Imo ‘Refinery’ death: Buhari orders clampdown on illegal refineries

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the nation’s security and intelligence agencies to intensify the clampdown on illegal refineries to safeguard lives of citizens. The president’s directive is contained in a

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Google Equiano sea cable system lands in Lagos

……. •It will generate 1.6m jobs, $10b GDP for Nigeria, says Sanwo-Olu BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday witnessed the virtual landing of the Google

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Huawei launches digital literacy programme for 100,000 beneficiaries in Sub-Saharan Africa

Huawei has formally launched its LEAP digital skills development programme. Announcing this at its ICT Competition Awards Ceremony, the company said LEAP aims to help advance the ICT skills of

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Naira closes at 418.33/dollar at investors and exporters window

The Naira exchanged at 418.33 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Wednesday, representing a 0.32 per cent depreciation, compared to 417 naira to the dollar recorded

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Gains on blue chip companies lift NGX index 1.25%

Transactions on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd., (NGX) on Wednesday maintained a positive posture with the market indices increasing by 1.25 per cent due to gains recorded by some blue chip

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AfDB to double Africa’s climate finance to $25 bn

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it will within the next five years double the climate change finance of Africa to 25 billion dollars. Dr Kevin Kariuki, AfDB Vice-President for

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AfDB moves to reduce fertiliser prices in Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says the bank will help African countries reduce the sharp increase in fertiliser prices by providing support to the government and farmers. Dr Martin Fregene,

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5th National Tourism Transport Summit holds in Abuja

The National Tourism Transport Summit and Expo, a tourism and transportation industry combined event of the Institute for Tourism Professionals of Nigeria (ITPN), the fifth edition in the series of

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Huawei ICT competition: Nigerian teams emerge first in network and cloud tracks

Huawei ICT competition: Nigerian teams emerge first in network and cloud tracks Two Nigerian teams clinched the grand prizes in the Network and Cloud tracks of the regional finals of

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Abuja-Kaduna Train Service, (AKTS) to resume very soon- NRC

The Nigerian Railway Corporation, (NRC) has stated that the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service, (AKTS) will resume operation very soon. NRC made this known Thursday while given update on the ill-fated AK9

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