‘We are confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok’s users, while protecting national security interests,’ Microsoft said in a statement.
Trump Microsoft said on Sunday it was informed by Bytedance that it would not be selling TikTok’s U.S. operations to Microsoft.
‘We are confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok’s users, while protecting national security interests,’ Microsoft said in a statement.
ByteDance has up till 20 …
The police in Ogun State said they have arrested two herdsmen, for allegedly robbing and defiling a teenager.
The suspects were identified by the police as Abu Adamu and Muhammadu Aliyu.
A statement by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer, on Sunday, revealed that the suspects were arrested after a distress call received by the police at Ewekoro Divisional Headquarters at about 1am.
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Oyeyemi said the armed herdsmen had invaded a farm settlement at Afowowa Gbelu village in Ewekoro, attacking a family residing in the farm …
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Lagos State will on Monday commence ‘Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence and Vehicle Papers’.
Lagos State Sector Commander, Olusegun Ogungbemide, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
He said the operation was to checkmate the spate of accidents, especially truck-related crashes and fatalities.
The official noted that most crashes could have been prevented if drivers were careful and patient on the roads.
…‘With the recent increase in the accidents involving articulated vehicles, there is the need for all drivers to be handy with their driver’s
But the Taliban, who have fought a guerrilla campaign against both since they were forced from power in 2001, did not mention a truce as they came to the negotiating table.
The head of the peace process for the Afghan government suggested to AFP that the Taliban
Riot police in Balaclavas, Belarus harshly detained some 250 demonstrators as tens of thousands of people gathered for an opposition protest on the eve of talks between President Alexander Lukashenko and his main ally, Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
Masked agents in uniform and plain clothes snatched people from the streets as they assembled for the “March of Heroes” demonstration, often pushing or punching them, a video posted on the Belarusian news site Tut.by showed.
“Some 250 people were detained in various districts of the capital,” the interior ministry said in a
A suicide bomber killed five villagers in the far north of Cameroon, near the border with Nigeria, where jihadist groups regularly carry out attacks, local officials said Sunday.“Terrorists” attacked the village of Zeleved on Friday evening, a local security officer told AFP, requesting anonymity.
Cameroon officials refer to members of the Nigeria-based jihadist group Boko Haram as well as the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) as “terrorists”.
The five locals killed, aged between 10 and 70 years old, included the village chief.
Boukar Medjeweh, the mayor of Mozogo in …
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“Time for UK Government to take its responsibilities,” Michel write on Twitter after speaking by telephone with Irish prime minister Micheal Martin.
The British government on Wednesday introduced new legislation to rewrite its Brexit withdrawal treaty — a bill that is causing deep alarm among former prime ministers and Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s own MPs.
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A top member of the gang led by Terwase Akwaza aka Gana, has made some explosive revelations about the deceased.
In an interview with Newsmen, the militant who gave his aliases as ‘Major and Aondehemba’, vowed that the battle will continue.
He revealed that Gana, killed by the Nigerian Army last week, had an inkling of his death and handed over all his powers to his deputy.
Major disclosed that Gana trained over 200 fighters spread across Benue North East and some parts of Taraba State.
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He recalled that the …
Immediate past Peoples Democratic Party National Vice Chairman, Southwest, Mr Eddy Olafeso, has said that former Governor, Ayodele Fayose should be respected for saving the party from total ruin when the ruling party allegedly plotted internal crisis to destroy it.
Olafeso said Fayose towers above other leaders in the zone, judging from his antecedents and contributions to the PDP’s electoral fortunes, saying: “he remains the voice of the PDP in the southwest”.
The former Commissioner in Ondo State added that the leadership tussle between Fayose and Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde was uncalled-for and unwarranted, describing the former Ekiti …
The presidency has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of dividing Nigeria.
An article signed by the Presidents’ Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu alleged that a recent statement by the former President was an attempt to divide the nation.
Garba Shehu, on Sunday, claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari has continued to promote nation-building and the unity of Nigeria and maintained that the difference between the two leaders is clear.
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‘The difference is clear. From the lofty heights of Commander-in-Chief, General Obasanjo has descended to the
Arik Air management has asked the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to intervene over the planned industrial action by aviation unions scheduled to commence on Monday.
Capt. Roy Ilegbodu, the Chief Executive Officer of Arik made the appeal in a letter written to the minister entitled: “Re-Unions in Arik Air threaten to down tools September 14th”.
Earlier, the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) on Thursday threatened to call Arik Air workers out on a strike on Monday, over alleged non-payment of staff salaries since April after placing …
Recently, popular OAP, Ifedayo Olarinde otherwise known as Daddy Freeze made news headlines for the uproar he caused in the Christian community on his controversial claims on some Christian doctrines and his outright disagreement with some apex Nigerian church leaders. This led to him being blasted, criticised, and threatened by most of these pastors. Amidst the fracas, one cannot help but deduce that the major bone of contention is the issue of Tithing and how often or frequently it should be done.
Nigeria is a paradox by all ramifications. A nation where the sentiments of religion and region reign …
