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Google announces six new features on search
Google has announced six new features and developments on search to help people gather and explore information in new ways. The Head, Communication, West Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, said this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Kola-Ogunlade said that the new features leveraging machine learning would help people gather information in
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Hurricane Ian pounds Florida, leaves millions in dark
Hurricane Ian left much of coastal southwest Florida in darkness early Thursday, bringing “catastrophic” flooding that left officials readying a huge emergency response to a storm of rare intensity. The US Border Patrol said 20 migrants were missing after their boat sank, with four Cubans swimming to shore in the Florida Keys islands and three
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Osun lawyer faults CSO, says Olupo-elect people’s choice
An Osun State-based lawyer, Mr. Bola Ige, has dismissed the alleged compromise by the kingmakers in Oluponna town, in the selection of Prince Rafiu Oyekanmi Mosobalaje as Olupo-elect. The PUNCH had reported that a Civil Society Organisation, Advocacy for Advancement of Peace & Harmony in Africa Initiative, in a statement signed by its National Coordinator,
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American Rapper, Coolio, Dies At 59
American rapper, Artis Ivey Jr. popularly known as Coolio, is dead. The grammy-award winning musician died on Wednesday, in the bathroom of his friend’s house in Los-Angeles. Speaking to TMZ, Coolio’s manager, Jarez Posey, said, “Coolio went to the bathroom at his friend’s house, but when he didn’t come out after a while, the friend
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Agro-firm gives cash to PWDs, farmers in Kaduna
At least 1,700 farmers including physically-challenged persons in Kaduna State, have received two million naira each as financial support from the Agro-Processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support, in the state. The Communication Officer of the Kaduna State Chapter of APPEALS, Muhammad Bashir, who said this in the state capital on Wednesday, after an interactive
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Babayemi-Adeleke suit: Security operatives in ‘show of force’
Ahead of today’s Supreme Court judgement on the matter instituted by Mr Dotun Babayemi, against the candidature of Osun governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, security operatives on Thursday engaged in a ‘show of strength’ across Osogbo, Osun state capital. The PUNCH reports that Adeleke, on Wednesday, expressed optimism of a favourable judgement as Supreme Court rules
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Maigari of Lokoja passes on
The Maigari of Lokoja, Dr. Muhammad Maikarfi III, is dead. The Secretary, Lokoja Traditional Rulers Council, Muhammed Nalado, announced his death in a statement on Wednesday, stating that he died after a brief illness in a private hospital in Abuja. The monarch was 80-years-old when he died and was one of the longest serving traditional
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UK PM justifies ‘controversial’ tax cuts
The United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss defended her tax cuts policy on Thursday, despite triggering market turmoil and forcing a Bank of England intervention to prevent “material risk” to the economy. “We had to take urgent action to get our economy growing, get Britain moving, and also deal with inflation,” she told local station
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Campaign: Adamu accuses Tinubu of running one-man show
Barely one week after releasing his presidential campaign council list, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has come under heavy fire from the leadership and national working committee of the party. In a strongly worded letter written and signed by the National Chairman of APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, to Tinubu who
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10 highlights from Mikel’s career
John Obi Mikel has gone on to become one of the greatest Nigerian footballers to wear the green and white for the Super Eagles in modern history. Mikel has announced his retirement from football at the age of 35, having played for Nigeria at every level from the U-17 to the Super Eagles. He represented
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