Nigeria’s minister of health, Isaac Adewole says Nigeria will launch a “zero stunting” campaign in order to reduce the high numbers of st...
Saturday, August 4, 2018
Union Bank Announces Partnership with TEDxLagos
Union Bank has announced its partnership with TEDxLagos for the upcoming TEDxLagos event scheduled for Saturday, August 18, 2018. This ...
UNHCR Alarms as Mediterranean Sea Deaths Pass 1,500 Mark
No fewer than 1,500 refugees and migrants have lost their lives attempting to cross the Mediterranean in the first seven months of 2018,...
West Brom Slump To Defeat On Championship Return
Bromwich Albion suffered a blow in their bid to bounce straight back to the Premier League on Saturday, conceding late to slip to defeat ...
Serena Withdraws From WTA Tournament After Loss
Former world number one Serena Williams has withdrawn from next week’s WTA tournament in Montreal citing “personal reasons,” organizers s...
Olympic Milk Renews Music Crooner Peter Okoye’s Ambassadorial Contract
Olympic milk brand has announced the extension of music crooner Peter Okoye’s Ambassadorial contract for the fourth year. This was discl...
World Bank to Raise Funding for Nigeria by $4.5bn
The World Bank has revealed plans to increase its funding to Nigeria by $4.5bn over the next three years. The Vice-President for Africa,...
More mothers to win in Three Crowns Mum of the Year 2018
Three Crowns Milk, Nigeria’s leading dairy brand and a flagship product from the stable of FrieslandCampina WAMCO has raised the stakes i...
Samsung Accidentally Leaked the Galaxy Note 9 Again
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has been leaked ahead of its August 9 launch, and this time again it is from the company itself. The South Korean g...
Ta Lou: Winning My First 100m Title Healed My Pains
Cote d’ Ivoire’s Marie Josee Ta Lou has hinted that winning the African Athletics Championships women 100m for the first time has helped ...
Amusan Targets IAAF Worlds, Olympics After Asaba 2018 Conquest
Hurdler Tobi Amusan has revealed her ambition, to make a strong showing at next year’s IAAF World Championships and the 2020 Olympics aft...
Facebook Has Begun Internally Testing Its Dating Feature
In May, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the site would soon also be used to find love, acting similar to a dating app. Now, a...
Google in Talks with Tencent, Others for Cloud Services in China
Alphabet Inc's Google is in talks with Tencent Holdings Ltd, Inspur Group and other Chinese companies to offer its cloud services in...
Apple's $1 Trillion Valuation: Wall Street Eyes Bigger Gains
Shares in Apple edged higher on Friday but stayed close to the $1 trillion (roughly Rs. 68.7 lakh crores) valuation milestone the iPhone ...
Friday, August 3, 2018
Google Takes the Blame for UIDAI Number Showing On Phonebooks
Google has admitted that it is to blame for the mysterious appearance of an outdated Aadhaar helpline number in the contact lists of phon...
DJAN Embarks on War Against Drug Abuse
Deejays Association of Nigeria, DJAN, has embarked on a sensitization drive against drug abuse. The lagos state chapter of the associati...
SON Raids Markets, Uncovers Imported Sugar Re-baging Syndicate
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has embarked on a nationwide enforcement operation to curb the spate of unfortified and impure suga...
Ebola: “Unsafe Burial” of Woman Triggered Outbreak in DRC – WHO
The death and unsafe burial of a 65-year-old woman in Mangina in the Democratic Republic of Congo was the critical event that set alarm b...
Dunlop Launches FM800 Tyre, Explains Investment in Nigeria
A next generation pattern incorporating the latest in design and technology to provide a tyre with all-round performance improvements. S...
Globe Motors Rolls Out Nigeria-Assembled Hyundai, Higer Vehicles
Foremost automobile marketing company in Nigeria, Globe Motors has started production of Hyundai and Higer brands of vehicles in its asse...
KWESE IFLIX to Broadcast NBA Africa 2018 Game Live on Mobile App
The NBA Africa Game 2018 will be free to view across Afrika through the Kwesé iflix mobile app. This will be the NBA’s 3rd game in Afrik...
Stakeholders Applaud Glo’s Impact on ICT Transformation
Nigeria’s integrated telecommunications company, Globacom, has been listed as one of the agents of the revolution that transformed Nigeri...
China Bans Burial, Seizes Coffins
A campaign banning people in a southeast China province from burying their dead that has seen coffins smashed and exhumed – all to preser...
Ras Kimono To Be Buried After Week-Long Ceremony
Nearly two months after the death of reggae music legend, Ras Kimono, his family, friends and associates have announced plans to give him...
Google Maps Shares Phone Battery Life When Sharing Location
Google has announced adding a nifty feature to its Google Maps users that includes the battery level (of the user's phone) in the set...
AFRIMA Receives 8,009 Entries For Its 5th Edition
The 5th edition of All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, in partnership with the African Union Commission, AUC, has received 8,009songs/videos...
Twitter Users Unable to Cross-Post Tweets, Retweets to Facebook
With Facebook cutting off access to its API platform for hundreds of thousands of apps, Twitter users are no longer able to tweet and ret...
Spotify Removes Alex Jones' Podcasts Over 'Hate Content'
The music streaming service Spotify pulled several episodes of the The Alex Jones Show Wednesday for violating its policy on hate content...
South Korean League Games to Kick Off After Sunset Due to Heatwave
Record-breaking temperatures that have caused 30 deaths in South Korea have forced the country’s top-flight football league to delay kick...
Jesus Extends Manchester City Stay Until 2023
Manchester City striker, Gabriel Jesus, has signed a two-year contract extension which will keep him at the Premier League champions unti...
SW Volleyball Legends to Honour President, Coaches, Ex-players
Ex-Volleyball internationals in the Diaspora under the auspices of South-West Volleyball Legends on Thursday, said its president and othe...
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