The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has deployed a high technology scheme as a stop-gap solution called Internet of Thing (IoT) and Virtual Private Network (VPN) to improve the national grid. Malam Yusuf Bako, Lead, Advocacy Team, Nigerian Power Consumers Forum, in a statement on Thursday , in Abuja said that TCN made this known […]
The 15th edition of the International Arts and Craft Expo (INAC) began on Thursday in Abuja with no fewer than 25 countries and eight states in attendance. The expo which is to hold from Aug.18 to Aug. 20, has the theme: “Networking Nigerian Crafts to the World”. Some of the countries in attendance include: China, […]
Eden Power, purveyors of clean, sustainable energy, is to launch Eden Zero – a mobile application platform developed to tackle climate change – in October, its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Olumuyiwa Abiodun, has announced. Abiodun, in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, said that the app would focus on educating individuals on how they could […]
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that Christians in Nigeria need not be afraid regarding the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Fani-Kayode who before cross-carpeting to the APC from the PDP was very vocal about plots by the present administration to Islamize and Fulanise […]
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has restated its commitment to promote corporate governance among listed firms and other stakeholders in the Nigerian capital market. At the launch of the Corporate Governance Charter organised by the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law, the Chief Executive Officer of the NGX, Temi Popoola said the launch demonstrates […]
UN Secretary General António Guterres has appointed a Nigerian social entrepreneur, Gbenga Sesan to serve on his inaugural Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Leadership Panel. The UN chief also appointed nine other high-level and eminent persons to serve on the IGF Panel for two-year term during the 2022 to 2023 IGF cycles. Spokesman for the Secretary-General, […]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated the 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and National Immunisation Coverage Survey (NICS) Report. NAN reports that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) implemented MICS in 1995 aimed at providing data on child mortality, health, nutrition, education, child and social protection, women’s health care and empowerment, water, […]
Soaring food costs have pushed UK inflation into double digits for the first time since 1982, with prices continuing to rise at their fastest rate for more than 40 years. Inflation hit 10.1% in the 12 months to July, up from 9.4% in June, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Soaring living costs are […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn-in new Chairman for Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mohammed Shehu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the swearing in of the Chairman was held shortly before the commencement of the weekly virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday at the Council Chambers of […]