Facebook Inc FB.O on Thursday said that its Whatsapp Messaging App would start to offer in-app purchases and hosting services, as it moves to boost revenue from the app while knitting together e-commerce infrastructure across the company.

The world’s biggest social media company has been trying to boost sales from higher-growth units such as Instagram and WhatsApp, which it bought in 2014 for $19 billion but has been slow to monetize.

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With the changes, This will enable businesses sell products inside WhatsApp via Facebook shops, an online store launched in May to offer a unified shopping experience across Facebook’s apps.

The Company will also enter the cloud computing sector, offering firms who use its customer service messaging tools the ability to store those messages on face book servers.

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The federal government has revealed that N20 billion was spent on the payment of hazard and inducement allowance to health workers. F-G.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said this in a statement on Tuesday. He said that the payments were made for April, May and June 2020 to the frontline health workers despite the economic crisis faced by the country during the COVID-19 period. F-G.

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The minister appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors to suspend its ongoing strike while noting that 6 out of 8 demands listed by the body have already been addressed by the government.

He added that the government expended N9.3 billion as premium for Group Life Insurance for Health workers, civil and public servants in federal organizations. F-G.

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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s pursuit to build a world class film village in Asaba, the Delta state capital, has earned him accolades from the Association of Movie Producers of Nigeria.

The group paid the governor a courtesy visit at the Government House Asaba while in the state for their annual general meeting.

President of the group, Ralph Nwadike, said the movie producers are elated with the world class film village being built in Asaba by the Delta State government.

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Okowa thanked the movie producers for coming back home to contribute to the development of the state.

He assured that his administration will partner with them to make Delta a tourism destination

Part of his statement said “Let me welcome you all to Delta and I express my excitement that you are mainly Deltans because Deltans have done quite a lot in the movie and entertainment industry.

We thank you for returning home to conduct your elections, having contributed a lot to Delta. I’m glad that you have gone to the film village being developed alongside a pleasure park’’

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