Beginning today, Twitter is letting anyone request verification for their account. Initially, Twitter’s verified accounts were only limited to media, brands and prominent figures across the globe. Now, the popular social networking service that has amassed over 300 million monthly active users is enabling folks to get the blue checkmark next to their handles. (more…)
25-year-old University student from Kaduna, Mubarak Abdullahi supposedly built a helicopter at home that can allegedly fly up to seven feet. The people who shared the info on Facebook claim he used scrap aluminum and parts from a Honda Civic, an old Toyota and from the remains of a crashed Boeing 747 to build it. (more…)
His Royal Highness, Sir Lazarus Agai was murdered by suspected Fulani Herdsmen, this evening Monday July 18. He is the traditional ruler of the Ron/Kulere tribe of Bokkos LGA in Plateau State, According to reports, the monarch was ambushed and murdered along with his bodyguards and driver on his way back home from his farm at Sha village in Bokkos. (more…)
It's no news that the AU have proposed to launch a diplomatic passport for its African citizens, this they said was to be modeled after EU's type. Well, today, the African Union successfully launched its diplomatic African passport, the passport was launched at the opening ceremony of the 27th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union. (more…)
Nick Cannon joined Black Lives Matters protesters outside the Republican National Convention which started in Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday and attacked both the Democratic and the Republican parties. Nick stood in front of banners and posters calling for justice and an end to shootings of black men by police officers. (more…)
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