The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has debunked speculations that the country lacks capacity to contain oil spillages as witnessed in Nembe, Bayelsa State, insisting that there is adequate local oil spill containment capacity in Nigeria. NUPRC in response to enquiry, Head of Public Affairs of the organisation, Mr. Paul
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Australia reportedly plans to introduce new legislation that would force social media giants to provide the personal details of users who post defamatory comments. Reuters reports that Australia plans to introduce legislation forcing social media firms to reveal the true identities of online trolls, according to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. The
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Two employees of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, Emeka Okoli and wife, Stella have filed a N50 billion suit against the company at a Port-Harcourt High Court in Rivers State for alleged medical negligence concerning their son, Chinazam. The suit marked PHC/2338/2021 was filed August 30, 2021 by Prof
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Two decades after the famous telecoms revolution that has seen the value of the sector rise to about $80 billion and Q3 2021 contribution of 11.94 per cent to the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), indigenous content has remained insignificant. LUCAS AJANAKU writes on the need for Nigeria Office for
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Nigeria’s solar energy solutions company, Arnergy, has launched the Diaspora Initiative, a ground-breaking scheme enabling the global Nigerian Diaspora to invest in solar energy solutions on behalf of local individuals and businesses. The Diaspora Initiative, which is the first of its kind from an African solar company, enables Nigerians abroad to
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Even among Silicon Valley’s oddball geniuses, Jack Dorsey still stands out for his eccentricities. “He’s almost like one of those Russian dolls, with a new outer shell put on every couple of years,” Nick Bilton, author of “Hatching Twitter,” told The Post of Dorsey’s fashion sense. “He went through a phase
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Between music, podcasts, gaming, and the unlimited supply of online content, most people spend hours a week wearing headphones. Perhaps you are considering a new pair for the holidays, but with so many options on the market, it can be hard to know what to choose. I am a professional musician
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The vast land of Niger State in North Central Nigeria is aiding the state’s drive towards industrialisation. A new industrial hub is springing up in the state as the Hydropolis Free Zone Development Company (HFZDC), Amfani, breaks the ground for an industrial park. Nigeria is made-up of 923,769 km2 with a World
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The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has commenced sensitization campaigns to stamp out Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) swaps and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) e-payment frauds in a bid to check cyber threats in the telecom industry. NCC’s deputy director, consumer bureau, Efosa Idehen who stated this at the weekend in Benin
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The federal government, through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Lagos State government have expressed optimism about the launch of 10 megawatt data centre facility in Nigeria by the Africa Data Centres, which held in Lagos at the weekend. Both the federal government and the Lagos State government said the
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