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Twitter suspends Russia-linked accounts

Twitter (TWTR.N) said on Thursday it had suspended about 200 Russian-linked accounts as it probes online efforts to meddle with the 2016 U.S. election, but an influential Democratic senator slammed its steps as insufficient. Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, summoned Twitter officials to testify behind closed doors on Thursday […]

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News Express rebrands with new logo

Nigeria’s influential online newspaper, News Express on Thursday unveiled its new logo at an event to mark its fifth anniversary with a well-attended Lecture. The lecture which was held at Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, attracted an array of distinguished personalities from all spheres of endeavour and heavy media presence. The Guest Lecturer, Governor […]

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FG to stop maize importation in 2018

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said the Federal Government would not allow massive importation of maize by Olam Group next year. Although the Minister stated that maize was not on the nation’s import ban prohibition list, he charged the company to work out how to grow the produce locally through […]

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Bello, Eke, Obi others for News Express 5th Anniversary Lecture holding today at Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos

All roads lead to Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, today (Thursday, September 28, 2017) for the News Express 5th Anniversary Lecture holding from 12pm prompt. The event will be headlined by the Guest Lecturer, Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State, who would speak on “National Unity and the Demand for Restructuring — A […]

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Hefner, Playboy founder dies at 91

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who helped usher in the 1960s sexual revolution with his groundbreaking men’s magazine and built a business empire around his libertine lifestyle, died on Wednesday at the age of 91. Playboy Enterprises said in a statement that, Hefner, once called the “prophet of pop hedonism” by Time magazine, peacefully passed away […]