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Members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and staunch apologist to former President Muhammadu Buhari have described Bayo Onanuga, Bola Tinubu’s aide, as an accident over his remarks on the Internet downtime in Africa. The staunch Buhari and APC apologist said on Friday, ‘This man (Onanuga) here is an accident. Onanuga, on his X page, said, “Disruption to internet services in Nigeria is medium, following the damage to undersea cables. At 67 percent, it is not as terrible compared to the severe outage suffered by Ivory Coast, down to 4 percent, or the very high outage (17–23%) being experienced by…

Nigerians have taken to social media to rebuke the media aide to the presidency for the Africa internet blackout comparison suffered since Thursday. Media aide to Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, on his X page said, “Disruption to internet services in Nigeria is medium, following the damage to undersea cables. At 67 percent,it is not as terrible compared to the severe outage suffered by Ivory Coast, down to 4 percent, or the very high outage (17–23%) being experienced by Liberia and Benin Republic, data by Netblocks, the internet watchdog, shows”. Reacting to Onanuga’s post, he was chastised for speaking outside his…

MainOne, a leading provider of submarine cable systems, has revealed that the repair process for its damaged submarine cable would take up to five weeks before the internet is fully restored. The company disclosed this in a statement on Friday following a fault experienced on its network on Thursday. Preliminary investigations conducted by the company have attributed the fault to an external incident, resulting in a cut along the West African coast, offshore Cote d’Ivoire, in the Atlantic Ocean. The internet outage had significant negative impacts, particularly on Nigerian banks, as MainOne serves as a prominent internet provider for some…

Time spares no one, not even the popular film legend and Hong Kong action star, Jackie Chan. That seemed to be the takeaway for many fans after photos surfaced of the martial artist, who turns 70 years old on April 7, 1954, sporting a head of white hair and white facial hair. Not much is known about the event where he spoke; other than that, it took place “recently” in Sichuan, China. The unforgettable, adoring childhood memories of Jackie Chan have triggered fans all over the world. Nema Zime described the comic stuntman as “God amongst the mortal men. Jackie…

Ned Nwoko, husband of popular actress Regina Daniels, revealed he cannot marry a woman who is not a virgin. In a recent podcast with Channels TV anchor, Seun Okin on Friday, the 63-year-old billionaire disclosed, “I cannot marry a woman who is not a virgin,” among other topical issues. Reacting to Ned Nwoko’s statement in a podcast. Olabisi Olaleye wrote, “This only makes people suspect that he is using the virginity of the women he married for rituals to gain wealth, game, and power.” “Sometime in 2020, an Opera news reporter was unwittingly assisting village people. He (accurately) reported that…

Ned Nwoko, husband of popular actress Regina Daniels, revealed he cannot marry a woman who is not a virgin. In a recent podcast with Channels TV anchor, Seun Okin on Friday, the 63-year-old billionaire disclosed, “I cannot marry a woman who is not a virgin,” among other topical issues. Okin, host of MIC on podcast wrote in an X post. Who is ready for this? Senator Ned Nwoko beats it all!! How social media should be handled in Nigeria. Let tenants pay monthly! Titanic Sub: Ned Nwoko mourns friend, says he declined invite Let Nigerians carry guns to protect themselves!…

Aston Villa’s Europa adventure in the Conference League continues with an exciting quarter-final tie against Ligue 1 side Lille. Unai Emery’s men booked their place in the Europa Conference League last eight with a 4-0 thumping of Ajax in their last-16 second leg. The two sides drew 0-0 in Amsterdam last week but the Premier League outfit were simply too strong at Villa Park. Star centre forward Ollie Watkins opened the scoring in the first half before strikes from Leon Bailey, Jhon Duran and Moussa Diaby after the interval secured an emphatic victory. Lille beat Sturm Graz 4-1 on aggregate…

Three-time winners Liverpool have been drawn against Atalanta in the quarter-finals of the Europa League. Liverpool booked their place in the last eight with an 11-2 aggregate victory over Sparta Prague, with Jurgen Klopp’s side claiming an emphatic 6-1 win at Anfield yesterday evening. Atalanta earned qualification with a 3-2 aggregate triumph against Sporting, with the Bergamo outfit winning the second leg 2-1 on home soil thanks to second-half strikes from Ademola Lookman and Gianluca Scamacca. West Ham are the other Premier League side left in the Europa League, and the 2021–22 semi-finalists will lock horns with Bundesliga high-flyers Bayer…

Real Madrid and Manchester City will meet in a heavyweight Champions League quarterfinal between the past two winners and the only two teams still unbeaten in this season’s competition. Madrid will host the first leg on April 9 or 10, and the return will be the week after in Manchester. Kylian Mbappé’s path to a first Champions League title with Paris Saint-Germain in his farewell season there will next go through Barcelona. PSG hosts the first leg as coach Luis Enrique faces his former club, which he led to the 2015 title with a Barcelona team that included Lionel Messi…

Residents of Umuahia, Abia State have expressed outrage over the astronomical increase in the price of sachet water, popularly known as pure water. Findings showed that the price of sachet water has gone up to N50 per one. But two weeks ago, the commodity was sold at two sachets for N50, meaning that the dealers have increased the retail price by 100%. Also, a bag that contains 20 sachets now goes for between N400 and N450 when compared to N300 when it was sold two weeks ago by the retailers. Additionally, findings indicated that the price increase started following a…