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Nigeria is turning 58, hurray! As part of the process of turning a year older, Nigeria will be celebrating her independence day once again.

Even if you never log into Facebook itself these days, the other apps and services you use might be impacted by Facebook’s latest big, bad news.

The Pentagon is going to make one cloud vendor exceedingly happy when it chooses the winner of the $10 billion, ten-year enterprise cloud project dubbed the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (or JEDI for short).

May Mobility launched its first low-speed autonomous shuttle service in Detroit this summer. By March, the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company will be operating in at least three U.S. cities.

The BMW i3 is getting an upgraded battery — plus a bunch of other improvements —that will give the 2019 model about 153 miles of range. That’s roughly a 30% improvement from the previous model.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk will step down as chairman of the electric automaker and pay a $20 million fine under a settlement reached with the U.S Securities and Exchange commission. Musk will remain CEO and he will still keep a seat on the board, just not as chairman.

Dressed in a Naruto t-shirt and a hat emblazoned with the phrase “lone wolf,” Ne-Yo slouches over in a chair inside a Holberton School classroom. The Grammy-winning recording artist is struggling to remember the name of “that actor,” the one who’s had a successful career in both the entertainment industry and tech investing.

French startup Ownpage has recently released a new product called Relike. Relike is one of the easiest ways to get started with email newsletters. You enter the web address of your Facebook page and that’s about it.

French startup Klaxit connects drivers with riders so that you don’t have to take your car to work every day. And the company recently announced a new feature with the help of Uber. If your driver cancels your ride home, Klaxit will book an Uber for you.

Another demoralising defeat for Manchester United has left Jose Mourinho facing up to the club’s worst start since Sir Alex Ferguson faced the threat of the sack back in 1989-90.

A member of the House of Representatives representing Irepodun Isin/ Ekiti /Oke Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara State, Ms. Funke Adedoyin, is dead.

Just a couple of hours to the All Progressives Congress governorship primaries, sharp division over mode of conduct of the election has erupted among the two factional executive members of the party in Cross River State, Owojela’s Blog learnt.

The Abia state chairman of the Social Democratic Party,SDP, Hon. Chidi Nwosu, has stated that the party will not adhere to the Abia charter of equity in choosing its governorship candidate for the upcoming 2019 elections.

A group, Yoruba Revolutionary Assembly, YORA, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, always call for the sack of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, whenever election results are not in favour of the opposition party.

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Wednesday, alleged that the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole offered the Social Democratic Party, SDP, candidate in the Osun State governorship election, Iyiola Omisore N480m.

Reno Omokri, an ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has told popular Nigerian afro-pop star, David Adeleke, widely known as Davido, what to do to ensure his uncle, Senator Ademola Adeleke, wins the Thursday’s governorship election rerun in Osun State.

The Chief of the Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai, has once again warned soldiers against being partisan during the 2019 general elections.

President Muhammadu Buhari happy has congratulated Nigeria’s women basketball team, D’Tigress.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in Benue State, yesterday expressed shock over the alleged withdrawal of the final tranche of the Paris Club refund earlier paid to the state government.

There is palpable tension in Osun ahead of the rerun election slated for Thursday, as hundreds of military personnel replace police to provide security during the exercise.

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has said it has the information that Senator Ademola Adeleke, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has pledged to return mission schools to their owners if he becomes governor of Osun State.

A judge in Pennsylvania has jailed US comedian Bill Cosby for three to 10 years for sexual assault.

Twitter has asked its members to help shape new rules banning "dehumanising speech", in which people are compared to animals or objects.

Tinder is testing a new feature in India that puts women in control of sending the first message to a match.

US chipmaker Qualcomm has accused Apple of sharing its technology with rival suppliers including Intel in a theft intended to improve the performance of non-Qualcomm chips. The complaint, made in a filing in a Californian court, marks the latest clash between the two firms.

The co-founders of photo-sharing giant Instagram, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, are both leaving the firm.

A woman who monitored content on Facebook is suing the company, alleging it does not properly protect those who face mental trauma as a result of viewing distressing images.

A female kidnap suspect, Fatima Muhammed, says she had no regrets abducting the four-year-old son of Bukar Dalori, the Borno Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

France Football magazine, on Monday, disclosed that women’s Ballon d’Or will be awarded for the first time this year.

Liverpool star, Mohamed Salah, has received the Puskas prize being the award for the best goal of the season at the Best FIFA Football Awards 2018.

Facts have emerged on the real reason Juventus star, Cristiano Ronaldo, was not at FIFA’s The Best awards 2018, despite being nominated for two gongs.

Chelsea forward, Eden Hazard has revealed that he voted for Real Madrid midfielder, Luka Modric, to win the Best FIFA Men’s Player award.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday commenced the screening of its presidential aspirants ahead of its primary. The screening was chaired by former Vice President Namadi Sambo at the party’s Presidential Campaign Office, Legacy House, Maitama, Abuja.

A former Senate President and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential aspirant, David Mark, has revealed what he will do if he fails to emerge as the party’s candidate.

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, on Monday lambasted the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, for saying that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will be defeated in the Thursday’s governorship rerun in Osun State.

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has directed the state Ministry of Finance to immediately commence the payment of salary arrears, pensions and gratuity, from the Paris Club refund recently received by the state.

President Muhammadu Buhari has also approved the release of N20 billion to revitalize public universities in line with the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that 324,000 applicants applied for 4,000 jobs in the corps in the 2018 recruitment.

Workers on Monday paralysed activities at the Abuja headquarters of the ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, agitating for the removal of the minister, Mr Okechukwu Enelamah, from office.

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki on Monday declared that all presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are determined to support whoever emerges as the party’s flag bearer for February’s election.

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has said that the Federal Government will from 2019 commence the revocation of the licences of oil companies that fail to stop gas flaring in their operations in the country.

The Senate President and presidential aspirant for the forthcoming 2019 presidential election, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Sen. Iyiola Omisore, have agreed to work together ahead of Thursday’s governorship re-run in Osun State.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has identified the youthful age of his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, as a great asset to Nigeria in the 2019 presidential race.

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said he was moved to join the presidential race following President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to perform.

All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State have raised an alarm over the crisis dogging the party in the state.

The Osun State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Soji Adagunodo, on Friday said the party’s governorship candidate, Ademola Adeleke, was still in the race. He said this during a media briefing in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Friday.

The Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Hope Uzodinma, has revealed how the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole settled the crisis in state chapter of the party.

First Military Governor of Kwara state, Brigadier General Femi David Lasisi Bamigboye is dead.

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has told Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki to ensure the passage the Electoral Act.

The Coalition for United Political Parties, CUPP, has called on the Governor of Lagos State Akinwumi Ambode, to resist alleged precondition for seeking re-election given to him by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the state.