Total: N444.19bn TheCableIndex … Someone needs to investigate Ogun state. With all the companies in Agbara/Sango/Ifo/Ewekoro/Mowe/Ibafo/Oke’lewo etc. Something is wrong somewhere. So Kaduna, Katsina & Kano with heavy numbers when it comes to elections are not in the top 5 in revenue generation? And the case of Imo and Abia get as e be.
US GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR THE BREAKUP OF GOOGLE AND CHROME
In a court filing, the US Department of Justice urged a shake-up of Google’s business that includes banning deals for Google to be the default search engine on smartphones.The Department on Wednesday asked the judge to order the dismantling by ordering the tech giant to sell its popular browser. The proposals reportedly include banning Google deal to be the default search engine on smartphones and possibly requiring Google to sell Android.Antitrust officials said that the tech giant should be made to sell Android if the proposed remedies don’t prevent it from exploiting its control of the Android mobile operating system.It suggested remedies...
CHELSEA, LYON, REAL MADRID REACH WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTERS
Chelsea eased into the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday with a 3-0 win over Celtic, while Lyon and Real Madrid also booked their places in the knockout phase.England international Lucy Bronze struck with a volley in the second minute at Stamford Bridge and Dutch midfielder Wieke Kaptein’s header doubled Chelsea’s lead midway through the first half.Eve Perisset added a third from the penalty spot in second-half stoppage time as Women’s Super League leaders Chelsea made it four wins from four in Group B to guarantee their passage to the next round.“A great result. Really happy with the win, the...
NBA SUPERSTAR LEBRON JAMES TO TAKE BREAK OFF SOCIAL MEDIA OVER ‘NEGATIVE TAKES’
NBA superstar LeBron James said Wednesday he was taking an indefinite hiatus from social media after sharing a post which railed against “negative” coverage in US media.It is not the first time James has stepped away from social media having taken breaks before, but usually to concentrate on his basketball.James, who has some 212 million combined followers on his Instagram and X accounts, announced his break from social media after sharing a post by Rich Kleiman, the long-time agent of NBA star Kevin Durant.“With so much hate and negativity in the world today, it confuses me why some of the national...
DEATH TOLL RISES IN LAOS AS FOURTH TOURIST DIES OF SUSPECTED METHANOL POISONING.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed that a young Australian woman, Bianca Jones was the latest confirmed death, and her friend was fighting for her life in a suspected mass poisoning in Laos.The 19-year-old’s family confirmed her death to the media on Thursday. Hours earlier, the US State Department told the media that an American man died in the tourist town of Vang Vieng.Two Danish citizens age 19 and 20 and an American had also died, officials said, after what media said was a night out in Vang Vieng where they drank possibly tainted alcohol.The deaths remain under police investigation, but...
SUPERIOR COURT SENTENCES VENEZUELAN IMMIGRANT TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE FOR MURDER OF UGA STUDENT
Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the brutal murder of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student at the University of Georgia. The verdict, delivered by Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard, brings closure to a case that stirred intense debate on immigration and campus safety.Jose Ibarra was charged with murder and other crimes in Riley’s February death, and the guilty verdict was reached on Wednesday by Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard. He had waived his right to a jury trial, meaning Haggard alone heard and decided the case.Haggard found Ibarra guilty...
DOMINICA GOVERNMENT CONFERS HIGHEST AWARD OF HONOUR ON INDIA PRIME MINISTER
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honoured with Dominica’s highest award on Wednesday in recognition of his support during the Covud-19 crisis and his efforts to strengthen India-Dominica ties.President Sylvanie Burton of Dominica conferred the “Dominica Award of Honour” on Modi during the India-CARICOM Summit in Guyana, marking the completion of his three-nation tour.The Prime Minister of India in accepting the honour dedicated it to the citizens of his country for the friendship shared between both nations while assuring of continued working relationship.“Gratitude to President Sylvanie Burton of Dominica for conferring the ‘Dominica Award of Honour’ upon me. With deep humility and gratitude, I accept the ‘Dominica...
MALI’S JUNTA LEADER FIRES PRIME MINISTER MAÏGA AND HIS CABINET FOR CRITICIZING THE COUNTRY’S MILITARY LEADERSHIP.
The move was announced in a presidential decree issued by Gen. Assimi Goita, Mali’s leader, and read on state television channel ORTM.This is coming days after Maiga criticised the country’s military leadership for failing to set a date for elections that should restore civilian rule after military power grabs in 2020 and 2021Mali has been ruled by military leaders since a junta seized power in 2020 and staged another coup the following year.In June 2022, the junta promised a return to civilian rule by March 2024, but later postponed elections. No date has been set yet for the presidential election. A new...
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SEEKS TO CANCEL OVER $4.5 BILLION OF UKRAINE’S DEBT
The President of the United State Joe Biden, has submitted to Congress a statement of intent to cancel half of Ukraine’s economic aid debt, a sum of around $4.65 billion, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a press briefing on Nov. 20.A funding bill passed by the U.S. Congress in April included just over $9.4 billion of forgivable loans for economic and budgetary support to Ukraine’s government, half of which the president could cancel after Nov. 15. The bill appropriated a total of $61 billion to help Ukraine fight the full-scale invasion Moscow launched in February 2022.“We have taken the...
