The students were released after their parents paid a ransom of $140,000 (70 million naira) and gave motorbikes in ransom to the kidnappers, according to the school headmaster Abubakar Alhassan. While addressing journalists after the children regained freedom, Alhassan said the money was raised after Nigerians from different sectors contributed funds to secure their freedom. … Read more
The Ministry of Defence says Pen Farthing and his animals are awaiting a flight out of Afghanistan. Source link
Scientific advisers say government should plan for this happening by the end of September in England. Source link
Officials from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will discuss next month’s planned launch of the Landsat 9 satellite during a media briefing at 10 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 31. Source link
The government is looking to make the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code more comprehensive and broad-based so that there is an enhanced ease of exit, a senior official said Friday. ”We continue to work together to make this insolvency framework more effective and efficient. It will surely be one of the important chapters in the success … Read more
The government has selected leading global and Indian merchant bankers among 10 that will manage the initial public offer of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), which is being pegged as the largest public listing for the Indian markets. The government has selected Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Citigroup, Nomura, Bank of America Securities, JM Financial, … Read more
Aug. 27, 2021 — A milk crate climbing challenge that has had a sudden rise on social media this past week has led to many of its participants taking a hard fall. The TikTok trend, which involves stacking milk crates in a pyramid-shaped staircase and attempting to climb up one side and down the … Read more
Credit: Microsoft Microsoft announced today, August 27, that its original guidance on which PCs will be able to run Windows 11 largely stands as announced back in June. The company has added a couple of new CPUs/PCs to its list of supported hardware, but many running 7th Gen Intel Core CPUs and first-generation AMD Zen … Read more
Seeking to bring in more transparency, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) on Friday proposed a code of conduct for the committee of creditors under the insolvency law. IBBI, a key institution in implementing the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), has also proposed further measures to strengthen the regulatory framework for liquidation process. … Read more
T-Mobile’s CEO has finally spoken out about the massive hack that exposed millions of customers’ sensitive information, apologizing for the leak and announcing a cybersecurity pact with Mandiant. CEO Mike Sievert on one hand sought to downplay the incident — which led to the leak of nearly 48 million social security numbers alongside other information … Read more