archiveDecember 8, 2021

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has said that the United Bank for Africa (UBA) took over 60 per cent equity of private investors in Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) to recover its acquisition loans KANN. The Commission which made this clarification in a joint statement with the Bureau of...

 Indian Chief of Defence Staff, Gen.  Bipin Rawat died after a military helicopter crashed in Tamil Nadu due to poor weather conditions, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday.Earlier, a source from the Tamil Nadu police told Sputnik that two people died and three people suffered injuries in a military...

  Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Wednesday said he will not resign despite the calls, following recurring ijail breaks across the country in recent time. Aregbesola, whose ministry oversees the Nigeria Correctional Service across the country, spoke to newsmen at the end of the weekly virtual Federal Executive Council...

The Electoral Hub, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) has renewed call on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill without delay. Ms Princess Hamman-Obels, Director, the Electoral Hub, an organ of the Initiative for Research, Innovation and Advocacy in Development (IRIAD) made the call in a statement...

With the successful acquisition of GPX India and 13 Bell Data Centers in Canada, Equinix, one of the world’s digital infrastructure companies, has announced its expansion into Africa through a deal to acquire MainOne, a West African data centre and connectivity solutions provider. According to a statement, the transaction has...

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday shuts down Ojodu Grammar School after students and parents protested the death of two students and injuring of others in Tuesday’s accident. It was reported that a truck on Tuesday rammed into students of the school crossing the road, killing two and injuring 12...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC), has reported 107 additional COVID-19 infections across seven states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NCDC disclosed this via its verified website on Wednesday morning and said that there were no fatalities recorded on Tuesday in the country. The News...

  The African Union (AU) warned that travel and entry bans in connection with the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant will limit the free movement of people and goods. The 55-member pan African bloc, in a statement issued, said it is imposing immediate and significant impact on African countries....

  President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with parents, relations and friends of the Ojodu Grammar School students who lost their lives in an accident on Tuesday, along the Isheri Road, Ojodu, in Lagos State. His condolences were conveyed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s description of Nigeria as Africa’s most viable and attractive investment destination is incontrovertible. According to the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, the President’s assertion is based strictly on verifiable facts. In the statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary...