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Facebook changes name to Meta The company said the new name would better "encompass" what it does now. Facebook has changed its name to Meta in a major rebrand as the social media giant faces an scrutiny over its business practices. The company said the new name would better “encompass” what it does now, a reference to its plans to invest in virtual reality. The firm has made clear its future goal is to create an online world, called Metaverse, where people can work, game and communicate in a virtual environment, using VR headsets. “From now on, we’ll be metaverse first, not Facebook first,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday. “Over time, you won’t need to use Facebook to use our other services.” Last week, the company said it would hire 10,000 people in the European Union to build its metaverse project. It is investing $10 billion in the project. “Today we are seen as a social media company, but in our DNA we are a company that builds technology to connect people, and the met...

How DSS brought 3 herbalists, killed 3 cats, ‘arrested’ 1, thinking Igboho transformed during midnight raid — freed aide, Ademola Onaolapo Ademola is one of the 12 associates of Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, who were recently released on bail from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). In this interview with KAYODE OYERO, Ademola narrates how the secret police raided the Ibadan residence of Igboho in a Gestapo style in the midnight of July 1, 2021, killing two associates and arresting him and other aides. Please tell us about yourself. I am Prince Onaolapo Ademola by name. I am 32 years old. I’m a solar inverter expert. I deal in land and real estate and also have an online television. What is your relationship with Sunday Igboho? I am his ‘son’ and a follower. I am the director of his foundation, Sunday Adeyemo Foundation, for the past two to three years now. I also happened to be one of his media aides before we started the journey of Yorub...

 BREAKING: Two Reportedly Arrested During EndSARS Memorial   At least two persons have been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force this morning during the EndSARS memorial that is currently being observed all over the country today to remember the ugly incident that occurred on the 20th of October 2020. According to BBC, one of the persons arrested claimed to be a journalist but probably didn’t have an ID card with him while the other individual could be seen in a white outfit with a placard that depicted his intentions to start a protest. The duo was forced into the Black Maria van. Recall that the police had warned Nigerians against staging a street in commemoration of the ugly incident. In a bid to make sure this doesn’t happen, lots of police fans and able-bodied officers are currently stationed at Lekki Tollgate. Check out photos of the police presence at Lekki Tollgate: See video: :

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Pero Adeniyi Reacts To Being Addressed As ‘Tuface’s First Wife’  By Her Friends [Video]Published 9 hours ago on October 15, 2021 By Oriental Times   Pero Adeniyi has reacted to being addressed as “Tuface’s first wife” by her friends, as they hung out in Abuja. The US-based make-up artist who shares three children with the singer, laughed excitedly and did a short run before meeting up with her friends again after being called ‘Tubaba’s first wife’. The friends went on to say that no one can’t take Pero’s “first wife” position in Tuface’s life. Same friends had earlier on declared her as the ‘unbothered, unshakeable and unmovable first lady’. Watch the video. SEARCH .                                

Meet Chris Kamau, the blue band butter boy who is now a man,  honestly the young must grow if there is life. How would I have known that the boy I was seeing his face every many Blue Band that I ate my bread and butter and each time I had my blue band on my cabin biscuits was from Kenya? Wow. Chris is presently an Arts, Communications, Entertainment, and Media Practitioner with years of experience in radio, stage, and television. His special skills include character voices and continental accents. Fully showcasing his versatility by performing songs from all music genres - country, pop, Broadway, R & B, rock, and gospel, Chris was able to duet with 25 of Kenya's top artistes during a special concept concert 'Love Jam'. He is a founder member of Five Alive, East and Central Africa's premier Gospel/R&B Acapella singing group; the composer of 'Lets Make A Change' a song featured in the Un-Habitat pop video creating awareness about sustainable cities of the ...

How my sex tape got leaked – Tiwa Savage ‘‘We tried to stall them, but I later decided that I am going to own the narrative. I am not ashamed of it," Tiwa Savage says. Nigerian music star, Tiwa Savage, who says she is being blackmailed over a sex tape of herself and her partner, has shared how it was leaked. Speaking in an interview with American OAP, Angie Martinez of Power 105.1, the singer absolved people close to her of deliberately leaking the video. She said, “It is not from someone working closely with me. What happened is that the person did it on Snap and he posted it by accident, but he quickly deleted it. ”However, someone got it before he could delete it. It is a very short video, but it is me. It is going to be out there and I can just imagine the memes. I just found out yesterday. I could not sleep last night.” The singer also said she tried to manage the situation to no avail. She said, ‘‘We tried to stall them, but I later decided that I am going to own the narrati...

. oman With 2 Wombs, 2 Reproductive  Woman With 2 Wombs, 2 Reproductive Organs Says It’s A Blessing A Ghanaian reproductive health advocate, Elizabeth Amoaa, has spoken up on how she found out that she has two wombs, two cervixes, and two reproductive organs. According to her, she only got to know about her rare condition five years after the birth of her daughter. Amoaa said she was diagnosed with uterus didelphys or ”double uterus,” in 2015, a condition which occurs during fetal development, when the two tubes that normally form one uterus instead become two separate structures, according to the Mayo Clinic. Speaking in an interview on GBC, the mother disclosed that during her pregnancy, doctors thought she had an ectopic pregnancy because they were scanning the wrong womb. At some point, doctors suggested that she terminate the pregnancy but she kicked against it and went on to give birth to her daughter, Rashley. ”My daughter was born prematurely. There is a lot that has happened i...

WhatsApp To Stop Working On Millions Of Phones Nov 1  WhatsApp will soon stop working on millions of older smartphones, UK Sun said in a report. More than 40 different smartphone models are expected to be affected, according to the report by the UK tabloid. In the report, the publication said from November 1, 2021, some iPhones and Android phones will go off WhatsApp forever. “For Android users, you’ll need to be running Android 4.1 or later. And for iPhone users, you’ll need to be on iOS 10 or later,” the report read. It added that the Android front, that means a host of popular phones, will lose access, including the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the Huawei Ascend Mate. “For Apple, you’ll lose access on an iPhone 4 or older,” the report said. “And if you’ve never updated your iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus or iPhone SE (2016), you’ll lose access until you update. “That’s because they launched on iOS 9. But you can update all three models to iOS 15 – the latest version – and keep access to WhatsAp...

DSS Flies Veteran Actor Chiwetalu Agu To Abuja, Bars Family Visitation  The Department of State Services has flown veteran actor, Chiwetalu Agu, to Abuja as part of investigations for promoting Biafra and allegedly inciting members of the public. Oriental Times reports that Agu was first arrested by the Nigerian Army on October 7, 2021, around Upper Iweka in Onitsha, Anambra State, for donning a Biafra outfit while distributing bread and other items to the poor. The army had accused him of soliciting support for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra which has been accused of several acts of terrorism. He was subsequently handed over to the DSS for investigation and prosecution. Speaking to Punch, a relative of the Nollywood actor revealed that they had been denied access to him. The relative, who spoke on the condition of anonymity said Agu was first moved from Anambra to Enugu and then to Abuja. He said attempts to see him in Abuja were rebuffed by the DSS. “We spent two days try...

12.5Kg of Cooking Gas May Rise To N10, 000 In December — Marketers Warn  Marketers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas popularly known as cooking gas have warned that the price of cooking gas may increase to N10,000 by December 2021. With the 12.5kg currently selling for between N7,500 and N8,000, marketers are worried that supply shortage may see the price escalate to N10,000 in a few months. While speaking at a Pan-African forum, Platforms Africa on Saturday, October 9, LPG marketers said many Nigerians are back using firewood, sawdust, charcoal and other unrefined energy sources for cooking even though prices of those materials are also on the rise. The Executive Secretary of the National Association of LPG Marketers, Mr Bassey Essien, urged the government to review the recently introduced import charges and Value Added Tax. He said if the advice is not heeded “the price of cooking gas may as well reach N10,000 for a 12.5kg cylinder.” However, he said marketers are discussing with government...

BREAKING NEWS: Nigerian Army Releases Chiwetalu Agu  Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, has been released from Army custody a day after he was arrested for putting on an outfit with semblance to the Biafran flag. This was made known via a video posted by Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, on his Instagram page on Friday, where Agu was filmed with two representatives from the Actors Guild of Nigeria. According to the video, Agu was released via the intervention of the AGN and according to one of the representatives, the actor is hale and hearty. When asked for a comment, Agu said,  “Keep supporting Nollywood. It’s the only hope we have to sustain both our public and private lives.” Oriental Times had earlier reported that soldiers arrested the actor around Upper Iweka Bridge in Onitsha for wearing an outfit with Biafra inscriptions. Agu was reportedly on a charity mission to the less privileged when he was arrested by soldiers. The Nigerian Army in a statement said that the actor was arrested “wh...