AMERICAN AIRLINES RESUME OPERATIONS FOLLOWING GLOBAL IT OUTAGE
American Airlines said Friday it had resumed operations following problems related to a major worldwide computer systems outage. “Earlier this morning, a technical issue with...
NAFDAC SHUTS DOWN SOKOTO BAKERY FOR USING UNFORTIFIED SUGAR, OTHERS
Agency Report The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has closed down a bakery for using unfortified sugar and banned bromate in...
EL-RUFAI ALLEGES BIAS OVER N423BN PROBE CASE, REPORTS JUDGE TO CJ
Kaduna: Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufa'i, has filed a plea with the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, claiming...
CBN PROJECTS NIGERIA’S EXTERNAL RESERVES COULD REDUCE SLIGHTLY IN 2024
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has projected that Nigeria’s external reserves could reduce slightly in 2024. This was disclosed in the recently released maiden...
263 BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS TURN THEMSELVES IN AT NIGERIA-CAMEROUN BORDER
A statement signed by the Chief Military Public Information Officer, HQ MNJTF N’djamena Chad, Lieutenant Colonel, Abubakar Abdullahi, on Friday, said the wave of surrenders...
CRIME: NDLEA STOPS SHIPMENTS OF FRESH CODEINE WORTH N9.8BN FROM INDIA
This is barely three weeks after seizing 6,125 cartons of the same product containing 1,050,000 bottles worth ₦7.35bn in street value, at the Port Harcourt...
UPDATE: MICROSOFT SAYS TAKING ‘MITIGATION ACTIONS’ AFTER SERVICE ISSUE
US tech giant Microsoft said Friday it was taking “mitigation actions” after service disruptions. “Our services are still seeing continuous improvements while we continue to...
19-YEAR-OLD JAPAN GYMNAST PULLED FROM OLYMPICS FOR SMOKING, DRINKING
Teenage gymnast Shoko Miyata has been pulled from Japan’s team for the Paris Olympics after being caught smoking and drinking, officials said Friday. The 19-year-old,...
BANKS, AIRLINES, MEDIA OUTLETS HIT BY GLOBAL OUTAGE LINKED TO WINDOWS PCs
Agency Report Several firms have been forced to shut down, including banks, airlines, telecoms providers, TV and radio stations, and supermarkets, following reports of blue...
UPDATE: LAGOS POLICE RECEIVE TEST RESULTS OF TEEENAGER ALLEGEDLY RAPED BY OFFICER
The result of a medical examination conducted on the 17-year-old girl allegedly raped by a police officer at the Area H Command in the Ogudu...