The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, has decried the high price of cement in Nigeria, saying it leads to quackery and building collapse. Adegbite made the assertion at the second edition of Lafarge Africa Plc Quarterly webinar – Concrete Ideas. It is a platform for deliberation of issues, policies and developments […]

By Juliet Umeh Telecommunications Solutions Provider, Liquid Telecom, has renewed and expanded its Ku band capacity agreements on Eutelsat Communications to offer Africans reliable internet access. According to the partners, under this multi-year, multi- transponder agreement, Liquid Telecom will further leverage the unparalleled coverage of Sub-Saharan Africa of the 7° East orbital position to extend […]

Dozens of people have been killed in attacks on a bus and nearby villages in Niger near its border with Mali, a security source and local residents said on Tuesday. No group claimed responsibility, but Niger is struggling with two jihadist campaigns — in the west near Mali and Burkina Faso, and a decade-old insurgency […]

Fragments of an ancient biblical scroll have been discovered in a cave near the Dead Sea in Israel, the first such find in decades, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Tuesday. The discovery comes 60 years after the Qumran scrolls were found in caves at the northern end of the Dead Sea. They are considered […]

RIVERS State Government on Tuesday kicked off vaccination against Covid-19 with Governor Nyesom Wike expressing confidence of the vaccine type being administered, beginning with frontline health workers.