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Facebook, a globally recognized social media platform revealed its plan to ban adverts placed by people or groups, to discourage vaccinations, while unpaid posts will still be allowed on the platform. The social media giant said that, adverts that project false information about vaccinations, have been banned by the platform, and the latest move will…

The Commission on Presidential Debates said on Friday that it has cancelled next week’s showdown between Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden, after the president said he would not participate in a virtual format. ‘Each (candidate) now has announced alternate plans for that date,” the commission said in a statement, adding “it is now…

* The Rock Hits 200 Million Followers On Instagram Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, former wrestling star and megastar celebrates as he hits over 200 million followers on Instagram making him the Most Followed Man in America. The Canadian-American actor is a producer, businessman, retired professional wrestler, and former American football and Canadian football player. He…

President Donald Trump said he felt great after his covid-19 illness. He described it as ‘a blessing from God.’ President Trump returned to the Oval Office on Wednesday as his doctor, Sean Conley said he has been fever-free for more than four days. ‘It was, like, unbelievable. I felt good immediately,’ Trump said in a…

Emmanuella Charpentier and Jennifer A.Douna have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for their work on Genome Editing. This marks the first time a science Nobel would be awarded to two women. The two female scientists developed the Crispr tool which can be used to alter DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with high…

Residents of Itele community, in Ado Odo/Ota Local Government of Ogun State have demanded the appointment of a new traditional ruler in the town after 15 years of a vacant stool.  The residents besieged the Governor’s office on Wednesday, in Abeokuta, where they asserted that the appointment and installation of a traditional ruler in the…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is set to attend meeting with the Federal Government today, September 24, on the increase in fuel price and hike in electricity tariffs. The labour organisation had laid down conditions that would forestall the strike.  This is the second meeting in the week with the FG. Sequel to last week’s…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in collaboration with members of organized labour have decided to give the government a two-week ultimatum in which to revert the increase in pump price of petrol and the hike in electricity tariff. It has scheduled a nationwide strike on the 28th of September, 2020 given the failure of government…

Nigeria is a country immensely blessed with various natural resources, some of which have been and are being explored; while others have not yet been explored. However, the potential benefits of those resources to the nations and citizenry are far from realized for the benefit of the larger part of the population. With the major…