By Geoff Iyatse and Adeyemi Adepetun • Nigerians ignore India’s Koo for Twitter, trend June 12 protests• Social media influencers, others count losses to tune of N25b in 10 days As the suspension of Twitter gets into the second week, the Federal […]
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By Innocent Odoh The Nigerian Government has stuck to its guns in the face of intense pressure mounted by Western nations demanding the reversal of the suspension of Twitter imposed over a week ago, following the alleged use of the […]
By Tonye Bakare Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey Sunday said “the people of Nigeria will lead bitcoin” despite the Nigerian authorities clamp down on the trading of cryptocurrencies. Dorsey’s take was a direct reaction to an oped written by NFL […]
Agency Report Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law that could keep him in office in the Kremlin until 2036, when he will be almost 84 years old. The legislation allows him to run for two more six-year […]
The United States on Tuesday released its yearly reports on human rights in Nigeria. The 47-page document is essentially a rehash of events and reports during 2020 and draws substantially from the assessment of Nigeria’s human rights record by Amnesty […]
Agency Report Tony Hernandez, brother of Honduran president was sentenced to life in prison by a New York judge Tuesday for large-scale drug trafficking. The sentencing of the 42 year-old followed a trial that also implicated President Juan Orlando Hernandez […]
The 2017 winner of the World Food Prize and current President of African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, alongside other World Food Prize laureates, have called for United States’ intervention to end global hunger by 2030. In an open letter […]
Tanzania’s late president John Magufuli was laid to rest Friday in his ancestral village in the country’s northwest after his sudden death last week from an illness shrouded in mystery. Nicknamed the “Bulldozer” for his leadership style, Magufuli was buried […]
Ahmad Al Issa, the 21-year-old man accused of killing 10 people at King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, will go for psychiatric test, as requested by his lawyers. In the meantime, Issa, with the full name, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, […]
Hollywood actor Johnny Depp has lost his bid to appeal a London High court verdict agreeing with The Sun newspaper that he serially beat his wife Amber Heard.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-8264632571551786&output=html&h=343&slotname=3312974848&adk=3122995346&adf=2601855656&pi=t.ma~as.3312974848&w=412&lmt=1616670759&rafmt=1&psa=1&format=412×343&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pmnewsnigeria.com%2F2021%2F03%2F25%2Fhollywood-actor-johnny-depp-loses-appeal-over-wife-assault-verdict%2F&flash=0&fwr=1&fwrattr=true&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&dt=1616670767102&bpp=29&bdt=1917&idt=1863&shv=r20210322&cbv=r20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D638563c53f239b72-22b593c36fa600db%3AT%3D1605506538%3ART%3D1605506538%3AS%3DALNI_MZVSayvvu4e7oM-DQsicRCSBwgfvA&prev_fmts=0x0&nras=1&correlator=7755568809116&frm=20&pv=2&ga_vid=1569762374.1597259094&ga_sid=1616670769&ga_hid=1938014020&ga_fc=0&u_tz=60&u_his=2&u_java=0&u_h=915&u_w=412&u_ah=915&u_aw=412&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=0&ady=979&biw=412&bih=671&scr_x=0&scr_y=45&eid=44737561%2C44737458%2C31060474%2C44739387%2C21066973&oid=3&pvsid=305515172335004&pem=813&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pmnewsnigeria.com%2F&rx=0&eae=0&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C412%2C0%2C412%2C671%2C412%2C671&vis=1&rsz=o%7C%7CoEebr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=8320&bc=31&ifi=2&uci=a!2&btvi=1&fsb=1&xpc=fgrkGpKhFS&p=https%3A//www.pmnewsnigeria.com&dtd=1914 The actor asked the Court of Appeal to grant permission for him […]