The Federal Government has met with envoys of the G7 countries in Nigeria, expressing worries over the Russian-Ukraine conflict with a call for peace to resolve the conflict. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, met with the envoys on Friday in Abuja, saying that the Nigeria government call for peace and use of diplomacy in […]
Bitcoin has become less green since China cracked down on mining the cryptocurrency, new research suggests. Mining refers to the process of creating new bitcoins using banks of powerful computers. The share of renewable energy powering mining fell from 41.6% in 2020 to 25.1% last August as miners stopped using Chinese hydro and moved to […]
European Union foreign ministers have discussed banning Russia from the Swift payment network, which is pivotal for the smooth transaction of money worldwide. According to diplomatic sources, the move is being considered as part of further sanctions on Moscow following the invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine’s president Volodymy Zelensky said an ban should be immediate to […]
After Ukrainian forces said they had repulsed a Russian attack on their capital Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelensky shot a selfie-style video to vow to stay and fight on. “I am here. We will not lay down any weapons. We will defend our state because our weapons are our truth,” he declared, denouncing as disinformation claims […]
To give Nigerian youths the best facilities to display their talents at the 21st National Sports Festival, Delta State has commenced the construction of new facilities, including a new indoor sports hall for the Games. Asaba 2022 Games will hold from November 2 to 15, 2022, one week to the kick off of Qatar 2022 […]
European Union leaders have announced what they called “massive” sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine during an emergency summit in Brussels that spilled into the early hours of Friday. The measures come amid reports of Russian troops moving ever closer to Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. This is the European Union’s second set of sanctions against Moscow […]
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said provisional winners of the 3.5GHz spectrum licence, MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited, have made full payment of $273.6 million each for the 5G Spectrum licence to the commission. Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, officially confirmed the payment yesterday, February 24, 2022, just as […]
Nigeria began its quest to earn medals and qualifying points for the World Fencing Championship, yesterday, at the ongoing 11th African Cadet and Junior Fencing Championship held at the Festival Hotel, Festac Town, Lagos. But it has to contend with some of the powerful forces in the sport, notably Egypt, Algeria and South Africa. On […]
The Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Buki Ponle, says efforts are being made to reopen the agency’s Bureau in Addis Ababa. Ponle made this known in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, when he paid a courtesy visit to Amb. Victor Adeleke, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the African Union and Ambassador to Ethiopia […]
In Taiwan, finding someone who will talk about their Covid experience is harder than you might think. The island has maintained some of the lowest case rates in the world throughout the pandemic – lasting more than 200 days in 2020 without a single case. During its worst outbreak in May 2021, its daily case […]