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By Efio-Ita Nyok On the Monday 5th August 2019 the #RevolutionIsNow protest inspired by AAC presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections and political activist, Omoyele Sowore was billed to hold officially in 21 states of the Federation, Nigeria. For the records, Cross River wasn't one of the states.

Derby County chairman Mel Morris is "confident" DC United's Wayne Rooney will join the club as player-coach. Former England captain Rooney has flown from the United States to London for talks with the Championship club.

Google is shutting down its Trips app for mobile phones, but is incorporating much of the functionality from the service into its Maps app and Search features, according to a statement from the company.

Facebook  has failed to clean up the brisk trade in fake product reviews taking place on its platform, an investigation by the consumer association Which? has found. In June both Facebook and eBay were warned by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) they needed to do more to tackle the sale of fake product reviews. On eBay  sellers were offering batches of five-star product reviews in exchange for cash, while Facebook’s platform was found hosting multiple groups were members solicited writers of fake reviews in exchange for free products or cash (or both).

Why is a Japanese destination ad or tech shows always primetime on CNN international for the past two years? Why did Coca Cola launch their first alcoholic drink in Japan last year? Why did popular reality TV star Kim Kardashian dared to copyright the name ‘Kimono” a name that describes the old Japanese traditional attire this year? Why did billionaire businessman Mayasoshi Son owner of Softbank this year, launched in Japan the cheapest all year round internet service 5G LTE in the world?