Presidency urges states on broadband deployment

Telecoms Association plans MoU with states on RoW charges Benue, Ogun, Lagos charge N2, 500, N4, 000, N750 per Linear Meter respectively The Presidency has urged state governments to be futuristic by looking at the long term benefits of enabling the deployment of broadband infrastructure in their respective states. The Presidency said that broadband infrastructure […]

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Air cargo business surges as African airlines record 24.6% demand spike

Cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released March 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that air cargo demand continued to outperform pre-COVID levels with demand up by 4.4 per cent. African airlines’ cargo demand in March increased 24.6 per cent compared to the same […]

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17 Southern governors ban open cattle grazing

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki (left); Dapo Abiodun of Ogun; Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor, Moses Ekpo; Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra; Douye Diri of Bayelsa, Ebonyi counterpart David Omahi; Dr. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti; Chairman, Southern Governors Forum and Governor of Ondo, Rotimi Akeredolu; Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta; Nyesom Wike of Rivers; Babajide Sanwo-Olu […]

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Southern governors demand restructuring, reject open grazing

Governors of the 17 states in the Southern part of Nigeria have demanded restructuring of the nation into a true and balanced federation. They also called for state police in view of the worsening insecurity across the country; while they rejected open grazing of livestock animals which has been the major source of bloody clashes […]

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Afenifere expresses concern over growing insecurity

Acting Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has expressed concern over the economic and security crises confronting Nigeria, saying the situation calls for immediate reverse to prevent degeneration. Lagos State chairman of the organisation, Chief Tunde Onakoya, expressed this concern, shortly after the special prayer for Nigeria at Anwar-Ul-Islam Movement Central Mosque, […]

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Akeredolu urges calm over alleged assault of pregnant woman

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has urged the state council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other unions to shelve the planned protest against an alleged assault of a pregnant woman. He also vowed to unravel the truth, promising to look into the allegation that his Senior Special Assistant on Strategy and Special Duties, […]

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‘Yoruba agenda fueled by state of Nigeria, insecurity, others’

Clamour for a Yoruba agenda, in which its proponents are agitating for Oduduwa Republic, is fueled by the current state of Nigeria, exacerbated by insecurity, banditry, herder-farmer clashes and distorted federal system being operated in the country. A professor of history and archeology, Akinwunmi Ogundiran, made the assertion, at the weekend, during the unveiling of […]

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‘Financial restructuring will enable states manage their resources’

Mr. Sylva Ogwemoh, SAN, is a Lagos based commercial lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria. In this interview with Bertram Nwannekanma, he spoke on the recent revelation that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) may not remit money into the federation account domiciled at the Central Bank of Nigeria for lack of money. What is […]

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COVID19: UK places Nigeria, others on travel restriction list

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson The United Kingdom has placed a travel restriction on travelers from Nigeria and other countries in order to contain the spread of COVID-9 in that country. The country listed Nigeria alongside 188 countries on the amber list on its website. Aside from the countries on the amber list other countries […]

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