The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it would auction digital licence in the 2.3GigaHertz (GHz) and 2.6GHz spectra to increase broadband access and make internet pervasive across the country in 20112. Dr. Eugene Juwah, Executive Vice Chair...
Since the advent of the telecom boom especially, the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Nigerians have, without apologies to mobile operators, come to accept poor quality of service as an additional burden they have to bear.Although the reg...
For years, Nigeria has tried to make a head way in global information technology, especially playing a role in the emerging electronic market presently dominated by the Western nations and a few developing nations like China, India and Brazil. With a h...
The Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Reng Ochekpe, has stated that the Kashimbilla/ Gamovo multi-purpose Dam when completed in 2014, would add 40 megawatts of electricity to the national grid. The Dam has the capacity to supply water of 60,000m3...
Mr Ifeanyi Ubah, Managing Director, Capital Oil and Gas, on Monday said that the NNPC/Capital Oil and Gas “Kero-Direct Initiatives”, have started operating in ten States. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the direct sal...
Some European tourism companies have expressed interest in exploring Nigeria’s tourism potential, Otunba Segun Runsewe, Director General of the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation has said. Runsewe, who just returned from this year’s Wo...
The projection of the Nigerian Stock Exchange to grow market capitalisation in 2016 to $1trillion (N150 trillion) might be a wide dream going by the current security challenges in the country and the dwindling fortunes of the stock market occasioned by...
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta says it has identified seven men who were responsible for bombing an oil pipeline belonging to Italian oil giant Agip. Lt. Col. Timothy Antigha, spokesman for the task force, made the disclosure in...
Anthony Cardinal Okogie, Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, on Monday called on the Federal Government and security agencies to intensify effort at curbing the spate of violence across the country. He made the call in a statement, a copy of which was given ...
Prof. Lai Olurode, the National Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC), on Monday advised the Acting Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, to build on his predecessor's achievements. He said in Lagos that...
No fewer than 250 participants from the 15-member nations of ECOWAS will take part in the Second ECOWAS International Cycling Tour billed to flag off on Feb. 15. A press statement released by ECOWAS said the tour would take place from Feb. 15 to Feb. 1...
The speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdullahi Bello has formally conceded power to Governor Idris Wada. He said that all members of the legislative arm have agreed to return to status quo, before the apex court's verdict that led ...
Some of the ex-militants undergoing training the Amnesty Programme initiated by the federal government allegedly bombed a hotel in Osubi, in Okpe local government area of Delta State on Monday. It was gathered that the ex-militants were resident in the...
Alhaji Aminu Kofar-Soro, Sokoto State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), said on Monday that it had worked out an operational order on how to confront any security threat. Kofar-Soro told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN...
The police in Lagos on Monday confirmed the arrest of a suspected rapist, who they said had evaded many earlier attempt to net him. The 27-year-old suspect and three other men, were alleged to have gang-raped a 17-year-old girl on Jan. 24 at the Shasha...