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Month: October 2017

Glo rounds off Mega Music Tour in Ikorodu on Saturday

Leading national carrier and grandmasters of data, Globacom will on Saturday, tomorrow end its nationwide 27-city Mega Music Nationwide Tour with a superlative show in Ikorodu, Lagos State. A statement issued on Friday evening listed artistes scheduled to perform at…

NPA, SON partner to grow ease of doing business at ports

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (right) played host to the Director General of the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), Barr. Osita Aboloma at the NPA Corporate Headquarters, Marina, Lagos. During discussion, the two…

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Make special forex waivers for STB producers, GDT boss tells FG

Ahead of ongoing seamless Digital Switch Over (DSO), the Group Managing Director of Gospell Digital Technology (GDT), latest indigenous Set-Top Boxes (STBs) manufacturer, Sir Godfrey Ohuabunwa has called on the federal government to make special fund for the STB manufacturers…

nTel management visits Minister, reviews industry issues

Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu played host to management team of nTel in his office on Thursday in Abuja. Issues of industry advantage and way forward were discussed.

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ICT

Ghana raises relevance of Post Office with DPAS scheme

At a time the Nigerian Ministry of Communications is wobbling on what to do to Nigeria Post Office (NIPOST) so that it can become relevant following the impact of technology disruption to the agency, Ghana has worked out a way…

Heavy national losses loom if NPA fails to reinstate Intels agreement

The sudden termination of the 17 years pilotage monitoring and supervision agreement with leading maritime logistics firm, Integrated Logistics Services Nigeria Limited (Intels), by the Nigerian Ports Authority’s (NPA) is still trending and causing disquiet both within and outside the…

Judge absence stalls Oduah’s $16.4m debt suit against bank, adjourned Nov. 8

The absence of trial judge, Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court on Thursday, in Lagos has caused the adjournment for further hearing till November 8, 2017 in an alleged debt recovery suit filed against a former Minister of…

Agribusiness solution to Africa’s youth unemployment—AfDB

African Development Bank (AfDB) has revealed that one of the best sectors that can effectively solve Africa’s current unemployment crisis is mechanized agriculture. However, the bank said Africa currently needs global support for its young farmers and “agripreneurs”. This disclosure…

Bread prices to go up soon if…

There are signs that rise in the prices of bread and flour related products in Nigeria are imminent. The association of master bakers in the South-West zone, who met recently in Oshogbo said the rising cost of ingredients for the…

‘Nigeria, sub-Saharan African trade volumes on radar of global investors’

The Director of GAA Exhibitions & Conferences, organizers of the 2018 Africa Trade & Investment Summit, Bako Ambianda, has projected that sub-Saharan African trade volumes are expected to quadruple by 2030. The 2018 ATIGS edition will gather 2000-plus key economic…