NDIC seeks legislation to hold directors accountable for bank failures
The Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is pursuing a legislative empowerment that will enable it make directors account for bank…
PTF raises the alarm, says majority of sanitizers in Nigeria are substandard
Majority of alcohol-based hand sanitisers in circulation in Abuja and possibly other parts of the country are unregistered and could…
SERAP condemns police raid of Nunieh’s home, says silencing her will not stop probe of NDDC
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has denounced the raid of the home of former Managing Director of the…
APC accuses Obaseki of emptying Edo treasury
The Edo State Government under Governor Godwin Obaseki has been accused of emptying the state’s treasury by sponsoring nefarious political…
2,074 megawatts remain untapped as one-third of Nigeria’s power plants shut down
Nine or one-third of Nigeria’s 27 power plants were idle on Thursday, making 2,079.1 megawatts (mw) out of the nation’s…
GOV MATAWALLE TO BANDITS: Repent, surrender one riffle, get two cows
The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has promised a gift of two cows in exchange for every one AK47…
HURIWA TO MAGU: Resign as EFCC boss to salvage image of anti-graft agency
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has urged suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…
Nigeria’s foreign reserves shed $454m in 6 weeks
Nigeria’s foreign reserves depleted by $454 million from $36.572 billion to $36.118 billion in the 45-day period between 1st June…
PDP group wants Gov Ayade, others suspended for dragging party to court
A group in Cross River State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has beckoned on the party’s national leadership to suspend Governor…
Messi tags Barca ‘weak team,’ blames inconsistency for LaLiga title loss
Lionel Messi has blamed Barcelona’s inconsistency and weakness as reasons they failed to successfully defend their Spanish La Liga title….
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…