News as it breaks
Some Twitter users were unable to tweet on Wednesday after the website experienced technical problems. Late Wednesday afternoon, Twitter began experiencing international outages, with many users unable to perform basic functions like tweeting, sending direct messages, and following accounts. When users wanted to tweet, an error message was generated…
The Director General of NYSC, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed says deliberate efforts are being made to ensure adequate protection of Corps Members especially those that will be involved in the general election. General Yushau also advised Corps Members to maintain high level of discipline and avoid social vices especially…
Another breakthrough that was instrumental to this historical feat in the FIRS is the opening of 25 new satellite tax offices across the country as part of the agency’s goal to “bring tax services nearer to the taxpaying public while bringing FIRS nearer to the public”. According to the FIRS, the purpose of the new tax offices was to “help bring many taxpayers into the tax net, help fill companies income tax, and value added tax as well as monitor compliance with other taxes,”
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the Governor Godwin Emefiele of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in Aso Rock, Abuja. The meeting is holding hours after the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, ruled to stop the February 10 deadline for the validity of three old naira notes. Recall that an interim…
Police in Lagos State says members of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) are ready to contain all “funny behaviours’’ at the forthcoming general elections. Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Abiodun Alabi, the Co-Chairman of ICCES made the declaration in Lagos on Tuesday at a meeting…
The Director, New Media of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Femi Fani-Kayode has hailed the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN); Justice Olukayode Ariwoola Governors Yahaya Bello (Kogi State), Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna State) and Bello Matawalle (Zamfara State) over the Supreme Court’s judgement asking the Federal Government…
LeBron James has become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 39-year-old record. LeBron James finally eclipsed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the most prolific scorer in NBA history on Tuesday, breaking a 39-year record that many throughout basketball believed would never be beaten The Los Angeles Lakers star, playing…
“Other nations even within the Sub-Sahara region are doing between 14 to 15 percent. If you talk about developed countries, they are doing 35 to 40% and that is what makes them developed countries because indeed, it is really an avenue for you to support your government and hold them accountable.”
Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared a three months state of emergency in the south-east of the country after death toll climbed again. He said there are 10 cities within the earthquake disaster zone and confirmed his government has received offers of help from 70 countries around the world.…
Footballer Christian Atsu was pulled from the rubble of a building “with injuries” after the earthquakes in Turkey, his club’s vice-president Mustafa Özat told Turkish radio. “Christian Atsu was removed from the wreckage with injuries,” Özat told Radyo Gol. Atsu, who plays for Hatayspor, was trapped after the earthquakes that…
