Month: November 2017

Google summoned by regulators for secretly tracking users’ locations

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Earlier this week, we found out that Google has been secretly tracking location data for Android users, collecting addresses of nearby cell towers (Cell IDs) even when users took out their SIM card or disabled location tracking services. Now, regulators in Korea and the U.K. are investigating the tech giant, according to a report by CNN. When asked about the practice, Google said in a statement that it is taking steps to end this practice, and has discarded the data. If the Korean Communications Commission finds Google guilty of collecting Cell IDs without…

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Between PMB And The 2019 Question

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With the rapid fire approach his support groups are adopting in garnering support for his second term bid, it is becoming clearer by the day that President Muhammadu Buhari would run for the presidency in 2019. In this report, JONATHAN NDA- ISAIAH attempts a political arithmetic on the permutations and calculations ahead of the forthcoming presidential poll. In political climes, it is the norm for governors and presidents to seek a second term in office. They have the right of first refusal even, in advanced democracies. American president, Donald Trump…

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Army to set up new base in Kano deadly forest

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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Friday, said a Forward Operation Base (FOB) would be set up in the once dreaded Falgore forest in Doguwa Local Government Area of Kano State to address security challenges in the area. The army chief announced this when he paid a visit to troops undergoing training in the forest, which once served as safe haven for banditry, cattle rustlers and kidnappers. Buratai said that the forest would henceforth serve as one of the permanent training grounds for the soldiers. This, he…

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National Assembly can make or mar country – Governor Ayade

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Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, has charged the National Assembly to live up to its responsibility of repositioning the country’s economy. The governor made the call at the opening of Southern Senators Forum on Friday in Calabar, with “National Unity and Restructuring’’ as theme. He said the national assembly could make or mar Nigeria and Africa in the legislations it made to guide the nation. “The way Africa is driven is a function of our leadership and governmental structure which is what we are to discuss today –…

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Call for Nigeria’s restructuring re-echoes

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Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, says restructuring Nigeria is inevitable for all-inclusive advantages it will confer on federating units and enhancement of national unity. Ekweremadu stated this at a two-day Retreat by Southern Senators Forum in Calabar on Friday, and dismissed the fear in certain quarters that restructuring would cause the break-up of the country. He explained that restructuring was not the same as exclusive resource control as the renewed and aggressive search for oil around the Lake Chad, Sokoto and Benue River Basins in recent times…

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Nigeria went into recession because authorities ignored our data – NBS

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Nigeria’s economy went into recession in 2016 because relevant authorities largely ignored data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) pointing out that the economy was heading in the wrong direction. Speaking at the 2017 African Statistics Day held in Abuja, yesterday, the Statistician General of the Federation, Dr. Yemi Kale, said the NBS was proactive in identifying the dysfunctional state of the economy but the warning signs were ignored. “Prior to our entry into recession in the 3rd quarter of 2015, careful monitoring and application of the data…

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Refineries won’t work despite federal govt’s spending – marketers

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Oil marketers on Thursday declared that the country’s refineries would not work as expected despite the billions of dollars being spent by the Federal Government on rehabilitating the facilities. According to the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, a body consisting of big players in the oil and gas sector, the billions of dollars pumped into the rehabilitation of refineries by the government are just being wasted. The body also announced that the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria and Deposit Money Banks had seized more than 15 tank farms belonging…

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Leicester City set to offload Ahmed Musa in January

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Leicester’s former record signings Ahmed Musa and Leonardo Ulloa look as though they will be sold in January, according to The Sun. New boss Claude Puel is planning a New Year shake-up and Musa, who cost £16.6m, and Ulloa, £8m, are thought to top his exit list. Super Eagles winger Musa was signed from CSKA Moscow in July, 2016. He has made just 14 starts and 19 appearances on the bench for the Foxes, scoring four times. Yohan Benalouane, who cost £5m, is also in line for the chop. The…

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Oba of Benin visits Abuja, first after 2016 coronation

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The Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare II, has arrived in Abuja, the first visit since his coronation in October 2016. The Oba who arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 5:05p.m. on Wednesday. He was received by some Benin traditional chiefs, prominent Benin indigenes and friends. Chief Odigie Oyegun, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), one of the Edo indigene at the Airport to receive the Monarch, said that the visit was historic being his first after his coronation. “The Oba’s visit is bringing peace, hope to the country…

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New minimum wage: Buhari appoints 30 man-committee for negotiation [Full list]

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the appointment of a 30-member tripartite National Minimum Wage Committee for the negotiation of a new National Minimum Wage.  The Committee will be inaugurated on Monday 27th November, 2017 at the Council Chambers, Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Sate House, Abuja. The committee is made up of persons from the public sector, (Federal and State Governments) and the private sector, made up of the largest private employer group, as well as the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA). Other members include the Manufacturers Association of…

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