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Twitter threatened to sue Meta just hours after the Instagram parent company launched Threads, an app it hopes will beat out the struggling site owned by Elon Musk. In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, published by online news outlet Semafor on Thursday, Musk lawyer Alex Spiro accused the company of “unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property.” The letter accused Meta of hiring dozens of former Twitter employees who “had and continue to have access to Twitter’s trade secrets and other highly confidential information.” Also read: Meta to lay off 11,000 employees On Thursday, Zuckerberg…

Terror reigns supreme in Nigeria’s South East region following the declaration of a one-week sit-at-home order by members of the dreaded Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). On Wednesday, July 5, the members stormed the streets in Enugu State to attack people who had defiled the sit-at-home order given by Simon Ekpa, the Biafra agitator. Media had reported that the outlawed Ekpa, the acclaimed leader of the Biafra Republic Government, declared a one-week sit-at-home protest in the South-East from Monday, July 3 to July 8, 2023. Also read: IPOB: Delta Govt Dismisses sit-at-home order in Asaba In a trending video, the…

The Founder and Spiritual leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has warned the second richest African, Aliko Dangote to stop bloodbath in his company. This was a recent warning Ayodele claimed to have received from God to the second richest businessman in Africa, Aliko Dangote. Taking to his Tiktok handle, primate Ayodele posted a video where he asked Dangote to end the bloodbath in his company- Dangote Group, in order to avoid adverse consequences on his business. Also read: Akwa Ibom loses 12 Pastors, two others in The Salvation Army’s Tragedy He also counseled Dangote to…

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered the suspension of a newly introduced 10% tax on single-use plastics and excise duty on some locally manufactured products to reduce business costs in Africa’s biggest economy, his spokesman said on Thursday. Nigeria is one of the biggest plastic polluters on the continent, contributing some 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, some of which ends up in the sea, official data show. Dele Alake, Special Adviser on special duties, communications and strategy to the president, said his principal signed the Finance Act (Effective Date Variation) Order, 2023, which now defers the commencement date…

House of Representatives has moved to stop ceding Danare and Biajua communities in Boki local government area of Cross River State through Pillar 113A to the Republic of Cameroon. The House took the decision when it unanimously adopted a motion jointly sponsored by members of the House from Cross River at plenary Wednesday. Moving the motion on behalf of the Cross River Caucus, Hon Victor Bisong Abang, said on October 10, 2002, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that the proprietorship of the Bakassi peninsula belongs to Cameroon, due to an agreement between the governments of Nigeria and Cameroon…

By Moffat Ekoriko In his native Annang land in Akwa Ibom State, there is a philosophical idiom which best fits the ascendance of Godwsill Obot Akpabio, former governor, former Minority leader of the Senate and former Minister, to the position of Senate President. It is mkpo ama odot agwo, ejak eno. The translation is deeper than the literal meaning of ‘when a man deserves a position, give it to him’. It also means ‘any position should be given to the man who merits it and will make good use of it’. This trumps the English equivalent of ‘who the cap fits’.…

The woman who allegedly killed after setting a female police officer and her two children ablaze in Nnokwa, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State has admitted guilt.  NAN reports that Nneamaka Nwosu, who is a native of Amawbia in Awka South Locla Government Area, became acquainted with the victim when she was homeless after her divorce. However, after a disagreement with the female officer, a fight ensued, and Nwosu used pestle to hit her head. “As soon as the husband divorced her, she confided in the policewoman who benevolently offered her accommodation in her apartment,” NAN quoted a…

…Akpabio wants the motion be stepped down for more consultation The Red Chamber of the National Assembly boiled on Wednesday over a motion entitled, “Uneven disbursement of half a trillion naira loan to the six geo-political zones by the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN).” The motion was sponsored by Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) in the 10th Senate. Also read:  Adamu fumes as Senate, Reps announce principal officers The uproar started when the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, who presided over the plenary, rejected the motion to debate the alleged uneven distribution of N500 billion credit facilities to…

Akwa Ibom Governor Umo Eno has directed Ibom Power Company management to submit a comprehensive audit report to enable him to tackle its challenges for improved power generation and distribution in the state. Ibom Power is a state government-owned gas fired power plant that was licensed on May 12, 2008 by Nigerian Regulatory Commission to operate a 190megawatts plant. The new licence empowers the state government to increase its electricity generation capacity from the previous 190MW to 685 MW to accommodate both the 191 MW Phase 1 and the proposed 500 MW Phase 2. Governor Eno who was on a fact-finding visit…

The fishing Upenekang in Akwa Ibom is among the 31 communities in Nigeria gripped by fear of heavy rainfall that may lead to flooding from July 4 – 8, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) alerted. A statement signed by Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Territorial Coordinator, NEMA, Lagos Territorial Office also listed 14 states among the victims of foreseeable flooding. Farinloye urged relevant stakeholders within the states concerned to take precautionary measures to forestall the loss of lives and property. The enlisted states and communities, according to NEMA, include: Plateau: Langtang, Shendam Kano: Sumaila, Tudun wada Sokoto: Shagari, Goronyo, Silame Delta:…