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Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday told the All Progressives Congress, APC, that it would, henceforth, resist every effort aimed at compromising fairness and credibility in future elections, beginning with the Osun governorship election in September.... Read more via Vanguard News –...

FICTION PARADING AS NEWS: NO FOREIGN PRESSURE ON PRESIDENT BUHARI TO DROP 2ND TERM BID – PRESIDENCY It is necessary to respond to a tendentious story published today as cover choice by Daily Independent Newspaper. Under the headline, 'Pressure mounts on Buhari not to seek re-election,' the...

How do you know a true man of God? It's when his words come to pass! Interestingly, one of the major prophecies of popular Abuja based Prophet, Bro. Joshua Iginla for 2018 has been confirmed. The internationally acclaimed prophet predicted thrice about the gales of defections rocking the major...

The presidency in Nigeria erupted in anger on Tuesday and described as fake news and fiction a report claiming that the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and Saudi Arabia have begun mounting pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election next year. Read...

Earlier this year, Amazon successfully patented an “ultrasonic tracker of a worker’s hands to monitor performance of assigned tasks.” Eerie, yes, but far from the only creative method of employee surveillance. Upwork watches freelancers through their webcams, and a UK railway company recently...

On Monday, President Donald Trump sent seven -- yes, seven! -- tweets attacking his former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman over claims she made in her tell-all memoir that was formally released today..... Read more via CNN – https://ift.tt/2MjwhmU Get more World News

Los Angeles (AFP) – US immigration judges say they are under increasing pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration to speed up immigrant deportations — or risk removal if they delay. This pressure is highlighted in the case of a judge in Philadelphia, Steven … Read more via Yahoo...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar says a Nepali worker has died while helping to build a stadium for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the Arab nation. Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy said in a statement Tuesday the 23-year-old worker died at its Al Wakrah Stadium project...

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela chief prosecutor, Tarek Saab, said on Tuesday two high-ranking military officers were arrested for their alleged involvement in drone explosions during a speech by President Nicolas Maduro earlier this month. The South American country’s government has accused...

Imagine someone robs your house. The savvy culprit didn’t leave behind fingerprints, shoe prints, or any other discrete, identifying details. Still, police manage to link the crime to a series of burglaries that happened the next town over, because of the criminal’s behavior. Each robbery...

Internet shutdowns in Africa are becoming a source of concern for those passionate about the continent’s digital economy. The latest of such shutdowns is Ethiopia where authorities have blocked access in the eastern part of the country..... Read more via TechCabal – https://ift.tt/2KRtSdk...

As the first point of ‘direct’ contact for telco customers, customer care agents are very important to customer acquisition and retention and conflict resolution. The efficiency (or inefficiency) of a telcos’ customer care force can directly impact how quickly, or slowly, a telco grows its...

“This is not a curse. This is a gift.” So says Ali Davis (Taraji P. Henson) in the trailer for Paramount Pictures’ What Men Want, released just moments ago. After being passed over for a promotion at her sports agency, and being told to “stay in … via E! Online (US) – Top Stories –...

More than 50 houses were destroyed in Dakingari town in Suru Local Government Area of Kebbi on Monday night by heavy downpour that resulted to flooding. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the late hour rain rendered many people homeless in the town. … Read more via Premium Times...

A 28-year-old Uber driver, Sunday Omale, was on Tuesday arraigned before Magistrate E. Kubeinje of an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly refusing to pay a commercial sex worker. Omale, who resides at Alhaja Elesin Street, Ogudu, is facing assault occasioning bodily harm after...

The Christian Association of Nigeria has declared a three-day prayer over what it described as a threat to democracy in the country. It stated that the decision was informed by the “recent political drama unfolding in our nation.” The acting CAN General Secretary, Daramola Bade, in a … Read...

When you’re browsing a website and the mouse cursor disappears, it might be a computer glitch — or it might be a deliberate test to find out who you are. The way you press, scroll and type on a phone screen or keyboard can be as unique as your … Read more via Slashdot – https://ift.tt/2PdmP2a...

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has disclosed that a new coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) will contend with any politician in Nigeria who is thinking of buying votes during the 2019 general elections. She, however, noted that the nation’s laws should be enforced so...

Junaid Mohammed, Second Republic lawmaker, on Tuesday, lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari over the tensed political atmosphere in the country. Mohammed, in a chat with DAILY POST, described Buhari as a political and an economic illiterate, who lacks the capacity to manage the affairs of the...

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as well as the party’s senators and House of Representatives members have perfected plans to impeach the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, now a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. The NWC and National...