ATLANTA, GA – March 14 is CNN’s #MyFreedomDay. Now in its 8th year, the day will see students from more than 100 countries raise awareness of modern-day slavery, focusing on forced child labor and the more than 3 million children made to do jobs most adults would struggle to endure. Thousands of students from schools …
Read More »PH Refinery Receives 450,000 Barrels Of Crude Oil From NNPCL, Begins Production In Two Weeks, Says Kyari OIL & GAS
– Senate Disowns Report On Exposing Fraud In Refineries Rehabilitation The Grouo Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, Mele Kyari has said that the Port Harcourt Refinery has received 450,000 barrels of crude for processing following the mechanical completion of the plant in December, last year. …
Read More »Court permits MTN to build more base stations
MTN Nigeria Communications and ATC Nigeria Wireless Infrastructure can now build more base transceiver stations following a ruling by a Federal High Court in Lagos. The court presided over by Justice Yellim Bogoro vacated its earlier order it granted in favour of the Incorporated Trustees of HEDA Resource Centre on …
Read More »Tinubu Appoints First Female NACA DG
Dr. Temitope Ilori President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Temitope Ilori as the new Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA). This was confirmed in a statement signed by the agency’s Head of Public Relations and Protocol, Toyin Aderibigbe on Thursday. Ilori, whose appointment makes …
Read More »Naira Depreciation: CBN Moves Against Banks Using FX Revaluation Gains To Pay Dividend To Shareholders
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has moved against commercial banks using foreign currency revaluation gains to either pay dividends or meet operating expenses. The CBN made the disclosure in a circular, BSD/DIR/PUB/LAB/017/003, addressing all banks in the country. The CBN had last year campaigned against the use of gain …
Read More »Internet providers turn to Glo 1 as other undersea cables suffer outage
Internet providers in Nigeria have resorted to telecommunications company, Globacom as massive internet outages crippled other networks. The incident was attributed to a damage to international undersea cables supplying the country with connectivity. Glo 1, solely owned by Nigeria’s leading digital services company, Globacom, was not affected by the damage …
Read More »REDTV Premieres Season 2 of ‘When Are We Getting Married?’, Underscoring Support for African Creative Industry
REDTV, United Bank for Africa’s Lifestyle and Entertainment channel, proudly announces the highly-anticipated launch of the second season of its hit show – ‘When are we getting married’. The captivating series, renowned for its unique blend of romance, humour, and real-life relationship dynamics, promises its teeming viewers an even more engaging …
Read More »IWD: SIFAX Group Shares Food Items to 500 Ijora Residents
About 500 residents of Ijora community in Lagos have benefitted from free food items donated by SIFAX Group, a leading business conglomerate with business interests in maritime, aviation, oil & gas, financial services, and hospitality. The donation is part of the activities to mark this year’s International Women’s …
Read More »EFCC confused! Names ex-Kogi governor in amended corruption allegations perpetrated before he became governor
. Ali Bello, Suleman refute EFCC’s allegations in amended charges There was confusion on Thursday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, following amended charges filed against Alli Bello and Daudu Suleiman, including the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, in which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission claimed they …
Read More »Airtel Africa commences construction of Nxtra by Airtel’s first data centre in Nigeria
Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has officially broken ground on its first data centre in Lagos, Nigeria. Nxtra by Airtel is set to be one of the largest networks of data centres in Africa, with …
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