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2019 Elections: The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ebonyi, Prof. Godswill Obioma has revealed that the Independent National Electoral Commission has developed a technology with which to electronically transmit elections results from polling units to its states' headquarters. This disclosure was made during a meeting with faith-based organizations in Abakaliki on Tuesday. He explained that the technology was developed in accordance with the Commission's commitment to eliminating rigging and electoral frauds. While encouraging the electorate to participate in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, Obioma emphasised the electoral body...

Fuel Scarcity: The Managements of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its downstream and marketing subsidiary, the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) have urged members of the public to discountenance the reports of imminent fuel scarcity in the South-West carried in a section of the media as there is no iota of truth in them. The acting Group General Manager Public Affairs, Tumini Green, explained that it is not true that there has not been loading from the depots in the South-West since Monday, adding that it was...

#ENDSARS: The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has bowed to the demands by Nigerians to have a rethinking on the operations of the SARS, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. In a rare campaign on Twitter on Sunday, Nigerians launched the hashtag #EndSARS, in which they asked that the police unit be scrapped. Posts after posts gave hair-raising details of the atrocities committed by policemen on the SARS teams nationwide. Though the campaigners wanted the unit, which fights bandits, disbanded, the police boss said he has ordered an immediate reform, arguing...

The sixth and final season of "House of Cards" -- the hit Netflix series thrown into crisis by sexual assault allegations against Kevin Spacey -- is to resume production early next year without its star, an industry source told AFP Monday. The show's finale is now set to focus on the character of Claire Underwood -- played by Robin Wright -- who, having succeeded her husband as president at the end of season five, looked directly at the camera, declaring: "My turn." Netflix put the award-winning political thriller series on...

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A consumer activist launched Thursday a lawsuit accusing Google of illegally collecting data on more than five million British iPhone users, who could possibly see a payout reaching into the hundreds of millions. A campaign group dubbed 'Google You Owe us' says the tech giant owes consumers "trust, fairness and money" after unlawfully placing cookies on mobile phones between 2011 and 2012. "Through this action, we will send a strong message to Google and other tech giants in Silicon Valley that we're not afraid to fight back if our laws...

The new slave trade-human trafficking in Libya is being carried out by many nationalities, including Nigerians and Ghanaians, according to a Cameroonian returnee, who was abducted in the country. Foka Fotsi, who was trafficked twice, told Reuters that those in charge of one of the places where he was held included Ghanaians and Nigerians. Fotsi story corroborated another testimony by a Nigerian in the southern state of Edo, who identified one Charles, a Nigerian as the trafficking kingpin. Unable to find work to support his family, Fotsi decided to leave...

Google on Thursday introduced its new Datally app, which lets you monitor and save mobile data. It's available in the Google Play store for any Android phones running Android 5.0 Lollipop or newer. You can see your usage on an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly basis and get recommendations for how you can save more. To save data, you can turn on the Data Saver feature to block background data usage and track consumption in real time. The app also will alert you when public Wi-Fi is nearby. WhatsApp for...