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WhatsApp on Tuesday reassured users about privacy at the Facebook-owned messaging service as people flocked to rivals Telegram and Signal following a tweak to its terms. There was “a lot of misinformation” about an update to terms of service regarding an option to use WhatsApp to message businesses, Facebook executive…
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By Michael Adeyemo The Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Mr ‘Kunle Alabi has described some allegations by the Minority Leader of the House, Hon. Kofoworola Adewumi, against the Speaker as untrue and unwarranted. Hon Adewumi had in an earlier interview accused Governor…
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By Michael Adeyemo Today’s meeting of the Osun West Senatorial District of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has ended abruptly as suspected political thugs attacked the Senator representing Osun West Senatorial District, Adelere Oriolowo. The meeting which held in Ikire had in attendance State and National political office holders of…
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The Federal Government through the National Orientation Agency has said the COVID-19 vaccine does not alter DNA. The Agency stated this ahead of the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria which will help in the fight against the virus which has killed over 1,300 Nigerians. It said the vaccine will…
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Mrs Titilayo Ajibola, mother of one Idris, whose death occurred when a car he was travelling in crashed following a chase allegedly by men of the Joint Task Force last September in Osun State, had demanded N5bn as compensation from the government. Ajibola also demanded prosecution of the JTF men…
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to use his leadership position to drop the plan by the Federal Government to borrow about N895bn of unclaimed dividends and funds in dormant accounts. The PUNCH had reported that the Federal Government plans to borrow…
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For the fourth day in a row, over 1,500 new samples tested positive for the coronavirus in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 1,585 COVID-19 infections across 25 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) in the update for January 9. With the Saturday count, over 9,500…
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The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company on Saturday traded blame, following disconnection of electricity supply to the university campus since January 5. The university is said to allegedly owed N43m in accumulated electricity bills. While IBEDC management said it informed the university…
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The federal government has appealed to Nigerians not to be hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it gets to Nigeria. An official also said President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osibanjo and other prominent Nigerians are willing to be among the first set of Nigerians to receive the vaccine…
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Osun State Government has disclosed plans by MGT Group, a multi sectoral and multidisciplinary firm with patented technologies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, to invest in building a world-class specialist hospital and a medical diagnostic centre in the state. The government further said the company had also expressed interest…
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