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Massive internet outages have been reported in Nigeria following damage to international undersea cables supplying the country with connectivity. Telecommunications companies and a number of banks which rely on the affected cables for internet services have been affected by the outage. According to reports, the damage affected major undersea cables …

Commissioner of Police of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Haruna Garba has confirmed the arrest of five suspects in connection with the attempted infiltration of the NANS convention held on November 30.   Garba who warned against any form of disturbance of public peace, unlawful assembly, and criminal infiltration of …

BBC boss Tim Davie has apologised for the disruption to the station’s sports coverage this weekend following the decision to remove Gary Lineker from Saturday night’s Match of the Day programme. The BBC announced on Friday that Lineker would be “stepping back” from the show after his criticism of the …

The chaos affecting international air travel in the summer has been firmly stowed away, according to UK aviation firms, with a smooth getaway expected in the busiest weekend before Christmas. Passenger numbers for the biggest carriers and airports will peak at the start of what is for many the October …

IPOB said it doesn’t intend to participate nor disrupt the upcoming 2023 general elections in Igboland. The proscribed group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has distanced itself from any plan to disrupt the 2023 general elections in the South-East.

Governor David Umahi has denied ordering the disruption of Peter Obi’s supporters’ rally in Ebonyi.  It was reported earlier today that the rally organized by the Labour Party presidential candidate’s supporters, was disrupted by policemen who stopped them from moving through the streets.  In a statement released by Umahi’s Special Assistant on Media …

Flight disruption in the UK was the worst in Europe in recent months, according to Tui, while Manchester was the most-affected airport, as the travel operator reported a €75m (£63m) hit from air traffic chaos. “We had significant challenges and interruptions, especially on the UK side,” said Sebastian Ebel, Tui’s …

Rail services around Great Britain will be severely disrupted on Saturday by the most widespread strike by train drivers since rail privatisation in 1996. Members of the Aslef union will stop work for 24 hours at seven train operators, halting some parts of the network and leaving only a few …

Cross-Channel ferry passengers were being told to arrive in good time at Dover as queues built at the Port of Dover amid fears the severe disruption of recent days could return to Kent throughout the summer. The ferry operator DFDS told passengers there were queues of about an hour for …

Hundreds of thousands of British Airways passengers are set to see their travel plans upended again after the airline announced it would cancel more than 10,000 flights until the end of October. At the same time there have been more votes by rail unions to strike at operators including LNER, …