Twitter tests vanishing tweets to keep up with Snapchat, Facebook
Twitter said Wednesday it is testing a way for users to “think aloud” with tweets that vanish after a day instead of having posts linger. The ability to send ephemeral tweets called “Fleets” is being tried out in Brazil, according to the San Francisco-based social media platform. If more widely implemented, Twitter would match the […]
LG retirees appeal to Okowa over pension arrears
Local government and public primary schools’ retirees, on the platform of Concerned Delta State Local Government Contributory Retirees, have sent an SOS to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over their arrears of pensions. A statement by Mode Augustine, Sir Henry Tukpe, Allensgate Agbanobi and Onwundijo Christopher, on behalf of the retirees, said “Part of the N5.9 billion […]
Foundation empowers 326 Cameroonian refugees in Cross River
The Cameroonian refugees, drawn from different camps across the state, are being trained in ICT, pastry and catering, aluminium work, tailoring and fashion design among others.
FG tasked on creation of enabling business environment
The Federal government has been called upon to ensure the provision of constant electricity and quality road networks in order to guarantee smooth business environment in the country.
Gov Abdulrazaq backs FG’s border closure policy
By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday hailed the border closure policy of the Nigerian government, saying regional economic agreements should not be an excuse to dump goods on or compromise the security of the country. AbdulRazaq said Kwara would continue to support the government policy, including offering necessary supports to […]
I caught my husband making love with married woman, cleric’s wife tells court
“I caught my cleric husband red-handed making love with a married woman,” a 44-year-old tailor, Rebecca Adeniyi, told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday. The petitioner said that her husband, Yusuf, with whom she had four children in their 15 years marriage, built a mosque and started sleeping with his female members both […]
Gov Diri’s N2.9bn bank loan for operational vehicles ungodly—APC
By Samuel Oyadongha & Emem Idio All Progressive Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State has described as “scandalous, unsympathetic and ungodly,” the decision of Governor Douye Diri to take a bank loan of N2.9 billion for buying of operational vehicles for the governor, his deputy and other top government functionaries. APC said that Governor Diri was […]
Bill to jail any person who destroys ballot papers, boxes for 20 years scales second reading
MOVES by the Senate to come up with a National Electoral Offences Commission that will sentence or convict a candidate, any person or agent who destroys a ballot Box or papers during election for a term of twenty years Imprisonment, got a boost as it scaled second reading yesterday at Plenary.
Gas flaring: Stick to 2020 deadline, Delta communities tell FG
Oil-producing communities in Delta South senatorial district, have urged the Federal Government to stick to the implementation of the 2020 deadline for the cessation of gas flaring in the country.
Bill to establish South West Development Commission divides Senate
SENATORS were Wednesday divided during the Consideration of a Bill for an Act to establish the South West Development Commission that would serve as a catalyst to develop the commercial and industrial potentials of the South West, to receive and manage funds from allocation of the Federation for the Agricultural and Industrial Development of the South West and any other related educational backwardness as well as security and development challenges.
Three escape Lagos/Ibadan Expressway accident — Ogun FRSC
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State Command Wednesday, confirmed that three occupants of the tanker which got burnt on the Long bridge of Lagos/Ibadan Expressway at about 7.10 pm on Tuesday all escaped unhurt.
