Chinese smartphone maker Huawei says the Australian government has banned it from providing 5G technology for the country’s wireless networks. It said fellow communications firm ZTE had also been banned, both reportedly because of national security concerns. “This is a extremely disappointing result for consumers,” the company said on Twitter. Faster data download and upload […]
Read MoreThe grinding conflict between the Nigerian state and Boko Haram insurgents has exacted a devastating human and economic toll over the past six years.But for Nigeria’s first car manufacturer, the crisis may represent an opportunity.The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) recently announced a partnership deal with Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM), which will see the company supply […]
Read MorePrime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved out of intensive care but remains in hospital, Downing Street has said. Mr Johnson has been receiving treatment for coronavirus at St Thomas’ Hospital in London since Sunday. No 10 said he “has been moved this evening from intensive care back to the ward, where he will receive […]
Read MoreShareholders of quoted firms on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange recorded a gain of N28bn during the first two weeks of lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the country. Market watchers had speculated that the announcement by the Federal Government ordering restriction of movements in Lagos, Ogun states and the Federal Capital Territory, […]
Read MoreSen. Bernie Sanders dropped out of the 2020 presidential race Wednesday, ending an unprecedented Democratic primary and setting up a general election between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. The independent senator from Vermont announced his move in a conference call with staff, after he suffered a series of crushing primary losses […]
Read MoreDemocratic state representative from Detroit credited President Trump for touting a drug she says saved her life from the coronavrius. “It has a lot to do with the president … bringing it up,” State Rep. Karen Whitsett told the Detroit Free Press on Monday. “He is the only person who has the power to make […]
Read MorePresident Muhammadu Buhari has announced DIG Usman Alkali Baba as acting Inspector General of Police. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi who disclosed this to statehouse correspondesaid the appointment is with immediate effect. Buhari had on February 4th extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for three months. […]
Read MoreIdriss Déby, speaks in a soft mumble, wears spectacles and an immaculate white robe, and is to be found in the quiet inner recesses of a gilt-edged, marble presidential palace — under crystal chandeliers and vaulted arches that seem part Renaissance, part Vegas — at the dusty center of his country’s capital.Yet he is undeniably […]
Read MoreComedian and podcast host Joe Rogan said he would prefer to vote for President Donald Trump in November rather than Joe Biden. Speaking with Thiel Capital managing director Eric Weinstein on Friday’s edition of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, Rogan didn’t mince words when the topic turned to politics. After Weinstein said that Americans have […]
Read MoreThis is a very peculiar Palm Sunday for me as a Catholic. Born and raised a Catholic, at no other time of the year do I observe the beauty of my Catholic faith as at Easter. Holy week starts with Palm Sunday and Climaxes on Easter Sunday with the Mass for me. Low in spirit […]
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