Glo 1, the international submarine cable solely owned by Globacom, Nigeria’s leading telecom services provider, has marked eight years of continuous service. The facility has not had a single operational outage since 2016 and has continually guaranteed connectivity for both…
On the day of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, France’s high-speed TGV rail network faced severe disruptions. State-owned SNCF reported that “malicious acts” caused significant damage to its facilities overnight. The railway operator described these as “simultaneous arson attacks,” leading…
The Federal Government has made significant strides in its economic reforms, well on its way to achieving a step-change in revenues in line with the budget for 2024. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of Economy, Mr Wale Edun,…
The Ekiti Government says it is set to work with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) to draft a tourism masterplan for the state. Mr Wale Ojo-Lanre, Director-General, Ekiti State Tourism Bureau, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.…
France aims to wow the world on Friday with an extravagant Olympic Games opening ceremony through the heart of Paris. It is officially kicking off a Games fraught with security risks at a time of heightened geo-political tensions. Some 45,000…
The Emir of Gusau in Zamfara, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello, has lauded the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for spearheading an awareness and sensitisation camping on ways to avert flood in the state. The agency sensitised the public on waste management…
Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, said his team had a meeting on Thursday with the management of China National Building Materials Corporation (CNBM), Beijing, China. He said, in statement on Friday, that discussion at the meeting…
Climate change is making work more difficult and dangerous for billions of people, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Thursday. In Europe and Central Asia, the proportion of people exposed to excessive heat at work is low by global…
Operatives of the Tafawa Balewa Divisional Police Headquarters (C) of the Bauchi State Command have arrested a 30-year-old man, Aminu Mohammed, for allegedly impersonating personnel of the Nigerian Army for two years. The arrest occurred on July 22, 2024, following…
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday remanded five men in a correctional facility over alleged possession of rifles and live ammunition. The five men are Muhammadu Ibrahim, 23; Abdullahi Aliyu, 30; Usman Abubakar, 28; Abubakar Umoru,…
