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The internet giant is planning on building three underwater cables in 2019 in order to expand its cloud business to new regions, reports CNBC. All three underwater cables will have different routes: Los Angeles to Chile U.S. to Denmark and Ireland Hong Kong to Guam The cables will help Google …...

A young Nigerian man who because of the current challenges he is facing in his life and thought it best to take his own life by hanging, has been saved by a phone call. The story is quite shocking… via Tori News – http://ift.tt/2B4NWUN Get More Nigeria Metro News

Some police officers have reportedly assaulted a woman and her sister after they accosted them over an incident. via Tori News – http://ift.tt/2D9rZFK Get More Metro News

A Facebook user Prince Gwamnishu Harrison, has taken to the social media platform to tell the story of a 17-year old who was drugged and raped by her sister’s boyfriend. The rape led to the teenager identified as Ogechukwu, being pregnant and according to the … via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s No...

In 2016, about 43% percent of Americans worked from home at least once and a while, according to Gallup. • FlexJobs recently released a list of the best companies when it comes to telecommuting. • The companies are from a range of industries and include some … via Business Insider –...

Dominique Collett, a senior investment executive at Rand Merchant Investments and head of AlphaCode. Fintech continues to surprise with little to touch the rise of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in 2017. This will continue in 2018 and I make some predictions based on what we see happening globally...

Cross River state government has dismissed an allegation by the state chapter of the APC that Governor Ben Ayade repackaged smuggled rice as Ayade rice – The government said it is most unfortunate how people could go to such a … via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Nigerian...

A Nigerian lady, Ladi Ebiloma, took to the social media to share a video of her experience in a cab with men she suspected are fraudsters pretending to be a cab driver and foreigner to dupe unsuspecting people in Abuja. Source: … via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Nigerian...

Three million women and youths nationwide will benefit from an agro-business programme of the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) scheme of the Federal Government, an official said on Tuesday. Dr Chinyere Ikechukwu-Eneh, Assistant Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural...

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has commended the Nigerian Army for its plan to site a tertiary military hospital in Sokoto to serve as centre of excellence for military related diseases. A statement issued on Tuesday by Mr. Tambuwal’s Spokesman, Imam Imam, quoted the governor as … via...

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, warned ministers, lawmakers and other office to jettison 2019 and focus on good governance for now. He said it will be insensitive for any politician to abandon good governance to take on politics. He also spoke on the … via The Sun News –...

A Nigerian native doctor and owner of Chi Marine Temple was pictured doing juju for a Yahoo boy so that he can ‘hammer’.According to him,it is time for Africans to take what belongs to them after Oyinbo people deceived them during colonial days.He said he does not kill people or give … via...

The Nigerian Senate has reacted to a statement credited to Senior Pastor of Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare, where he claimed that president Muhammadu Buhari’s government has failed. DAILY POST recalls that Pastor Bakare, on Monday attacked Buhari over corruption and unemployment rate in the...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has dragged a Deputy Director in the Federal Ministry of Works, Mr Mohammed Musa Abimiku, to court for embezzling N4.5 million belonging to the ministry. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2D76Trz Get More Nigeria Metro...

Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has warned those raising false alarm and making inflammatory statements regarding the security situation in Makurdi, the State capital, to desist from such acts or face arrest. Governor Ortom, who described as ‘unfortunate’, the tendency of some...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States of America has approved the use of Lynparza (olaparib) in the treatment of breast cancer. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2mDQcx3 Get more World News

The 42-year-old actress has been single since splitting from her estranged husband Brad Pitt – with whom she has children Maddox, 16, Pax, 14, Zahara, 13, Shiloh, 11, and nine-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox – over a year ago in September 2016, and sources have now claimed the … via The Sun...

There is fresh war brewing in the camps of Olamide and Davido but this time the tension his between, their producers, Young Jonn and Kiddominant. It’s all started after Young Jonn picked the award for Producer of the Year at the Soundcity MVP award, something Kiddominat believes should be his...

Going by the News reports of Nigeria Today, a court has ordered that the TV Reality Show called “King Tonto” being produced by Linda Ikeji Media Limited and featuring King Andre cannot be released or aired. According to the news website Olakunle Churchill wants to protect his son’s image and...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja met behind closed doors with visiting Gambia’s President Adama Barrow at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Barrow, who is visiting Nigeria for the first time since his inauguration as Gambian President on Jan. 19, 2017 arrived the presidential villa at...