The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has inaugurated two inter-agency committees with the mandate to review, collate, commission and communicate in local languages Information and Communication Technology (ICT) projects implemented for Nigerians under President Muhammadu Buhari. The two Ministerial committees which are...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Adesoji Adesugba as the new Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority(NEPZA), a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment. The President’s approval was given in a letter addressed to the Minister, dated 26th June, 2020 and...
You enter Enugu Coal City, through the Ninth Mile Corner, along the dilapidated Ugwu Onyeama Federal Road, at New Market, you see an art work strategically mounted at its Round About, a flamboyant politician, urging his followers to come along with him in the struggle for freedom. The art...
Nigeria has recorded 561 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 25,694. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the disclosure on Tuesday through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 561 new confirmed cases were from 19 states, with...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Nigerian Stock Exchange has reviewed the eligibility criteria for the NSE Pension Index in line with changes in the regulatory and market requirements. In a statement on Tuesday, the NSE announced that the amended methodology and rebalancing will be effective on Wednesday July 1, 2020. A...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Office of the Accountant General of the Federal may found itself in a legal battle soon, if it fails to clear the air on the payment of N173 billion made into various accounts of government. The payments were said to have been carried out by...
In line with Federal Government’s desire to address challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, a number of State Governments across the country have reviewed their 2020 budgets to align with present realities. Many States have also begun to adopt measures for aggressive diversification of their revenue bases in...
The Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of Collapsed Banks has said all its members will painstakingly participate in the Electoral Commission’s ongoing voter registration exercise so they can vote out the Akufo-Addo government, which has made their lives nothing but miserable. At a press conference in Bolgatanga, Upper East Region...
A blanket shutdown of the Internet in Ethiopia is being reported by Access Now, an organisation defending the digital rights of users at risk around the world. This came hours after prominent and outspoken Oromo musician Haacaaluu Hundeessaa was shot dead in Addis Abeba, the country’s capital. There have also been reports...
Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu is reported to have tested positive for COVID-19, and currently in self-isolation. A breaking news by THISDAY stated that Akeredolu disclosed his status on Tuesday. “Earlier today, I got confirmation of a positive result for Covid-19. I am asymptomatic and not displaying any symptoms....
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Federal Road Safety Corps on Tuesday draws the attention of motorists to strick adherence of all safety measures, saying the lifting of ban on interstate roads is not a warranty for reckless driving and overloading of vehicles. Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, stated this in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured of his administration’s commitment to ensure timely delivery of the landmark Ajakuota-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas pipeline project within budgetary allocation and specifications. At the virtual flag-off ceremony of the project, simultaneously at the Ajaokuta, Kogi and Rigachikun, Kaduna State camp sites, Buhari said the project...
The Publisher and Editor in Chief of YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine, Azuh Arinze, has unveiled two new books that feature success stories of high-profile individuals and lessons from his journalism career. Azuh announced the launch of his literary pieces entitled, Success Is Not Served A La Carte and Encounters –...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – More than 20 members of Boko Haram insurgents and nine soldiers were reported to have been killed again in a road ambush along Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu road in Birno State. Sources also said that one soldier lost his life in another ambush along Pulka-Ngoshe road behind...