Google says it has blocked over 5.5 billion adverts and suspended 12.7 million others for violating its policies. The search engine giant also said in a statement on Wednesday that it had removed adverts from over 2.1 billion pages. “Billions of people around the world rely on Google products to provide relevant and trustworthy information,…
The ongoing teacher recruitment exercise in Osun State was disrupted on Wednesday when hackers apparently compromised the server hosting the Computer-Based Test (CBT). The cyber-attack happened in the early hours of Wednesday and affected the server operated by Osun State University (Uniosun), which organised the recruiting test. The breach led to system glitches and technical…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday established a 31-man Presidential Economic Coordination Council comprising himself, the Vice President, Senate President and the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, among others. Tinubu also established a 19-member Economic Management Team Emergency Taskforce which he mandated to meet twice weekly and submit a six-month comprehensive plan of economic interventions….
Mr Diomaye Faye has officially been declared winner of the presidential election in Senegal, winning 54.28% of votes in the first round following the conclusion of collation of votes. Reports from the country’s vote counting commission, which falls under the judiciary, stated that Faye placed well ahead of the governing coalition’s candidate, former prime minister…
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has underscored the connection between rising banditry and kidnapping activities in the country and the prevailing unemployment situation. Speaking at the 9th International Trade Exhibition & Conference on Agrofood, Plastics, Printing, and Packaging held in Lagos, Obasanjo emphasized the urgent need to address unemployment as a means to bolster national security. Obasanjo,…
Oil prices fell for a second day on Wednesday after a report that crude stockpiles in the U.S., the world’s biggest oil user, surged and on signs major producers are unlikely to change their output policy at a technical meeting next week. Brent crude futures for May dropped 74 cents, or 0.9%, to $85.51 a…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has budgeted N5,550,000,000 for the purchase of vehicles and N1,350,000,000.00 to maintain vehicles and transport equipment. The revenue generating agency also plans to spend N11,070,000,000 on long-service awards this year. These are parts of the N356.95 billion total appropriation details approved for the agency this fiscal year. They are…
President Bola Tinubu has directed a creation of a single-digit tax system with a maximum of nine taxes for a company or an individual. The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, disclosed this in Abuja while speaking with the management team of Guinness Nigeria who paid him a visit. A…
The National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress has set up a nine-man committee to oversee the primary election for Ondo governorship aspirants. This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka. The development comes barely a day after 15 members of the…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Olayemi Cardoso says it is not in the purview of the apex bank to regulate or prosecute actors in the cryptocurrency sector. Cardoso clarified this at a news conference on Tuesday after the monetary policy committee’s (MPC) 294th meeting in Abuja. On February 29, Bayo Onanuga,…
