DPR shuts 7 gas plants, 3 retail outlets in Lagos

DPR shuts 7 gas plants, 3 retail outlets in Lagos

By Prince Okafor The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Tuesday, shutdown seven Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, plants, popularly known as cooking gas in Lagos even as the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, arrested ten employees of the sealed plants. Vanguard gathered that the plants were shut due to non-compliance with operating standard, illegal […]
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BROADBAND: Pre-empting Opeke’s report, as telcos suffer fibre cuts

BROADBAND: Pre-empting Opeke’s report, as telcos suffer fibre cuts

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor The National Broadband Plan Committee recently constituted to draw a robust plan for broadband Nigeria, has just submitted its report to the Minister  of Communications and Digital Economy. Part of the brief of the Committee, headed by Nigeria’s tech Amazon and Chief Executive of MainOne, Funke Opeke, is to set […]

Kaduna killings, one too many — ACF

Kaduna killings, one too many — ACF

AREWA Consultative  Forum, ACF,  yesterday expressed deep shock at the unwarranted killing of innocent lives and destruction of property in Kaduna, describing it as one too many.

Imo APC jubilates as S-Court declines to sack Uzodinma

Imo APC jubilates as S-Court declines to sack Uzodinma

Jubilations, yesterday  took over the political space of Imo State over the victory of Governor Hope Uzodinma of All Progressives Congress, APC, against Emeka Ihedioha of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who was at the Supreme Court, seeking the review of January 14, 2020 judgment that validated Uzodinma as governor of the state. 

Imo: Supreme Court verdict excites APC Chairman, Oshiomhole

Imo: Supreme Court verdict excites APC Chairman, Oshiomhole

National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, says Tuesday’s ruling by the Supreme Court on the Imo governorship tussle has reaffirmed the fact that the Court remains Supreme. Oshiomhole, who spoke to State House Correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday while reacting to the Imo judgment, said the Supreme Court did not make […]

IMF, World Bank cancel Washington Spring meetings

IMF, World Bank cancel Washington Spring meetings

Emma Ujah The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have cancelled the Spring Meetings slated for April in Washington DC, United States of America. Instead, the spring meetings would be held virtually. Mrs Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Mr David Malpass, President of the World Bank Group, […]

Sports streaming service DAZN is expanding to more than 200 countries

Sports streaming service DAZN is expanding to more than 200 countries

DAZN, a streaming service competing with ESPN+ to build a “Netflix for sports,” has announced aggressive international expansion plans. Ahead of Canelo Álvarez’s next fight on May 2nd, part of an 11-fight deal with the stratospherically popular Mexican boxer, the company says it will launch in more than 200 countries around the world. DAZN (pronounced […]

Foxconn expects to resume normal production by end of March

Foxconn expects to resume normal production by end of March

Foxconn says it’ll resume normal production in China by the end of March and that half of its seasonal workers are now back at work, according to Reuters. Foxconn, the primary iPhone assembler and parts supplier for Apple and others, has had its output curtailed following the coronavirus outbreak. In addition to mandated government shutdowns, […]

Agriculture stakeholders pledge to fight corruption in fertiliser subsector

Agriculture stakeholders pledge to fight corruption in fertiliser subsector

Agriculture stakeholders on Tuesday in Abuja promised to collaborate with relevant authorities to fight sharp practices in the fertiliser subsector. The stakeholders at the Public Presentation and unveiling of the National Fertiliser Quality (Control) Act, 2019, said the law was a major breakthrough in ensuring corrupt elements were fished out and punished. Alh. Kabiru Fara, […]

E-COMMERCE: Amazon speeds up same-day shipping

E-COMMERCE: Amazon speeds up same-day shipping

Amazon is starting to offer even faster same-day shipping in select cities. The company has built out new warehouses in Dallas, Orlando, Philadelphia, and Phoenix that allow it to deliver orders in a matter of hours, whereas it previously couldn’t guarantee delivery until the end of the day. Normally, Amazon’s same-day shipping requires customers to […]