Nigeria on Saturday registered 497 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while no patient died due to coronavirus, according to the Niger...
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Multinational Task Force Urges COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturers to Scale Up Production
July 31, 2021
The Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Developing Countries, established by the heads of the International Mo...
Delta Variant: COVID-19 Deaths Rise by 80% in Africa, says WHO
July 31, 2021
The World Health Organisation says COVID-19 deaths have increased by 80 per cent in the past one month in Africa, mostly driven by the highl...
Airtel Africa secures $200m investment from QIA
July 31, 2021
Airtel Africa Plc has announced that it has secured a $200m investment for its mobile money arm from Qatar Holding LLC. This is coming thr...
Cement: Dangote, BUA, Lafarge Post 62% Profit Increase
July 31, 2021
Three of the largest cement manufacturers in Nigeria saw their combined profit before tax jump by 61.90 per cent in the first half of this y...
DLM Capital Group Announces Winner For its 2021 Pegasus Fintech Challenge
July 31, 2021
L-R: Chief Operating Officer, TeamApt, Mr. Tobi Amira; Team Lead, Design and Innovation Lab, Africa Fintech Foundry, Ms. Omolola Tunde Alade...
Friendship Day 2021: Snapchat Introduces New Lenses to Celebrate
July 31, 2021
Snapchat has introduced a set of new lenses or filters to celebrate Friendship Day 2021 . The exciting new lenses will allow users t...
"Epic is Right," Elon Musk Takes Sides in Battle with Apple
July 31, 2021
Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk on Friday showed his support for "Fortnite" maker Epic Games that has challenged Apple'...
Djokovic Loses Olympic Bronze to Pablo Carrena Busta
July 31, 2021
Novak Djokovic will leave Tokyo without a singles medal after losing his cool and the match to Pablo Carreno Busta in the battle for bronze....
Google Request for Microsoft Documents Is Relevant in Antitrust Case, US Judge Says
July 31, 2021
A federal judge asked Microsoft Corp on Friday to let him know how big of a burden it would be for the company to provide documents requeste...
EU Hits Amazon with Record-Breaking $887M GDPR Fine Over Data Misuse
July 31, 2021
Amazon was fined EUR 746 million ($880 million) by Luxembourg authorities over allegations it flouted the EU's data protection rules, th...
Nollywood Actress Racheal Oniga Dies at 64
July 31, 2021
Veteran Nollywood actress, Racheal Oniga, has died at the age of 64, a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria said. The President of the Ac...
Russia Opens Case Against WhatsApp for Violating Personal Data Law
July 31, 2021
Russia on Friday launched administrative proceedings against Facebook's WhatsApp for what it said was a failure to localise data of Russ...
Twitter to Offer ‘Bounty’ to Find Algorithmic Bias
July 31, 2021
Twitter said Friday it would offer a cash "bounty" to users and researchers to help root out algorithmic bias on the social media ...
Tokyo Olympics: 21 New COVID-19 Cases Reported
July 31, 2021
Olympics organisers on Saturday reported 21 new cases of COVID-19 linked to the Tokyo Games. Twenty one new COVID-19 cases related to the ...
US Government Watchdog Rejects Blue Origin’s Protest Over Lunar Lander Contract
July 31, 2021
A US government watchdog on Friday sided with NASA over its decision to pick a single lunar lander provider, rejecting a protest filed by Bl...
Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria's Amusan Advance to Semi-Finals
July 31, 2021
Tobiloba Amusan on Saturday in Tokyo won heat 3 of the women’s 100 metres hurdles event at the 2020 Olympic Games to advance to the semi-fin...
Friday, July 30, 2021
Nigeria Records 8 Deaths, 590 New COVID-19 Cases
July 30, 2021
For the third time this month, more than 500 new COVID-19-related cases were recorded in Nigeria. Nigeria on Friday recorded 590 new novel...
UEFA Europa League Returns to DStv, GOtv
July 30, 2021
Football lovers on DStv and GOtv can look forward to the return of the UEFA Europa League, the second most important trophy in Europe after ...
Unity Bank Grows 34% Pre-tax Profit, Records N23B Gross Earnings in H1 2021
July 30, 2021
Nigeria’s retail lender, Unity Bank Plc has declared half-year result posting gross earnings of 23.6 billion Naira, which is a 3% increase c...
NBA to Name 75 Greatest Players During 75th Anniversary Season Celebrations
July 30, 2021
NBA 75 will pay tribute to generations of basketball fans around the world, as well as current and former players and coaches United States ...
Ex-FIRS Chairman, Fowler Appointed Board Member of Pan-African Parliament
July 30, 2021
Former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, has been appointed to the eight-member Board of Pan-Afri...
Ondo Varsity Students Protest Over Planned ASUU Strike
July 30, 2021
The students of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo state have protested a planned strike by the institutio...
Tokyo Olympics: Disqualified Nigerian athletes Stage Protest
July 30, 2021
Nigerian athletes have taken to the streets of Tokyo to protest after 10 of them were disqualified from taking part in the track and field e...
Lekki Gardens Did Not Disobey Order, Court Rules
July 30, 2021
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled out the application filed by the plaintiff, Osborne Foreshore Resident ...
Naira Strengthens, as Bank CEOs Pledge Support for New CBN FX Policy
July 30, 2021
By James Emejo in Abuja, Nume Ekeghe and Ugo Aliogo in Lagos The naira appreciated to N520 to a dollar on the parallel market on Thursday, ...
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