Month: January 2024
StarTimes set to beam AFCON, Asian Cup live
From Asia’s tactical genius to Africa’s electrifying pace, StarTimes is set to deliver a football feast with live broadcasts of AFC Asian Cup, AFCON, and The Best FIFA Football Awards™ 2023. Host nation Qatar will open the…
APC will not abandon Zack Orji — Culture minister
Zack Orji, a veteran actor and a member of the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, who recently underwent a brain surgery, will not be abandoned by the party, another actor, Saidi Balogun has said. In an interview…
6 steps to take if your drink was poisoned
Drink spiking is when a person adds alcohol or drug to another person’s drink without their knowledge or consent, according to an information sheet by the United Kingdom’s National Health Service. A person who spikes a drink…
NAFDAC arrests 10 for producing adulterated drinks, closes Abia market
Men of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control have arrested 10 suspects over adulterated beverages as the agency shut down the Cemetery Market in Aba, Abia State. The Director, South-East Zone of…
Security beef up as S’Court decides seven governors’ fate
Security measures have been intensified in and around the apex court premises as the court will be delivering judgments in seven governorship appeals. Our correspondent observed that all roads leading to the Apex Court from…
Extend help to indigent citizens, Rivers APC chair tells elite
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has urged the elites and well-to-do individuals in society to extend a hand of fellowship to underprivileged citizens in the society. The chairman of Rivers APC…
LCCI seeks clarification on penalty for non-compliance
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has asked the Federal Government to clarify the penalty that would be meted out to government officials who fail to comply with President Bola Tinubu’s directive on the reduction of…
Iheanacho to join Eagles Saturday, Sadiq doubtful
Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho is expected to team up with the rest of the squad in Ivory Coast on Saturday, one day before Nigeria’s first match against Equatorial Guinea at the 2023 AFCON even as Real Sociedad…
Slow devices: Apple compensates iPhone users
Apple has started compensating iPhone users who claimed that the company deliberately slowed down certain of their devices, the BBC reports. In 2017, a number of iPhone users in the United States started to observe a…
‘No gree for anybody’, other slangs that will set tone for 2024
Over time, slangs have played significant roles in songs, movies, other works of art and daily conversations. Defined by Cambridge Dictionary as ‘very informal language that is usually spoken rather than written, used…
