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Photo source: tibco.com Still similar to the 167 million Linkedln accounts that was displayed online, another 400 million has being advertised for sale online.

Three tech firms including Enterprise Control Systems, Blighter Surveillance Systems and Chess Dynamic in the UK has recently developed drone-freezing ray device.

Photo source: blog.newegg.com 24,518 bitcoins would be sold in blocks of just 2,000 each with a market value of about E680,000.  Bitcoin is a payment system introduced in 2009 in which users make peer-to-peer transactions without an intermediary.

Photo source: africanexaminer.com The Rivers State Governor, Nyeson Wike has appointed Nigerian football star, Joseph Yobo as his Senior Special Assistant on Sports Development.  The appointment was confirmed  by Simeon Nwakaudu, the Special assistant to Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media.

Photo source: arabiangazette.com The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is likely to name Mohammed Barkina a one time MD of the Nigerian national Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that served in 2009-2010 as the Secretary-General.

Photo source: ranksng.com Mr. Adeyinka Sodipo, has been posted to the Bayelsa State Police Command, to resume duty as the new commissioner of Police for Bayelsa State.

Photo source: freemailtutorials.com  It has being noticed that spam emails have being flooding Microsoft's two mail services including Outlook and Hotmail.

Photo source: freemailtutorials.com  It has being noticed that spam emails have being flooding Microsoft's two mail services including Outlook and Hotmail.

Photo source: one-europe.info According to a report by DemocracyNow; About 700 refugees from countries including Nigeria, Eritrea, Somalia and South Sudan have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea.

Photo source: insuranceadvicenigeria.com A report by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has stated that, Nigeria has lost N12.566 billion in one month due to oil theft and pipeline vandalism.

Photo source: independentnig.com Just recently, Nigeria had lost it's position as Africa's top oil producer to Angola, and if care is not taken top oil buyers would be lost.

Photo source: aquastarintl.biz Dr. Babatunde Adejare, the Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment has on Tuesday stated that the Lagos government would soon introduce Water Distribution Kiosk System.  He said the water distribution is to optimize water supply in parts of Lagos state affected by water scarcity.

  Photo source: citypeopleng.com According to a statement by the South African High Commissioner To Nigeria, Mr. Louis Mriguni, the bilateral trade between Nigeria and South Africa has reached N1.3 trillion.

Photo source: crude-oil-mandate The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari is expected to visit Ogoniland, in the Niger Delta on Thursday for flagging off of the clean-up.

Photo source: naijaurban.com The Lagos State :Police has arrested two brothers named Hope and Ifeanyi Ihesaba for allegedly using fake Naira notes.

  Photo source: naijaurban.com Fulani herdsmen in Cross River State, has begged the Governor of the state, Prof. Ben Ayade to allocate grazing land for them to rear their cattle.

Photo source: en.wikipedia.org  The French investigators handling the EgyptAir flight case that crashed on May 19, into the Mediterranean Sea, has said that the signals of the black box has being detected.

Photo source: businessinsider.com  Hollywood stars Leonardo DiCaprio and also Tom Hardy had arrived London to launch the Solarin Android Phone, which cost $12,700 (N2.5 million).

  Photo source: bizwatchnigeria.ng Fidelity Bank Plc, one of  the well known commercial banks in Nigeria, has contributed to the development of the Police Children School in Lagos by renovating their classrooms.

Photo source: crossriverwatch.com The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade  has ordered the immediate employment of 30 lawyers into Cross River State's Judiciary in order to boost manpower needs of the State Ministry of Justice.

Photo source: metrowatchonline.com The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has stated that citizens of Edo and Ondo states would commence voting registration ahead of governorship elections on June 22, 2016.

Photo source: radiosantate.com The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the plan of Mark Zuckerberg, to connect with astronauts inside the International Space Station (ISS) through Facebook live on June 1, 2016.

Photo source: today.ng As the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade mark's one year in office on May 29th, he said in his state wide broadcast, that he and his team are fully reloaded to make Cross River State, the construction hub for Africa.

  Photo source: ogtve.com.ng  Despite Nigeria's economic challenge, Nigeria has emerged as one of the top insurance markets in Africa, which ranks as the third in Africa.

  Photo source: iconmasoinry.com The Minister of Communications Technology, Adebayo Shittu has announced that the Federal Government has announced it's plan to establish an Information Communication Technology (ICT) university in each of the six geo-political zones of the country.

Photo source: 9javibes.com The 8th Summit of Heads of state of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of states is to commence in Papua, New Guinea on Monday and President Buhari is to be represented by his Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo.

Photo source: flyawaysimulation.com The EgyptAir flight crashed crashed into the Mediterranean sea with 66 people aboard it on May 19, after  loosing signals from radar screens .

Photo source: imgarcade.com Lagos State Police command has arrested a bricklayer identified as Demola Waisu, for allegedly stabbing his 27 year old friend Lekan Omotosho for refusing to plug his phone on power.

Photo source:toquetecnico.com  Microsoft, one of the top tech firms has awarded an Affordable Access Initiative grants to 12 business establishment from around the world, including Nigeria's Ekovolt.

 Coca-cola Company, one of the wold's leading brands has made announcements that there would be a new streamlined international structure to align operating units against its global bottling footprint and to promote and develop Coca-cola leaders.

Photo source: intimes.com According to a blog post by Symantec Corp, a cyber security company, they said the hackers who stole $81 million from Bangladesh's Central Bank, have been linked to an attack on a bank in the Philippines.

Photo source: stargist.com  The Dangote Foundation, owned by Africa's Richest Man Aliko Dangote, has on Thursday started  the disbursement of N400 million micro-grant to 40,000 women in all local governments in Lagos state.

This days that new forms of sickness emerge, it would be wise to learn new methods of preventing diseases in 2016, because there is a popular saying that says "prevention is better than cure".

Photo source: yenihsworld.com British Airways have said they are making plans to leave Nigeria routes soon, due to the pressure from the Federal Government. British Airwyas has being in Nigeria for 80 years.

Doubting is a term used to describe a scenario when one disbelieves or distrust something or a statement. Someone who doubts has less chance of trying out things.

 Prayer has remained a weapon and a means of communicating with God. Christians use prayer as a weapon of warfare to talk to God to destroy the plans of their enemies.

Photo source: koenigsegg.com Buying a car for something close to $5 million is not a joke, and the Swedish Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita seems to be that car that is   the most expensive.  The price of this car is about $4.8 million according to source.

Photo source: abujafacts.ng Today, May 29th will be marking President Muhammadu Buhari's first year in office and its the 17th Democracy Day Anniversary in Nigeria.

  God has all powers within Him, and all other powers are subject to Him. No matter the problems you are facing, God has a way of solving them, when He says yes, no one can say no.

Photo source: nigeriatoday.ng  A Nigerian man identified as Igwe  Festus Abraham, aged 43 years, has been arrested for allegedly duping more than 90 persons in India.

  Photo source: ketekete.com One of Nigeria's sensational singer, Yemi Alade while on an interview with HF Tv, explained how hackers almost ruined her career.

Photo source: guardian.ng  Following the tomato scarcity case  in Nigeria, due to the tomato pest known as Tuta Absoluta, the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, gave some clues of how his Ministry could curb the case of the tomato pest problem.

Photo source: rio-de-de-janeiro-travel-information.com The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that, they cannot relocate or postpone the Olympics Games because of the outbreak of Zika Virus in Brazil.

Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) students had earlier taken to a  peaceful demonstration  due to insecurity within the school premises.

Photo source: beyondbridges.net  Oracle, the owner of  the Java Programming language had made arguments, that Google had infringed in its copyright by "copying over 11,500 lines of code" from them and that they demanded $9 billion for damages.

  Photo source: screengist.com The Seme Command of the Nigeria  Customs Service in Lagos, has stated on Friday that it seized over 2,000 bags of smuggled rice with value of N23.9 million.

Photo source: businessdayonline.com  President Buhari in a statement has said "I heartily greet and felicitate with all Nigerian children on the occasion of this year's Children's Day celebration."

Photo source: wersm.com Following the data breach that put 167 million LinkedIn (a career based social media platform) users at risk in 2012, the firm said the leaked passwords were now placed online by the hackers, the firm said they sent alerts to all its users.

Photo source: treehugger.com  Facebook and Microsoft, the two tech giants, have started the project of laying down data cables right from Virginia in the US to Bilbao in Spain, and the length of the cable would be about 6,600 Kilometres.

Following the Fulani herdsmen attack on the people of Agatu, in Benue state of Nigeria, the people of Benue are now asking for 100 billion Naira as compensation for the attacks.