Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday turned down a request by British lawmakers to appear before them to respond to concerns about data privacy as the European Union set a deadline for the US social media giant to respond to its own questions. Zuckerberg instead offered to send one of his deputies as the US […]
A British minister on Tuesday branded Julian Assange a “miserable little worm” after the WikiLeaks founder, who is holed up in the Ecuadoran embassy in London, questioned the government’s response to a nerve agent attack. “It is of great regret that Julian Assange remains in the Ecuador embassy,” Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan told MPs […]
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta Three persons reportedly died while eight others were injured in an auto crash which occurred along Ijebu Ode-Benin-Ore Expressway on Tuesday, involving a commercial bus and a truck. The commercial bus with number plate AYB 836 XA, our correspondent gathered, belonged to God is Good Motors. It was travelling towards Benin with 18 passengers. […]
Germany winger Marco Reus is set to miss Borussia Dortmund’s mouth-watering clash at Bayern Munich on Saturday, which could decide the Bundesliga title this season. The 28-year-old Reus had been in great form with three goals in five league games since mid-February after nine months sidelined by torn knee ligaments. However, Reus is struggling after […]
The Nigeria Customs Service has arrested four suspects in Sokoto who allegedly smuggled 589 bags of imported rice concealed in a petrol tanker. The Comptroller of NCS in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara Command, Mr. Nasir Ahmad, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto. Ahmad said the smuggled items, which were intercepted on Sunday along […]
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has signed the Secret (Cult), Societies and Similar Activities Prohibition Amendment Law 2018 as part of the policies to stem cult activities in the state. The new law makes it mandatory for offenders to be jailed upon conviction for not less than 20 years, without any […]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has expelled seven Russian diplomats, while it has also denied accreditation to three more, AFP reports, quoting NATO’s Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg. Among other things, NATO promotes democratic values and enables its 29-member countries to consult and cooperate on defence and security-related issues to solve problems, build trust and, in […]
Big Brother Naija housemates, Nina, Cee-C, and Khloe got involved in a heated argument over food in the house on Tuesday. The mini-drama started when Nina ate from Cee-c’s share of their breakfast without her permission. Having realised that Cee-C was angry, Nina quickly apologized. Nina’s apologies were not welcomed by Cee-C as she flared […]
Big Brother Naija housemates, Nina, Cee-C, and Khloe got involved in a heated argument over food in the house on Tuesday. The mini-drama started when Nina ate from Cee-c’s share of their breakfast without her permission. Having realised that Cee-C was angry, Nina quickly apologized. Nina’s apologies were not welcomed by Cee-C as she flared […]
Eurozone authorities will make a fresh 5.7 billion euro cash injection to Greece on Wednesday, putting Athens further down the road to leaving its painful bailout programme later this year. The new tranche agreed by the EU’s bailout fund on Tuesday is the latest from Greece’s third financial rescue package since 2010, when its debt […]
The European Union has given Facebook two weeks to answer questions raised by the scandal over personal data harvested from the social network, according to extracts of a letter obtained by AFP on Tuesday. The letter EU’s justice commissioner Vera Jourova sent Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg also asks what steps the firm plans to take to […]
Founder of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams, has condemned the attitude of Christian husbands in the homes, urging them to be romantic while relating with their wives. Williams made this known to his congregation during the Palm Sunday service at his church in Ghana. According to him, Christian men are boring in relationships, which […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday attended the National Executive Committee meeting of the All Progressives Congress at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. Find below the full text of the President’s opening remarks at the event:
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will on Tuesday unveil “measures” in response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain, the alliance said, as international pressure mounts on Moscow. NATO has warned that the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter must have “consequences” and Stoltenberg will hold a news conference in […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday attended the National Executive Committee meeting of the All Progressives Congress at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. READ ALSO: Reverse tenure elongation for Oyegun, others, Buhari tells APC NEC See photos:
Manuel Neuer received a pre-World Cup boost on Tuesday as Germany’s captain and goalkeeper returned to light training after six months sidelined by a fractured foot. Neuer celebrated his 32nd birthday with a few laps around Bayern Munich’s training ground in two 10-minute sessions. Neuer posted a video on his Facebook account of him stepping […]
Moscow on Tuesday charged Washington had put “colossal pressure” on allies to expel scores of Russian diplomats, and vowed to retaliate. “This is the result of colossal pressure, colossal blackmail which is the main instrument of Washington on the international arena,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Uzbekistan. “We’ll respond, have no doubt! No […]
Teddy A’s baby-mama, Layla Amani, who has supported the rapper since the inception of this year’s reality show has taken to social media to praise him. Teddy A who has been romantically entangled with BamBam did not hide the fact that he has a son and a baby-mama. The Dallas-based Baby-mama shared lovely photos of him with […]
Disillusioned Chinese fans have blamed the country’s football authorities for the national side’s latest heavy defeats amid reports that the players have been banned from displaying tattoos. Several players in the 6-0 thrashing by Wales last week and in Monday’s 4-1 defeat to the Czech Republic wore bandages on their arms or long sleeves. Media […]
John Alechenu, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress to reverse its decision granting a tenure extension for party executives at all levels. Buhari asked the party’s NEC to henceforth avoid taking decisions capable of leading the party into playing into the hands of the opposition. He […]
John Alechenu, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress to reverse its decision granting a tenure extension for party executives at all levels. Buhari asked the party’s NEC to henceforth avoid taking decisions capable of leading the party into playing into the hands of the opposition. He […]
Ireland ordered out a Russian diplomat on Tuesday in the latest wave of expulsions around the world following the poisoning of a former spy with a nerve agent in Britain earlier this month. “The attack in Salisbury was not just an attack against the United Kingdom but an affront to the international rules-based system on […]
Ireland ordered out a Russian diplomat on Tuesday in the latest wave of expulsions around the world following the poisoning of a former spy with a nerve agent in Britain earlier this month. “The attack in Salisbury was not just an attack against the United Kingdom but an affront to the international rules-based system on […]
A wild tiger killed a 41-year-old woman who was collecting fodder for her cattle outside her home in south-eastern Nepal, police said Tuesday. Police officer Dilip Raj Jha said the animal, suspected to have come from the nearby Parsa Wildlife Reserve, on Monday pounced on the woman’s from behind and killed her on the spot. […]
A video of a wild elephant in India exhaling ashes has stumped experts worldwide as it is the first document of what appears to be a pachyderm “smoking”. The video was shot in 2016 by Vinay Kumar, a scientist from the Indian branch of the Wildlife Conservation Society, in Karnataka state’s Nagarhole Forest, but released […]