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Written by “Happy New Year!” It always has a joyful ring to it. On New Year’s Day, and perhaps for a short while after, it is heard and shared around the world. The greeting, sometimes offered in the local language, usually elicits a grateful or similar response, often accompanied by a smile and, where appropriate, … Continue reading “Mixed Metaphors: “Happy new month” – By Sonala Olumhense”
Before, during, and after every election cycle in Nigeria, the role of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission has remained shrouded in ambiguity. He does not emerge from the will of the people but from the corridors of presidential discretion, cloaked in the illusion of neutrality and armed with a whistle that rarely … Continue reading “Waiting for the next INEC chairman – By Kunle Somorin”
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returns to Abuja today following a ten-day working visit to Lagos. The President arrived in Lagos on Friday, September 26, after attending the coronation of His Imperial Majesty, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, in Ibadan. While in the nation’s commercial capital, President Tinubu engaged with key … Continue reading “President Tinubu Return To Abuja”
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, is confident that the nation’s oil production would hit 1.8 million barrels per day crude benchmark before the year ends. Ojulari stated this on Sunday after visiting President Bola Tinubu in Lagos. The NNPCL boss was in Lagos to brief … Continue reading “Nigeria’s Oil Production To Hit 1.8m BPD Before December Ending — Ojulari”
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday attended the 31st Nigerian Economic Summit. The summit, holding in Abuja, has in attendance top government figures like the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, as well as his counterpart in the Ministry of Budget and Planning, Atiku Bagudu. Also in attendance are the captains of industries, members of … Continue reading “Shettima, Edun, Others Attend 31st Nigerian Economic Summit”
Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell of the United States and Japan’s Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for research into how the immune system is kept in check, the Nobel jury said. Their discoveries have been decisive for understanding how the immune system functions and why we do not all … Continue reading “US-Japanese Trio Win Medicine Nobel For Immune System Research”
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday returned to Abuja, the nation’s capital. This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. He said Tinubu’s return followed a ten-day working visit to Lagos. On Friday, the President arrived in Lagos after attending the coronation of … Continue reading “Tinubu Returns To Abuja After 10-Day Visit To Lagos”
A 60-year-old man was in custody in Australia on Monday after police said he shot up to 50 bullets into a busy Sydney street, wounding more than a dozen people. Police were called on Sunday evening to the city’s Inner West, where the alleged gunman was firing from his property at random at passing … Continue reading “Over A Dozen Wounded In Rare Sydney Mass Shooting”
China’s push to develop top-end artificial intelligence microchips is gaining momentum, but analysts say it will struggle to match the technical might of US powerhouse Nvidia within the current decade. Ramping up its chip industry is a way for Beijing to beat restrictions imposed by Washington on exports of the most advanced chips — … Continue reading “China Chip Challenge: The Race To Match US Tech”