Amidst a general downtrend across sectors leading to a dip in the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by six per cent, the telecommunications sub-sector shone ...
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Emergency Communication Centres: Stakeholder applauds Minister, NCC
A stakeholder has applauded the management of Nigerian Communications Commission for its commitment in developing Emergency Communication Centres (ECC) across the country in light of ...
Read More »COVID-19: Facebook launches ₦500m grants programme to support Nigerian SMBs
Facebook on Monday announced a ₦500m grant to support 781 small businesses in Nigeria, as part its $100m Global Grants Programme announced earlier this year, ...
Read More »Adesina: Nigeria doubles AfDB voting rights
Nigeria has almost doubled its voting rights in the African Development Bank (AfDB) to 16.8 per cent before the lender’s annual meetings next week. The ...
Read More »Nigerians react as ASUU vows to continue strike
Many Nigerians have reacted to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) decision to continue the ongoing strike action until the Federal Government meets all ...
Read More »Nigeria’s economy shrinks by 6.10% in Q2 2020
Nigeria’s economy shrank for the first time in three years in the second quarter of 2020 as the Gross Domestic Product fell by 6.10%. The ...
Read More »FG evacuates 241 Nigerians from China
The Federal Government on Monday has begun the evacuation of about 241 Nigerians who had been trapped in China. The President of Nigerians in Diaspora ...
Read More »BREAKING: Drama as UNILAG Senate meets to nominate acting VC
A mild drama ensued on Monday as some Senate members of the University of Lagos (INILAG), who were to meet to nominate an acting Vice-Chancellor ...
Read More »Protein deficiency: Stakeholders call for improved food security, nutrition education
Food security, nutrition education and the need to increase the nation’s budget for health and nutrition emerged as some of the issues that dominated conversations ...
Read More »Polaris Bank CEO, Tokunbo Abiru retires, thanks staff, CBN for support
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Bank Limited, Mr. Tokunbo Abiru, has announced his retirement from the service of Polaris Bank, effective August 31, ...
Read More »Bloody Sunday in Enugu as police kill 21 IPOB members
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Sunday, accused the Nigerian security personnel led by the Enugu State Police Command of killing 21 of its members and arresting 47.
Read More »Police re-arrest Oyo fugitive serial killer
Nineteen–year-old Sunday Sodipe, the prime suspect of Ibadan serial ritual killings, who escaped from police custody on Tuesday August 11, has been re-arrested.
Read More »Eight naval ratings torture peacemaker to death over N250
Attempts by a peacemaker, Collins Osagie, to settle a disagreement between a spare parts trader and a naval rating in the Okokomaiko area of Lagos State, has cost him his life.
Read More »Bandits killed 1,126 Nigerians in six months – Amnesty Int’l
Global rights group, Amnesty International, says bandits killed 1,126 villagers in Nigeria between January and June 2020.
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