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Google To Provide 10m Nigerians With Digital Skills as it Launches First Developers Space In Africa in Lagos, Nigeria
Google aims to provide 10M Nigerians with digital skills in the next 5 years starting with the siting of It’s First Developers Space In Africa in Nigeria
Located in Ikoyi, Lagos, this project supports Nigeria’s digital Economy Strategy and is … Continue Reading
VIDEO: Popular Pastor Apostle Chibuzor Awards Scholarship to Unborn Child of Mechanic Allegedly Tortured To Death By Police
The General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere has awarded an educational scholarship, up to University level, to the unborn child of late Chima Ikwunado – the mechanic who was allegedly tortured to death by the e-crack unit … Continue Reading
Rwanda is building a New City to House 22,000 People
Rwanda is building a new city called the “Vision City” that promises over 4,500 units of housing enough to house 22,000 people in the city of Kigali.
The multi-phase housing development in Kigali is currently being built by Ultimate Developers … Continue Reading
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: #JusticeForChima – Victim’s Family, Client Narrate How Late Auto Mechanic Chima Ikwunado Was Tortured to Death By the Police In Rivers State
The news of the sudden death of an auto mechanic artisan, Chima Ikwunado, while in the custody of the Eagle Crack (E-Crack) unit attached to the Mile 1 police station in the Diobu area of Port Harcourt, the capital city … Continue Reading
Video: How Actor Chris Attoh’s wife was murdered in the US
A video has appeared online showing the murder of Jenifer Attoh, the late wife of Ghanian actor Chris Attoh.
In the video, someone wearing an all-black attire believed to be the attacker was seen following another believed to be Jenifer, … Continue Reading
#CorruptionIsBold: One Man’s Stand Against Corruption Attracts the Attention of the Immigration Authority in Nigeria
Activist and media entrepreneur, Philip Thomas, aka Comrade Phils, refused to pay a bribe in order to have his travel passport renewed at the immigration office in Port Harcourt, south of Nigeria.
For this, he was humiliated and thrown out … Continue Reading
Immigration Boss Backs Man Who Exposed Bribery at Their Port Harcourt Office
The comptroller-general of the Nigerian immigration service, Mohammed Babandede, has supported Comrade Phils, the man who exposed alleged bribery at the Port Harcourt office of the service after he was humiliated by officials for refusing to part with an … Continue Reading
Breaking: Power Outage at Lagos Airport Lasts for More than 2 Hours (VIDEO)
Power supply outage at the domestic wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos has lasted more than two hours, Friday, laments passengers.
Videos of the outage were exclusively sent to WIRED Nigeria by a passenger frustrated by the … Continue Reading
Nigerian-Born Canadian Professor, Pius Adesanmi, Dies in Crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane
Pius Adesanmi, Nigeria-born Canadian professor, is one of the victims of the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed on its way to Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday morning, according to multiple reports.
The aircraft, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 carrying 149 … Continue Reading