Tag: Nigeria

Sustaining and Maximizing the Gains of TSA
December 9, 2018 No Responses

Sustaining and Maximizing the Gains of TSA

Just few months after the Transparency International (TI) Corruption Index opened a can of worms on how Nigeria has sunk deeper into corruption, despite Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade, Ms. Priti Patel, former Secretary of State for International Development, United Kingdom,...
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Get married early to avoid developing fibroids – Gynaecologist advises Nigerian women
December 6, 2018 No Responses

Get married early to avoid developing fibroids – Gynaecologist advises Nigerian women

A gynaecologist and an obstetrician, Dr Gabriel Akilo, on Thursday urged women to get married at an early age or in their 20s to avoid developing fibroids. Akilo made the suggestion at the 9th Symposium and Awards organised by the...
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Google brings ”Google Station”, faster Wi-Fi to Abuja
December 6, 2018 No Responses

Google brings ”Google Station”, faster Wi-Fi to Abuja

Google Station, a platform for providing free, high-speed Wi-Fi hotspots in public places, was launched in Abuja on Thursday. Google Nigeria’s Head of Partnerships for Next Billion Users, Saidu Abdullahi, said that the launch was in partnership with Backbone...
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PDP mocks APC over Lagos commissioner’s exit from party
December 5, 2018 No Responses

PDP mocks APC over Lagos commissioner’s exit from party

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has described the exit of the immediate past Lagos Commissioner of Energy and Mineral Resources,Mr Wale Oluwo, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a welcome development. The Publicity Secretary of the party in the....
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Lagos sweepers protest delayed salaries, merger with LAWMA
December 5, 2018 No Responses

Lagos sweepers protest delayed salaries, merger with LAWMA

Scores of street sweepers under the “Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI)” of the Lagos State Government on Wednesday protested their delayed salaries and merger with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA). The protesters, who were chanting various s...
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NCC holds stakeholders forum on emerging 5G technology
December 4, 2018 No Responses

NCC holds stakeholders forum on emerging 5G technology

Stakeholders in the telecommunications sector on Tuesday in Abuja held a one-day stakeholders forum to brainstorm on Nigeria’s readiness for 5G and High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) technology. The forum was organised by the Nigerian Communications Commi...
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Supporters Club wants new players in Super Falcons
December 3, 2018 No Responses

Supporters Club wants new players in Super Falcons

Osita Okeke, the Chairman of  Nigeria Football Supporters Club in  South Africa,  on Monday called for the injection of new players into the women’s senior national team. Nigeria on Saturday in Accra, Ghana,  beat South Africa 4-3 on penalty kicks...
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Facebook supports TechCrunch startup to boost African innovation
December 3, 2018 No Responses

Facebook supports TechCrunch startup to boost African innovation

Facebook says it will support ”TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2018” to boost and celebrate African innovation. Facebook’s Head of Developer Programmes, Emeka Afikpo, said in a statement on Monday in Lagos, that the support was in line with Facebook’s c...
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Musician, “Small Doctor”, arrested for alleged firearm possession
December 3, 2018 No Responses

Musician, “Small Doctor”, arrested for alleged firearm possession

 The police on Monday in Lagos said they had arrested a popular musician, Adekunle Temitope, a.k.a Small Doctor, and three others for alleged unlawful possession of fireman. The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, CP Imohimin Edgal, told newsmen that...
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Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, D’Banj, Kuti, Beyonce, Oprah thrill at Global Citizen Festival
December 3, 2018 No Responses

Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, D’Banj, Kuti, Beyonce, Oprah thrill at Global Citizen Festival

D’Banj performing Global Citizen Festival, South Africa Nigerian music stars, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, D’banj and Femi Kuti thrilled music lovers in South Africa alongside Oprah Winfrey, Jay-Z and Beyonce. The event, Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100, also ...
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