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Former President of the Senate, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has expressed concerns for the youths as Twitter enters it’s 100th day of ban in Nigeria. Naija News recalls President Muhammadu Buhari-led government had on 5 June 2021, officially put an indefinite ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria. The government’s declaration comes after the owners of the microblogging platform deleted tweets made by the Nigerian President. President Buhari had in the deleted post warned the south eastern people of Nigeria, predominantly Igbo people, of a potential repeat of the 1967 Biafran Civil War due to the ongoing insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria.

The list of candidates for state elections (Governorship and Houses of Assembly) has been released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the 2023 polls. Naija News reports the list was released ahead of the March 11, 2023 date for the conduct of state elections as part of the 2023 general elections. It was observed that 18 political parties fielded 837 candidates and their running mates for the 28 Governorship elections.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided not to revoke actor Andrea Riseborough’s Oscar nomination in the Best Actress category, following an investigation into whether aggressive campaigning from her Hollywood peers helped her secure the nod. Riseborough’s nomination prompted extra scrutiny from the Academy after public backlash following its announcement, with critics raising questions about whether the grassroots campaign violated any rules and if the nomination should have instead gone to a Black woman, such as Viola Davis (for The Woman King) and Danielle Deadwyler (for Till).

Infinitely less sentimental than it sounds, Michel Hazanavicius' hand-drawn feature follows the life of a Jewish baby thrown from the window of a death-camp train. Of all the films premiering at Cannes this year, “The Most Precious of Cargoes” is both an anomaly (the first animated feature to compete for the Palme d’Or since “Persepolis” in 2007) and the most likely to become a classic.

Victor Osimhen is now Super Eagles’ joint-sixth all-time goalscorer after scoring a brace for Nigeria on Sunday, June 18. On the said day, the Super Eagles took on Sierra Leone in the 5th game of the 2023 AFCON qualifiers at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Liberia. At the end of the thrilling encounter, the Super Eagles beat Leone Stars 3-2 to qualify for the 2023 AFCON with a game in hand.

Historical Events A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council after the invasion and occupation by American-led forces Famous Deaths Abu Abbas [Muhammad Zaidan], Palestinian founder of the Palestine Liberation Front, dies in American custody of allegedly natural causes at 55 Frank Mooney, New Zealand cricket wicketkeeper (13 Tests, 30 dismissals; Wellington), dies at 82 Robert Pastorelli, American actor (b. 1954) Died in 2004 2004 Highlights About March 8, 2004

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KFC Wasn't Joking After All When They Said They Were Making a Gaming ConsoleBy Katie GarrityPublished Dec. 22 2020, 8:24 p.m. ET Source: getty imagesJust when you thought that there was nothing you could possibly add to your Christmas list that you hadn’t already had in some other version (i.e. sweaters, watches, gift cards, etc.), leave it to the people over at KFC, previously known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, to prove you dead wrong.

A former Senator, Andy Uba, has been declared winner of the Anambra governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held on Saturday. Despite the controversy surrounding the primary, officials said Uba defeated 13 other aspirants to emerge as the party’s governorship candidate in the coming November 6 election. The chairman of the APC primary election panel and governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, announced the outcome of the poll at Golden Tulip Hotel, Agulu Lake, Awka, early on Sunday.