Plans are being made for the Nigerian President Muhammadu and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on live television, Faisal Shuaib, executive director and chief executive officer, National Primary
The Nigerian Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman has directed the country’s electricity regulatory commission to halt the implementation of the reviewed tariff. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had on Tuesday approved an increase in electricity tariff
Youths protesting a coronavirus curfew fought with security forces in the Senegalese capital Dakar overnight Wednesday, burning tyres and erecting barricades as police fired tear gas. The main clashes were
There was chaos on the floor of Ghana’s parliament on Wednesday as legislators voted to choose the next speaker of the 8th parliament of the 4th Republic. Some members of
Thousands of citizens have been left stranded and frustrated outside offices of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) as staff of the commission embarked on industrial action. [bc_video video_id=”6221154622001″ account_id=”6116119081001″
An oil tanker is on fire at Toyota bus stop along the Oshodi-Apapa expressway in Nigeria`s commercial capital Lagos. [bc_video video_id=”6220892275001″ account_id=”6116119081001″ player_id=”CJdhmO46zo” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”autoplay” min_width=”0px” playsinline=”” picture_in_picture=”pictureinpicture” max_width=”640px”
A former Nigerian Minister of External Affairs Bolaji Akinyemi has described the attempted insurrection by protesters loyal to President Donald Trump and instigated by the US President an act of
The Nigerian government has been advised to hands-off the country’s power sector and should only provide the enabling regulations that will allow private individuals to run the power sector. [bc_video
The controversy over the Christmas homily by the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, deepened on Wednesday as the umbrella body for Muslims, the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI),
Nigeria’s federal government has summoned a meeting of the Committee on Review of Tariffs and Charges in the Electricity Sector to consider the new pricing of electricity by the Nigeria
Despite opposition from stakeholders, Nigeria’s federal government has perfected ways to borrow funds from unclaimed dividends and dormant bank account balances unattended to for at least six years, thanks to
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, has called for a sense of urgency in trying to salvage the country. He said the frustration in the country is
With days to Uganda’s general election, attacks against members of the press by security forces are on the rise. Journalists especially those covering opposition candidates and anti-government protests have either
South Africa’s police minister on Wednesday said foreign nationals from Europe are defying the country’s lockdown measures by going to the beach in Western Cape. Bheki Cele also urged South
A Nigerian professor of virology, Sunday Omilabu, has advised the Nigerian government that only citizens with a low-level of immunity to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, be administered a
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammed Babandede, has said that the federal government will revoke visas of foreign visitors who failed to present their Covid-19 test
Nigeria’s bilateral and multilateral debts stood at $31.98 billion as of September 2020, according to the latest figures released by the Debt Management Office (DMO). The outstanding debts are not
As Nigeria prepares to take delivery of Covid-19 vaccines by the end of January, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Tuesday that it has authorised the vaccine made by Pfizer
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has debunked claims it increased electricity tariff by 50%. However it confirmed a N2 increase for various segments of the population, which it described as
The largest Telecommunications Company in Kenya, Safaricom is among a group of lenders and IT companies that have been licensed to offer cashless payments in Public Service Vehicles (PSVs), setting the
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