There were 222.5 million telephone subscribers in Nigeria as of the end of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.The 2022 figure showed an increase of 27.1 million subscribers over the 195.5 million subscribers recorded at the end of 2021.The NBS stated the figures in its Telecoms Data:
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Unilever Nigeria and Bridges Outcomes Partnerships have entered into a $2 million US partnership to help social enterprise Wecyclers expand plastic waste collection in the country.The Company, while giving the highlights of the agreement, expressed its concerns over the increasing plastic waste hyped by a surge in consumption of plastic
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President-elect Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after a four-week vacation in France.Mr Tinubu arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Monday at about 4:15 p.m.He was received at the airport by his running mate, Kashim Shettima, and some other party faithful.Mr Tinubu left Nigeria on 21 March.
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National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) has said that since its first conviction in 2004 over 599 persons have been sentenced to various prisons term in the country.Barrister Nduka Nwawenne, Benin Zonal Commander of the agency made this known at the Uromi Justice Development Peace and Caritas
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President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja for Accra today to attend the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Gulf of Guinea Commission (GGC) convened by President Nana Akuffo-Ado of Ghana.According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, the president is scheduled
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National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has declared that about 77 percent of Nigerian women use bleaching creams.Statistics indicate that Nigeria accounts for the highest number of women exposed to bleaching creams in Africa compared to 59 percent in Togo, 35 percent in South Africa and
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Kaduna State High Court has nullified the revocation of the certificate of occupancy (C of O) of Durbar Hotel by the Kaduna State government.Governor Nasir El-Rufai had in January 2020 demolished Durbar Hotel, owned by the family of the late head of state, General Sani Abacha, and revoked the C-of-O
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The National Population Commission (NPC) has dismissed a report from one of its staff, Sanusi Maigida, that the commission server was hacked ahead of the 2023 population census.Maigida alleged that the commission’s server was hacked, citing this development as the reason for the postponement of the Local Government Area (LGA)-level
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Imo state Concerned Elders have dissociated themselves from the purported endorsement of a particular candidate for the governorship election scheduled for November.The disclaimer was contained in a statement by Chief Nicholas Adiele Oparaku and Elder Isaac Okoronkwo on behalf of other members in Abuja, on Monday.They said that as Elders,
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Air Peace is willing to evacuate Nigerians stranded in Sudan free of charge as fierce fighting continues to rage in Khartoum, the Chairman of Nigeria’s largest domestic airline, Allen Onyema, has said.Clashes broke out in the North-Eastern African nation on April 15 as rival factions of the military government of
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