Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had shut 216 social media pages, groups and accounts in Myanmar, some tied to the army, to stymie efforts to “manipulate or corrupt public debate”. The company closed 89 Facebook accounts, 107 pages, 15 groups and five Instagram accounts, some of which had hundreds of thousands of followers, it […]
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Full list of ministers and their portfolios
President Muhammadu Buhari has assigned portfolios to the newly sworn-in ministers. He made the announcement at the Presidential villa on Wednesday. The full list is below: 1. Dr. Ikechukwu Ogah (State, Mines & Steel) 2. Mohammed Musa Bello (FTC) 3. Godswill Akpabio (Niger-Delta) 4. Chris Ngige (Labour & Employment) 5. Sharon Ikeazor (State, Environment) 6. […]
FG issues N59.53 billion in August bond auction – DMO
The Debt Management Office (DMO) on Wednesday, issued N59.53 billion Federal Government bonds for the three tenors it offered to various investors who subscribed at the auction. The DMO said this in a statement it issued in Abuja after the auction. It said it offered N40 billion for the five year papers, N50 billion for […]
Vandalism weakens infrastructure efficiency as telcos task lawmakers on legislation
Activities of vandals are currently taking a toll on telecommunications infrastructure in Nigeria. While the operators are counting their losses, subscribers bear the brunt as services continued to get disrupted negatively. The impact of this challenge is felt in the quality of services rendered, which has remained at its lowest ebb in the last six […]
FG stakes N600b in power sector as intervention hits N1.5tr
The Federal Government has concluded plans to inject additional N600 billion into the Nigerian electricity industry. The Market Operator (MO), Transmission Company of Nigeria, Edmond Eje, who disclosed this yesterday at the third MO interactive stakeholders’ forum in Abuja said the President Muhammad Buhari has already authorised the release of the fund. The current development, […]
Investors gain N120bn on price appreciation in MTN, others
Trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange sustained its positive momentum as market capitalisation increased by N120.7billion to close at N13.3trillion. The All Share Index (ASI) advanced 109bps to 27,352.94 points following price appreciation in MTNN(+2.6%), NESTLE (+7.0%) and ETI (+9.6%).Similarly, activity level rose as volume and value traded advanced by 73.6% and […]
Environment Ministers pledge to unveil problem-solving programmes, policies
By Raphael Jov The newly-appointed Minister of Environment, Dr. Mohammed Mahmoud Abubakar, has disclosed that he will assiduously work with all key stakeholders to design problem-solving programmes and development-targeted policies that will help tackle ecological problems and other environmental issues and concerns across the country. Dr. Mahmoud, who stated this upon his resumption of office […]
Dr. Moeti gets another mandate to head WHO as Regional Director
Dr Matshidiso Moeti was nominated for the second time to head World Health Organisation (WHO) as a Regional Director for Africa in Brazzaville on August 20,2019 to run for the next five years The nomination of Dr. Moeti for the second term by 47 Member States of the WHO African Region during the 69th session […]
Nigeria to be certified polio virus–free nation, charged to maintain the momentum in the fight
By Victor Akaa, Abuja The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, said Nigeria is a poliovirus —free country for passing through three consecutive years without recording any case of polio virus. Dr. Shuaib disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja at the event organised to assess the Nigeria’s […]
NCS collaborates with other sister agencies to step up border security
By Victor Akaa, Abuja As part of measures to secure Nigeria’s land and maritime borders, the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), in collaboration with the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) as well as the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and other security and intelligence agencies will be conducting a joint border […]