Australia’s parliament passed a law on Thursday to make Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc pay media companies for content on their platforms. Countries such as Britain and Canada are said to be studying the law to replicate it. After robust negotiations in which Facebook blocked all news content in […]
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One person reportedly died on Wednesday afternoon after warring family members clashed on a farmland in Ile-Ife. It was learnt that members of the family had been at loggerhead for over two years over who inherits the farmland. It was gathered that one of the aggrieved family members invited other members […]
The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola on Wednesday has berated his predecessor, Rauf Aregbesola for not informing him before coming into the state for the revalidation exercise. Oyetola also flayed the Minister of Interior, Aregbesola for making a statement that may kill the drive and strength of the ruling party, […]
Kidnappers suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have abducted two traders selling fufu, a staple food made from cassava, on the Ayetoro-Olorunda road in Imala, Abeokuta-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Our correspondent gathered that the abductors had demanded the sum of N5million ransom each from the victims. Another source […]
Golf star Tiger Woods was injured Tuesday in a vehicle rollover in Los Angeles County, authorities said. Woods had to be extricated from the vehicle with the “jaws of life” tools, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. Woods was taken to the hospital with unspecified […]
The Academic Staff Union of Secondary School (ASUSS), has commended the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, for finally granting recognition to the trade union in spite of virulent deregistration plot against it by rival union . ASUSS also saluted the Supreme Court of Nigeria, for proving the judiciary as […]
A university student is allegedly nursing injuries after two witch doctors acted unprofessionally and defiled her. The girl who had gone to seek the witch doctors’ help to stop her boyfriend from seen other women ended up cursing the decision after the witches took advantage of her. According to viral […]
The Nigerian Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has waded into the hijab imbroglio in Kwara State. Some public school teachers had recently forced female Muslim students to remove their hijab within the school premises. This has generated controversy across the state leading to the closure of […]
Ondo State High Court, Akure, has ruled against a Nigerian Correctional Service, Opadule Caroline Abimbola, convicting the officer of fraudulently forging receipt of property. The Independent Corrupts Practices, and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, in 2020 arraigned Abimbola. The officer pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges filed against her, allegedly […]
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the Federal Government cannot destroy forests because of bandits who use them as hideout. Mohammed, said this while speaking with newsmen on how to eliminate bandits in the country. He emphasized that the ecosystem will be affected if the […]