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Microsoft is testing a series of new features for the Edge PDF reader Microsoft appears to be working on a set of much-needed upgrades for the PDF reader that comes bundled with its flagship browser, Edge. At the start of the year, the company announced a new-look search functionality for the Edge PDF reader. But now, new features discovered in early-access builds have …

How to fast track the setting up of a joint regional security outfit to tackle the worsening insecurity in the region was top on the agenda of the Sunday’s security meeting by the South-east governors in Enugu State. Beyond the general insecurity in the South-east, the meeting appeared to have been prompted by the daring attack on the country home of the …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said more than 500 of its members in federal universities nationwide are currently being punished by the Federal Government for not enrolling into the newly introduced Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The body said the punishment is in form of non-payment of their salaries since February last year despite the …

Mr. Olayomi Koiki, media aide of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Ogboho, has alleged that gunmen attacked the Ibadan residence of the Yoruba rights activist in the early hours of Monday. In a live video on his Facebook page, Igbohos’s aide alleged that the attackers were Nigerian security forces. In the video which was recorded in a compound with a …

* Calls for rescue of all abducted students The Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) led by a human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana, yesterday told the federal and State governments that their condemnation of Killings by bandits across the country particularly in the North West Zone was not enough to address the …

Blessing OkagbareNigeria’s Blessing Okagbare on Saturday won the women’s 100 events at the Oregon Relays in 10.97 seconds, the second-best time in the world this year. “With these conditions, I’ll take that,” Okagbare said. Allyson Felix, a six-time Olympic champion and 13-time world champion, was seventh in 11.30 as she aims for a 200m Olympic berth at age 35. “It …

A total of 74 per cent of power users in Nigeria are dissatisfied with the supply of electricity across the country, the World Bank has said. It also stated that while 93 per cent of metered power users paid their bills regularly, 78 per cent of electricity consumers in Nigeria received less than 12 hours of supply daily. The bank …

Elder statesman, Prof Wole Soyinka, has advised the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd)-led Federal Government to swallow its pride and seek help to curb the senseless killings in the country. The playwright in a statement on Saturday titled, “The endless martyrdom of youth,’’ noted that the nation was at war, yet all continued to pretend that the oddities were …

…urges Nigerians to stop hate, killing and divisive utterances …says collective use of abundant human resources’ll curb brain-drain The Founder and General Superintendent, GS, of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, Sunday, speaking on state of the nation declared Nigeria can fly again. Kumuyi made the declaration while fielding questions from newsmen after a special Sunday Worship Service …

Support us to rescue our children – Parents Some critical stakeholders in the education sector have called on the government to match words with actions and stop grandstanding and secure the release of students and other persons who were abducted at various times by gunmen in schools across the country. They also described as dastardly and inhuman, the killing of …