Netflix is recruiting participants for a reality TV show inspired by its most popular series of all time, Squid Game. However, it will not be life or death that is at stake, as depicted in the South Korean dystopian drama. Instead, 456 recruits from around the world will play games where “the worst fate is […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a committee to screen its vice-presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections. Members of the Vice Presidential Candidate Screening Committee were nominated by the PDP National Working Committee (NWC), said the party’s spokesman, Debo Ologunagba. Ologunagba, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, explained that the […]
The Benue Board of Internal Revenue Service (BIRS) has unsealed Dangote Cement Company (DCC) Gboko after the company remitted N69 million part of the PAYE/withholding tax owed the board. The Executive Chairman, BIRS, Mrs Mimi Adzape-Orubibi, said this on Wednesday in Makurdi. She said the N69 million the company paid was part of the N218 […]
Overseas maintenance of commercial airplanes operating in the country currently costs Nigeria at least $2.5 billion or N1.52 trillion ($1:N608) in capital flight yearly. The mandatory maintenance programme, ranging from minor to complex checks per session on an aircraft, costs about $2 million (N1.2 billion), and a cumulative burden on the industry in particular. Besides, […]
Serena Williams is set to make her comeback at Wimbledon a year after her last match in any competition, writing on Instagram on Tuesday: “See you there.” The 23-time Grand Glam singles champion, who suffered an injury during her first-round match at the All England Club 12 months ago, posted an image of her white […]
Elon Musk will speak to Twitter employees on Thursday for the first time since launching his $44bn (£36.2bn) bid for the company in April. The multi-billionaire Tesla boss is expected to take questions from Twitter’s workers at the meeting. Mr Musk has warned he may quit the deal if the firm fails to provide data […]
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) describes the COVID-19 pandemic as a defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge faced since World War II. The UN agency argues that since COVID-19’s emergence in Asia in 2019, the virus has spread to every continent except Antarctica. It says the pandemic is in […]
Amazon says it will begin delivering parcels to shoppers by drone for the first time later this year, pending final regulatory approval. Users in the Californian town of Lockeford will be able to sign up to have thousands of goods delivered by air to their homes, it said. The shopping giant has promised drone delivery […]
World basketball governing body FIBA recently announced the replacement of Nigeria’s national female basketball team with their Malian counterparts to represent Africa at the upcoming FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup. FIBA explained that the decision was informed by the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) from international basketball competitions […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has urged the Federal Government to improve the economic situation in the country, as well as the education and health sectors. Prof. Ayoola Akinwole, the Chairman, University of Ibadan chapter of ASUU, said: “Until we improve our economic situation, democracy will not prosper. “The only antidote to this […]