In furtherance of its aim to develop indigenous manpower in the Nigerian telecommunication industry, Etisalat Nigeria, has rolled out another set of postgraduate students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria as part of its 2015/16 Etisalat Telecommunication Engineering Postgraduate Programme (ETEPP). The course intakes were unveiled during the closing ceremony of the 2016 edition of the […]
Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) on Saturday said that Asaba and its environs would experience power outage for a while because of transformer failure. The company said, via a statement issued in Asaba by Mrs Esther Okolie, the Corporate Affairs Officer, Asaba and Agbor BEDC Unit, that there were some problems at the Asaba […]
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele said N55.46 billion was disbursed to 24 power firms as electricity market stabilization facility. Emefiele said this at the 4th tranche disbursement of the facility in Lagos. He said that three distribution companies got N8.67 billion, 14 generating companies and Nigerian Independent Power […]
The Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Ebonyi, says it has began the exportation of processed bagged cassava produced by the institution. The Provost of the college, Prof. Justina Mgbada, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. She noted that the institution was committed to actualising the Federal […]
Oil marketers on Friday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to assist them in making foreign exchange available for the importation of petroleum products. The marketers, under the umbrella of the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DPPMAN), made the plea during a meeting with the Minister of Finance held at […]
Nigeria has suspended talks with MTN Group Ltd. about a record $3.9 billion fine on the wireless company indefinitely while the country’s House of Representatives completes an investigation into the size of the penalty and how it was delivered. The lawmakers “have set up a committee to investigate the MTN saga and they are still […]
Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) in Nigerian Oil and Gas Free Zones totaled 75 billion dollars (N14.7 trillion), with a lion share of 60 billion dollars (N11.8 trillion) investments in Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone. The Managing Director of Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA), Mr Victor Alabo said this in Onne, Rivers, as […]
Juan Pablo Badillo, one of the lawyers of incarcerated drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has vowed to block the extradition of Guzman to the United States. The Mexican government approved the extradition of “El Chapo” to the United States on Friday after receiving guarantees he would not face the death penalty. But, the kinkgpin’s […]
Raymond Omatseye, a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has been sentenced to five years in prison. The Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos made the sentence on Friday. Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia convicted and sentenced Mr Omatseye after finding him guilty on 24 out of 27 counts charge bordering on […]
The Lagos State Police will today, arraign Lekan Shonde, the dockworker who allegedly killed his wife during a scuffle at their Egbeda residence in Lagos two weeks ago, to court. The suspect, is expected to be arraigned before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate’s Court. This is just as family of late Ronke has begun plans to bury […]