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India Releases New Rules to Regulate Social Media, Digital News Platforms

Indian authorities have released new rules to regulate social media companies in a bid to introduce a major change in legislation to assert more control over powerful Big Tech firms. The Indian government also warned that ‘double standards of social media will not be acceptable, with some of the affected social media companies including OTT streaming services, digital news outlets, among…

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#India #Social Media

Fitch Revises Nigeria’s 2021 GDP Growth Forecast to 1.6% from 2.3%

Fitch Ratings has revised downward its 2021 growth forecast for Nigeria to 1.6 per cent, from its previous expectation of 2.3 per cent. The global rating agency in a statement on Wednesday, hinged its prediction on weaker base effects coming out of a shallower contraction recorded by the country in 2020. It pointed out that rising oil exports would be the main growth driver for the country in…

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#Fitch

Ivorian Opposition Seeks to Upset Ouattara’s Parliamentary Majority

Former President and opposition leader in the West African Ivory Coast, Henri Konan Bédié, on Wednesday, called for a “massive” vote in the March 6 legislative elections. “President Gbagbo and I solemnly call” all Ivorians “lovers of fraternity and democracy to participate in the legislative elections” and this “massively”, said Mr Bédié in a message read to the press at his home in…

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#Ivory Coast

Nigeria’s Attorney General Malami Won’t Allow New Anti-graft Boss Bawa Succeed, Sagay Says

Chairman of Nigeria’s Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Itse Sagay has expressed concern that the country’s attorney-general Abubakar Malami may interfere in the duties of Abdulrasheed Bawa, the newly-appointed chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Sagay, a senior advocate of Nigeria and a professor of law described Malami as a politician and…

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#Sagay

Abuja Plane Crash: Seven Air Force Personnel Buried in Military Cemetary

The seven Nigerian Airforce personnel who died in a plane crash on Sunday have been laid to rest leaving their family members and friends in tears. The burial took place at the National Military Cemetery in the nation’s capital Abuja on Thursday morning. The aircraft crashed while en route to Minna to conduct intelligence missions towards the rescue of the abducted 42 students and staff of…

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#Abuja #Plane Crash

Lawyer Who Sued #EndSars Protesters Suspected Of Being A Counterfeit

Kenechukwu Okeke, who filed a criminal complaint before an Abuja Magistrates’ Court over the actions of 50 artists, celebrities and pastor during the October 2020 #EndSARS struggles has been alleged to be fake, going by his conduct in court. SaharaReporters learnt that the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School and the Nigerian Bar Association had been contacted to authenticate Okeke’s legal…

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#EndSARS #Lawyer

Kidnappers Release Abducted Adamawa United Driver

The unknown men who kidnapped Alhaji Kabiru, the driver of Adamawa United Football, have released him. Kabiru was recently abducted when the team was traveling for an NPFL match in Lagos. The game against MFM FC went ahead with the driver still in captivity. But the club had to cough out N1 million ransom for the driver to be released at the end. The kidnappers had demanded a ransom of N50…

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#Kidnappers

‘Fulanis Are Not Terrorists And Bandits’ – Sultan Of Sokoto

Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has said that not all Fulani herdsmen engage in terrorism. The Sultan, who stated this yesterday when he visited the headquarters of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) in Abuja, said the insecurity in the country should not be restricted to one particular…

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#Sultan Of Sokoto

BUSTED!! NDLEA Captures 8 Drug Dealers In Niger

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger Command, says it has arrested eight suspected drug traffickers with 603.24 kilogrammes of illicit drugs in different parts of the state. The Acting Commander of the agency in the state, Mr Isaac Aloye, said this in an interview with newsmen in Minna on Thursday, NAN reports. Aloye said the drugs seized from the suspects included: 601.443 kg…

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#NDLEA

Nigerian State Governor Releases N32m To Vaccinate 800,000 Cows

Bauchi State Government has released the sum of N32m for the vaccination of over 800,000 herds of cattle in the state. The state governor, Bala Mohammed, disclosed this at the inauguration of 2020/2021 annual livestock vaccination campaign at the Galambi Cattle Ranch, Bauchi on Wednesday, February 24. “We have released over N32m for this exercise which will cover vaccines, equipment and…

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We Will Reopen 3rd Mainland Bridge Fully This Weekend – FG

The bridge should have been fully reopened in January, but the #EndSARS protests meant a readjustment of schedules. The third mainland bridge in Lagos, which has been shut for repair work since July 2020, will be fully reopened this weekend, government officials have said. The Senior Special Assistant to the Lagos State Governor on New Media, Jubril Gawat, quotes Minister of Works and…

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#Third Mainland Bridge

I Will Work Against Makinde If He Doesn’t Stop Disrespecting Me – Fayose

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has warned Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to stop disrespecting him and give him the respect he is due. Fayose and Makinde have been at loggerheads over the leadership of the PDP in the South-West. Speaking on Wednesday during the PUNCH Live interview, Fayose threatened to work against the re-election of Makinde if he continues to disrespect…

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#Fayose #Seyi Makinde

Biden Overturns Trump Ban on Many Green Card Applicants

US President Joe Biden has revoked a proclamation issued under the Trump administration that blocked many green card applicants from entering the United States. The order by former President Donald Trump, known as Presidential Proclamation 100014, cited a need to protect US jobs amid high unemployment rates caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement on Wednesday, the White House announced…

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#Joe Biden

Facebook Bans Myanmar Military from Its Platforms with Immediate Effect

Facebook on Thursday said it had banned the Myanmar military from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms with immediate effect, as weeks of mass demonstrations continue in the Southeast Asian country after the military seized power. “Events since the February 1 coup, including deadly violence, have precipitated a need for this ban,” Facebook said in a blog post. “We believe the risks of…

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#Facebook #Myanmar

Ghana receives 1st COVID-19 Vaccine Shipment through Global Sharing Program

Ghana has become the first country to receive the shipment of COVID-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global vaccine-sharing program. The 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccines arrived Wednesday in the capital, Accra. This is according to a joint statement from WHO and UNICEF, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund. The vaccines…

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#AstraZeneca #Covid-19 Vaccine #Ghana

2023: I Have No Interest In Tinubu’s Presidential Ambition, Says Fayose

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has expressed that he has no interest in the rumoured presidential ambition of All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, in 2023. Fayose stated this on a PUNCH Live interview on Wednesday. He expressed confidence that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, would produce Nigeria’s president in the 2023 general elections. He said “Bola Tinubu…

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#Fayose

Atiku’s Daughter, Fatima Finally Speaks On Returning To APC

Fatima, a daughter of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed speculation she took part in the ongoing membership revalidation exercise of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). This was in a statement she signed and made available to newsmen on Wednesday. Fatima said her membership of the APC in the past, was informed by the need to participate in then APC-led government of…

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#Atiku Abubakar

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