Day: January 10, 2021

How NCC official, wife, 4 kids, niece, driver died in road crash + PHOTOS

Dawood Rabiu

  More details have emerged on how a staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr. Nuhu Hamman’Gabdo, and all members of his immediate family perished in a road crash. Hamman ’Gabdo died alongside his wife, four children, his niece and driver in an accident that occurred on Saturday, January 9, 2021 along Nasarawa-Abuja Expressway while the deceased and his family were returning from his country home, Serti in Gashaka Local Government Area of Taraba State, the commission said in a statement sent to Platforms Africa on Sunday evening. An…

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Why Millions of Users may dump Whatsapp for Telegram, Signal, others

Precious Ibekwe

  A new privacy policy by the popular social media platform, Whatsapp, is triggering an exodus of users to other less popular but equally functional platforms such as Telegram, Signal, among others. Technology experts say if this is addressed, it could lead millions of users away from WhatsApp. The new privacy policy which comes into force from February 8, allows WhatsApp and Facebook to share user information with businesses and third-party service providers that transact on these platforms. Whatsapp in its new ‘Terms of Service’ which the users are expected…

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Nigeria’s APC Berates US Riot, Urges Donald Trump To Emulate Buhari

Aliyu Aliyu

  Nigeria’s ruling party, The All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged United States President Donald Trump to emulate his Nigerian counterpart, President Muhammadu Buhari, on how best to react to losing an election. The APC, generally referred to by some of its staunch members as the biggest political party in Africa, made this known in a statement by Secretary of its Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, John Akpanudoedehe, entitled, “The integrity of a leader is as important as strong institutions’. The party also condemned the US Capitol Hill riot…

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7 toddlers, 55 others on board “disappeared” Boeing 737 Plane – Official

Aoko Benjamin

  Seven toddlers and 55 adults were onboard the Boeing 737 passenger jet which disappeared over the sea in Jakarta, Indonesia Saturday, January 8, 2021, an official has said. The plane was declared missing moments after take-off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Media reports said the plane plummeted 3,048 metres (10,000 feet) shortly after take-off from Jakarta, reports claim. The Sriwijaya Air plane reportedly lost contact with the control room four minutes after take-off, plunging over 3,000 metres in less than 60 seconds. On board the 26-year-old plane were 56 passengers…

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How popular Actress, Orisabunmi, brother, sister died within 96 hours

Gbenga Adeoti

  More detailed information have emerged on how popular Nigerian actress, Mrs Folake Aremu, widely known as Orisabunmi, her younger sister, Mrs Janet Ademola, and her brother, Steve Onisola, died within 96 hours. Just 72 hours after the death of Orisabunmi, her younger sister, Mrs Ademola, reportedly passed on. News of the demise of Ademola, the last child of the family, was broken on Saturday by Gbenga Onisola, her nephew. It will be recalled that Orisabunmi’s brother, Steve Onisola, had died on Thursday, barely 24hours after the death of the…

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