Nigerian disc jockey DJ Neo has completed his attempt to break and set a new Guinness World Record for Longest Marathon Club DJing. The DJ on June 17 set out to break the world record set for 200 hours by setting a new one of 336 hours and he has finally completed his attempt, DJing… Read More Nigerian disc jockey DJ Neo breaks & set new Guinness World record for Longest Marathon Club DJing
Lyft Inc said on Monday it would buy bike-share operator Motivate as the ride-hailing company tries to fend off competition arising from rival Uber Technologies Inc’s purchase of electric cycle-sharing startup JUMP Bikes in April. According to media reports the company would pay around $250 million for the parent of Ford GoBike and Citi Bike.… Read More Lyft set to acquire Motivate in venture into bike-hailing business
Mexico’s new president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would pursue friend and foe alike in a crackdown on corruption after voters handed him a powerful mandate for government with a landslide election victory on Sunday. Lopez Obrador, the first leftist president since the end of one-party rule in 2000, won between 53 and 53.8… Read More Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wins Mexico’s presidential elections, vows total crackdown on corruption
Belgian authorities have detained two people suspected of plotting a bomb attack on a meeting in France of Iranian political group People’s Mujahideen of Iran, prosecutors said on Monday. The two were intercepted by Belgian police on Saturday, with 500 grams (1.1 lb) of TATP, a home made explosive produced of easily available chemicals, as… Read More Belgian police arrests two over attack plot on Iranian meeting in France
The FBI has arrested a man who it said planned to bomb Cleveland’s Fourth of July celebrations and then stand by and watch it go off, federal officials said on Monday. 48-year-old Demetrius Pitts who had expressed allegiance to the al Qaeda militant group, was arrested on Sunday after a meeting with an undercover FBI… Read More FBI foil Fourth of July attack plans, arrests suspect in Ohio
Police officers deployed to Borno State on special duty on Monday took to the streets, barricading the highway to protest six months of unpaid allowances. The police officers were said to have been deployed to Borno State from various units across Nigeria to help in the fight against insurgency. According to reports, the angry police… Read More Police officers in Borno stage protests over six months unpaid allowances
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received reports of attempts to clone Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and sell them online. We wish to assure the public that the Commission had anticipated these and proactively taken measures to preserve and further secure our electoral materials. Several security features and secret source codes are contained in… Read More INEC warns about PVC cloning
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