Delta govt appeals to Ijaw, Itsekiri communities to drop planned shutdown of oil facilities
The Delta State government on Thursday appealed to the Ijaw and the Itsekiri oil-producing communities in the state to jettison…
APC chieftain accuses Fayemi of fuelling intra-party crisis in Ondo
The factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Olu Olatuja, on Thursday accused Ekiti State Governor,…
How I took $70m to Abuja-based banker on Diezani’s instructions —Witness
A first prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of an Executive Director with First Bank Plc, Dauda Lawal, on Wednesday,…
BREAKING: 499 new COVID-19 cases take Nigeria’s total to 30,748; death toll now 689
Nigeria on Thursday night recorded 499 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on…
APC screens six more governorship aspirants in Ondo
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Screening Committee for the Ondo State governorship election on Thursday concluded the screening of the…
We spent N1.5bn on staff ‘as COVID-19 relief funds’ —NDDC
The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Kemebradikumo Pondei, admitted on Thursday that the commission spent…
NSE: Trading closes almost flat at NSE; see top 5 gainers and losers
Trading ended approximately flat on the Nigerian bourse Thursday as buy and sell pressures almost drew level, and relatively profit-taking…
Benue Assembly shuts indefinitely over COVID-19
The Benue State House of Assembly has been shut indefinitely over COVID-19. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information…
Excess Crude Account falls by 78%, an equivalent of $252m, in 8 months
Nigeria’s Excess Crude Account, which contains surplus cash from extra crude sales above budget benchmark, plunged from $324.54 million to…
EPL: Ighalo stars, Pogba scores first of season in Man Utd win; Spurs, Everton draw
Nigerian forward, Odion Ighalo played a substitute role while Paul Pogba scored his first goal of the season as Manchester…
Jupiter’s atmosphere is regulated by ammonia storms, research reveals
The Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter just revealed mechanisms driving mammoth storms in the Jovian atmosphere. Storms on Jupiter form ammonia-rich…
Google is determined to ruin Gmail
I’ve never held any particularly strong feelings for email clients. I didn’t care when Mailbox shuttered, and I barely batted an…
Apple clashes with Microsoft, Google, and Facebook over cloud gaming
Mommy and Daddy are fighting again — by which I mean, the big tech companies are fighting over their ventures…
IBM, the Linux Foundation, and Grillo unveil global earthquake early-warning system
Only a handful of countries (Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, and China) have nation-wide earthquake early-warning systems. Isn’t that weird? Many other…