YouTube has called for Black creators, artists, songwriters, others for Black Voices Fund, Class for 2023. Solafunmi Sosanya, YouTube Lead for Nigeria, said on Wednesday that the fund created in 2020 would support Black creators, artists, songwriters, and producers with the resources and support that would enable them to thrive on YouTube. Sosanya said that since its inception in 2020, the programme had aided over 300 grantees across the world. She said the grantees, which also included musicians, beauty entrepreneurs , comedians, photographers and others were from Australia, Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and the United States. “At YouTube, we…
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Russian government hackers said that it recently carried out multiple cyber espionage operations targeting countries allied with Ukraine since its February invasion. Microsoft said this in a report on Wednesday, illustrating the scale of Moscow’s ongoing hacking activities. “The cyber aspects of the current war extend far beyond Ukraine and reflect the unique nature of cyberspace,’’ Microsoft President Brad Smith said in the report. Meanwhile, researchers had already traced a series of destructive cyber attacks on Ukrainian entities to Russian state-backed hacking groups since the conflict began. They had now found that 128 organisations in 42 countries outside Ukraine were…
President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday, said that the Senate would on June 29, screen for confirmation, the seven nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari for ministerial appointment. Lawan made the announcement before Senate adjourned plenary to June 28. “The ministerial nominees will be screened on Wednesday next week,” he said. President Buhari, in a letter dated 15th June, 2022, requested the Senate to confirm the nomination of seven ministerial nominees. Buhari had said that the request was made in accordance with Section 147(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended. The nominees…
The Senate, on Wednesday at plenary constituted an Ad Hoc Committee to investigate Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) over non-compliance with the Petroleum Act and violation of Joint Venture Agreement entered with the federal government. The Ad Hoc committee was mandated to investigate the Oil Mining Lease granted to SPDC between 1959 to 1989, and 1989 to 2019 under the SPDC and NNPC Joint Venture agreement. The committee, constituted by the Senate President Ahmad Lawan, has Sen. Sabi Abdullahi (APC- Niger) as Chairman. Other members include Senators George Thompson Sekibo,(PDP-Rivers) Abdullahi Yahaya, (PDP-Kebbi) Bassey Albert Akpan,(PDP-Akwa Ibom) Solomon Adeola,(APC-Lagos) Smart…
An Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced one Tajudeen Usman, 50, to life imprisonment for raping a four-year-old minor. Usman was arraigned before Justice Lekan Ogunmoye on a one-count charge of rape. He was said to have defiled the minor on Aug. 21, 2020 at Ikere Ekiti. In a statement to the police, the victim stated that the convict, popularly called Daddy Latifat, “who lives in our house, took me to his sitting room on that day. “He said I should sit on his lap, then he removed my pants and put his something (penis) where I use to urinate (virgina).…
Nigeria’s energy solutions provider, Oando has finally released its long-anticipated full-year 2019 and 2020 financial statements. The company confirmed the development in a statement issued on its website on Wednesday. The statement said the three-year delay in the release of the company’s results was precipitated by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) suspension of Oando’s 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM). It said this was due to a dispute with an indirect shareholder, Ansbury Investment Inc. “The suspension of the company’s 2018 AGM and attendant issues prevented shareholders from being kept abreast of business operations, a move decried on numerous occasions…
Japanese carmaker, Toyota, on Wednesday announced that it would cut its global production plan by about 50,000 units compared to the figure provided to suppliers at the beginning of the year. Toyota said that it has decided to extend a suspension of operations at some of its plants and production lines due to the continued impact of a COVID-19 outbreak at one of its suppliers. The company’s global production volume for July is expected to be approximately 800,000 units, while it estimates that the figure would go up to an average of 850,000 units for July through September. However, it…
Master Caleb Madu of Grundtvig International School, Oba in Anambra, on Wednesday, won the South-East zonal finals of the 2022 National Science Quiz Competition organised by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Madu, 16-year-old SS2 student, scored 55 points followed by Master Ebenezer Obinna representing Imo with 45 points and Master Gracia Chima, representing Ebonyi with 40 points. Others are: Miss Nneoma Odo representing Enugu State who got 35 and Master Chukwuka Ugwumba, representing Abia got 10 points. The students were tested in five core science subjects that included: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English language. The representatives of the…
The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu on Wednesday, led members of the National Working Committee (NWC) to the Senate, following gale of defections by members of the National Assembly (NASS) to Opposition parties. ASHENEWS recalls post-party primaries lamentation by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila of mass failure by members of NASS to secure their parties’ tickets for the 2023 general elections. The defections at the Senate have so far reduced the number of APC senators from 71 to 62 with more being speculated to defect. Penultimate week, Senator Adamu Aliero (Kebbi…
By Sky News The UK Health Security Agency has declared a national incident following traces of the polio virus found during a routine sewage inspection in London. Health officials are now concerned about the community spread of the virus after samples were collected from the Beckton Sewage Treatment Works in London, but have stressed the risk to the public is extremely low. Several closely-related polio viruses were found in sewage samples taken between February and May. It has continued to evolve and has now been classified as a ‘vaccine-derived’ poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2). Officials believe there has been some spread…