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Over $55,000 Paid After Twitter Accounts Of Musk, Gates & Others Got Hacked.

Over $55,000 has been paid after Twitter accounts of Bezos, Gates, Musk, Obama, and Others were hacked in a Cryptocurrency Scam. While some of the scam tweets were taken down by Twitter, subsequent tweets followed that read, “Feeling grateful doubling all payments sent to my BTC address! You send $1,000, I send back $2,000! Only doing this for the next …

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Ekiti State Govt. Set To Reopen Schools By August 3.

On Wednesday, Mr Foluso Daramola, the Ekiti State’s Commissioner for Education has announced that schools across the state will reopen by August 3rd. However the resumption will be for pupils and students in graduating classes at both private and public schools. The commissioner explained that the announcement comes after a virtual meeting held by stakeholders in the South-West region. According …

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Hackers Take Over Verified Twitter Accounts of Bezos, Gates, Musk, Obama, and Others In Crypto Scam.

Hackers gained access to the Twitter accounts of Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and many others on Wednesday evening in an apparent cryptocurrency giveaway scam. Other accounts including Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Apple, Uber, and Square’s CashApp were also hacked. Twitter Support account said that the hacking of several high-profile accounts was a “coordinated social engineering attack by people …

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Nigeria Records 643 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 34,259

Nigeria has recorded 643 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 34,257. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its Twitter handle on Wednesday. “On the 15th of July 2020, 643 new confirmed cases and 6 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in …

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Lagos Doctors Call-Off 3-Day Warning Strike.

The Chairman Medical Guild Representative Council, Dr. Oluwajimi Sodipo announced on Wednesday evening that medical doctors in Lagos State have suspended the three-day warning strike they started on Monday, July 13, 2020. Dr. Sodipo in a statement revealed that the Doctors have agreed to return to work on Thursday, following a virtual meeting with the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Oba …

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Just In: Ex-EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu Released From Police Custody.

The already suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has been released from police custody. Earlier on Wednesday, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, asked Magu, to direct his bail application to the presidential panel. However, Mr Magu’s lawyer, Toyin Ojaomo has confirmed that the suspended EFCC boss is no longer in confinement. Magu was …

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Marcus Rashford To Receive Award For Campaign Against Child Poverty.

Manchester United Striker, Marcus Rashford is set to receive an award for his campaign against child poverty and his sporting achievement. The 22-year-old England forward is set to receive an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Manchester, and he will be the youngest person to ever earn this highly placed honour from the institution. In June, Rashford wrote a …

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PTF Orders Reopening Of All Airports Across Nigeria.

The Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, announced that it has directed the reopening of all Airports across the country. This announcement comes after about three months of shutdown following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 gave the go-ahead for the commencement of domestic flights following approval by the president. …

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