U.S. government researchers have found that wearing two masks is better than one in slowing coronavirus spread, but health officials are not recommending that everyone double up. On Wednesday February 10, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the results of a lab experiment that spaced two artificial heads 6 feet from each other and […]
India has become the second country to outrightly ban Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. This is coming after the Central Bank of Nigeria instructed all financial institutions in the country to block the accounts of all individuals and entities linked to cryptocurrency transactions. There has been a lot of drama surrounding India’s cryptocurrency stance. In 2018, the Reserve […]
A woman has been arrested for allegedly brutalising her son and locking him up for months. The mum identified as Peace Onyebuchi was arrested by the gender unit of Ajangbandi Police Station in Lagos State. Onyebuchi had the boy from a previous relationship but is currently married to another man who is in The Gambia in […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has threatened to stop the salaries of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions (NASU) over an indefinite strike they embarked on. In his opening remarks at a social dialogue between the unions and the Federal Government on Thursday February […]
Authorities in China have banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country. The news follows a move by Britain’s communications regulator to strip the state-run China Global Television Network (CGTN) of its broadcast license in the U.K. last week. The CGTN was also found in breach of British broadcasting regulations last year, for airing […]
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has announced plans by the Federal government to issue a deadline for Nigerians to link their National Identity Numbers (NINs) with their bank accounts. Pantami disclosed this to newsmen after the Federal Executive Council meeting at the statehouse in Abuja. He disclosed that the NIN would be […]