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World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said the number of cholera cases decreased globally by 60 per cent in 2018. The organisation disclosed this in a statement issued from its headquarters in Geneva entitled: “Cholera Prevention and Control Report.” The report pointed to an encouraging trend in cholera prevention and control in the world’s major…
Shares of Tesla hit an all-time high on Tuesday, with the electric automaker’s stock on track to deliver its best quarterly performance in six years. The Elon Musk-led Tesla saw its stock rise more than 3 percent in intraday trading, hitting a new record of $394.83 on reports that it is considering cutting the prices…
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi The Atiku Bagudu-led National Economic Council (NEC) Pension Fund Committee on Thursday submitted its interim report with a recommendation that NEC should invest at least N2trillion of the fund in infrastructural development in the country. The Chairman of the committee and Governor of Kebbi, Sen. Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this when…
A yacht owned by singer Marc Anthony was destroyed Wednesday night when it erupted in flames at a Miami marina, a report said. The two-time Grammy winner was not aboard the 120-foot vessel — but several crew members were when it caught fire and capsized at the Island Gardens Marina off Watson Island, according to…
New details are emerging from the Presidency indicating that there is no relenting as yet on the plan by some inside forces to sow seeds of discord between the President and his vice. Specifically, the inside forces latest attempt is around the alleged Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) election campaign fund which had earlier…
Netflix released three years’ worth of revenue and subscription data this week that show just how fast the streaming giant is growing internationally. More than 57 percent of Netflix’s 158 million streaming subscribers and nearly half its revenue so far this year have come from outside the US and Canada, according to the breakdown filed…
Dutch farmers and construction workers blocked roads with tractors on Wednesday and gathered outside the offices of national broadcaster NOS in the latest of a series of protests over environmental pollution rules. The protests began after a court ruling in May found the Netherlands in violation of EU rules on “reactive nitrogen” pollution, sparking a…
International Business Machines Corp on Wednesday said it has come up with a new battery technology that uses materials extracted from seawater and requires no cobalt, as the race to find alternative sources to the expensive mineral intensifies. IBM said it has partnered with the research wing of Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz, battery electrolyte supplier Central…
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Alhaji Isa Dutse, said on Wednesday that the Federal, States and Local Government Councils shared the sum of N635.8 billion in November. Dutse disclosed this while addressing journalists after the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting…
Boko Haram militants killed 14 Chadian civilians and wounded five others in an overnight attack on a fishermens’ camp in the northeastern part of Lake Chad, a local official said on Wednesday. Boko Haram has been fighting for a decade to carve out an Islamist caliphate in northeast Nigeria and has carried out regular raids…