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Why did Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram go down

Facebook on Tuesday blamed a “faulty configuration change” for the over 6 hour outage on Monday. “To all the people and businesses around...

Bomb kills 5 at Kabul mosque – Taliban

At least five civilians were killed in a bomb blast outside a Kabul mosque on Sunday, a Taliban official said. It was the...

Prisoner on death row commits suicide at Abuja prison

  A prisoner on death row at Kuje Custodial Centre (prisons) in the Federal Capital Territory, Obinna Echianu, has taken his own life...

Just in: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp experiencing downtime

  WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook crashed on Monday with about three billion online users worldwide stranded. The three apps – which are all...

Trump asks U.S. judge to force Twitter to restore his account

  Former president Donald Trump has asked a judge to force Twitter to restore his account, which the company suspended in January following...

NNPC disowns recruiting staff

“That the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is conducting a recruitment exercise IS NOT TRUE and the public should disregard it in its...

Buhari’s “impermissible conditions” imposed on Twitter: SERAP rejects conditions, urges status quo ante

  “The conditions imposed on Twitter while the ECOWAS case is pending constitute an interference with the right of SERAP and other plaintiffs...

Six days after, abducted Air Force General, Smith, set free

  After six days in the kidnappers den, retired Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Oladimeji Smith has regained his freedom. Smith, a cousin to...

Cop26: New campaign calls for worldwide ban on new petrol cars by 2035

  Think tank and delegates at the Cop26 climate summit seek an agreement to ban the sale of petrol cars worldwide by 2035,...

61st Independence anniversary broadcast: Buhari pins terrorism, secession sponsorship charge on NASS member, high profile Nigerians

  …says Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable   By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   As Nigerians commemorate the 61st independence anniversary, President Muhammadu Buhari...

Nigeria’s 61st Independence Day: Protesters take to the streets of Abuja with “Buhari-Must-Go” placards

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Protesters took to the streets of Abuja, the nation’s capital, in the early hours of Friday, Nigeria’s 61st...

Time of upheaval: World Bank says it is worried about debt burden of some countries, calls it unsustainable

  World Bank Group President David Malpass has expressed worry that the debt burden of some countries has become unsustainable and also getting...

Anambra murderous rage, insanity: “Unknown gunmen” overrun police station, kill one, set it on fire

  Again, ubiquitous “unknown gunmen” have invaded Ajali Divisional Police headquarters in Orumba North council area of Anambra State, set fire to the...

Power outage: NNPC partner Borno govt to establish 50-megawatt gas turbine power plant

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Following power outage caused by incessant Boko Haram attacks in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, the Group Managing Director,...