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• Minister: 476 online platforms working against govt. The Federal Government said yesterday that  placing Twitter on an indefinite suspension  was a hard decision to take because of its importance as information dissemination and business channel. It also restated that  476 online media outlets were working hard to pull down …

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, has congratulated Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on his 56th birthday describing him as one who continues to prove his belief in the development and prosperity of the state. Speaker Obasa, in a message released by his media …

The House of Representatives has summoned the Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi and the management of the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) over N166,685,929,000 revenue that accrued to the authority as at December 31, 2016 but was not properly captured in the statement of account of the agency. They are also to …

A 21-year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Chidinma Ojukwu, has narrated how she stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death in the Lekki area of Lagos State. She spoke at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja on Thursday after she was paraded as a suspect …

Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, and the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday, differed on the nation’s debt-to-Gross …

The Ilorin, Kwara State home of the Managing Director of Royals Fast Food, Ilorin, Prince John and Lola Olabayo, a daughter of the famous billionaire, Prince Samuel Adedoyin is presently in turmoil over what could have made their 28-year-old son, Subomi commit suicide in the early hours of Tuesday right …

My Media Africa, Nigeria’s fastest growing media and magazine brand has announced plans of its 2021 Leadership Awards and Tech Summit. The epoch-making event has been fixed for Thursday, July 8th at the Four-Point Hotel by Sheraton, Victoria Island, Lagos in full compliance of all covid19 regulations and protocols. The …

A federal capital territory (FCT) high court sitting in Apo, Abuja, has sentenced Farouk Lawan, former chairman of the federal house of representatives ad-hoc committee on fuel subsidy, to seven years imprisonment over the $3 million bribery charges preferred against him by the federal government. Lawan was the chairman of …

Ogirikan Art gallery, a boutique of arts for medium and miniature paintings and drawings by emerging artists hold a solo art exhibition to showcase Judah Jibrin’s visual notation on culture, unity, and identity themed “Riches of the Land” in collaboration with Iwalewa Gallery of Arts in Lekki, Lagos between June …

Mr. Olawale Oyeleye, an International Chess Federation (FIDE) licensed Chess in School Instructor has authored a book titled Every Beginner’s Chess Book” with 215 Puzzles. The book which has been unveiled to Chess players, organizers, arbiters, coaches, and corporate Nigerian recently is a worthy addition to the book of knowledge …