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Sharks off Brazil coast are “high on cocaine” __Scientists
Marine biologists tested 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharks taken from the shores near Rio de Janeiro and found they tested for high levels of cocaine in their muscles and livers. The concentrations were as much as 100 times higher than previously…
Shot at Trump: US Secret Service chief accepts failure, resigns
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports After accepting responsibility for series of intelligence lapses at the campaign ground where former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear by an assassin hiding in plain sight, the Director of the United States’…
Energy industry women demand quick fixes to operating environment
Sopuruchi Onwuka Leading women professionals and investors in the Nigerian energy industry have called on the government to quickly address security and regulatory issues holding down business in the domestic operating environment. The women who spoke at a colloquium hosted…
C.River govt pledges support as Blake Resort lands in Calabar
Sopuruchi Onwuka The government of Cross River State has pledged to support the ongoing development and operations of the Blake Entertainment Centre at the Marina Resort, Calabar. Governor Bassey Otu who visited the Marina Resort construction site of Blake Entertainment…
Nigerian local flights not affected by Microsoft’s software glitch
Local flights in Nigeria suffered little or no impact from the global information technology outage on Friday when glitches in Mocrosoft security software updates hung millions of computers, affecting flight schedules at major world airports. Although Microsoft announced that the…
Pay $20, then “Press the button if you want to die.”
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports It took significant 12 years for Phillip Nitschke to invent the Sarco capsule which many would conveniently mistake for a marine vehicle, but it is sadly a suicide bed for people who wish to leave…
Faulty Microsoft update shakes global systems with disruption
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Technology and information technology glitches have struck the global connectivity among banks, airlines, healthcare management and media systems after Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike deployed a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows. The company stated that…
NMDPRA accuses Dangote of market monopoly schemes
Sopuruchi Onwuka Federal government has finally come out openly to condemn alleged plots by Dangote Refinery to impose monopoly on the domestic fuel market, saying the company’s promoters are calling for total ban on other suppliers of the automotive gas…
Fuel crisis: Marketers demand transparency, fair competition
Sopuruchi Onwuka As controversies and altercations mark the changing downstream petroleum industry after the Dangote Refinery roars to life, players in the retail end of the market want all anti-competition instruments dismantled in order to create a balanced playing ground….
WIEN Woman Podcast debuts with Tenaris Nigeria MD, Rosario Osobase
Frontline gender equity group in the Nigerian energy industry, Women in Energy Network (WIEN), has launched a podcast series as part of her web learning and media thread designed to sensitize and empower women playing as professionals and entrepreneurs in…
