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The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it may not participate in the March 9 governorship election in Jigawa State unless the state’s police commissioner, Bala Senchi, moves away from the state.

The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has said former vice president, Atiku Abubakar was never destined to rule Nigeria.

After four years and more than $2 billion in funding, OneWeb is ready to launch the first six satellites out of a planned constellation of 650 with which it plans to blanket the world in broadband. The Arianespace-operated Soyuz rocket will take off at 1:37 Pacific time from Guiana Space Center.

The “restaurant of the future” may elicit thoughts of a chrome diner with robot servers and an otherwise hefty amount of Tokyo futurist kitsch, but the fact is that the forthcoming sit-down dining experience may just end up looking a lot like ordering from a takeout app.

As many as 1 in 5 people today are mooching off of someone else’s account when streaming video from Netflix,  Hulu  or Amazon Video, according to a new study from CordCutting.com. Of these, Netflix tends to be pirated for the longest period — 26 months, compared with 16 months for Amazon Prime Video or 11 months for Hulu. That could be because Netflix freeloaders often mooch off their family instead of a friend — 48 percent use their parents’ login, while another 14 percent use their sister or brother’s credentials, the firm found.

BlackBerry, the former smartphone maker, is suing Twitter  for alleged patent infringement. If this sounds familiar, it may be because BlackBerry filed a patent infringement suit against Facebook last year.

When you think of MWC Barcelona, chances are you’re thinking about the newest smartphones and other mobile gadgets, but that’s only half the story. Actually, it’s probably far less than half the story because the majority of the business that’s done at MWC is enterprise telco business. Not too long ago, that business was all about selling expensive proprietary hardware. Today, it’s about moving all of that into software — and a lot of that software is open source.

Figure, a 13-month-old, San Francisco-based company that says it uses blockchain technology to provide home equity loans online in as little as five days, has raised a whole lot of money in not a lot of time: $120 million to date, including $65 million in fresh funding from RPM Ventures and partners at DST Global, with participation from DCG, Nimble Ventures, Morgan Creek, and earlier investors Ribbit Capital and DCM.

The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said that those who predicted anarchy for Nigeria ahead of the 2019 presidential election have been put to shame.

Compass, the real estate tech platform that is now worth $4.4 billion, has made an acquisition to give its agents a boost when it comes to looking for good leads on properties to sell. It is acquiring Contactually, an AI-based CRM platform designed specifically for the industry, which includes features like linking up a list of homes sold by a brokerage with records of sales in the area and other property indexes to determine which properties might be good targets to tap for future listings.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, On Wednesday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the just-concluded presidential election was a confirmation of the trust bestowed on him by Nigerians.

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has described the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the 2019 presidential polls by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as a travesty which has dampened all genuine Nigerians.

Senator representing Kaduna Central, Comrade Shehu Sani has reacted to the news that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will be challenging his defeat in Saturday’s elections to President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Former Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, has insisted he did not lose Saturday’s election, despite the declaration of Chris Ekpeyong as winner, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has reacted to the outcome of the 2019 presidential election.

Timi Frank, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has commended the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for outrightly rejecting the conduct of the 2019 presidential elections.

Unknown gunman on Wednesday shot into a crowd celebrating President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in Sabo, Yaba, killing one person, while a police officer was seriously injured by some protesting youths in Okokomaiko, Lagos.

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has declared that the Igbo community has no issues whatever with its Yoruba hosts in Lagos State.

The United Kingdom has reacted to the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for a second term.

More African leaders have sent congratulatory messages to President Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday refused to sign the result sheet of the Presidential election which was announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja.

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has rejected the presidential election result by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, where President Muhammadu Buhari was announced as the winner.

Chief Sam Eke, the National Chairman of the Green Party of Nigeria (GPN) and the Presidential candidate of the party, has slammed the Professor Yakubu Mahmood-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the declaration of the All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate and the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, as the winner of the Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election.

Seriake Dickson, the Governor of Bayelsa state, has rejected the votes garnered by President Muhammadu Buhari, as well as other candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC), in Nembe Bassambiri and Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas of the state.

# The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has presented President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo their Certificates of Return.

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bolaji Ahmed Tinubu, has described the February 23rd presidential election as ‘a fair and honest exercise that permitted the full expression of the sovereign will of the Nigerian people.’

Following the confusion in the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi State over who is the  party’s authentic candidate for the Bauchi South senatorial poll is, the Independent National Electoral Commission decided to declare the APC  the winner of the election.

The Buhari Media Organisation has praised President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance  in Saturday’s presidential poll. In a statement by its chairman, Niyi Akinsiju, and secretary, Cassidy Madueke, the group said  the President’s achievements  counted during the election.

The Returning Officer for   Saturday’s Anambra South senatorial election, Prof Meshach Umenweke,  has written the Independent National Electoral Commission recanting his earlier declaration of the candidate of the  Young Progressives Party, Ifeanyi Ubah,  as the winner of the poll.

The Peoples Democratic Party has called for the stoppage of the ongoing collation of results by the Independent National Electoral Commission until the data from the smart card reader accreditation at the polling units are made available to all the parties.

A  housewife and mother of one, Olaitan Abas, on Tuesday told an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her four-year marriage to her husband, Ibrahim, on grounds of wickedness and child abuse.

The Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) for the peaceful conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state and the country.

Rep. Abdussamad Dasuki (PDP-Sokoto) has rejected the result of the election for Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency in Sokoto State.

Fela Durotoye, the presidential candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), has described the results of the election as “disappointing.”

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, on Tuesday promised to work with colleagues of like minds at the National Assembly to ensure proactive representation of the people of the state.

Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso has asked the people of Kano State to accept the results of the presidential and national assembly elections in good faith.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tuesday, demanded for the stoppage of the ongoing collation of results for the presidential and National Assembly elections across the country.

The Delta South Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan, has petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, calling for the cancellation of the just-concluded Presidential and National Assembly Elections held in the zone.

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has appealed for calm over the altercation between the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announces the presidential election results.

Jose Mourinho has said his next management job, would be with people that he loves. The Portuguese tactician has been without a coaching job since he was sacked by Manchester United in December.

There will be more Premier League fixtures this midweek, following exciting action around the country last weekend.

Manchester United interim manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has admitted he could be without up to 10 players, for Wednesday’s clash with Crystal Palace.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, after failing to form a quorum after resumption from the Presidential and National Assembly elections break, adjourned until March 12.

Publisher of Ovation International Magazine, Dele Momodu, has again hit back at Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, over his call for presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar to make a congratulatory call to President Muhammadu Buhari.

The National leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said the congress will on Friday stage a peaceful protest in Ogun tagged “Operation Occupy Ogun State.”

Chief Osita Okechukwu, the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria has said that the result of the presidential election in the South-East shows that President Muhammadu Buhari performed better in 2019 than 2015.

The vice presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Peter Obi, has claimed that there was a clear orchestrated plan to disfranchise people of the south-east region of the country in the Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections.

As the ongoing announcement of results of last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly election results by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) approaches its twilight, no fewer than 24 of 67 senators, who sought to retain their seats in the 9th Senate won’t be returning as lawmakers.

The security in and around the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) office, Port Harcourt, Rivers was on Tuesday beefed up by armed personnel from the state police command.

President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has being defeated by the  presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in Cross River State .