The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has said that the full implementation of the Ministry’s blueprint recently released, should see Nigeria become a net exporter of technology in another four years.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/10/13/minister-hopeful-nigeria-becomes-net-exporter-of-technology-in-four-years/

It’s been 35 days since Antonio Conte’s rant after the Southampton game about this Spurs team. He was right then and he’s still right.
https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/04/23/newcastle-defeated-tottenham-6-1-a-shambolic-performance/

Former Governor of Enugu state, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has asked the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi to withdraw his petition against the President Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and join him in the task of making a new nation.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/04/23/withdraw-the-legal-action-and-support-tinubu-for-a-new-nigeria-nnamani-tells-obi/

Comedian, Ayo Makun, popularly called, AY Comedian has opened up about his long-time beef with his colleague, Basket Mouth.

In an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, AY revealed how Basketmouth used to connect him with events when he was starting out in the comedy industry, and how a particular event sparked the rift.

[url]https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/27/my-17-year-feud-with-basketmouth-began-because-i-was-owed-%e2%82%a630k-according-to-comedian-ay/[/url]

The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Sunday flew out to Guinea-Bissau for the reverse fixture of their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against the Djurtus of Guinea-Bissau.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/27/super-eagles-depart-for-bissau-to-face-djurtus-in-the-afcon-qualifier/

Guinea U-23 head coach, Morlaye Cisse is upbeat his team will beat the Olympic Eagles to the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations ticket.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/23/in-rabat-well-defeat-the-olympic-eagles-says-guinea-coach-cisse/

The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has defeated the All Progressive Party to win Saturday’s governorship election in Kano State.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/20/kabir-of-the-nnpp-is-proclaimed-the-winner-of-the-kano-governorship-by-inec/

The third-richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, who owns Amazon, has disclosed plans for the Project Kuiper satellite internet dishes. Amazon’s decision puts Elon Musk’s Starlink, which just debuted in Nigeria, squarely in competition with it.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/19/as-amazon-releases-more-affordable-portable-satellite-internet-devices-jeff-bezos-challenges-elon-musks-starlink/

The driver of the Lagos State Government staff bus that was involved in the incident that led to a train colliding with the bus at the PWD/ Shogunle railway line, on the Agege motor road in Lagos, on Thursday, has appealed to victims of the accident to forgive him.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/11/driver-of-a-lagos-brt-asks-for-forgiveness-after-crashing-with-a-train-report/

Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on drainages, Joe Igbokwe has declared that the president-elect Bola Tinubu will remain Nigeria’s president until 2031 and thereafter, handover power to a northerner who will rule the country till 2039.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/11/joe-igbokwe-a-northerner-will-succeed-tinubu-as-ruler-of-nigeria-in-2031/

It was a painful sight, yesterday, as scores of victims of the Lagos bus–train collision were being attended to by medical doctors at Lagos State University Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/10/in-the-lagos-train-bus-collision-six-people-died-and-79-were-injured/

No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed dead, while others sustained injuries, in an accident involving a moving train and a Lagos State government Staff bus, at Shogunle area of Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday.

One of the survivors of the accident, simply called Titilayo, revealed that they begged the driver of the bus to wait for the train to pass, but he refused.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/10/we-asked-the-driver-to-wait-but-he-refused-survivor-train-brt-crash/

Governor Nyesom Wike has threatened to chase those who made the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) party lost the presidential poll conducted nationwide on February 25 from the party.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/09/wike-well-drive-those-who-caused-pdp-to-lose-the-presidential-election-away/

The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has insisted that the presidential election held on February 25 was won by the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, and not the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/08/afenifere-claims-obi-won-and-challenges-tinubus-victory/

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, embarked on a campaign tour of major markets populated by people from the South-East.

Sanwo-Olu took a tour of the markets ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, following the open endorsement for his re-election by the Ndigbo community in the state.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/08/sanwo-olu-guarantees-the-security-of-igbo-businessmen/

The World Health Organisation (WHO), says about 135 million people in Africa have ear and hearing problems.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/04/almost-135-million-africans-suffer-from-ear-and-hearing-issues/

After a crazy week filled with anxiety-inducing news, take a break and unwind with these interesting titles.
Let's face it: this week has been stressful, regardless of who you voted for in the Nigerian presidential election.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/04/5-nigerian-films-that-help-you-relax-during-election-tension/

The National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Betta Edu, has disclosed that her party has opened talks with the Labour Party to form an alliance ahead of the Saturday, March 11 governorship election in Cross Rivers State.
https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/04/apc-and-labour-party-collaborate-to-win-the-cross-river-gubernatorial-election-betta-edu/

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes remain in circulation till December 31, 2023.

The apex court also nullified the Federal Government’s naira redesign policy, declaring it as an affront to the 1999 Constitution.

Justice Emmanuel Agim, who read the lead judgement, held that the preliminary objections by the defendants (the Attorney General of the Federation, Bayelsa and Edo states) are dismissed as the court has the jurisdiction to entertain the suit.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/03/old-n200-n500-and-n1000-notes-must-remain-legal-tender-until-december-31-per-a-supreme-court-order/

Atiku said Mr Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, could not have gotten the constitutionally required spread needed to emerge president.
Obi was in a rush — Atiku
While responding to a question from a journalist, Atiku said the LP candidate left the PDP before the primaries because he was scared of the PDP governors, who had resolved that a candidate must emerge from their ranks.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/03/obi-couldnt-have-won-the-presidential-election-atiku/

Peter Obi vows to challenge the result of the election in court, saying he, rather than Bola Tinubu of the APC, won the election.
On 2 March, the candidate of the Labour Party in the just-concluded 2023 presidential election, addressed a press conference in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital rejecting the outcome of the poll.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/03/peter-obi-disagrees-with-the-results-of-the-2023-presidential-election-full-speech/

The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has expressed confidence in the ability of Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to deliver a country where unity, peace and progress is sustained.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/02/aisha-buhari-is-certain-that-tinubu-would-be-productive/

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, congratulated the winner of the 2023 presidential election and andidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and urged any aggrieved person to go to court.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/02/losers-should-go-to-court-rather-than-the-streets-buhari/

Three political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party and the African Democratic Congress, have called on INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, to step down from further presiding over the ongoing election process on account of his alleged biases.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/01/pdp-lp-adc-demand-the-cancellation-of-the-presidential-election-and-the-resignation-of-the-inec-chairman/

President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has called on his fellow contestants- Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party and others to join him in making Nigeria a great nation.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/01/join-me-in-building-a-great-nigeria-woos-atiku-and-obi/

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the president-elect.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/01/inec-announces-tinubu-as-the-winner-of-the-presidential-election/

The winners of the 2022 Best FIFA Awards were announced on Monday night.

Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas went home with the top two individual awards at the ceremony in Paris.
https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/02/28/best-of-fifa-award-recipients-full-list/

Humans are social beings, and since time immemorial we have sought ways to deepen our connection with others. Since the advent of social media, this connection has grown as a lot of our conversations have gone online.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/02/28/tips-for-safeguarding-your-social-media-accounts/

A Nigerian Catholic priest serving in Malawi, Rev Fr Kelvin Ugwu, has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, altered the original results of Saturday’s presidential elections.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/02/28/catholic-priest-claims-that-inec-has-been-compromised-and-that-all-of-the-results-have-been-manipulated/

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has emerged the winner of last Saturday’s election in Kaduna State.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/02/28/atiku-wins-the-kaduna-election-election-results/

The UK is to hold a minute's silence to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The silence at 11:00 GMT will commemorate the war, which has seen thousands of civilians and soldiers killed and injured.

Crowds gathered in London's Trafalgar Square on Thursday evening for a vigil.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will urge allies to "move faster" in arming Ukraine, at a meeting of the G7 later.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/02/24/ukraine-war-uk-will-observe-a-moment-of-silence-for-the-anniversary/

The arrest of Simon Ekpa, a self-described follower of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has prompted a response from Nigerian artist Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, also known as Charly Boy.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/02/24/simon-ekpas-arrest-prompted-charly-boy-to-scream-may-he-burn-in-hell/