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King Charles arrives at Westminster Abbey for his coronation

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  The King and Queen have arrived at Westminster Abbey to mark the start of his historic coronation ceremony in just moments away. As King Charles nears Westminster Abbey, several senior members of the royal family have entered the venue. His siblings — Princess Anne, Prince Edward and Prince Andrew — have all taken their seats. Earlier Queen Camilla’s family arrived at the Abbey, including her former husband Andrew Parker-Bowles and her daughter Laura Lopes and son Tom Parker-Bowles. . In a slight deviation from tradition, the couple are processing to the ceremony in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach drawn by six Windsor Grey horses. They are being accompanied on the 1.3-mile route by four divisions of the sovereign’s most trusted bodyguards, the Household Cavalry Each division consists of 24 horses with two divisions of the Blues and Royals at the front, and two divisions of the Life Guards following. The procession is being led by the Household Cavalry Mounted Band – that’s 48 h

Foreign lawyers flown to Nigeria can’t stop Tinubu’s inauguration — Festus Keyamo

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  The Spokesperson of Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo has berated moves by some “unscrupulous characters” to legally stop the inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu before May 29. In a tweet, the APC chieftain noted that some legal practitioners have been flown to the country to achieve the purpose. Keyamo however described the thought as illiteracy, saying “unscrupulous characters are taking advantage of these poor fellows””. He tweeted, “I read somewhere that some supposedly learned fellow is assuring the nattering nitwits that the inauguration of @officialABAT can be legally stopped before May 29th and yet another story that some foreign lawyers have been flown in to achieve that purpose. And I read many excited reactions from these nitwits. “Then I shook my head and murmured under my breath, ‘illiteracy is truly a disease and it is sad that some unscrupulous characters are taking advantage of these poor fellows”. The Pr

“No More *556#": MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9Mobile Announce Single Codes for Data, Airtime, 11 Other Telecom Services

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Nigeria's major telecommunications companies, including MTN, Airtel, Glo, and 9mobile, will implement a harmonised set of shortcodes for all telecommunications services from May 17, 2023.   The move, directed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), means all mobile network operators will  now use the same code for services. NCC mandated all telecommunication companies to have the same code. Photo credit: @ncc Source: Facebook  This will make it easier for Nigerians to memorise  single codes for various services across all mobile networks. What happened to the old codes for each network According to a report from May 17, 2023, all old codes used to recharge, subscribe for data, and check balance, among others, will cease functioning. The NCC has therefore asked telecom consumers to familiarise themselves with the new codes for various services.   Why the new shortcodes   The harmonisation of shortcodes is part of the NCC's regulatory modernisation program, whi

Joy, rebuke for Nigeria’s Tiwa Savage over Charles’ coronation

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Singer Tiwa Savage poses on the red carpet at the Fashion Awards 2022 in London, the UK, December 5, 2022 [Henry Nicholls/Reuters]  Mixed reactions have trailed the announcement that Savage, a Grammy-nominated singer, will perform at the British monarch’s coronation this weekend. Boro Town, Nigeria  — When Abisoye Raji saw an Instagram post that Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage would be performing at the coronation of Prince Charles at Westminster Abbey on May 6, she could not contain her excitement. “Mad oh!” the 23-year-old operations manager at a Lagos-based startup screamed a Nigerian exclamation of surprise as she read from her phone at a public event. Onlookers nearby looked at her curiously, but she kept grinning. “I was very happy for her because being invited to perform at the coronation of one of the most important monarchies in the world is huge,” she told Ajebotv, smiling. “It is actually good to see Nigerians winning from top-bottom.” Afrobeats superstar Savage will joi