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The Minister of Communications Technology, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, has expressed the federal governments’ readiness to support Information Communications Technology (ICT) hubs and innovators in the industry to further boost the …
FG pledges to support ICT hubs, innovators Read MoreTo further ensure adequate use of spectrum for broadband penetration in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is putting finishing touches to a guideline on spectrum trading in the …
Stakeholders, NCC meet on spectrum trading guideline Read MoreFrom left: Chief Strategy Officer, Deloitte West Africa, Tope S. Aladenusi, Director, Solution Sales, Microsoft Nigeria, Olatomiwa Williams, Executive Director, Market Operations and Technology, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Ade Bajomo, …
CSO Deloitte West Africa, Tope S. Aladenusi, Director, Solution Sales, Microsoft Nigeria, Olatomiwa Williams, others during the Nigerian Capital Market Forum Read MoreBy Ayoni M. Agbabiaka The federal government has provided a total of 330 laptops to some selected Federal Unity Colleges in the country. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu said …
FG provides 330 laptops for girls in unity schools Read MoreBy Amaka Ifeakandu Lagos The zero tolerance stance on market infractions and fraud of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), received yet another major boost yesterday when Mr. Oyekun Akinsemoyin …
SEC arraigns Man over Capital market Identity scam Read MoreBy Benjamin Umuteme Abuja The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) has disclosed that Nigerian electricity market presently has a shortfall of N777 billion. ANED’s Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, …
Electricity market has N777bn shortfall – ANED Read MoreBy David Agba Abuja The Pan-African Conglomerate, Dangote Group, as part of its strategies to increase market share and deepen customers’ affection, companies under the Group will storm the Lagos …
Dangote Group storms 2017 Lagos Trade Fair Read MoreBy David Agba Abuja Revenue from Value Added Tax (VAT) grossed N797.51 billion into the Federation Account between January and October 2017, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, revealed …
Federation Account records N797bn VAT revenue in 10 months — Adeosun Read MoreBy Adeola Tukuru Abuja Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Okechukwu Enelamah, yesterday revealed that World Bank estimates that Africa’s total infrastructure investment requirements at $120-150 billion per annum. …
Africa’s total infrastructure investment needs $150bn yearly – Minister Read MoreBy John Oba The African Development Bank (AfDB) has revealed that Nigeria could get the release of the second, $400 million tranche of the $1billion loans if request is …
Nigeria could get $400m if requested – AfDB Read MoreNigeria has recorded a major leap in its ranking in the Ease of Doing Business ranking. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo welcomed the ranking on Tuesday and praised all those who …
Nigeria improves in ease-of-business ranking Read MoreWhen I chaired the special publication marking the 10th year anniversary of Media Trust Limited in 2008 (I was the deputy Managing Editor then) I lamented the death of the …
Social media incursion and publishing in the North, By Zainab Suleiman Okino Read MoreBy Paul Cletus Bello Nigeria is the fourth world largest democracy with a population of over 160 million and still counting, world sixth largest oil producer and blessed with economic …
Democracy, freedom of speech: Blessing or curse? Read MoreBy Emmanuel Onwubiko These times are indeed fragile because of a combination of factors which have coalesced to pose formidable threats to the continuous existence of Nigeria as a …
Can NYSC reduce political agitations? Read MoreTwo years after the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, those goals have never been more vital to the development of the 193 countries (including Nigeria) subscribing …
The SDG is Nigerian, we must let it work Read More“Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of doubt, and remain silent” – Napoleon Hill. Ask a psychology professor, who is an …
Introversion: Gift or just a mental disorder? Read MorePresident, Society for International Relations Awareness (SIRA), Professor Nuhu Yaqub (left), and representative of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Theddeus Hart, during the 6th annual lecture organised …
President SIRA, Prof Nuhu Yaqub and Ambassador Theddeus Hart, during the 6th annual lecture organised by SIRA and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Read MoreBy Taiye Odewale Abuja The need to revitalise federal government-owned hospitals yesterday caught the attention of the Senate as the lawmakers charged the Federal Ministry of Finance to prioritise release …
Senate bemoans poor state of govt hospitals Read MoreBy Chizoba Ogbeche Abuja Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called on the federal government to name others involved in the £6 million pension funds traced to a United Kingdom …
£6m pension funds: NUJ urges FG to name co-conspirators Read MoreA Muslim man, Rasheed Jimoh-Ijaodola, has bagged a doctorate degree in Christian studies at the University of Ilorin. Jimoh-Ijaodola is a professor of Law and Dean, Oba Erediauwa College of …
Muslim man bags PhD in Christian Studies Read MoreBy Abdullahi M. Gulloma Abuja Chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Monday night, passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of the party, Governor Abdulaziz Yari …
APC leaders pass confidence vote on Oyegun, others Read MoreFrom left: Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Suleiman Adamu, Minister of State for Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibril and Executive Director, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), Dr. Christopher Williams, …
Engineer Suleiman Adamu, Water Resources and Alhaji Ibrahim Jibril and Executive Director during the Inter-Ministerial Dialogue on Sanitation Read MoreBy Vivian Okejeme Abuja Detained former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), through his counsel, yesterday, asked a Federal High Court, Abuja, to hands off proceedings in the …
Metuh: Dasuki asks court to stay execution Read MoreBy Joshua Egbodo Abuja House of Representatives has called for the involvement of experts by the nation’s security agencies in the destruction of illegal refineries, as well as recovery of …
Reps want experts in illegal refineries destruction Read MoreBy Abdullahi M. Gulloma Abuja The newly appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, has promised to implement programmes and policies aimed at uplifting the …
How I’ll operate, by new SGF Read More