Titanic submersible: Rescuers detect ‘banging sounds’ underwater in frantic search for tourists
Rescuers say they have detected banging sounds from the Atlantic Ocean as the frantic search to find a missing submersible continues. On Sunday morning, a submersible carrying five people began a two-hour descent to see the wreckage of the Titanic at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean, nearly 13,000 feet below land, southeast of […]
Bill Gates asks rich countries to cut emissions, innovate to reduce cost of clean energy
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, says rich and middle-income countries should rapidly get rid of their greenhouse gas emissions. Speaking in Lagos on Wednesday, Gates said developed countries need to work on innovations that would help to reduce the cost of green energy for developing countries. […]
‘Double nomination’: APM closes case after calling one witness in petition against Tinubu
The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has closed its case against President Bola Tinubu‘s election, after calling one witness to support its petition. Chichi Ojei, APM’s candidate, had scored 25,961 votes during the February 25 presidential election. The party is contending that Tinubu was improperly sponsored by the All Progressives Congress (APC) since […]
EFCC releases Ortom after hours of ‘intense’ quizzing
Samuel Ortom, former governor of Benue state, has been released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). An aide of the former governor told TheCable that he was released around 7:30pm on Tuesday night after several hours of “intense” interrogation at the zonal office of the EFCC in Makurdi, […]
Sources: Odumosu ’embarrassed’ by news of appointment as EFCC chairman
Hakeem Odumosu, a retired assistant inspector general of police (AIG), is embarrassed by the rumour on social media that he has been appointed as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), TheCable understands. In a phone chat with TheCable, an associate of the former Lagos state commissioner of police said […]
Newspaper Headlines: FG budgets N24bn for accommodation of 10th n’assembly members
Reports on petrol subsidy removal and petitions before the presidential election tribunal, dominate the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers today. Source: Top Stories
Scientists create embryo-like structures using human stem cells, experts call for caution
Scientists say they have used cells to create human embryo-like structures in the laboratory to understand the impact of genetic disorders and the biological causes of recurrent miscarriage. Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz of Cambridge University and the California Institute of Technology announced her team’s creation at the International Society for Stem Cell Research’s annual meeting […]
FG: NDLEA, NAFDAC boards not dissolved
The federal government has clarified that the boards of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) are not among those that were dissolved on Monday by President Bola Tinubu. Willie Bassey, director of information at the office of the secretary to the government […]
Tinubu returns NEMA, NAHCON to VP’s office for supervision
President Bola Tinubu has approved the return of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to the office of the vice president for supervision. In a statement on Tuesday, Olusola Abiola, Aso Rock’s director of information, said the president took the decision in line with laws […]
Naira closes at N756/$ as official, parallel market rates converge week after FX policy
The Nigerian naira strengthened on Tuesday to close at N756 to the dollar at the investors and exporters (I&E) window. According to FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited, the closing rate represents a 1.8 percent appreciation from the N770 recorded on Monday. TheCable understands that FX rates converged at the official and parallel markets […]