Following a consultative meeting with the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) board in Abuja on Thursday evening, the Football Club Owners Association of Nigeria has reached a unanimous decision. They have agreed to commence the 2023/24 season on August 26, in accordance with the NPFL’s recommendation. The 20 clubs participating […]
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Truckers and Carriers Association of Nigeria, TACAN, and Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, are in a dispute over alleged extortion and an attack that resulted in three individuals being hospitalized with serious injuries at Lagos Ports. TACAN accused MWUN members of responsibility for the attack, but MWUN refuted these […]
The military junta in Niger has taken a bold step by cutting off all connections, including military agreements, with France, its former colonial ruler, as international pressure mounts for the restoration of democratic order in the country. In a national television announcement, the junta also recalled its ambassadors and issued […]
In a significant move, Governor Hyacinth Alia has officially inaugurated the Benue State University (BSU) Makurdi visitation panel, with Deputy Governor Chief Sam Ode representing him at the ceremony. The panel’s crucial mandate is to conduct an in-depth audit of the institution’s operations spanning from 2016 to the present day. […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a stern warning to traders and stakeholders involved in the sale and purchase of phones and telecommunications gadgets that lack the NCC’s type approval. The commission emphasized that such actions could have severe negative consequences. Under the Nigerian Communications Act (2003), the NCC […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently addressed misleading comments circulating on social media, which falsely suggested that MAFAB Communications, a company granted a Fifth Generation (5G) license, had not launched its services despite obtaining the license almost two years ago. Setting the record straight, the NCC confirmed that MAFAB Communications […]
L-R: Representative of Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo (Rtd), Dr. Marwan AbdulKarim; Chief Operating Officer, Premium Times Group, Musikilu Mojeed; Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta; Head, Media Relations, NCC/Book Author, Dr. Omoniyi Ibietan; Chairman of the Occasion/Former Minister of Information and Communications, Frank Nweke Jr. and Book Reviewer, Azubuike Ishiekwene, at the public presentation of […]
The Director General, NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, represented by Mr Yakubu Musa, (left) National coordinator ONDI, at the E-Tech Africa summit 2023 The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Kashifu Inuwa, CCIE has attested that digital innovation is ushering better lives to Africans and improving the continent’s digital […]
For a start, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta and the Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Dr. Dasuki Arabi, over the weekend, have penned a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly work towards accelerating the digitization reform process in government. Speaking at […]
… Partners Geological Survey Agency L-R: Dr. Bashir Gwandu, Executive Vice Chairman, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), receiving from Dr. Abdulrazak Garba, Director-General, Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), a geological map containing locations of solid minerals in Nigeria during a working visit to the NASENI Headquarters, Abuja […]