You can now book a boat ride using your mobile phone in Lagos, thanks to the boat taxi service that was launched by Uber on Friday. The service, which is named UberBOAT, was launched in partnership with Texas Connection Ferries, a local boat operator, and the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA). Addressing journalists at the…
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The Appeal Court on Friday sacked the Senator representing Kogi West, in Kogi State, Dino Melaye. He said this in a tweet on his official Twitter handle. Melaye said that the court had ordered fresh elections in his senatorial constituency. He went on to call on his supporters to be law-abiding and assured them that…
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A cargo plane with eight people aboard has gone missing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), local media reported Friday quoting the country’s Civil Aviation Authority. It said air traffic controllers lost contact with the Antonov 72 on Thursday, 59 minutes after it took off from the eastern city of Goma. The plane, carrying…
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A chief judge on Friday at a provincial court in southern Thailand shot himself in the chest but survived. Khanakorn Phianchana, the chief judge at Yala Provincial Court, was seriously injured and was rushed to the hospital after he shot himself with his own handgun in a courtroom. After having delivered a verdict on a…
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The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu also barred them from addressing any rally pending the conclusion of their trial on charges of treasonable felony among others. he also barred Sowore from traveling out of Abuja and the second defendant…
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Signed to the Chocolate City imprint 100 Crowns, Rapper Blaqbonez has released the video for his new single, “Shut Up” which premiered on Friday, 20th September 2019. Since the song’s release, it has received great reviews and due to the number of airplay it has amassed, the song is definitely on its way to becoming one of…
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No fewer than nine persons sustained varying degrees of injury when an allegedly drunk policeman, identified as Taiwo Orisadare, stabbed them at a nightclub in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Friday. The policeman, attached to the Area Commander’s office, Akure, allegedly stabbed the victims, who were said to be young men, at a popular…
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South African police said on Friday that they were on high alert monitoring the violence that erupted earlier in the week in some parts of the country leading to the death of foreigners and destruction of their property. The Force also said that some persons who had been looting shops since Sunday had continued till…
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Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe with an iron fist from 1980 to 2017, has died aged 95, the country’s president announced Friday. “It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe’s founding father and former President… Robert Mugabe,” Emmerson Mnangagwa said in a tweet. The former guerrilla leader swept to power…
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The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, on Friday called on Nigerian universities to include herbal medicine degree in their programmes, stressing that its knowledge would enhance the delivery of healthcare to the nation. The minister said this in Abuja at a programme held to mark the 2019 African Traditional Medicine Day which has…
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