MTN Nigeria says its total subscribers increased by 1.3 per cent to 77.7 million, as at March 31, 2024, from 76.7 million recorded in the same period of 2023. MTN Nigeria’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Karl Toriola, said this in the company’s unaudited financial statement sent to...
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Chairman, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has unveiled the company’s target of producing 700,000 metric tonnes of refined sugar in the next five years. Dangote, who disclosed this at the company’s 18th Annual General Meeting on Tuesday in Lagos, said that this was to satisfy at...
By PAUL EJIME – The international community, particularly ECOWAS and the African Union have been passive or at best non-committal towards events leading up to Togo’s 29 April 2024 Parliamentary and Regional elections, which were overshadowed by controversial constitutional and electoral reforms, with potentially far-reaching consequences. Parliamentary elections are...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has sent a letter to the state House of Assembly seeking confirmation of Mr Isiaq Awotunde as the new Auditor-General for Local Government. Speaker of the assembly, Mr Adewale Egbedun, made this known while reading the letter at the plenary on Tuesday in...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has approved emergency work on Dogon Gida box culvert which is on the verge of collapse. The Coordinator Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Mr Felix Abuah, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
I traveled to the US in March/April where I met with facilitators of Philosophy for Children (P4C). An executive member of the International Council of Philosophical Inquiry with Children introduced me to the community in the US. The facilitators are a part of the Philosophy Learning...
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested three suspected armed robbers, who robbed and attacked a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Alausa Ikeja, CSP Tokunbo Abaniwonda with a machete. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By TYAV SAM TYAV. Makurdi As a deliberate measure to boost science studies in Benue State, Governor Hyacinth Alia has offered employment to 39 graduates of Jerchira extraction who have studied science oriented programmes at various universities. Governor Alia who spoke at St. Gabriel’s Parish Iorkighir, Tse-Agberagba, Konshisha...
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A High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Tuesday fixed May 9 for adoption of final written addresses in the suit filed by a former militant, Collins Opumie against the Department of State Security (DSS) and the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NOAC). Opumie, is seeking N9 billion in...
A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos, on Tuesday remanded a 29-year-old man, Ogwuche Desmond, for allegedly using the bet9ja platform to bet N40,000 on credit. The Magistrate, Mrs O.O Otitoju, ordered the remand of the defendant until May 10 for a review of facts of the...
No fewer than 931 staff of Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education across West Africa have graduated from an intensive 13-week training on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Speaking to newsmen at the end of the graduation ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday, Prof. Emeritus Peter Okebukola, said...
Ten people were killed due to disasters triggered by heavy rains in various parts of Rwanda over the past 10 days, the Ministry in charge of Emergency Management announced on Tuesday. Philippe Habinshuti, the ministry’s permanent secretary, told reporters on Monday that the landslides killed some victims, while...
The Acting Director General of Civil Aviation (Ag. DGCA), Capt. Chris Ona Najomo has inaugurated NCAA Project Monitoring and Evaluation Committee. The inauguration ceremony for the newly reconstituted committee took place on Monday, April 29, 2024 at the Authority’s Corporate Headquarters, in Abuja. In his address, Capt. Najomo...
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has hailed Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo for increasing the minimum wage for workers in the state from N40,000 to N70,000 . Mr Hakeem Olalemi , Lagos Central Senatorial District Vice Chairman of the party, gave the commendation...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has called on the former Governor Yahaya Bello to heed the advice of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi and submit himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...
The management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has suspended the students’ union government of the institution indefinitely. In a letter to the university’s community, made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Benin, the university’s Registrar, Mr Ademola Bobola, announced the measure on the union. The...
APC senator representing Kwara North senatorial district, Sadiq Umar, has said the clamour for shift of governorship seat to the district in 2027 is to harmonize all interests in Kwara State. Umar said the Kwara’s mantra “State of Harmony” will be incomplete if any section of the...
As we ‘labour’ under the illusion of nation building, it is painfully obvious that closely allied to poverty is the high rate of unemployment which has markedly distorted development indicators in the country. Worse than the above reality is the new awareness that the defective nature of...
The Imo State Government on Tuesday said its decision not to pay the salary of some hundreds of workers was to instill discipline, responsibility and sanity into the state civil service. The Head of Service (HOS), Mr Raymond Ucheoma, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an...