A Massachusetts teenager Mathew Borges is currently facing murder trial after he stabbed his classmate Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino, and later beheaded him for sitting with his girlfriend in the cafeteria of Lawrence High School in U.S. The prosecutor, Jay Gubitose, said that argument later ensued...
The Presidency has explained how President Muhammadu Buhari got his certificate from the West African Examination Council, WAEC, after many years. His special assistant on New media, Bashir Ahmaad in response to questions on how Buhari collected his certificate, urged Nigerians with missing...
Arsenal has become the first major football club to sign a deal to promote a crypto-currency. The club has reached an agreement with the gaming company CashBet, which is planning to launch its own currency CashBet Coin. It will see CashBet Coin advertised at Arsenal’s …
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Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James celebrates after scoring his 30,000 career point during a time out against the Spurs at AT&T Center in San Antonio Tuesday night. Soobum Im/USA Today Sports hide caption toggle caption Soobum Im/USA Today Sports Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James celebrates after...
The social media giant has scooped up Boston-based Confirm, a company who specializes in verifying government-issued identification cards, reports CNBC. The deal hasn’t been announced publicly yet, but a source said Confirm’s employees will join Facebook in Boston. The deal is a sign that...
The Federal Government has concluded plans to build solar powered independent power plants in nine universities in the country. Coming as part of the government’s policy to connect all federal universities to the national power grid, the project would use renewable …
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Do you notice how technological trends like blockchain, machine learning, and IoT are on everyone’s lips? The aforesaid seems to be directly associated with the future; thus, how can traditional businesses make sure they don’t get left behind as the likes of Amazon transform themselves into an...
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) last week released the revised guideline for take-off of micro insurance business in Nigeria, setting minimum capital requirement for licensing. Analysts concern on new licensing is whether this will not increase the number of operating companies beyond...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it is inching closer to arriving at the choice of financiers for the Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited (PHRC), Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited (WRPC) and the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited. The...
A former military chief of staff, Sami Anan, the last challenger seen as a potential threat to the re-election of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi abruptly ended his campaign on Tuesday, a source said. NAN reports that presidential elections will be held in Egypt between March 26 and …...
Nem Insurance Nigeria Plc is the fastest growing insurer among the insurance 15 Index as its attractive valuation and robust earnings are an allure to investors. The Nigerian insurer has historically traded at a Price to Book Ratio (P/B) ratio of 1.30 times, behind most capital …
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given a notice of its intention to suspend the interconnect exchange licences granted to six telecommunications clearinghouses over the unethical practice of allowing call masking and call refilling emanate from their facilities. LEADERSHIP learnt...
Alfred Kelly, CEO of Visa. In an interview with CNBC, Alfred Kelly, the CEO of credit card giant Visa, revealed that he believes that Bitcoin – the world’s largest cryptocurrency – is not really money and Visa won’t touch it. During the interview, which was recorded at the National Retail …...
Kim Dotcom is suing the government of New Zealand. Simon Watts / Getty Images Kim Dotcom is suing the government of New Zealand for billions of dollars in damages over his arrest in 2012. Dotcom, founder of file-sharing site Megaupload, is asking for up to $6.8 billion for the destruction of …...
Bitcoin weakened slightly on Monday, but remained above $11,000 as the cryptocurrency and its rivals saw a continuation of the pressure that’s marked the early weeks of 2018. A single bitcoin …
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Tottenham Hotspur were forced to a 1-1 draw away to Southampton at the Saint Mary’s Stadium in an English Premier League clash on Sunday. Southampton got off to a flying start in the encounter with Davinson Sanchez scoring an own goal in the 15th minute. The Colombian international turned …...
A member of Osun House of Assembly, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has urged the Federal Government not to allow the slight improvement in the price of crude oil at the international market affects its economic diversification policy.
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A multi-million dollar industry, called ‘Potentiam Revolutionary Block-chain Global Music Platform,’ has been launched by two U.K.-based Nigerian entrepreneurs, just as they await stakeholders, creators and music lovers to take advantage of the platform. The user-created content on social media...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday stressed the need for Nigerians to learn from the civil war fought in the country decades ago in order to avert another war. He said Nigerians were not happy with the direction the country was going under the All Progressives Congress (APC) while...
With the 2019 Mercedes-Benz G-Class, everything new is made to look old. It’s not that Mercedes went out of its way to make a brand new, $100,000-plus SUV feel 40 years old, rather that they insisted on keeping classic touches that keep the character of the old alive. As I …
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