Internet service in at least 12 African countries, including Nigeria, slowed down after undersea connection cables were damaged, according to Bloomberg. The WACS and SAT3/WASC cable systems which connect many African countries to Europe are wired through the Atlantic Ocean. The disruption started on Wednesday night with a huge impact on mostly West African countries. […]
Team Nigeria at the ongoing African Track Cycling Championship in Cairo, Egypt, have won one gold, one silver and a bronze medal. The championship organised by the African Cycling Confederation (CAC) began on Thursday and will end on Sunday. According to the competition’s website, Grace Ayuba won gold in the junior category from the scratch […]
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says moving the Africa Cup of Nations back to January “is, for us, a catastrophe.” The 2021 tournament has been moved from the summer because of “unfavourable” weather in host country Cameroon. And the Reds face losing Senegal forward Sadio Mane, Egypt winger Mohamed Salah and Guinea midfielder Naby Keita for […]
The Federal Government has said there are plans to ban foreign vessels from operating on Nigerian waters in the nearest future. Speaking through the Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, during an interview on Channels Television’s Business Morning, the Nigerian government said the agency is working towards a time […]
Herdsmen under the umbrella of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore have warned Southwest governors to withdraw their support for Western Nigeria Security outfit, codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’, adding that their continued support for Operation Amotekun may hurt the Southwest’s chances of getting the Presidency in 2023. The National Secretary of the group, Alhassan Saleh, said this […]
The national grid, on Thursday, experienced its first collapse in 2020 resulting in blackout across the country. The Transmission Company of Nigeria confirmed the development in a statement on its Twitter page, which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. “There was a system disturbance which occurred about 12.34 p.m affecting some […]
Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, says the constitution does not prohibit the establishment of a regional security outfit. Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), had declared the outfit illegal, saying security is an exclusive preserve of the federal government. But in an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday, Akeredolu, chairman of the south-west governors’ […]