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Ibadan-Kaduna rail project to gulp $6.7bn

The federal government has approved $6.7bn for the construction of Ibadan-Kaduna standard gauge railway. Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, said the project was part of the Ibadan to Kano railway project.  He made this known on Wednesday after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting. Amaechi said the government also awarded a spur linking Ado-Ekiti with […]

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Blackberry sues Facebook for rights infringement on messaging

BlackBerry is suing Facebook for copyright infringement, claiming the social media giant uses technology invented by the former smartphone maker in Facebook’s massively popular messaging applications. Apps like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp use some messaging capabilities that were originally designed by BlackBerry, a spokeswoman for the company said in an email. “We have a strong […]