News at its Zenith
News at its Zenith
Helicopter crash Six dead in helicopter crash. According to aviation authorities, all six occupants aboard a tourist helicopter in Nepal were killed when it crashed shortly after takeoff in the Everest region on Tuesday. The Manang Air flight from near Lukla, the gateway for climbing expeditions to the world’s highest peak, was carrying five Mexican […]
ICT skill acquisition FG-students must acquire ICT skill before graduation. The Federal Government says it is resolved to close the digital skills gap between industry and schools through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. This comes as Sonny Echono, Executive Secretary of the TETFund, stated that the government has devised a policy to ensure that students […]
Thread Tinubu, others join Zuckerberg’s Threads. Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president, and Yemi Osinbajo, former vice president, have joined 30 million others on Meta’s (owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) new platform, Threads. This comes as Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced that the company’s goal of one billion users will be reached soon. According to Zuckerberg, […]
Threads App Twitter and Meta Clash. Twitter has written to Meta, threatening legal action in relation to its new service, Threads. According to the PUNCH, the app went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries on Wednesday at 2300 GMT and will run without adverts for the time being, although its release […]
Spike In Drugs Drug, cost of care spike by 150%. Nigerians may have begun to experience the inflationary impact of the Naira’s floating as well as the loss of subsidies as prices of vital pharmaceuticals and health-care costs have recently risen, much to the chagrin of care seekers and practitioners. Yesterday’s findings revealed that several […]
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Fradulent app developer risks dismissal- UTME. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to probe Ejikeme Mmesoma’s suspected fabrication of the UTME result. The resolution was carried during plenary by the House after a motion filed by Abiante Awaji-Inombek, a Peoples Democratic Party politician from Rivers State. Ejikeme, a 19-year-old […]
CP Abiodun Oladapo, Commissioner Of State Command Fraudsters hack accounts via BVN linked no. The Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of two members of a syndicate linked to the hacking of no fewer than 1000 bank accounts in Nigeria. The spokesperson for the command, SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, in a […]
Facebook Facebook owner to launch Twitter-like app. On Monday, Facebook owner Meta’s new Threads app, designed to compete with Twitter, became available for pre-order on iPhone and Android app stores. The new software, titled “Threads, an Instagram app,” will be launched in the coming days and is advertised in Apple’s app store as “Instagram’s text-based […]
WHO Director General WHO to announce sweeteners in coke ‘possibly carcinogenic’. According to Reuters, citing exclusive sources, aspartame, one of the world’s most extensively used artificial sweeteners, is set to be designated as a potential carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the World Health Organization’s cancer research arm. In its future decision, […]
Bauchi State University Audu Ibrahim Bauchi’s Professor is dead. Abdu Ibrahim, Bauchi State’s first Neurosurgery Professor, has died. After a long illness, he died on Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital in Bauchi. Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, who is now on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, expressed condolences to the late professor’s […]
