Since the beginning of space exploration, humanity has wondered whether there is life beyond earth or if there are any other planets suitable for life. Recently, explorers have found a couple more planets that may answer that question. An international team of astronomers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, led by Alejandro Suárez Mascareño, […]
Billionaire entrepreneur, Elon Musk, has launched a Twitter poll asking users whether he should resign as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the social media platform. The results of the poll turned out to be against him, More than half of the 17.5 million users, who responded to Elon Musk’s poll on his potential resignation […]
An Upper Area Court in Jos, on Monday, sentenced a 35-year-old trader, Musa Mohammed, to one-year imprisonment for stealing two bottles of vegetable oil from a provision shop. The judge, David Damulak, sentenced Mohammed after he pleaded guilty to the charge. Damulak, however, gave the convict an option of a N20,000 fine or 12 months […]
South Korea’s corporate retirement pension grew in double digits last year with an increasing number of companies adopting the pension scheme, statistical office data showed on Monday. Corporate retirement pension funds under management amounted to 295 trillion won ($226.6 billion) in 2021. This showed an upward trend of $30.7 billion, or 15.7 per cent, from […]
By Our Correspondent Prof. Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy has met with world-leading communication technology stakeholders in Washington, in a bid to strengthen partnerships for the development of Nigeria’s economy. This is contained in a statement issued by Reuben Muoka, Director of Public Affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission and e-mailed […]
No fewer than 407,165 registered voters are yet to collect their voter’s card in Osun State, Dr Mutiu Agboke, the Resident Electoral Commissioner has said. Agboke announced this while interacting with newsmen after a sensitisation programme held on Saturday in Osogbo. He said that Osun had received 5,306 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines ahead […]
The legislative elections in Tunisia are conducted with full transparency, Farouk Bouaskar, President of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) said on Saturday. “Two hours after the polls opened 270,032 voters cast their ballots,” Bouasker said during a press conference held in Tunis. According to him, the African Union, the League of Arab States, […]
The United Nations, on Friday, said two UN peacekeepers, died and four others sustained injuries, in a gun attack in northern Mali. “Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a United Nations Police patrol” in Timbuktu town, the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali said in a statement. The mission added that it recovered some materials […]
Active mobile phone lines in Nigeria rose by 1.2 per cent month-on-month as of October. There is also a 12.0 per cent increase, year-on-year to 214.7 million in the same period, according to latest data from the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC),. In contrast, total internet connections were flat month-on-month at 152.7 million. This figure represents […]
By Abdulwarees Solanke The mixed reactions that greeted the recent cash withdrawal limit policy proposal by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are understandable. This is because it hits a value system of liquid cash dependence. But it is not a new policy. About a decade ago, the Apex bank had come up with the […]