Johnny Depp’s loss in a libel battle in London may be the final straw in a diminishing career as a major movie star, but much of the damage had already been done, Hollywood observers said on Monday. Depp, 57, best known as the swaggering Jack Sparrow in the “Pirates...
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The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) says it has began implementation of the revised service-based reflective tariff as approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). IBEDC Head, Branding and Corporate Communication, Ms Angela Olanrewaju said this in a statement in Ibadan on Tuesday. She said that customers on...
New York, Nov.3, 2020 (Reuters/NAN) Social media companies Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc on Monday outlined plans for placing warning labels on posts from U.S. election candidates and campaigns that claim victory in advance of official results. The moves come as social network platforms brace for what has been...
TA Commodity Producer Co. Nigeria Ltd says it is organising an outgrower programme for 1,250 smallholders Oil Palm farmers in Edo. Managing Director, TA Commodity Producer Co. Nigeria Ltd, Mr Festus Ebozele, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Tuesday. Ebozele...
A 39-year-old housewife, Maryam Balarabe, who allegedly beat up a five-year-old beat who was in her care with a USB cable, on Tuesday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna. The police charged Balarabe, who resides in Guga Road Barnawa, Kaduna State with child abuse and causing grievous...
New York state on Tuesday, tightening restrictions in the face of rising infections nationwide, is now requiring most U.S. visitors to pass two COVID-19 tests with a three-day quarantine in between. The new requirement, announced on Saturday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, takes effect Wednesday. It means a visitor from another U.S. state (except those...
A Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi on Tuesday ordered that two brothers who allegedly defiled a 10-year-old girl be remanded in a correctional facility, pending legal advice. The police charged Godwin and Joseph Agada with defilement. Magistrate Ajuma Igama, who did not take the plea of the brothers for want...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Governors of the 36 states of the federation will be holding their 21st Teleconference on November 4, 2020 to review the internal security situation in the country and the status of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), among other matters. The negative activities of...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The total number of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria climbed to 63,036 on Monday, with the addition of 72 new cases recorded from eight states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was made known by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), via its...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja –The National Examinations Council (NECO) said it will resume the postponed 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in all states and the FCT from Monday, November 9. NECO Head Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday....
When you safeguard independent media, you are protecting the country’s democracy, says Ronald Kayanja, Director, United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Nigeria. Kayanja spoke at a virtual event held to commemorate the 2020 International Day to End Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Diego Maradona has been admitted to hospital in Argentina although his condition was not thought to be serious, local media reported on Monday. The 60-year-old Maradona was reportedly taken to the Ipensa clinic in La Plata, about an hour from Buenos Aires. Maradona, who won the World Cup with...
By ASHAMU AUSTIN ADELANI, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted approval for two mobile network operators (MNOs), MTN Nigeria and 9Mobile, to carry out a trial on the workability of embedded Subscriber Identification Modules (e-SIM) Service in Nigeria. Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Kidnapping, banditry, rape and other violent crimes have increased in Bauchi State, security agencies in the State have lamented. Commissioner of Police, Lawan Jimeta and Director of Department of State Services, Umar Yeldu said this at a Town Hall meeting on security issues tagged: Engaging...
Israel’s Ministry of Health on Monday launched a new COVID-19 test, which will shorten the process from eight to four hours. This is an Israeli-developed PCR test, which integrates robotics that helps shorten the time until the results are obtained. In current PCR tests, it takes about an hour...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives (EITI), a multi-stakeholder coalition that promotes extractives transparency and accountability in over 50 countries, has commended the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, for honouring his commitment to promote and deepen the...
With the global economy still battling with the coronavirus pandemic, coupled with eye opening protests by frustrated youths in Nigeria, the 2020 edition of the annual WorldStage Economic Summit is set to hold virtually on November 10 by 10.30AM (West Africa time) to discuss how economic diversification can help...
Dr Rose Gidado, Country Coordinator, Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) says Nigeria can improve its cowpea production by 20 per cent by adopting Genetically Modified (GM) cowpea.Gidado said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday in Abuja.She said that the use of...
The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu has called on youths to come up with brilliant ideas that will enable them to access between N250,000 and N50 million of the N75 billion Nigerian Youth Investment Fund for sustainability. Aliyu made the call on the maiden edition of the...