The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has concluded arrangements to award research grants to the tune of N9 million to three deserving Nigerian startups with proposals for adaptable digital solutions for containing the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The selection of the three companies followed a careful and painstaking evaluation of 282 entries in […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the Federal government will no longer tolerate the harassment of Nigerians in Ghana. Lai Mohammed made this remark while reacting to recent attacks meted on Nigerians residing in Ghana. Recall that two weeks ago, some Nigerian traders in Ghana raised alarm over the closure of their shops after they […]
India has seen a large spike in number of new Coronavirus cases after 77,226 infections were recorded in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day caseload in the world. India now has a total of more than 3.38 million cases since the start of the pandemic with 46 percent of infections detected in August alone. […]
Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, 65, has announced his resignation after his eight-year stint in power due to ill health amid reports he had been vomiting blood. Abe, 65, who made the announcement on Friday August 28, said he had suffered a relapse of a chronic bowel condition -saying he had ‘lost a lot of his energy […]
Chadwick Boseman, the star of the blockbuster superhero movie “Black Panther,” has died from colon cancer, his publicist revealed on Friday. Boseman, who was in his 40s, had not publicly discussed his condition — which was first diagnosed in 2016 — and continued to work on major Hollywood films. “It was the honor of his […]
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Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate, Kiddwaya has warned his love interest in the house, Erica, that loving him comes with its own risks. According to Kiddwaya, he is a busy person and after the reality TV show, he might not have time for her. Kiddwaya speaking to Erica early Friday morning, August 28 as they cuddled in […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, on his re-election for a second term in office. The president’s congratulatory message was conveyed by Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Thursday. He said the news of the victory […]
25 officials of Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO), FRSC, Motor Vehicle Licensing Authority (MVLA), have been arrested by the ICPC alongside others after being linked to drivers’ license and vehicle particulars fraud in Lagos State. The suspects who perpetrated the alleged crime at Ikeja, Somolu, Eti-Osa, Anthony, Ojo, Oshodi, University of Lagos, Surulere, Agege and Coker Drivers’ License Centres in […]
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has made a clarification on the planned increase of electricity tariff across the country. NERC Chairman, James Momoh in a statement released on Wednesday August 26 after President Buhari approved the implementation of the proposed cost-reflective energy tariff for the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) on Tuesday August 25, said the new […]
R. Kelly has allegedly been attacked by another inmate inside Chicago prison. According to TMZ, the incident recently went down inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, where he is being held after pleading not guilty to dozens of state and federal sex crime charges in Illinois, Minnesota, and New York. The news site reports that the […]