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Day: March 23, 2017

Power generation rises to 4,303MW as sector lose N1.2bn to gas crisis in a day

Details from the daily electricity generation report from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Wednesday showed that Electricity generation yesterday rose to 4,232.6 Megawatts (MW), an appreciable improvement from the 3,500 MW recorded in the last two months. This is…

NBP
ICT

Bridge infrastructure gap, up online demand, build capacity to drive NBP, Google tells FG

Leading global search conglomerate, Google has listed three key reforms that must be in place if Nigeria will move closer to achieving the 2018 National Broadband Plan (NBP) target. The plan adopted before the end of last administration, seeks to…

ICT

MTN, Garmin, deepen health, fitness with innovative wearable technology

Leading telecoms group, MTN Nigeria has widened its customer centric service delivery following a new partnership it sealed with global leaders in wearable technology and lifestyle products, Garmin to boost the Health and fitness activities of Nigerians. The devices include…

ICT

Etisalat holds town hall meeting with Akure subscribers, assures quality service delivery

As part of its customer retaining and marketing strategy, Etisalat, again hosted its customers in Ilorin, Kwara State at its quarterly interactive feedback session, Customer Forum. The Etisalat Customer Forum is an interactive feedback session aimed at engaging customers to…

Cyber attacker
ICT

Securex W/Africa cyber security summit’ll grow cyber intelligence in Nigeria, others

The Marketing and Operations Manager, Afrocet Montgomery, Jamie Pearson has given more insights on the expectations from the ongoing  Securex West Africa conference which is tailored to raise critical issues in the cyber security space. In an interview, he said…

Expert raises series of questions for CBN over retaining key interest rate at MPC meeting

Leading Abuja based development economist, Mr. Odilim Enwegbara has angrily reacted to the retaining of all rates at the end of the last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), saying such act is giving…

Time up for Customs CG, Hameed Ali at Customs House as Senate fumes

The emerging twist in the ordinary invitational meeting from the Nigerian Senate to the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) seems degenerating to bigger issue. This is as the Upper Chambers on Wednesday, declared the embattled Comptroller-General of…

Observers still see deception in naira gains as dollar falls to N400 at parallel market

The sustained injection of dollars from the growing reserves Wednesday forced the Naira to trade N400 to a dollar at the black market both in Lagos and Abuja, but observers still believe that the entire scenario remains cosmetic and unsustainable…