The U.S. has donated maritime security equipment worth $180,000 (70 million) to the Nigerian Navy, the U.S Consulate in Lagos said in a statement on Friday. The equipment is to enable the navy to upgrade the anti-piracy and nautical security functions of the country’s Regional Maritime Awareness Capability (RMAC). RMAC was developed in 2006 to…
What is DND? DND simply means Do not Disturb. The DND (Do-Not-Disturb service) allows GSM operators, customers, to opt-out of receiving promotional messages for 3rd Party services (Bulk SMS, VAS promos, etc.) In Nigeria, NCC (Nigerian Communications Commission), the country’s telecommunication regulatory agency has directed all networks in the country to activate the DND service…
Diego Maradona’s relatives began fighting over his £37 million fortune — with at least 16 battling for a slice. The Argentine footie legend, who died from a heart attack last month aged 60, did not leave a will. Their claims were staked at a secret location in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires last night. But seven…
A giant experimental rocket built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully soared eight miles above the company’s testing facilities in South Texas on Wednesday and came back down as planned, before crashing into the ground in an enormous plume of flames and smoke. The hulking rocket didn’t have anyone on board. It was an early developmental…
Canadian health officials have authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, hailing the development as a “critical milestone” and paving the way for the inoculant to be administered across the country. The authorization on Wednesday comes a day after the United Kingdom became the first country to begin giving the vaccine to the public. Emergency use authorization…
A Bill for an Act to amend the Compulsory, Free, Universal Basic Education Act on Wednesday, passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, which seeks to expand the scope of compulsory free basic education in Nigeria to include, Senior Secondary Education level, was sponsored by Taiwo Oluga and four other lawmakers. Leading…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and education experts have called equal opportunities for girls and women to access quality education in order to actualise their potentials in the society, stating that 9.5 million girls aged between 10 and 17 are out-of-school in the country. Speaking at a virtual conference with the theme, ‘Girl Child…
Emmanuel Amuneke has rejected Nigeria Football Federation’s job offer as Super Eagles Assistant coach under Franco-German gaffer, Gernot Rohr. The FIFA U-17 World Cup winner in Chile 2015 was emphatic when he spoke with Complete Sports from his base in Spain, querying the rationale behind the offer for him to work under anyone despite his…
The Chief Judge (CJ) of Ekiti State, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, has granted pardons to 34 inmates in Ado-Ekiti Correctional Centre. According to the CJ, this pardons, are aimed at decongesting the prison. The freed 34 inmates are part of the 386 whose cases were reviewed during the CJ’s visit to the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti…
Ten troops were killed and one was taken hostage in clashes with IS-linked jihadists in Borno state, according to two security sources. Clashes erupted on Monday when a team of soldiers stormed a camp of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Alagarno village in Damboa district. “We lost 10 soldiers in the fight and…
