Google To Pay Content Creators In Australia, Brazil, Germany
Google on Thursday agreed to pay some media groups in Australia, Brazil and Germany for high-quality content, expecting to do more deals with others. The U.S. internet giant has for years tried to fend off demands for payment from news publishers worldwide in return for using their content. “Today, we are announcing a licencing programme […]
AFDB Ranked Fourth Most Transparent Aid Institution In The World
Publish What You Fund, a global campaign for aid and development transparency, has ranked the African Development Bank (AfDB) fourth on its aid transparency index (ATI). According to a statement by Emeka Anuforo, a media relations officer with the bank, 47 global development institutions were considered in the ranking. The Asian Development Bank was ranked […]
Troubled Ex-Oyo Governor Ajimobi Finally Kicks The Bucket
Former Oyo state governor Abiola Ajimobi is dead. He was aged 70 years. The two-term governor and former senator died today, succumbing to COVID-19 and underlying symptoms. Before his death, he was reported to be receiving treatment after a surgery at the First Cardiology Hospital, Ikoyi, he was comatose and hooked on the ventilator, with […]
FG To Evacuate 167 Stranded Nigerians From South Africa
The Nigerian Consul General in Johannesburg, Godwin Adama, has said that the mission is set to evacuate 167 stranded Nigerians from South Africa on Thursday. Adama made this known during an interview with newsmen in Abuja, NAN reports. He said, “We are evacuating 167 stranded Nigerians from South Africa today, Thursday, June 25, Air Peace […]
Dubai Police Seizes $40.9m Cash From Hushpuppi, Explains Arrest
Dubai Police have seized $40.9m in cash and more than a dozen luxury cars in the arrest of Hushpuppi, Nigerian Instagram celebrity accused of online fraud and money laundering. In a video shared by the police, officers explained how they arrested Nigerian gang leader Raymond Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi. Hushpuppi’s principal scam was to […]
Giadom’s APC NEC Meeting Begins, Buhari, Gov In Attendance
President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from across the country, are gathered at the State House for the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. As at noon, the Executive Council Chambers of the State House had been packed with attendees for the NEC, which was called by factional Acting […]
Sokoto Bandits To Women: “We Will Kill Your Husbands, Sons”
Every morning, a group of women files out of an abandoned, uncompleted housing estate in Goronyo Local Government of Sokoto State. What they have in common is that they are all widows living in a makeshift camp for displaced persons. Originally conceived as resettlement estate for persons displaced by the 2010 floods in Goronyo, the […]
EFCC Arraigns 2 Indian Illegal Oil Dealers
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, (Lagos Zonal Office), on Wednesday, arraigned two suspected illegal oil dealers, Akash Kumar and Vishal Guleria, for offences bordering on alleged illegal dealing in petroleum products. According to reports, the Indians were arrested aboard a vessel, M.V. Bount, by the Nigerian Navy and subsequently handed over to the […]
COVID-19: Rivers Govt Sets New Guidelines For Marriage, Burial Ceremonies
The Rivers State Executive Council has approved new guidelines for marriages during the Covid-19 period in the State. State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim announced the Council’s decision while briefing newsmen at Government House Port Harcourt. Read Also: Gov Wike Reviews Guidelines For Religious Gatherings In Rivers Paulinus said prospective couples would be […]
Federal High Court Did Not Seal Off Our Secretariat – APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Edo State chapter has refuted the news making the rounds that a federal high court sitting in Benin ordered the seal off of its office. Reacting to the rumour via a phone interview, the state Publicity Secretary, Mr Chris Azebamwan told DAILYPOST that the party Secretariat remains under the control […]
Trump Sinks Low In Opinion Poll Over Handling Of Pandemic
The latest Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll shows that American approval of President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has dropped to the lowest level on record. The rating comes as new COVID-19 cases surged and Trump suggested he wanted to slow down testing. The June 22-23 poll also found that a majority of Americans want […]
Malawi Opposition Leader Lazarus Chakwera Leads In Rerun Poll
With nearly three-quarters of votes counted, Malawi’s opposition leader Dr Lazarus Chakwera was reported to be cruising to victory with 55 percent of the votes cast. Though, there is no official tally of the presidential rerun election on Tuesday, state-owned Malawi Broadcasting Corporation and private media all had Chakwera with 55% or more, with President […]