Nigeria news today headlines : Friday 4th September 2020
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COVID-19 Ventilator Patients Can Have Permanent Nerve Damage
Severely ill COVID-19 patients on ventilators are placed in a prone (face down) position because it’s easier for them to breathe and reduces mortality. But that life-saving position can also cause permanent nerve damage in these vulnerable patients, reports a newly accepted study from Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Scientists …
Ex IT Director Jailed For Selling Govt-owned Network Switches
Terry Shawn Petrill, 48, of Myrtle Beach was the IT Security Director for Horry County in South Carolina, where he worked for more than 12 years. According to court documents, he ordered forty-one Cisco 3850 switches between June 11, 2015, and August 23, 2018, that were supposed to be installed on the Horry County network. Once …
Amazon To Recruit 7,000 Permanent Workers
E-commerce giant Amazon is embarking on a UK-wide hiring spree that will see it add a further 7,000 permanent staff to its workforce by the end of 2020. Computer Weekly’s 2019/20 Salary Survey guide provides an overview of IT salaries in Australia/New Zealand. Find out what you’re worth and learn more about the salary and benefits expectations …
Customs Nets N69.4bn Revenue At Onne Area 2
PORT HARCOURT – The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Onne Area 11 Command, said it netted N69.4 billion from January to August, 2020. The outgoing Customs Area 11 Comptroller, Aliyu Galadima Saidu, disclosed this in Onne, Port Harcourt, during the handing over of the mantle of leadership to the incoming Comptroller, Auwal Mohammed. Briefing journalists on …
Facebook Set To Limit Last-minute Political Ads Before U.S. Elections
Facebook also said it was creating a label for posts by candidates or campaigns that try to claim victory before the election results are official. In an interview on CBS News on Thursday, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said of the measures: “This will definitely apply to the president once this policy goes into place, and …
FG To Adopt Diplomatic Option In Resolving Nigeria-Ghana Trade Rifts
ABUJA – Federal Government has announced that it would explore the diplomatic option in resolving the ongoing trade rifts between Nigerian businessmen resident in Ghana and the government of Ghana. It would be recalled that the business premises or shops of Nigerians resident in Ghana have been closed by Ghanaian authorities over the imposition of …
Nationwide Phased Reopening Of Schools Excites Proprietors, Parents
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, on Thursday, recommended a phased reopening of schools for academic learning. Speaking during a briefing at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, Dr. Aliyu charged educational institutions at all levels to work in line with the Federal government gesture He said: “For educational …
Biofourmis Closes $100M Series C Funding
Biofourmis, a Boston, MA-based developer of digital therapeutics for personalized predictive care, completed a $100m Series C financing. The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund with participation from existing investors Openspace Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Sequoia Capital and EDBI. The company intends to use the funds for developing, validating and commercializing several released and unreleased digital therapeutics solutions …
Death Sentence On Musician: Kano Judiciary Submits Case Details To Falana
Kano State Judiciary says it has submitted certified copies of the Sharia Court judgment to the Human Right activist, Mr Femi Falana, to enable him to appeal the judgment that sentenced Yahaya Aminu to death by hanging for blasphemy. This is coming less than seven days to the expiration of the 30-day grace the court …
Stena Drilling Wins Contract To Decommission Kinsale Gas Fields
Stena Drilling, a division of ferry operator Stena Group, has won a multimillion euro contract to decommission one of the State’s largest gas fields. The move comes after Government earlier this year formally consented to a plan submitted by Kinsale Energy to end production at the Kinsale gas fields, which lie approximately 50 km off the south coast …
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