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Major broadband outage leaves UK without internet as thousands of TalkTalk users lose access, with services gradually restoring after widespread disruption

UK: Major broadband outage leaves thousands without internet

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A major outage affecting TalkTalk left thousands of users across the UK without internet access on Wednesday morning, disrupting households and remote workers nationwide. Data from Downdetector showed the problems began shortly after 7am, with reports quickly rising to over 5,300 within an hour. Most users said they could not access broadband services, even though […]

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UK returnee dies in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash en route wedding

UK returnee dies in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash en route wedding

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  A woman who recently arrived from the United Kingdom has died in a road accident along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway while travelling to attend a wedding in Ogun State. The fatal crash occurred around 6 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 2026, at the Christopher University axis of the busy highway. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson

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nationwide blackout

Nationwide blackout: FG tenders apology, promises improvement

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The Federal Government has apologised to Nigerians over the persistent power outage across the country, as electricity supply dropped below 3,000 megawatts, worsening living conditions and disrupting businesses and industries. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, offered the apology on Tuesday in Abuja while presenting the “Performance Report on the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI)

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Dangote Refinery fuel pricing

#GlobalOilPrice: Netizens differ over Dangote Refinery fuel pricing

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As the conversation around petrol pricing in Nigeria continues to generate mixed reactions across social media, netizens have questioned the real gains of local fuel production. The crux of the conversation was built around if Nigerians are really paying more as some sections of the media said or that the worse have been averted owing

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UPDATED: 66 dead, four missing, in Colombia military plane crash

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At least 66 people have died and four are missing after a Colombian military plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Puerto Leguizamo on Monday. The aircraft, a Hercules C-130, was carrying 128 people, mostly soldiers, when it went down minutes after departure. General Hugo Alejandro López Barreto, head of the armed forces, confirmed the death

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IGP Tunji Disu, decorates 30 newly promoted AIGs, CPs

IGP Tunji Disu, decorates 30 newly promoted AIGs, CPs

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The Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, has decorated 30 senior officers recently elevated to the ranks of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) and Commissioner of Police (CP), reinforcing leadership within the Nigeria Police Force. The Force Public Relations Officer, Anthony Placid, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, noting that the decoration followed the promotion

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Colombian Air Force plane crash

VIDEO: Colombian Air Force plane carrying 110 people crash

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A military aircraft carrying more than 100 personnel has crashed during takeoff in Colombia, authorities confirmed on Monday, March 23. The incident involved a Lockheed Martin Hercules C-130 plane and occurred in Puerto Leguízamo, a town in southwestern Colombia near the border with Peru. Colombia’s Defence Minister, Pedro Sánchez, said military response teams were immediately

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Four of my associates arrested, I may be next – El-Rufai

JUST IN: ICPC fixes date to arraign El-Rufai

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it will arraign former Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. In a statement on Monday, the commission said El-Rufai and one Joel Adoga will be charged at the Federal High Court in Kaduna over alleged money laundering and conversion of public property.

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Police arrest Baruwa after reclaiming NURTW secretariat from MC Oluomo

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The Nigeria Police Force has intervened as the Tajudeen Baruwa-led faction of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) moved to reclaim the union’s national secretariat in Abuja from Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, following a prolonged legal dispute. Members of Baruwa’s faction arrived at the NURTW secretariat early on Monday with

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