Significant proportion of Nigerians still at risk By Sola Ogundipe No less than 1 in 5 individuals in Lagos, Enugu, and the Nasarawa States have ever been infected with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 virus), even as more Nigerians are still at risk, according to findings of COVID-19 Household Seroprevalence Surveys in the Four States of Nigeria. The […]

By Elizabeth Adegbesan ENERGY Consumers paid less for Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, (petrol), National Household Kerosene (NHK) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas), in January following decline in prices of the commodities during the month.     On the contrary, the price of Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) rose during the month. READ ALSO60% of electricity […]

At least 62 inmates died Tuesday and several were injured in riots blamed on gang rivalry at three jails in Ecuador’s overcrowded prison system, authorities said. As security forces battled to regain control, distraught family members waited desperately for news outside the prison in Ecuador’s western port city of Guayaquil, where officials said 21 died. […]

Four board members of Texas’ power grid operator announced their resignation Tuesday after millions of state residents were left without power during days of unprecedentedly frigid temperatures. The board chair of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Sally Talberg, vice chairman Peter Cramton, finance and audit committee chair Terry Bulger and human resources and […]

By Prince Osuagwu At 25 years old, technology company, Signal Alliance is beginning a new phase of life. The company is on the verge of completing a holding company (holdco) structure that will see it become even a bigger player in the IT sector. The proposed holdco structure would have three subsidiaries – one focused […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Tuesday assured the people of the state of adequate and uninterrupted power supply before the end of his administration. Fayemi, who lamented the poor power supply to the State by Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), said his administration has concluded plans with the Federal Government […]

Sixty-seven people were killed in three prison mutinies carried out by criminal organizations in Ecuador, the head of the National Service of Attention to People Deprived of Liberty (SNAI) said on Tuesday. SNAI director Edmundo Moncayo said that some members of staff were injured in the disorders but none were among the dead in a […]

By Juliet Umeh Non-profit organization  Afro-Tech Girls has said that provision of soft skill capacity building could help girls and women appreciate Information and Communications based careers. The group made the statement at a conference it held to commemorate the 2021 International Day of Women and Girls in Science themed ‘Women Scientists at the forefront […]

Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has said the rehabilitation of the Lokpanta to Enugu and the Aba to Rivers State boundaries on the Enugu –Port Harcourt expressway, would be completed, July.

By Sola Ogundipe The Lagos State Government has deployed a verification platform to validate the authenticity of COVID-19 PCR tests done within the Private Laboratory Consortium and all State Public laboratories for outbound flights. In a statement, the Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, said the platform can be accessed through an App and the […]