In a bid to enhance the skills and competencies of government employees in navigating digital tools and technologies, the Federal Government has launched a digital literacy training programme for federal civil servants. This initiative is a collaborative effort between the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Office […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is entering the final phase of its Strategic Vision Plan (SVP) 2023-2025, which is expected to conclude by the end of this year. This plan, which focuses on advancing Nigeria’s telecommunications sector, has played a key role in driving innovation, infrastructure development, and regulatory excellence […]
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has been impeached by members of the House, sources have confirmed. A reliable source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed that Hon. Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, the former Deputy Speaker, has been elected as the new Speaker. […]
The website of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), www.nigerianstat.gov.ng, has remained inaccessible for over three weeks following a cyber attack that disrupted its operations. As of Friday, attempts to access the site continued to return an error message, signaling that the breach, initially confirmed by the NBS on December […]
Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has appointed Collins Edomaruse as his Special Adviser on International Development Partners. Edomaruse, a Fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (FNGE), is a veteran journalist with extensive experience in the media industry. He is also the Secretary General and a founding member of […]
Brito Sporting Club of Portugal, a football club founded 1956, has signed an official contract with Yaqub Usman-Malah, a United Kingdom-based highly-talented, young Nigeria-born footballer. The official unveiling of the young and promising footballer took place Saturday, January 4, 2025. Yaqub, born in Nigeria in 2006, is a budding Nigerian […]
The Nigerian passport has been ranked 94th out of 199 countries in the latest Henley Passport Index, highlighting the limited global travel options available to Nigerian citizens. The ranking, released yesterday, shows that Nigerian passport holders can access only 46 destinations without a visa. The Henley Passport Index ranks passports […]
Dr. Bashir Gwandu, a renowned telecommunications expert, has urged African countries to collaborate and adopt a unified stance at the upcoming World Radiocommunications Conference 2027 (WRC-27) to secure the 600MHz band for mobile spectrum allocation. Speaking at the 9th Sub-Sahara Spectrum Management Conference held in Nairobi, Kenya, Gwandu emphasized the […]
Ebonyi State Governor Nwifuru speaks: I am the only Governor in Nigeria presently that all his children are schooling in the country and not even beyond Southeast! 3 in Ebonyi and 2 in Enugu. Their biggest school fees is #35, 000 and when I told them in the Nigeria Governor’s […]
The Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) has recorded a remarkable 275% increase in revenue for 2024, according to Postmaster General Tola Odeyemi. Speaking on the agency’s achievements, Odeyemi highlighted that this growth was driven by strategic reforms focused on improving service quality and plugging revenue leakages. Among the key initiatives was […]