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Swiss low-cost airline EasyJet sacks 727 pilots

Budget airline easyJet is preparing to axe 4,500 staff and permanently close three major UK airport bases as part of a huge restructuring following the global coronavirus pandemic. The company said hundreds of pilot roles are at risk – with ...

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Governor Akeredolu’s wife tests positive for COVID-19

The wife of Ondo governor, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The wife’s health status announcement is coming few days after her husband, state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, embarked on self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. Members ...

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Friend or Foe?.. The Controversies of Facial Recognition Technology

  Facial recognition is one of the fastest-growing technologies in the world. Facial recognition is a biometric technology used to identify or authenticate faces by digitally mapping a person’s facial features. While the novel technology offers some noteworthy benefits, it ...

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71-year-old grandmother dies of shock after she was forced to watch an armed intruder rape her three nieces

A grandmother died of shock after being held at gun point and forced to watch as her three terrified nieces were brutally r.a.p.e.d in front of her. The distraught 71-year-old woman was confronted by an intruder in a balaclava who ...

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Twitter removes image tweet by Trump over NYT copyright complaint

Twitter Inc has taken down an image tweeted by the U.S. President Donald Trump from its platform, after receiving a copyright complaint from the New York Times. The original tweet by Trump issued on June 30, showed a meme that ...

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Judge lifts ban on ‘tell-all’ book by Trump’s niece

A New York court ruled a publisher can release President Donald Trump’s niece’s tell-all memoir about the US first family. Mary Trump’s book, Too Much and Never Enough, How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, is due for ...

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Court dismisses suit against Oshiomhole

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Jabi, Abuja has dismissed a suit filed against the immediate past Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole and three others. The suit, filed by Comrade Mustapha Salihu ...

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Ondo Health Commissioner dies of Covid-19

Wahab Adegbenro, Ondo State Commissioner for Health, is dead. A government official confirmed the news this afternoon. The source revealed that Mr Adegbenro died on Thursday after he was rushed to a hospital in Owo after contracting Coronavirus. “The Commissioner ...

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Kylie Jenner loses her spot at the top of instagram rich list to Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson

Kylie Jenner is no longer the top earning celebrity on Instagram. The world’s leading Instagram scheduling tool has released it’s annual Instagram rich list – and it’s bad news for youngest of the Kardashian/Jenner clan. 22-year-old Kylie has been bumped ...

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Man mistakenly buys 28 Tesla cars online worth $1.4million

A German national accidentally purchased 28 Tesla Model 3 vehicles online amounting to a whopping  $1.4million, reportedly due to a technical glitch on the company’s website. A man, who identifies himself as “Ballon-Man” on Reddit, took to the online platform ...

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350 Elephants die mysteriously in Botswana (photos)

Hundreds of elephants have mysteriously dropped dead in Botswana in what is being described as a ‘conservation disaster’. More than 350 elephants have died from unknown causes, with aerial photos showing their carcasses scattered across the Okavango Delta and other ...

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Hushpuppi, Woodyberry extradited to US (see receipt)

Hushpuppi with real names as Ramon Igbalode Abbas and his alleged accomplice Woodverry with real names as Olalekan Jacon Ponle have been extradited to the United States. They were recently arrested in Dubai, United Arab Emirates over alleged high-level fraud, ...

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OPay shuts down Oride, OCar, OFood

Popular Chinese-owned African fintech startup, OPay has confirmed it is shutting down. The confirmation was made this afternoon through a press statement announcing its shutting down its business units in Nigeria. Platforms that will be affected are Oride, its bike-hailing ...

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Husband angrily strangle wife to death, then hang self

A husband flew into a rage and strangled his wife to death before hanging himself while their two-year-old son slept in his cot, an inquest has heard. Kiril Nemcev, 32, attacked his wife Lana Nemceva, 33, after they argued about ...

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Benue approves partial re-opening of schools

The Benue Government has approved a partial re-opening of schools in compliance with recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19. Briefing newsmen after the State Executive Council meeting, the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mrs. Ngunan Addingi, said ...

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Child Rights International petitions Ghana Police to probe actress Akuapem Poloo’s nude photo with her son

Child Rights International, a non-governmental organisation upholding the human rights of children, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police. Ghana, to investigate actress Rosemond Brown, popularly known as Akuapem Poloo, for circulating a picture she took while n*de with her seven-year-old ...

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Three dead, one permanently blind after drinking hand sanitizer in New Mexico

Three people have died, three others are in critical condition and one person is permanently blind after apparently drinking hand sanitizer that contained methanol, New Mexico health officials said Friday. The state Department of Health said the cases were reported ...

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Ethiopia protests: 81 killed in violence after death of singer; military deployed

At least 81 people were killed in Ethiopia after death of a popular singer Hachalu Hundessa sparked violent protests in the country’s Oromia region, a police chief said late Wednesday. Those killed included protesters and police officers, Ararsa Merdasa, the ...

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400 suspected robbers, kidnappers arrested in Lagos

Police in Lagos on Wednesday announced the arrest of about 400 crime suspects, among whom were 97 robbers, kidnappers, rapists and murderers. Lagos State Commissioner of Police Hakeem Odumosu, who paraded the suspects on Wednesday said the arrests were made ...

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Popular Ghanaian Politician, Sir John dies of Coronavirus

Popular Ghanaian politician, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie also known as Sir John has died from COVID-19 complications. It was gathered that the lawyer cum politician died on Wednesday, at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after a brief illness. The Forestry Commission ...

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