MTN Nigeria is set to improve its quality of services (QoS) with $1.4 billion (about N2.17 billion) investment for 2012 as it moves to address the increasing upsurge on data service segment due to use of smart phones and dongles for internet browsing w...
President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that the estimated nine million Almajiris in Northern Nigeria be properly educated in order for them to contribute meaningfully to national development. Minister of State for Education, Mr. Ezenwo Wike, who made...
The Namibian government yesterday extended an invitation to the Nigerian government and its private sector to invest in Windhoek. The Namibian High Commissioner to Nigeria and Ghana, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi who made the call, also urged Nigerians to tak...
A new twist was added in the ongoing probe of the management of the pension fund in Nigeria as the Senate Panel investigating the process yesterday ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar to arrest and produce the Chairman, Pension R...
The Chairman of the Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council, and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday recounted the unprecedented challenges facing the Northern region, and concluded that, “the rising trend...
The Federal Government has beamed its search light on contractors handling power transmission and distribution projects across the country with a directive that any them who is unable to meet 50 per cent completion of his contract by June, 2012 w...
Mr David Ige, Executive Director (Gas and Power) at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Thursday reiterated the country's resolve to reduce gas flaring in the next two years. He said this at theAnnual Oloibiri Lecture Series of t...
A 25-year-old unemployed man, Abdulrazaq Adeniyi, was on Thursday arraigned over the rape of a nine-year-old pupil. Adeniyi is standing trial before Mrs O.A. Layinka of the Igbosere Chief Magistrates' Court, Lagos, on a one-count charge of unlawful...
The Enugu State Police Command has discovered the bodies of suspected cable vandals in a NITEL manhole at the Ogbete Main Market in the state capital. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Ebere Amarizu, told journalists in Enugu on Thursday that the...
President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the minister of works to fix bad roads in the country to reduce accidents and ensure safety. Mr Labaran Maku, the Minister of Information, disclosed this on Thursday at a one-day public lecture organised by the ...
The traditional ruler of Doma in Nasarawa, Alhaji Ahmadu Aliyu-Ogah, has urged the people of the area to cut down on the amount of bride price on their daughters to encourage young suitors. He gave the advice on Thursday while addressing Imams in...
South Africa on Thursday apologised for barring 125 Nigerians from the country and unveiled new immigration procedures aimed at ending a diplomatic row between the continent’s two powerhouses. The dispute blew up after immigration officials at Jo...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday commissioned N2.6 billion water plant in Otobi, Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue. In his speech at the occasion, the President commended Gov. Gabriel Suswam for establishing water projects in the state. He s...
Former Nigeria coach Adegboye Onigbinde has been persuaded to rescind his decision to withdraw from the NFF Technical Committee. Onigbinde early in the week lashed out at the committee, claiming he was being marginalized in the decision-m...
The House of Representatives Committee on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Thursday said it would work towards the early passage of Cyber Security Bill before it. Rep. Ibrahim Gusau, the Committee Chairman, said this in Lagos at the 20...