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The Federal Government has announced it will subsidize electricity costs for public hospitals, approving a 50% subsidy on electricity consumption nationwide. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare Dr. Tunji Alausa announced the subsidy on Thursday, stating that it aims to reduce the operational costs of public hospitals and ease the burden on patients. The subsidy follows Energy Minister …

Nigerians continue to praise an honest cleaner working at the Kano International Airport after he returned a sum of $10,000 (about N16 million) he found on a plane. According to a post on X by a security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Makama Zagazola, the young man identified as Auwal Dankode, an employee of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) at …

  A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted two former editors of a closed news agency in a sedition case that is widely seen as a bellwether for the future of press freedom in the city once considered a bastion of free press in Asia. Former Stand News editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam were arrested in …

Search engine giant Google has been hit with an antitrust lawsuit by Yelp- an app that has become a major source of user-generated reviews and ratings for businesses. The American company claims in its lawsuit that Google has dominated local search and prioritized its reviews by using its power over online search. “Google abused its monopoly power in general search …

A New Era Begins in Edo: Divine Leadership for a Brighter Future” By Oseghale Success Ehinomen (Economist) As the crucial moment of Edo 2024 approaches, remember that Senator Monday Okpebholo is God’s chosen leader, anointed to lead the great people of Edo State to a bright future. Like David, the humble shepherd boy who triumphed over Goliath, Senator Okpebholo may …

Benue, a state in North Central Nigeria, is renowned as a major hub of food production in the country. For this, the state is acclaimed to be the ‘Food Basket of the Nation’. In recent years, however, its vast farming communities have been under siege by bandits, with inhabitants forced into either strange communities or Internally Displaced Persons camps (IDPs). …

Former New York presidential aide Bashir Ahmad has called for the regulation of social media platforms, especially TikTok, because he said the platforms were causing more harm than good to Nigeria and Nigerians. In a post shared on X’s official account on Thursday, Ahmad condemned incidents where criminal elements used the platform to convey vital information to their criminal associates. …

A Florida teenager is in police custody, accused of killing his girlfriend’s father after a heated argument on social media over “inappropriate” photos. The teenager, Lawan Jr. Jones, 18, turned himself in to police three days after fleeing. His girlfriend’s father, Keith Poole, 44 (pictured below), was shot multiple times outside his home and in front of his children in …

Akwa Ibom Police Commissioner Waheed Ayilara passes away. According to reports, Ayilara died in the early hours of Thursday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. READ ALSO: LG Autonomy: ICPC speaks tough, but silent on action against defaulting governors A family source revealed that he underwent surgery for prostate cancer on Wednesday before he died hours later. …

Nigerian activist, critic and social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse popularly known as Very Dark Man (VDM) has appealed to singer Davido to influence the release of Dammy Krane. Very Dark Man made the request after revealing information about the interaction at the police station on Instagram on August 28, which then attracted much public interest. Very Dark Man wrote …