Green Energy International Limited’(GEIL), an indigenous oil company, on Sunday, disclosed plans to begin power generation from its initial 6 MW gas to power facility being constructed on its Operational base in Ikuru town, Rivers state. The firm said that the intent is to provide uninterrupted power supply to it’s host communities in Rivers
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The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Monday said that the nation’s land borders would remain closed until neighbouring countries agree to implement mutual anti-smuggling policies.Emefiele said this after he met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock.It can be recall that Nigeria had closed its land borders since August,
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The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) on Monday said that, the fifth generation network technology, 5G would be on trial for three months in the country before actual approval and rollout.The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said this on the sideline of the Mobile and Disruptive Technology (MoDITECH) Forum
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Following the registration of a N30 billion debt issuance programme with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria, Interswitch Limited, a leading technology-driven company focused on the digitisation of payments in Nigeria and other African countries, has successfully concluded a N23 billion Series 1 Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Callable Bonds
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law, a marriage bill which legalizes polygamy and criminalizes homosexuality in the country. The new law that came into effect in Kenya last week makes it legal for a man to marry as many women as he wants. President Uhuru Kenyatta signed the polygamy measure into
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaPresident Muhammadu Buhari has left Abuja for Saudi Arabia to attend Economic Forum of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh.The President and his close aides’ convoy left the forecourt of the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday around 1.25pmHe is expected back in the country by 17th
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National Center for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 21 suspected cases and five deaths in the recent outbreak of Lassa Fever in Benue state.Programs Officer, Risk Communications Desk, NCDC, Mrs. Hanatu Bello who made the disclosure yesterday in Makurdi said “since the beginning of the year, there have been 21 suspected cases of
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President Donald Trump has confirmed the killing of fugitive Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. special forces in a raid in northwest Syria.Speaking to newsmen at the White House on Sunday morning, Trump said Baghdadi killed himself by detonating his suicide vest during the operation on Saturday night.According to him, test results
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Professor (Mrs). Lilian I. Salami, a Professor of Home Economics/Nutritional Education, has been appointed Vice Chancellor by the Governing Council of the University of Benin.Professor Salami whose appointment would take effect from December 2nd, 2019, would take over from Professor Faraday Orumwense.A statement by the university’s spokesman, Mr.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has received a petition asking it to investigate the source of the money conveyed in bullion vans to the home of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on the eve of the 2019 presidential election.The petition, written by Concerned Nigerians, was
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