* NASS Leadership: PDP endorses Ali Ndume, Umar Bago * Google makes whooping $4.7 billion from news in 2018

JUNE 11, 2019 NASS Leadership: PDP endorses Ali Ndume, Umar Bago The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has exp [Forward](  [Like](  [Tweet](  [Pin](  [+1](  [in](  [1st News.com](  [1st News Quote]( JUNE 11, 2019 [***] NASS Leadership: PDP endorses Ali Ndume, Umar Bago [PDP]( The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed support for Sen. Ali Ndume for the position of the President of the Senate of the 9th National Assembly (NASS). The party in a statement issued by its National Secretary, Sen. Umar Tsauri, early on Tuesday also endorsed Mr Umar Bago for the post as Speaker of the House of Representatives. TSauri said that the endorsement was arrived at after very extensive consultations with critical stakeholders ahead of the inauguration of the 9th NASS, [Read more]( [***] [INEC-Chairman-Prof-Mahmood-Yakubu]( INEC meets Tuesday, June 11 over court orders on issuance of Certificates of Return The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will meet on Tuesday, June 11 regarding judgments and orders issued or served on it from various Courts of Law on the issuance of Certificates of Return. 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Abdullahi, who made the remark when he appeared at a media briefing in Abuja, said everybody is free to vote and be voted for in a democratic setting. ”Democracy is a contest and there is beauty in the contest and that is what I told Ndume about an hour ago; that we appreciate that you are making democracy in Nigeria to really work. [Read more]( [***] [NPF]( Imo CP orders investigation into death of 6 persons during traditional marriage - PPRO The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Imo, Mr Rabiu Ladodo, has ordered full investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of six persons, with 23 others critically ill, after attending a traditional marriage on Sunday at Mbieri in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Orlando Ikeokwu, disclosed this on Monday, describing the incident as unfortune. 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Iran announced last month that it would suspend some commitments in retaliation for sanctions reinstated by the US. [Read more]( [***] [peju] "Power" hungry Nigerians are angry These days, I've been receiving videos of Nigerians beating up power distribution officials but before this, a story. A few years back, several of us with our kids went to visit a mutual friend who came for holidays with his family from abroad. Our host's then 6-year-old daughter experienced power outage for the first time. As soon as there was a power cut, the poor kid was confused. She shrieked, ‘Who put off the light? Put it right back on!’ [Read more]( [***] [KIDS CURVED]( [***] [Technology]( [***] Google makes whooping $4.7 billion from news in 2018 [Google makes whooping 4.7 billion from news in 2018]( The news industry in the US made an estimated $5.1 billion from digital advertising. As small and medium newspapers shut shop and big media houses handed over pink slips to journalists worldwide, Google alone made a whopping $4.7 billion from its Search and Google News in 2018 - nearly as much as the entire US news industry made as a whole last year. According to a report in The New York Times, compared to Google, the news industry in the US made an estimated $5.1 billion from digital advertising. [Read more]( [***] [portal.0]( Facebook to unveil new Portal hardware this year New versions of the Facebook Portal, the social media company’s video-calling smart speaker that launched in November 2018, are coming this fall. Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, Facebook’s vice president of AR/VR, told The Verge’s Casey Newton at Recode’s CodeCon the company has “lot more that we’re going to unveil later in this fall,” related to Portal, including “new form factors that we’re going to be shipping.” [Read more]( [***] [Tyler-perry]( BET plans to launch its own streaming video service this year As if the streaming video landscape wasn’t already crowded enough, yet another new service is being planned for launch later this year. Variety is reporting that the Viacom-owned cable channel BET is preparing to unveil BET+ to target primarily African-American viewers. It will be a new service that continues rounding out Viacom’s digital strategy and would be the home for, among other things, content from actor, filmmaker, and comedian Tyler Perry. 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