archiveAugust 2020

The United States has announced further measures to deny Chinese telecommunications giant, Huawei, access to chips produced with U.S. technology. Under the new rules, announced by the Department of Commerce, Huawei needs a special licence to obtain semiconductors, including chips produced abroad with U.S. software or technology. Reuters quoted a...

 Dr. Obadiah Mailafiya, former Deputy  Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has honoured the invitation by the Department of State Services (DSS) for the second time. Mailafiya, the Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2019 general elections, arrived the Jos office of the DSS...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Monday, warned Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to stop accusations and counter-accusations over the killings in the southern part of the state. The association made this known during a visit to the governor on Monday, according to a statement issued by CAN President,...

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced John Otema, an alumnus of the University of Lagos, to 50-years imprisonment for raping a 19-year-old student of the institution on campus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 34-year-old Otema, a quantity surveyor and facilities manager, was...

The 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates on Monday commenced across the country under strict COVID-19 protocols. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 1,550,000 candidates would be participating in this year’s examination spread across 19,129 centres nationwide. The examination, which was supposed to...

Prof. Alex Akpa, Director-General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), says within a period of one year, Nigerians should expect high yielding tomato hybrid with long shelf life in the markets. Akpa gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. According to...

The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja has annulled the election of Duoye Diri, governor of Bayelsa state. Lucky King-George, candidate of the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP), had asked the tribunal to cancel the election because he was excluded from the November 16, 2019 governorship poll. The...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola on Saturday said his side lost 3-1 to Olympique Lyonnais to exit the UEFA Champions League because they lacked the perfection needed in Europe’s top competition. Manchester City fell behind to Maxwel Cornet’s strike in a sloppy first half of the quarter-final match. They then...

  Fans united in praying for her Fans and colleagues of popular actress, Omotola Ekeinde, have continued to send prayers and well wishes to her after she revealed that she had tested positive for COVID-19. Ekeinde said she had been away from the media because she was in isolation. She,...

 The Federal Government says the funds it has borrowed so far are justifiable because they are being used for the development of critical infrastructure that will benefit Nigerians The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this at the Obafemi Awolowo terminal end of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge...