Author: News Room

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority has launched a $255,000 innovation prize for startups, innovators and technopreneurs. The authority said the prize is to incentivise startups to develop solutions that address real-world challenges with global applications. It stated that the application portal for the prize is now open and will be closed at 12 noon on April 8th, 2023. According to it, the NSIA Prize for Innovation programme prize of $255,000 will be awarded… Read the full article here

81-year-old woman, Patricia Nkansimuo, who voted during Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections at the Okpo Polling Unit, Ward 11, Agulu Local Government Area of Anambra State, speaks with IKENNA OBIANERI on the electoral exercise, the gains, lessons and losses, among others How many polls have you participated in? I have come to cast my vote and also perform my civic responsibility as a responsible citizen of this country in the hope of effecting… Read the full article here

Switzerland remain unbeaten at the 2023 World Women’s Curling Championship as they claimed their sixth win in four days.Silvana Tirinzoni’s team were made to work for their latest win, tied at 6-6 heading into the final end, before holding their nerve to deliver a 7-6 win over joint-second placed Canada to continue as the only unbeaten team in the competition.The victory ended a three-match win streak for Canada, who came closest to defeating the Swiss side at this World Championships.

Imaging swapping out a hot pink Apple Watch band for an earth-tone green one, and having your watchface automatically change to a matching color, cutting out the (more annoying than it should be) manual customization process. According to a patent filing spotted by Patently Apple, we may actually get something like that. The patent describes a wearable and bands that have NFC chips, letting the watch automatically take action when you connect or remove certain accessories.Apple patenting… Read the full article here

Sri Lanka’s president has called on China and its other creditors to quickly reach a compromise on its debt restructuring or risk creating more economic peril.In his first interview since the IMF approved a $3bn, four-year lending programme on Monday, Ranil Wickremesinghe said the deal and his long-term reform plans were the country’s “last chance” to open up an economy beset by shortages of food, fuel, medicine and foreign currency during 2022.“I would like to see the… Read the full article here

If the United States government really is implementing “Operation Choke Point 2.0” it will hurt financial stability and may have contributed to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) according to Donald Trump’s former Acting White House Chief of Staff, Mick Mulvaney.“I don’t want to think that the government would actually do that,” Mulvaney said in a March 22 Bloomberg interview in reference to the rumored operation. He did however recall attending hearings on the original… Read the full article here

Somebody call Franck! Steve Martin channeled his beloved Father of the Bride role in a new photo with Only Murders in the Building costar Selena Gomez. “Guess what just happened!” the iconic actor, 77, wrote via Twitter on Tuesday, March 21, alongside the nostalgic image with the “Same Old Love” singer, 30. Martin looked dapper in a tux while Gomez wore a formal wedding gown that featured a sweetheart neckline and a ballroom skirt with lace appliqués. The

Researchers investigated the link between hormonal contraceptive use and breast cancer risk. They found that progestin-only contraceptive use increases breast cancer risk similarly to combined contraceptive use. They say that physicians should weigh the benefits and risks to patients of hormonal contraceptive use. Between 2017 and 2019, around 65% of women aged 15- 49 used some sort of contraception, and 14% of them used the pill. Contraceptive pills come in two forms: the progestin-only… Read the full article here

The US government on Tuesday asked the Nigerian government to hold accountable and bring to justice persons found guilty of voter intimidation during the governorship elections. “We call on Nigerian authorities to hold accountable and bring to justice any individuals found to have ordered or carried out efforts to intimidate voters and suppress voting during the election process,” the US embassy in Abuja said in a press statement. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Saturday’s… Read the full article here

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday raised its benchmark lending rate to 18 percent in an aggressive push to contain the nation’s inflationary pressure. The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced this Tuesday after the apex bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting that began Monday. Addressing journalists at the end of the two-day meeting in Abuja, Mr. Emefiele said the committee voted to keep the asymmetric corridor at +100 and -500 basis points around the MPR. He… Read the full article here