Category: World News
Tech
Coming in the metaverse – Paid subscription on Facebook, Instagram
For $11.99 per month on the web or $14.99 per month on Apple and Android operating systems, Meta will use a government identification to verify a user’s account and give it a blue badge.
Politics
Only the guilty link cashless policy with interim gov’t – Presidency
A statement titled, “Stop the joke about interim government, elections will hold,” issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, also stated that it was not in doubt that the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is Buhari’s favoured candidate.
Politics
Mock BVAS accreditation to hold in Delta Feb 4
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Delta State has scheduled February 4, 2023, for the conduct of mock accreditation with the Biamodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS.
Politics
Moody’s downgrade of Nigeria’s credit to ‘junk bonds,’ a wakeup call, says Peter Obi
Obi said though the situation was a verdict on governments’ inability to fix the economy, the issue “does not call for blame games but a determined effort to provide solutions”.
World News
Stop choking Africa; It’s not a mine to be stripped, a terrain to be plundered – Pope Francis
Francis pointed the finger at the role colonial powers such as Belgium played in the exploitation of Congo until the country, which is 80 times the size of Belgium, gained its independence in 1960. He also said neighbouring countries are playing a similar role today.
Culture
Residents lament mounts of refuse in Abia as epidemic looms
The Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA), had disclosed that it recorded progress in environmental cleanliness in the two urban cities and other numerous flash and strategic Abia localities.