OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Nigeria’s leading energy company, Shell, has reiterated its commitment to supporting efforts to help the country meet its lower carbon emission target. “Apart from this being the right thing to do, it is also good for our business in Nigeria,” Managing Director of Shell Nigeria...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, on Tuesday, met with the Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria on a follow-up visit to his initial trip to Egypt on education partnership. The follow-up visit by the governor was to strengthen his initial visit to Egypt early November,...
A ride-hailing company, Bolt, says it has partnered an auto-care firm, Fixit45, to provide drivers with improved access to cost-effective auto-care and repair financing to ease drivers’ burden. Femi Akin-Laguda, the Country Manager, Bolt, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Akin-Laguda said the aim was to...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday allayed fears of Nigeria’s disintegration, saying the country will still remain. He stated this during the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)’s Council of the WISE strategic retreat and planning workshop which held in Lagos. “When...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency on Tuesday revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari would sign the Electoral Amendment Bill into law in a matter of hours. Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesin made the this known while speaking as a guest on the Channels...
By RAY UMUKORO In the late 80s when it was fashionable for young graduates and youths of his age to jet out of Nigeria to pursue the American or European dream, one man was returning from Europe to Nigeria to pursue the Nigerian dream. Leo Stan Ekeh is that...
…As Danbatta pledges to sustain participation and support for the Conference The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated its faith in the vision of the AfricaNEXT Conference (AfricaNXT) to “co-create a prosperous future for all Africans” through collaborations, conversations and programming that are oriented in harvesting, harnessing and leveraging...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Muhammadu Buhari has called on nations, institutions and bodies, both private and public, to return Nigeria’s artefacts in their possession. In a statement by the presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, said the Nigerian leader made the appeal in the aftermath of the return of...
The United Kingdom’s Minister for Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, Vicky Ford is set for a maiden visit to Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement by the British High Commission in Nigeria on Sunday. The British High Commission explained that the visit will take forward efforts by...
Central Banks across the world have the mandate to control the circulation and supply of currencies, and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is not an exception. But the phenomenal rise in popularity of all forms of digital currencies, like crypto in recent times posed a threat to that...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria needs more rebels who will speak truth to power not minding whose ox is gored. The former president stated this on Saturday while unveiling the autobiography of the Babanla Adinni of Egbaland, Tayo Sowunmi, titled ‘Footprints Of A Rebel’ in Abeokuta, Ogun State...
Calls for collaboration in addressing COVID-19 effects By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Brussels, Belgium, welcomed the designation of Nigeria as one of the six countries in Africa designated as manufacturing bases for the COVID-19 vaccine, while also calling for collaboration to address the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has said it is willing to partner with investors in the power sector to improve power supply in the country. The Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, made this known while receiving the Ambassador of Turkey to Nigeria, Mr Hidayet Bayratar,...
Says 5G will revolutionize the fourth industrial revolution…. By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami on Thursday said the introduction of the National Policy on 5G networks would revolutionize the fourth industrial revolution in the country and the entire globe. Prof....
Most Nigerians do not know how actually President Buhari’s political misfortunes suddenly changed from a three-time serial loser to a dramatic winner in 2015. The incipient seed of this victory was sown in April, 2011, shortly after the declaration of the presidential election results that pronounced incumbent President Goodluck...
The Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (Rtd), has called for renewal of existing bilateral military agreements between Nigeria and France to reflect real-time security related needs of the two countries. Magashi made the call when the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Blatmann, paid him a courtesy visit on...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo departs Abuja on Monday for Monrovia, to represent President Muhammadu Buhari at the inauguration of the year-long commemoration of the Liberia’s bicentennial anniversary. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice-President, made the declaration in a statement in...
Amid rising worry in the increasing price of cooking gas, a talented Nigerian man based in Jekadafari area of Gombe State has offered an alternative in a remarkable innovation he made – a water-cooking stove. 67-year-old Hadi Usman’s water-cooking stove is said not to require the use of gas...
Aliko Dangote got off to a great start in 2022, adding about $950 million to his fortune since the year began. The Nigerian billionaire’s wealth rose following a year-to-date price increase in the shares of Dangote Cement Plc. Last year MTN Nigeria made a net revenue of 298.65 billion...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria(TCN) says it had taken delivery of 15 new power transformers that would improve power supply in the country. TCN’s General Manager, Pubic Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, who announced this in a statement in Abuja, on Sunday, said the transformers...