At the ongoing GSMA Mobile World holding in Barcelona, Spain, Huawei Technologies explained how it had been working with the Nigerian government and other mainstream mobile companies to develop the country”s ICT plan.

THE House of Representative Committee on Ports, Harbour and Waterways has vowed to probe recent extension granted to some concessionaires, describing the development as under the table deal.

EVEKWU—THREE victims of last week’s gas explosion at Evekwu community, Odegu clan, Emohua Local Government Area, EMOLGA, Rivers State, have been buried in the Evil Forest by their kinsmen, while nine persons have been hospitalized.

At the ongoing GSMA Mobile World holding in Barcelona, Spain, Huawei Technologies explained how it had been working with the Nigerian government and other mainstream mobile companies to develop the country”s ICT plan.

THE House of Representative Committee on Ports, Harbour and Waterways has vowed to probe recent extension granted to some concessionaires, describing the development as under the table deal.

The Federal Government has boasted that its anti-corruption war was progressing, with more Nigerians keying into the fight with useful information through whistle blowing.

ASABA—THE European Union, EU, and Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, have initiated a pilot scheme at Delta, Enugu and Benue States to bring together ex-militants, herdsmen, farmers, opinion leaders, security agencies, critical actors and stakeholders to dialogue and develop a state-level peace plan that will shape a national level policy dialogue on peace and security.

Former Head of State and Convener of Nigeria Prays, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd.) has hinted that Muslims faithful will soon join the group as part of efforts toward religious harmony and peaceful co-existence.

MEMBERS of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Chevron Branch, have elected Onyegbaren Ete to run the affairs of the Branch for the next three years.

The Federal Inland Revenue Services, FIRS, yesterday, sealed the offices of Kabo Airlines, Monaco Ventures Limited and Paki International Motors, all in Kano, over tax liabilities. A statement by the service said Kabo Airlines owes N149,707,949.03 from the assessment year of 2004 to 2013. According to the head of the enforcement team in Kano, Mr. […]

By Sebastine Obasi GLOBAL demand for natural gas is expected to increase 2 percent yearly between 2015 and 2030, with liquefied natural gas, LNG, demand expected to rise at 4 – 5 percent, according to Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s first LNG Outlook. The report, which draws on a broad range of independent industry data and internal […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) injected another $180 million into the foreign exchange market, prompting the Naira to further appreciate by N10 against the dollar in the parallel market.

Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has insisted that developing the agricultural sector of the country is a good starting point in the quest for not only diversification of the hitherto mono-cultural economy of the country, but also guaranteeing rapid industrialisation.

Police in Johannesburg, yesterday, said many shops were ransacked in Johannesburg, overnight, in the latest wave of looting in South African cities.

AFTER waiting in vain for sixty fruitless years after Biafra, what the Igbos see in Nigeria is a country that probably have another chance to be a united and peaceful. What they need and want for the country now, is the ultra-modernisation and reopening for full commercial use by the Igbo nation and others, of the Igbo ports of Port Harcourt, Bonny, and Opobo; their road, rail and air links to inland Igbo commercial centres of Agbor, Asaba, Onitsha, Nnewi, Owerri, Enugu, Azumini and Aba and, by so doing, the economic and financial re-empowerment of the Igbos, starting with the underservedly impoverished southern Igbo communities of Ikwerre, Etche, Bonny, Opobo, Obigbo, Ali-Ogba, Ndoni, Ahoada, Egbema, etc., collectively known as the Mbamiri. Though ultimately inseparable from it, this need is different from the issues of restructuring enveloping the rest of society today.