The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Mohammed Bello, has presented 12,000 hectares with the Certificate of Occupancy to his aviation counterpart, Sen. Hadi Sirika, to execute the aviation road map. Bello made the presentation on Friday in Abuja when he led a team from his ministry to pay a courtesy visit on […]
Russia has spent months either driving out American tech firms or watching them leave of their own accord over its war in Ukraine. But the country now finds itself stuck in a stalemate with one big tech company: Google. Many of Google’s services, including search, maps, Gmail and, perhaps most importantly, YouTube, continue to be […]
Mr Wamkele Mene, the Secretary-General, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, said the secretariat had received a grant commitment of £36 million from the United Kingdom Government for Abidjan-Lagos corridor. Mene said this during a visit to the Seme-Karke joint border post on Friday. He said that the grant would be used to address […]
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Prof. Peter Umeadi says he will consider a political solution for the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (Biafra) Nnamdi Kanu if he becomes Nigeria’s leader. Kanu, who has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since last year, is […]
Struggle for power ahead of the 2023 elections has the potential to heighten conflict, especially given security agencies’ poor response to emergencies and distress calls. This position was reached in a study conducted by development experts at Nextier, a leading policy think-tank. The report was authored by Dr. Iro Aghedo, an Associate Consultant at Nextier […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee, describing her as a compassionate leader. Buhari’s greeting was contained in a series of tweets on his official handle on Thursday night. “Warmest wishes and congratulations to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee. I […]
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has raised Nigeria’s oil production quota from the 1.772 million barrels per day (mbpd) target approved in June to a new target of 1.799mbpd for July. A statement issued on Thursday by OPEC said the decision was taken at its 29th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting. The […]
Alhaji Jelani Aliyu, the Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), says it has trained 300 unemployed youths across Nigeria in mechatronics and repair of heavy duty vehicles. Jelani told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja that the gesture was aimed at further reducing the high unemployment rate […]
US tech giant Amazon said Thursday that it will stop operating its Kindle e-bookstore in China from next year, closing the chapter on a massive consumer market. The e-commerce pioneer has in recent years appeared to admit defeat to local Chinese rivals such as Alibaba and JD.com, ending its online retail operations for Chinese consumers […]