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Image Credit: TechCrunch Facebook has joined the space of live video streaming services like Periscope and Meerkat with the launch of a new live video streaming platform featured on its Mentions app called “Live” which has been in the works since September. Live is a but different as it’ll be only available to celebrities with a verified page for now.

As the efforts to reposition the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) continue, there are indications that about 50 percent of the top level officers of the corporation would be retired. An industry source told BusinessDay that most of the group general managers and managing directors of the corporation’s subsidiaries would be affected by the next wave of the exercise which started with the replacement of the group managing director.

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the commencement of the environmental clean-up of Ogoniland in the Niger Delta region, even as he inaugurated the Governing Council of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP) as well as the Board of Trustees for the Trust Fund. Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria This was one of the actions which the President approved on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, aimed at fast-tracking the long-delayed implementation of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Report on the environmental restoration of Ogoniland.

The British government has reaffirmed its commitment to help Nigeria end the menace of insurgency that has ravaged parts of the North East, a top British official has said. In a statement, the Acting Director of Defence Information, Rabe Abubakar, said the assurance was given by the British Deputy Chief of Defence Staff on Military Strategy and Operations, Gordon Messenger.

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…headbuts, grabs player’s throat Lionel Messi was at the centre of a headbutting controversy on Wednesday as Barcelona cruised to a 3-0 victory over Serie A side Roma in a pre-season friendly at the Camp Nou. The Argentinian superstar, renowned for rarely losing his cool despite regularly being the target of brutal tackling, reacted angrily during a confrontation with Roma’s French international Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa.

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Hajia Binta Bello, briefing State House Correspondents, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday. The immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has said some arms and ammunition, ordered during the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan, have yet to arrive in country.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the Senate has accused the Muhammadu Buhari-led government of selective anti-corruption campaign. Specifically, the opposition lawmakers accused the Department of State Services (DSS) of harassing and intimidating officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as well as PDP members in Rivers, Abia and Akwa Ibom states.

Angel di Maria has finally been confirmed as a Paris Saint-Germain player after the French giants bid the Argentine winger 'bienvenido' (welcome) on their official Twitter account. Di Maria had already told of his joy at joining the Ligue 1 champions and has spoken of his desire to go all the way in the Champions League after a tumultuous year with Manchester United. 

The Ibadan field office of the Department of Petroleum Resources, which controls Oyo and Osun states, has sealed about 100 petrol filling stations across the two states in a weeklong exercise aimed at penalising marketers who sell petrol above the official pump price of N87 per litre.

  An allegedly new Islamic State affiliate in Saudi Arabia claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a mosque inside a police compound in the country's southwest on Thursday that killed at least 15 people, most of them members and recruits of the kingdom's special forces. It was the deadliest attack against Saudi security personnel in years and one that is likely to pull the kingdom deeper into the regional war with IS extremists.

Popular Nollywood actress, Folashade Omoniyi-Adewale also known as Lepa Shandy, has been out of the movie scene for a while now is back into the country. Actress Lepa Shandy The fair-skinned actress who relocated to the United Kingdom (UK), to spend quality time with her husband has returned into the country to continue what she knows how to do best. In an interview with Encomium Magazine, Lepa Shandy opened up on her marriage, career and her inability to conceive for years.