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Facebook, the world’s largest social network, on Tuesday launched free basic internet in Nigeria and for Nigerians, in partnership with Airtel Africa.   Nigerians with an Airtel mobile connection will be able to access all the services that are available through Facebook’s Free Basics without paying for data charges or rental. Free Basics provides basic mobile websites and services for free to people around the world, demonstrating the value the internet can provide. In his post on the launch in Nigeria, Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, wrote: “Today we’re partnering with Airtel Africa to launch Internet.org Free Basics in Nigeria. “There’s a lot of innovation across Africa right now, and Nigeria in particular is home to a lot of talented developers,” Zuckerberg said. “In 2009, Olalekan Elude, Ayodeji Adewunmi and Opeyemi Awoyemi started a site called Jobberman in their dorm to help connect people looking for work with companies looking to hi...

FLASH | EFCC Recovered $3.1Bn in 6 Months – Lawmaker Though Nigerians are already aware of the dwindling finances that accompanied the drastic fall in crude oil price, the situation might be worse than they think as President Muhammadu Buhari, revealed how dire the financial predicament of the nation is. President Buhari says Nigeria’s treasury is empty, I inherited empty treasury, huge debts- Buhari, Bail-out for states doubtful as Buhari laments empty treasury as well as Buhari can’t continue in office makes the front pages of the national dailies for Tuesday, June 23, 2015. VANGUARD reports that President Muhammadu Buhari on his first day at the Aso Rock Villa, after his swearing in on May 29, said he inherited a “virtually empty treasury”, from his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan with debts running into hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr. President, who disclosed this on Monday, June 22, during a meeting with members of the state house press corps, blamed the situat...

 LET REVELS Though Nigerians are already aware of the dwindling finances that accompanied the drastic fall in crude oil price, the situation might be worse than they think as President Muhammadu Buhari, revealed how dire the financial predicament of the nation is. President Buhari says Nigeria’s treasury is empty, I inherited empty treasury, huge debts- Buhari, Bail-out for states doubtful as Buhari laments empty treasury as well as Buhari can’t continue in office makes the front pages of the national dailies for Tuesday, June 23, 2015. VANGUARD reports that President Muhammadu Buhari on his first day at the Aso Rock Villa, after his swearing in on May 29, said he inherited a “virtually empty treasury”, from his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan with debts running into hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr. President, who disclosed this on Monday, June 22, during a meeting with members of the state house press corps, blamed the situation on bad management, adding that it wa...