Day: August 2, 2024

Vandals Destroy Two Transmission Towers In Bayelsa State

The Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN has announced the destruction of two of its transmission towers in Igbooghene community of Bayelsa state, southern Nigeria.

TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah who made this this known in a s…

Olympics 2024: Andy Murray retires after quarterfinal defeat

Andy Murray has retired from tennis after he and his playing partner, Dan Evans, succumbed to a 6-2, 6-4 straight-sets defeat in the Olympic men’s doubles quarterfinals on Thursday.

Murray and Evans had miraculously found ways to win them opening two…

Big Sudan Camp Pushed Into Famine

The civil war in Sudan has pushed a camp housing about 500,000 displaced people near the besieged Darfur city of el-Fasher into famine, an independent group of food security experts says.

The 16-month conflict and restrictions on aid deliveries were …

Protests: IGP Places Police Commissioners on Red Alert

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has placed all police commissions across the country on red alert as the #EndBadGovernance# protest enters day 2 tomorrow.

Addressing newsmen in Abuja, IGP Egbetokun said the call became necessa…

Protest: Police Boss Places Officers on Red Alert

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has placed all police commissions nationwide on red alert as the #EndBadGovernance# continues, to respond swiftly and decisively to public safety and order.

Addressing newsmen in Abuja, IGP Egbe…

Turkey Suspends Instagram Access, Cites No Reason

According to the country’s information technology regulator, Turkey has barred access to social media network Instagram without specifying why or for how long. The suspension also rendered the platform’s mobile app inaccessible.

The move follows comm…

Voice Game Actors Protest AI Job Threat

Striking video game voice actors and motion-capture performers held their first picket on Thursday in front of Warner Bros. Games and said artificial intelligence was a threat to their professions.

‘The models that they’re using have been trained on …