Submarine cable company, MainOne says it may take up to two weeks to repair undersea cable cut which disrupted internet services in Nigeria, Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire, Senegal, and other West African and East African countries since Thursday. The company said the cause of the network outage was as a result to a fault on the…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to recall Senator Abdul Ningi who was suspended for three months over his allegation of budget padding. Ningi, the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, was suspended for three months over an interview in which he alleged that the National Assembly padded the 2024…
In efforts to ensure food security, the Niger Delta Development Commission has partnered with the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria. In a statement by the NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Pius Ughakpoteni, the commission’s Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, stated this during a strategic meeting with a delegation of the farmers association, led by its…
A University of Brighton student has won a grant to build a nightclub and music studio in his native Kenya. Jesse Mugambi graduated with a degree in architecture and is now studying for a master’s degree in sustainable design at the university’s Moulsecoomb campus. The project, called Studio Can-V, will receive €50,000 (£39,000) from Jägermeister…
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has blamed the blackout in parts of Abuja on the activities of vandals, explaining vandalism of the transmission line makes it the fifth of such incident within February and March this. On Sunday, parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were thrown into darkness, crippling activities for over 24 hours…
President Bola Tinubu will launch the Student Loan Scheme on Thursday, March 14, 2024. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, has said categorically on Sunday during a live TV programme on TVC on Sunday monitored in Abuja. The programme titled ‘Counting the Cost of Presidents Tinubu’s Reforms,’ Ngelale…
Experts and crypto enthusiasts have lamented the current ban on Binance naira operations in Nigeria, stating it may increase youth unemployment in the country. Crypto traders and economic experts called on the government to look for better means of managing the country’s current foreign exchange challenges. An economist with Lotus Beta Analytics, Shedrach Israel, said…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been accused of inserting over N3 trillion in the 2024 budget. Chairman, Northern Senators Forum, Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central), has revealed Saturday, stressing the forum has resolved to meet the President over the discovery. Ningi disclosed this during an interview with the BBC Hausa Service. The chairman alleged…
The Nigerian Labour Congress has distanced itself from the N500,000 being canvassed as the new minimum wage. The NLC noted that it has yet to adopt a position on an amount to be presented to the tripartite committee on the National Minimum Wage charged with fixing a new minimum wage for workers. President…
