NIGERIAN Government has lifted the ban on the micro-blogging site of Twitter in Nigeria following approval by President Muhammadu Buhari. This was disclosed by the Chairman, Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi. While making known the government’s decision in…
By ABDULLAHI RABIU, Kano KANO state Executive Council has approved the sum of N500, 000 million as counterpart fund for the implementation of a Six years World Bank assisted project tagged: Agro Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL). The State…
BARRICK Gold, which owns Mali’s biggest gold mine complex Loulo-Gounkoto, says its mines in the country have ‘thus far not been affected’ by sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States. The 15-state regional bloc imposed tough economic…
INTERNATIONAL corporate expert, Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh (pictured), has been appointed by Microsoft as its Strategic Partnership Lead for Africa in its new Africa Transformation Office. Microsoft’s establishment of an Africa Transformation Office (ATO) is a reinforcement of its investment in the…
IN order to give concrete expression to the underlining principles and fundamental philosophy of the emergent digital culture in Nigeria, particularly Item No. 2 of the eight pillars of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) 2020-2030, the Minister…
THE Transparency Nigeria Group asks the Central Bank of Nigeria to immediately dismiss Mr Ademola Ademise, the chief executive of Wema Bank PLC, a tier-3 lender quoted on the NGX. The TNG believes that Mr Ademise has grossly abused his…
MALI’S army-dominated government has called for nationwide demonstrations on Friday against stringent sanctions imposed by the West Africa bloc ECOWAS over delayed elections. The Sahel state’s interim government stated Monday night that the sanctions – which include border closures and…
TWENTY two suspected oil thieves and a vessel: MT. TIS IV handed over to the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by the Nigeria Navy are being quizzed in connection with alleged illegal dealing…
BHP Group has invested $40 million in a Tanzania nickel project, UK-based private company Kabanga Nickel said on Monday, the first new bet by the world’s biggest miner in Africa in years. BHP has not been active in Africa since…
THE trial of a former Director, Legal Services of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Grace Taiga, for alleged fraud in the case involving Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) before Justice O.A Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High…
