has clinched the ‘Winner of Winners’ award of the UK-based Women’s Prize in a public vote. Adichie, who first won the Women’s Prize, formerly Orange PrizeContinue Reading
ghacks.net Google announced changes to the company’s Google Photos service in regards to storage usage on November 11, 2020. The change, which will take effect on June 1, 2021, drops the current storage policy of allowing unlimited free “high quality” photos and videos on the service. Original quality photos andContinue Reading
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – “Lockdown” has been named the word of the year by the Collins English Dictionary, owing to the rapid increase in its usage amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “So what about the word of the year itself? ‘Lockdown’, with its heavy, clunking syllables and heavier associations, is theContinue Reading
The Tribune The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced that the country has recorded 94 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 64,184. The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Sunday night. “On the 9th of November 2020, 94 newContinue Reading
Vanguard News Nigeria. The first Nigerian-American, Oye Owolewa, to be elected as a US (Shadow) Representatives emerged winner on Wednesday to represent Washington DC. Recall at least, nine Nigerian-Americans were in the race for different political offices at the federal, state and local levels in the US 2020 elections. RecallContinue Reading
SAHARAREPORTERS Apart from the presidential election, governorship elections are taking place in 11 states and two territories while congressional elections are also holding for all 435 seats of the US House of Representatives, and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate As the United States of America heads toContinue Reading
Punchng.com Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has said the Federal Government had the option of shutting down the social media space during the #EndSARS protests but chose not to tread the path. Dare, who spoke on Monday while featuring on Channels Television’s programme Sunrise Daily, said the governmentContinue Reading
TechPoint.Africa On Wednesday, October 21, 2020, several content containing images related to the unfortunate incident that occurred at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos, Nigeria on Tuesday were flagged as misinformation on Facebook and Instagram. The shocking incident which involved the killing of an unconfirmed number of protesters by theContinue Reading
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