Oil unions rue NNPC sacking of 850 refinery workers amid COVID-19 pandemic
Oil unions have lamented the sacking of 850 contract workers at the nation’s refineries by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation…
NASS, NERC to work on legal framework for protection of power sector investments
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Power, Gabriel Suswam, said on Monday the National Assembly was working with the Nigerian…
Police clears the air on maltreatment of man in viral video
The Nigeria Police Force said on Monday a video in circulation showing a security officer torturing a man did not…
BREAKING: 595 new cases of COVID-19 push Nigeria’s total to 33,153; death toll now 744
Nigeria on Monday night recorded 595 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on…
PTF conducts mid-term review of COVID-19 response strategy
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Monday the team had conducted a mid-term…
Nigeria, Saudi Arabia restate commitment to oil production agreement
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said on Monday Nigeria and Saudi Arabia had reiterated their firm…
Nigeria’s infectious diseases expert dies of COVID-19
An infectious diseases expert, Prof. Lovett Lawson, has died of COVID-19. He died in quarantine at the National Hospital, Abuja,…
CBN bans forex on maize importation
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monday directed banks to instantly halt the processing of new imports documents, seeking to…
Real Madrid move to within one win of La Liga title after beating Granada
Real Madrid are on the verge of lifting this season’s Spanish La Liga title after they defeated Granada on Monday…
Umahi suspends Auditors-General for dereliction of duty
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Monday indefinitely suspended two officials of the state government for dereliction of duty. The…
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…