President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family and friends of legendary musician, Sir Victor Uwaifo who was confirmed dead on Saturday. In a statement signed by presidential spokesman Femi Adesina, the President said the entire country will miss him. “President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with family, friends and associates of legendary musician and […]
The Federal Government has started the payment of backlog of Conditional Casher Transfer, under the Household Uplifting Programme to at least 8,000 beneficiaries in Delta. Finance Officer, National Cash Transfer Office, Mrs Judith Ofuani, disclosed this at the flag-off of payment re-commencement in Umunede and Owa Alero in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta […]
A few hours after U.S. President Joe Biden said another attack on the Kabul airport is likely within the next 24 to 36 hours, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, citing a specific and credible threat, urged U.S. citizens to leave the vicinity of the airport. The security alert urged Americans to avoid the […]
The US central bank could begin withdrawing stimulus this year as the economy rebounds, the Federal Reserve’s chairman, Jerome Powell, has said. However, he said the bank was in no rush to raise interest rates despite a recent spike in inflation. The US economy contracted sharply during the pandemic but has bounced back […]
A 12-year-old boy from London has made about £290,000 during the school holidays, after creating a series of pixelated artworks called Weird Whales and selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs). With NFTs, artwork can be “tokenised” to create a digital certificate of ownership that can be bought and sold. They do not generally give the […]
China is putting companies that overwork their employees on notice. The country’s top court on Thursday issued a lengthy condemnation of what’s commonly known in China as “996,” the practice of working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week that is said to be common among the country’s big technology companies, startups […]
The Plateau State House of Assembly has given Gov. Simon Lalong two weeks to address the security challenges bedviling the state. Mr Philip Dasun, Chairman, House Committee on Information conveyed the position of the legislators when he briefed newsmen in Jos. Dasun said that the assembly would know the next line of action […]
Some experts in the tourism and hospitality industry have called for a COVID-19 Tourism Recovery Roadmap for the sector. They made the call on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the South South Tourism Stakeholders Forum in Calabar. The theme of the forum is […]
The US has conducted an airstrike against an ISIS-K planner, US Central Command said in a statement Friday. “U.S. military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner. The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan,” spokesman Capt. Bill Urban said. “Initial indications are that we killed the target. […]