A FEDERAL judge from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Google has violated the U.S. antitrust law by maintaining a monopoly in the online search market. Judge, Amit Mehta on Tuesday agreed with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that Google has a monopoly in “general search services” and the general search text ads market. “After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence, the court reached the following conclusion. “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” according to the court’s ruling. It has violated Section…
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By Amos Aar THE BENUE State government is to set up a commission of enquiry to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the lingering crisis in the Sankera axis of Benue State. Governor Hyacinth Alia disclosed this during his broadcast to Benue people at Government House, Makurdi on Thursday in reaction to the attacked launched on Ayati community in Ukum local government area which resulted in the killing of eleven people and a consequent protest that destroyed public institutions including Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ukum local government and the council’s secretariat, Sankera. Alia who noted that…
By Amos Aar FIVE days after the Benue state police command dislodged a bandit’s hideout in Katsina-Ala local government in the Sankera crisis-stricken axis of Benue State, killing two bandits and recovering vehicles and arms, the criminals in the early hours of Wednesday in what appeared like a fight back, launched a deadly attack on Ayati, Borikyo community in Ukum local government area, killing over eleven (11) persons. Provoked by the incident, irate youths who besieged the Sankera-Ayati-Sai road with eleven (11) corpses of the murdered victims to express their grief over the incessant killings in the community razed down…
By Amos Aar AN ASPIRANT for the position of chairman, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State, Dr Jonah Ogbaji, has made it known that he is still in the race despite a purported consensus reached by some members of the party from Benue zone C where the seat has been zoned to. Dr Ogbaji, the proprietor of Multicare hospital, Makurdi who spoke with journalists in his office on Thursday said he has already purchased expression of interest and nomination forms to jostle for the position, saying all aspirants should be allowed to test their popularity at the PDP forthcoming…
NORTH Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, on Wednesday toured Russia’s most modern space launch centre where President Vladimir Putin promised to help Pyongyang build satellites. The unprecedented visit comes as North Korea seeks to put its first spy satellite into orbit, an effort that has seen two failed attempts this year. The promised Russian aid comes as North Korea’s scientists have vowed to try another launch of the new Chollima-1 booster in October. Why does North Korea want a satellite? Since 1998, North Korea has launched six satellites, two of which appeared to have been successfully placed in orbit. In 2015,…
IN 1996, Catherine Caulfield’s book, Masters of Illusion, was published by Henry Holt and Company. The subtitle of the book said it all: “The World Bank and the Poverty Nations”. This impoverishment of nations is superintended by what A. M. Babu called the “Two Vultures” in his book. The master (or offshore) vulture is the World Bank/IMF, while the subaltern (local or on-shore) vulture is the local ruling class. They have both superintended the escalating poverty, inequality in, and underdevelopment of, countries like Nigeria. The illusions that Tinubu’s government is peddling as palliatives for the continuation of the monumental burdens…
Says Building Ranches For Herders Where Humans Are Ranched in IDP Camps Will Not Bring Peace By Amos Aar HOUSE of Representatives member for Gwer/Gwer-West, Hon. Asema Achado, has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to return, resettle and rehabilitate Benue’s Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in their ancestral homes before building cattle ranches for Fulani communities as had been recently announced. In a statement he personally signed and made available to journalists on Monday, Hon. Achado said the proposal for building of ranches was disclosed by the Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Mr Olusola Abiola, as part…
THE MINISTER of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has expressed the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to improve budget meant for education by 25 per cent with the right policies in place. Mamman said this while declaring open the 2021 and 2022 Nigeria Annual Education Conference (NAEC) in Abuja on Monday. The theme of the conference is tagged: “Implementation of Education 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Nigeria”. The minister also pledged his commitment to bridge the gaps between education policy statements and its actualisation outcomes. He noted that the country had a lot of good policies on what was required…
THE PRESIDENT of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has condoled with the people of Morocco on the recent earthquake that claimed many lives and injured thousands. Adesina in a statement described the incident as devastating and distressing. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Morocco, on Sept. 8, experienced an earthquake that claimed more than 2,000 lives and left thousands injured. The AfDB boss said that the incident had brought much sorrow and untold hardship to many families in Morocco. According to him, the earthquake threw the nation into grief. “The distressing images emerging from Al Haouz,…
NIGERIANS last week had no democratic choice but to have their ears on the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal verdict. It was not that they hoped the result would assuage their hunger or reduce banditry which has made a steady inroad in the most protected city, Abuja. Elections are not the issue; an unviable system is at the core. How can a huge country of 220 million people with hundreds of nationalities, cultures, languages and experiences have a single police “force”? How can such behemoth provide effective police services to the country? What effective police work can a policeman from Abeokuta…