Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has been fined 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion) by China after an anti-monopoly probe found the e-commerce giant abused its dominant market position for several years. Reuters report that the fine, about 4% of Alibaba’s 2019 China revenues, comes amid a crackdown on technology conglomerates...
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The traditional ruler of Ewu Ekiti in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Adetutu Ajayi has been hospitalised after he was shot by gunmen. He was shot Friday evening while in transit to a neighbouring town in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of the state. Locals said the gunmen...
Saudi Arabian authorities said Saturday that they executed three soldiers after they were convicted on charges of high treason. The Defence Ministry named the three in a statement and said they were found guilty of collaborating with an unspecified enemy of the monarchy and harming its military interests, state...
Police in Pakistan’s central Punjab province have taken two Christian nurses into custody after they were accused of committing blasphemy. The nurses, who work at a local hospital in the industrial region, were accused of blasphemy by their colleagues for the removal of a sticker with a sacred inscription...
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) says 120,000 “Smart Meters’’ will be installed for electricity consumers in Cross River to improve power supply. The Acting Manager, Corporate Communications, PHED, Mrs Chioma Aninwe, announced the plan in a statement she issued on Saturday in Calabar. Mrs Aninwe said that...
Emmanuel Naibei and Meseret Dinke on Saturday emerged winners of the 2021 edition of the Lagos City Marathon race taking away a cash prize of $30,000 each. Naibei, who is from Kenya returned a time of 2:11:37 to claim the top prize of $30,000 while Meseret Dinke, Ethiopian, won...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- The All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers in Bauchi state House of Assembly, have alleged that the State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed led administration in the state is coercing and inducing its members into joining the ruling People’s Democratic Party in the state. The APC caucus lawmakers...
There is no doubt Teniola Apata, popularly known as Teni is one of the biggest stars in African music right now. She has just released her debut album, Wondaland, a collection of 17 songs tackling topics including family, sex, body image and police brutality. Surprisingly, it goes against the...
Djibouti’s veteran ruler Ismail Omar Guelleh was re-elected for a fifth term as president with more than 98 percent of the vote, according to provisional results announced early Saturday, after the election in the tiny but strategically important country was boycotted by the main opposition. Around 215,000 citizens were...
By YUSUFU IDEGU, Jos- Twenty-Five (25) Academic Staff of the University of Jos have been promoted to the rank of Professor in different fields. In a statement by the Deputy Registrar’s Information and Publication, Abdullahi Abdullahi noted that the promotions were approved by the University’s Appointments and Promotion Committee...
The World Bank says it will have committed 2 billion Dollars in financing for COVID-19 vaccines in about forty developing countries by the end of April. World Bank Managing Director of Operations Axel van Trotsenburg told a forum on Friday that the 2 billion Dollars is part of a...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the death of Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, as a sad loss to the Commonwealth and the world. He described the Late Duke of Edinburgh, who died on Friday at the age of 99, as “a man whose life was...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday announced that it has registered 71 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 163,652. As at Friday (9 April, 2021), the public health agency recorded only one (1) COVID-19-related deaths, leaving the...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted sunshine and haziness from Saturday to Sunday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Friday in Abuja predicted sunny and hazy skies over the Northern region with chances of thunderstorms over Taraba during the afternoon and evening hours on Saturday. According to...
Nigeria is in dire need of leadership at the Federal level to avert an impending disaster, the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have said. This formed part of the resolutions of the governors on Friday when they met in Makurdi, the Benue State capital to review the...
Those responsible for the recent attacks on some police formations and correctional facilities in Imo State are enemies of the people, Senate President Ahmad Lawan said on Friday. He stated that the aim of the attackers was probably to cause a distraction for the state government, or even the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday extended his condolences to Queen Elizabeth II over the death of her husband, Prince Philip. He sympathised with the Queen in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. “The death of the Duke of Edinburgh is the end...
The National Association of Resident Doctors has said it may call off its strike on Saturday after meeting with Federal Government representatives in Abuja. The meeting, which lasted for over six hours, sought to address area of concerns which led to the strike embarked upon by the doctors on...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- A 60-year old man, Bello Abubakar, alongside his son, Sale Bello have been arrested for allegedly killing his brother and kidnapping his (brother’s) wife. A third suspect, Abdulahi Tukur (25) was also arrested in connection with the crime. The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State, CP Abiodun...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Army Defense Headquarters have demissed the report making the rounds, that its military troops were responsible for the massive killings of civilians in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State. The Acting Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Onyeama Nwachukwu, who disclosed this in...